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Facts And Figures – Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge

Storylines to keep your eyes on this weekend in Round 6.

Some facts and figures to whet your appetite for this weekend’s Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge, the sixth round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón…

  1. The last five Mid-Ohio races have featured multiple lead-lap finishes and the last four have featured victory margins of less than nine seconds. Of the eight Mid-Ohio rounds, only one (2004) was won by a lap. The 2006 race featured the closest overall victory margin, only 0.434 seconds.
  2. As is the case at many other venues, Porsche enjoys a phenomenal record at Mid-Ohio – nine class wins. The German marque has six GT2/GT victories and three LMP2 victories – two of those were overall.
  3. Fourteen previous Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Series race-winners at Mid-Ohio are entered this year. They combine for a total of twenty-five (25) Mid-Ohio ALMS wins. Corvette Racing’s Johnny O’Connell leads the way with five Mid-Ohio victories: (2001, 2002, 2004 GTS and 2005 and 2008 GT1). In last year’s he and Corvette made their GT2 debut. Johannes van Overbeek, driving for Extreme Speed Motorsports and Ferrari, ranks second with three career Mid-Ohio victories. They call came with Flying Lizard Motorsports and Porsche. In addition, all three were with different teammates: Darren Law (2004), Wolf Henzler (2006) and Jörg Bergmeister (2007). Van Overbeek will drive a Ferrari F430 GT this year with Scott Sharp. The other previous race-winners: Olivier Beretta (2006 and 2007 GT1); Jörg Bergmeister (2007 and 2009 GT2); David Brabham (2001 P900 and overall), Guy Cosmo (2005 P2); Clint Field (2004 P2); Oliver Gavin (2006 and 2007 GT1); Wolf Henzler (2006 GT2); Darren Law (2004 GT); Patrick Long (2009 GT2); Jan Magnussen (2001 P900 and overall, 2008 GT1); Dirk Müller (2008 GT2); Simon Pagenaud (2009 P1 and overall); and Bryan Willman (2002 P675).
  4. Simon Pagenaud seeks second consecutive Mid-Ohio overall victory, this time with Patrón Highcroft Racing. He won in 2008 with Gil de Ferran and de Ferran Motorsports.
  5. Jörg Bergmeister/Patrick Long, Flying Lizard and Porsche are seeking a second consecutive Mid-Ohio GT2/GT victory.
  6. Corvette Racing seeks its eighth Mid-Ohio triumph, this time in GT. The factory GM road-racing effort won in GTS/GT1 in 2001-02 and 2004-08. Last year, Corvette Racing debuted its GT2 version of the Corvette C6.R.
  7. Corvette’s Oliver Gavin can win his fourth Mid-Ohio pole position after taking GTS/GT1 poles in 2004, 2005 and 2007. Corvette Racing also has claimed five previous Mid-Ohio pole positions, all in GTS/GT1.
  8. The 2009 and 2007 overall winners came from the overall pole, as did the 2002 victor. The 2006 overall-winning Penske Racing Porsche prototype started 22nd! Other overall winners came from second (2001, 2004, 2005) overall and fifth overall (2008).
  9. GT2 (GT) winners came from pole (2005 and 2009), second (2001), third (2006 and 2007), fourth (2004 and 2008) and sixth (2002).

 

What will this year’s Mid-Ohio round hold in store? We’ll all find out at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 7. Live race and qualifying video will be streamed online at americanlemans.com. Live radio coverage will be available on American Le Mans Radio presented by Porsche – a production of Radio Show Limited – as well as Sirius Channel 127 and XM Channel 242. The race will be broadcast at 12:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 15 on CBS Sports. Visit the Series’ schedule page for ticket and accommodation information. Live Timing and Scoring, track schedule, entry list and much, much more will be available on Racehub at americanlemans.com.

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