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Muscle Milk Racing's Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf found a way past Rebellion Racing to win round 2 of the ALMS season, in Long Beach. Meanwhile in GT, BMW Team RLL won its earned its first victory with the new Z4 GTE.
Luhr and Graf started the race third, but thanks to a cunning strategy, moved ahead of Neel Jani and Nick Heifdfeld, who were co-driving a Lolo-Toyota coupe.
In GT, Bill Auberlen and Maxime Martin led a BMW 1-2, in their team's first victory this season, and first with the new car. Dominik Farnbach, which earned Viper its first pole the day before, managed to finish third in the No. 91 GTS-R he co-drove with Marc Goossens.
Extreme Speed Motorsports dominated the P2 class with the second 1-2 finish of the day. Team owner Scott Sharp and teammate Guy Cosmo lifted the winners' trophy.
Colin Braun and Jon Bennett (CORE) won in PC, and Sean Edwards and Spencer Pumpelly (NGT) in GTC.
Race results - Long Beach (ALMS)
1 - Graf/Luhr (HPD ARX-03c) - Pickett - 80 laps
2 - Heidfeld/Jani (Lola B12/60 Toyota) - Rebellion - 80
3 - Bennett/Braun (Oreca FLM09) - CORE - 79
4 - Guasch/Diaz (Oreca FLM09) - PR1 - 79
5 - Junqueira/Ende (Oreca FLM09) - Rocketsports - 79
6 - Sharp/Cosmo (HPD ARX-03b) - ExtremeSpeed - 79
7 - Auberlen/Martin (BMW Z4) - Rahal - 78
8 - Brown/Van Overbeek (HPD ARX-03b) - ExtremeSpeed - 78
9 - Mueller/Hand (BMW Z4) - Rahal - 78
10 - Goossens/Farnbacher (SRT Viper) - SRT - 78
11 - Gavin/Milner (Corvette ZR1) - Corvette - 78
12 - Magnussen/Garcia (Corvette ZR1) - Corvette - 78
13 - Miller/Holzer (Porsche 997) - Miller - 78
14 - Sweedler/Bell (Ferrari 458) - Alex Job - 77
15 - Bomarito/Wittmer (SRT Viper) - SRT - 77
16 - Beretta/Malucelli (Ferrari 458) - Risi - 77
17 - Drissi/Mitchell (Oreca FLM09) - BAR1 - 77
18 - Nunez/Shears (Oreca FLM09) - Preformance Tech - 76
19 - Henzler/Sellers (Porsche 997) - Falken - 76
20 - Cisneros-Edwards (Porsche 997 Cup) - NGT - 75
21 - Canache/Pumpelly (Porsche 997 Cup) - FlyingLizard - 75
22 - Wong/Von Moltke (Porsche 997 Cup) - FlyingLizard - 75
23 - MacNeil/Bleekemolen (Porsche 997 Cup) - Alex Job - 75
24 - Stanton/Curtis (Porsche 997 Cup) - TRG - 75
25 - Marcelli/Cumming (Oreca FLM09) - BAR1 - 75
26 - Dempsey/Foster (Porsche 997 Cup) - Demsey/DelPiero - 73
27 - Keating/Faulkner (Porsche 997 Cup) - TRG - 73
28 - Tucker/Briscoe (HPD ARX-03b) - Level 5 - 66
29 - Hedlund/Heylen (Porsche 997 Cup) - JDX - 62
30 - Tucker/Franchitti (HPD ARX-03b) - Level 5 - 57
Luhr and Graf started the race third, but thanks to a cunning strategy, moved ahead of Neel Jani and Nick Heifdfeld, who were co-driving a Lolo-Toyota coupe.
In GT, Bill Auberlen and Maxime Martin led a BMW 1-2, in their team's first victory this season, and first with the new car. Dominik Farnbach, which earned Viper its first pole the day before, managed to finish third in the No. 91 GTS-R he co-drove with Marc Goossens.
Extreme Speed Motorsports dominated the P2 class with the second 1-2 finish of the day. Team owner Scott Sharp and teammate Guy Cosmo lifted the winners' trophy.
Colin Braun and Jon Bennett (CORE) won in PC, and Sean Edwards and Spencer Pumpelly (NGT) in GTC.
Race results - Long Beach (ALMS)
1 - Graf/Luhr (HPD ARX-03c) - Pickett - 80 laps
2 - Heidfeld/Jani (Lola B12/60 Toyota) - Rebellion - 80
3 - Bennett/Braun (Oreca FLM09) - CORE - 79
4 - Guasch/Diaz (Oreca FLM09) - PR1 - 79
5 - Junqueira/Ende (Oreca FLM09) - Rocketsports - 79
6 - Sharp/Cosmo (HPD ARX-03b) - ExtremeSpeed - 79
7 - Auberlen/Martin (BMW Z4) - Rahal - 78
8 - Brown/Van Overbeek (HPD ARX-03b) - ExtremeSpeed - 78
9 - Mueller/Hand (BMW Z4) - Rahal - 78
10 - Goossens/Farnbacher (SRT Viper) - SRT - 78
11 - Gavin/Milner (Corvette ZR1) - Corvette - 78
12 - Magnussen/Garcia (Corvette ZR1) - Corvette - 78
13 - Miller/Holzer (Porsche 997) - Miller - 78
14 - Sweedler/Bell (Ferrari 458) - Alex Job - 77
15 - Bomarito/Wittmer (SRT Viper) - SRT - 77
16 - Beretta/Malucelli (Ferrari 458) - Risi - 77
17 - Drissi/Mitchell (Oreca FLM09) - BAR1 - 77
18 - Nunez/Shears (Oreca FLM09) - Preformance Tech - 76
19 - Henzler/Sellers (Porsche 997) - Falken - 76
20 - Cisneros-Edwards (Porsche 997 Cup) - NGT - 75
21 - Canache/Pumpelly (Porsche 997 Cup) - FlyingLizard - 75
22 - Wong/Von Moltke (Porsche 997 Cup) - FlyingLizard - 75
23 - MacNeil/Bleekemolen (Porsche 997 Cup) - Alex Job - 75
24 - Stanton/Curtis (Porsche 997 Cup) - TRG - 75
25 - Marcelli/Cumming (Oreca FLM09) - BAR1 - 75
26 - Dempsey/Foster (Porsche 997 Cup) - Demsey/DelPiero - 73
27 - Keating/Faulkner (Porsche 997 Cup) - TRG - 73
28 - Tucker/Briscoe (HPD ARX-03b) - Level 5 - 66
29 - Hedlund/Heylen (Porsche 997 Cup) - JDX - 62
30 - Tucker/Franchitti (HPD ARX-03b) - Level 5 - 57