American Le Mans Series Houston 2006

Event: Grand Prix of Houston		Date: 12.5.2006
Track: Houston Reliant Park Circuit (United States), 2.720 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Houston
American Le Mans Series (round 2)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	24
Practiced:	23
Qualified:	23
Started:	23
Finished:	16
Classified:	18

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	4	4	3
Le Mans Prototype 2	5	5	5
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	5	5	4
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	9	9	6

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
1 full-course caution: laps 126-128 (no.6 stopped on course)

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Capello / McNish
Le Mans Prototype 2:	37	Lola B05/40 AER	Halliday / Field
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Beretta / Gavin
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Rockenfeller / Graf
Leaders:
laps 1 - 11:	16	Lola B06/10 AER	James Weaver
laps 112 - 143:	2	Audi R8	Allan McNish
laps 12 - 62:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Romain Dumas
laps 63 - 86:	2	Audi R8	Allan McNish
laps 87 - 111:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Timo Bernhard
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Rinaldo Capello (I)	1:05.1480	150.2918 km/h	lap 9
Le Mans Prototype 2:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Romain Dumas (F)	1:05.2840	149.9796 km/h	lap 15
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:08.5650	142.8019 km/h	lap 97
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Jaime Melo (BR)	1:11.3830	137.1644 km/h	lap 44
Pole Positions:
Overall:	16	Lola B06/10 AER	James Weaver (GB)	1:04.4590	151.8996 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Romain Dumas (F)	1:04.4810	151.8464 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Ron Fellows (CDN)	1:08.0350	143.9156 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Jaime Melo (BR)	1:11.2090	137.5007 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (6), Lola (5), Chevrolet (2), Aston Martin (2), Panoz (2), BMW (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (6), AER (5), Ford (3), Chevrolet (2), Aston Martin (2), BMW (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (4), Chevrolet Corvette C6 (2), Aston Martin DBR9 (2), Lola B06/10 (2), Porsche RS Spyder (2), Panoz Esperante (2), BMW M3 (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (20), D (7), GB (6), I (2), F (2), CDN (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (47%), front-engined (34%), rear-engined (19%)
Average engine size:	4250 cc (with regard to 37% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4879 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tom Weickardt (59), Franz Konrad (55), Seth Neiman (52)
Youngest known drivers:	Mike Rockenfeller (23), Clint Field (23), Gunnar Jeannette (24)
Female drivers:	Liz Halliday

Official Race Programme:

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