Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing Wins The Mobil 1 Presents The Grand Prix Of Mosport

The pole setting Muscle Milk Aston Martin Racing LMP1, piloted by Germany’s Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr held off the Dyson Racing duo of Chris Dyson and Guy Smith who still hold the lead in the LMP1 championship heading into next round for the American Le Mans Series at Mid-Ohio in August.  For Graf, the win marked the second consecutive year in which he took the checkered flag in the Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport.

 

The #06 Core Autosport team of Salt Lake City, UT native Gunnar Jeannette and Mexico’s Ricardo Gonzalez took the top step on the podium in the LMP Challenge class.  Corvette Racing’s Olivier Gavin and Jan Magnussen finished first in the GT class and American’s Duncan Ende and Spencer Pumpelly won the GT Challenge.

 

Taking the Michelin Green X Challenge awards, given to the team that goes the farthest and fastest with the least environmental impact were the pairing of Graf/Luhr in LMP1 and Corvette Racing’s Gavin and Magnussen in GT.

 

In the U.S. based IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge, Tim McKenzie took the checkered flag for the second day in a row.  6th Gear Racing’s Marco Cirone was the winner for the second consecutive day in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada.

 

In the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Championship, Jonathon Gore won the second of the two races that took place over the weekend, with a total time of 30:18.333.

 

João Victor Horto of Brazil won the Star Mazda Championship race after qualifying in fifth position the day before.

 

In the Castrol Touring Car Championship, Ashton’s Arek Wojciechowski edged King City native Richard Boake with an exciting last turn pass to win the Super Touring Class by a mere 0.014.  Amherstburg’s Dean Fantin finished third.

 

Trois-Rivieres, QC resident Luc Lesage won in the Touring class.

 

 

Grand Prix of Mosport – ALMS – Race Results

 

1. (1) Lucas Luhr, Monte Carlo, Monaco; Klaus Graf, Dornham, Germany; AMR/ Lola Coupe B08 62 (1, LMP1), 129.

2. (2) Chris Dyson, Pleasant Valley, New York; Guy Smith, Bracken, Yorkshire, UK; Lola B09 86/Mazda (2, LMP1), 129.

3. (3) Humaid Al Masaood, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Steven Kane, Newtownards, Ireland; Lola B09/86 Mazda (3, LMP1), 127.

4. (5) Ricardo Gonzalez, Monterrey, Mexico; Gunnar Jeannette, Salt Lake City, Utah; Oreca FLM09 (1, LMPC), 125.

5. (7) Jon Bennett, Fort Mill, South Carolina; Frankie Montecalvo, Highlands, New Jersey; Oreca FLM09 (2, LMPC), 123.

6. (10) Christian Zugel, Holmdel, New Jersey; Eric Lux, Jacksonville, Fla.; Oreca FLM09 (3, LMPC), 123.

7. (6) Ricardo Vera, Ponce, Puerto Rico; Jon Field, Dublin, Ohio; Oreca FLM09 (4, LMPC), 122.

8. (16) Oliver Gavin, Yardley Hastings, England; Jan Magnussen, Roskilde, Denmark; Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 (1, GT), 121.

9. (15) Toni Vilander, Kankaanpaa, Finland; Jaime Melo, Cascavel, Brazil; Ferrari F458 Italia (2, GT), 121.

10. (12) Bill Auberlen, Redondo Beach, Calif.; Dirk Werner, Kissenbruck, Germany; BMW M3 GT (3, GT), 121.

11. (11) Joey Hand, Sacramento, Calif.; Dirk Mueller, Monte Carlo, Monaco; BMW M3 GT (4, GT), 121.

12. (17) Wolf Henzler, Nuertingen, German; Bryan Sellers, Braselton, Ga.; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (5, GT), 120.

13. (9) Jarrett Boon, Phoenix, Ariz.; Anthony Nicolosi, Palm Beach, Fla.; Oreca FLM09 (5, LMPC), 119.

14. (18) Tommy Milner, Leesburg, Va.; Olivier Beretta, Monte Carlo, Monaco; Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 (6, GT), 119.

15. (19) David Murry, Atlanta, Ga.; Anthony Lazzaro, Atlanta, Ga.; Doran Ford GT (7, GT), 119.

16. (24) Seth Neiman, San Francisco, Calif.; Marco Holzer, Bobingen, Germany; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (8, GT), 118.

17. (20) Ian James, Phoenix, Ariz.; Edward Sandstrom, Orebro, Sweden; Panoz Abruzzi (9, UNC), 117.

18. (14) Johannes van Overbeek, San Francisco, Calif.; Scott Sharp, Jupiter, Fla.; Ferrari F458 Italia (10, GT), 117.

19. (22) Bryce Miller, Summit, New Jersey; Sascha Maassen, Lontzen, Germany; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (11, GT), 117.

20. (21) PJ Jones, Torrance, Calif.; Rocky Moran, Ladera Ranch, Calif.; Jaguar XKR (12, GT), 116.

21. (13) Joerg Bergmeister, Langenfield, Germany; Patrick Long, Bellaire, Fla.; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (13, GT), 113.

22. (26) Duncan Ende, Los Angeles, Calif.; Spencer Pumpelly, Mason Neck, Va.; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (1, GTC), 112.

23. (30) Marc Bunting, Monkton, Md.; Dion von Moltke, Coral Gables, Fla.; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (2, GTC), 112.

24. (23) Ed Brown, Las Vegas, Nev.; Guy Cosmo, West Palm Beach, Fla.; Ferrari F458 Italia (14, GT), 112.

25. (25) Tim Pappas, Boston, Mass.; Damien Faulkner, County Donegal, Ireland; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (3, GTC), 111.

26. (29) Bill Sweedler, Westport, Conn.; Brian Wong, Newport Beach, Calif.; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (4, GTC), 111.

27. (27) Chris Cumming, Vancouver, British Columbia; Nick Ham, Evergreen, Colo.; Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (5, GTC), 111.

28. (28) Andrea Robertson, Ray, Mich.; David Robertson, Ray, Mich.; Doran Ford GT/Elan (15, GT), 109.

29. (31) Bruno Junqueira, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Kenny Wilden, Oakville, Ontario, Canada; Jaguar XKR (16, GT), 97.

30. (4) Chapman Ducote, Miami Beach, Fla.; Kyle Marcelli, Barrie, Ontario, Canada; Oreca FLM09 (6, LMPC), 48.

31. (8) Tony Burgess, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Chris McMurry, Phoenix, Ariz.; Lola B06/10 (7, LMP1), 39.

 

 

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