United SportsCar Championship Austin 2015

Event: Lone Star Le Mans		Date: 19.9.2015
Track: Circuit of the Americas, Austin (United States), 5.472 kms	Organiser: unknown
United SportsCar Championship Austin
TUDOR United SportsCar Championship (round 11)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	11:35
Grid:	2-2-2, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 40 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	40
Practiced:	38
Qualified:	38
Started:	36
Finished:	32

Classes:	Pract	Start
Prototype	9	9
Prototype Challenge	9	7
Grand Touring Le Mans	8	8
Grand Touring Daytona	12	12

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Race notes:
2 full-course cautions: laps 12-15 (no.61 off course), laps 39-41 (no.61 stopped on track)

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 17-18/9
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 18/9
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	01	Riley Mk XXVI Ford	Pruett / Hand
Prototype Challenge:	54	Oreca FLM 09	Bennett / Braun
Grand Touring Le Mans:	25	BMW Z4 GTE	Werner / Auberlen
Grand Touring Daytona:	33	Dodge Viper GT3R	Keating / Bleekemolen
Leaders:
laps 1-26:	01
lap 27:	60
laps 28-33:	31
lap 34:	90
laps 35-36:	5
laps 37-50:	01
lap 51:	54
laps 52-54:	0
laps 55-73:	01
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	01	Riley Mk XXVI Ford	Joey Hand (USA)	1:58.6160	166.0682 km/h	lap 53
Prototype Challenge:	8	Oreca FLM 09	Renger van der Zande (NL)	2:01.2450	162.4681 km/h	lap 63
Grand Touring Le Mans:	24	BMW Z4 GTE	John Edwards (USA)	2:04.4350	158.3031 km/h	lap 55
Grand Touring Daytona:	63	Ferrari 458 Italia	Townsend Bell (USA)	2:10.1720	151.3250 km/h	lap 25
Pole Positions:
Overall:	01	Riley Mk XXVI Ford	Scott Pruett (USA)	1:58.4410	103.3430 km/h
Prototype Challenge:	11	Oreca FLM 09	Chris Cumming (CDN)	2:02.2220	100.1460 km/h
Grand Touring Le Mans:	911	Porsche 991 RSR	Patrick Pilet (F)	2:04.3960	98.3950 km/h
Grand Touring Daytona:	48	Audi R8 LMS	Dion von Moltke (USA)	2:11.0970	93.3660 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Oreca (7), Porsche (7), Chevrolet (6), BMW (3), Audi (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (13), Porsche (7), BMW (3), Audi (3), Ferrari (2), Viper (2), Mazda (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Oreca FLM 09 (7), Chevrolet Corvette DP (4), Porsche 991 GT America (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (38), D (7), GB (7), BR (4), CDN (4), DK (2), NL (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (58%), front-engined (22%), rear-engined (20%)
Average engine size:	4958 cc (with regard to 14% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5235 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Mike Guasch (57), Scott Pruett (55), Don Yount (47)
Youngest known drivers:	Matthew McMurry (18), Earl Bamber (25), Ricky Taylor (26)
Female drivers:	Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen

Official Race Programme:

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