Thanks to Dominik Farnbacher and Marc Goossens, who co-drove the No. 91 Viper GTS-R to first in class at Road America, SRT Motorsports got to celebrate its first win since bringing the Viper back to the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) last year.
Viper's factory team had not won since 2000.
SRT Motorsports had come close last month, but ultimately lost out to Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner, who finished third at Elkhart Lake. Goossens and Farnbacher also beat Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia, who piloted another Corvette to second in GT.
In P1, Muscle Milk's Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf won again at the wheel of their HPD ARX-03c, but it was the revigorated DeltaWing that highlighted the race. Drivers Katherine Legge and Andy Meyrick each led during their respective stint, for a total of 16 laps.
Most importantly, the duo praised the DeltaWing's newly found reliability. For the first time this season, the revolutionary car actually made it the the finish, albeit only third place in class. Tony Burgess and Chris McMurry drove Dyson Racing's No. 16 Lola-Mazda to second place.
Level 5 Motorsports' Scott Tucker and standing in driver Simon Pagenaud, who replaced the injured Ryan Briscoe, won in P2.
Bruno Junqueira and Duncan Ende (RSR Racing) earned a second PC win this season, while Spencer Pumpelly and Nelson Canache Jr. finished first in GTC.
Race results – Road America, Elkhart Lake (ALMS)
1 - Graf/Luhr (HPD ARX-03c) - Pickett - 67 laps 2h46m40"847s
2 - Burgess/McMurry (Lola B12/60 Mazda) - Dyson - - 0"306
3 - Junqueira/Ende (Oreca FLM09) - Rocketsports - 19"788
4 - Marcelli/Cumming (Oreca FLM09) - BAR1 - 29"809
5 - Meyrick/Legge (DeltaWing-Mazda) - Panoz - 30"258
6 - Tucker/Pagenaud (HPD ARX-03b) - Level 5 - 32"650
7 - Sharp/Cosmo (HPD ARX-03b) - ExtremeSpeed - 34"882
8 - Tucker/Franchitti (HPD ARX-03b) - Level 5 - 35"726
9 - Guasch/Cheng (Oreca FLM09) - PR1 - 37"601
10 - Bennett/Braun (Oreca FLM09) - CORE - 38"467
11 - Nunez/Shears (Oreca FLM09) - Preformance Tech - 39"728
12 - Schultis/Van Der Zande (Oreca FLM09) - DragonSpeed - 66
13 - Mitchell/French (Oreca FLM01) - Bar1 - 66
14 - Goossens/Farnbacher (SRT Viper) - SRT - 65
15 - Magnussen/Garcia (Corvette ZR1) - Corvette - 65
16 - Gavin/Milner (Corvette ZR1) - Corvette - 65
17 - Miller/Holzer (Porsche 997) - Miller - 65
18 - Long/Kimber-Smith (Porsche 997) - CORE - 65
19 - Bomarito/Wittmer (SRT Viper) - SRT - 65
20 - Auberlen/Martin (BMW Z4) - Rahal - 65
21 - Mueller/Edwards (BMW Z4) - Rahal - 65
22 - Henzler/Sellers (Porsche 997) - Falken - 65
23 - Beretta/Malucelli (Ferrari GTS3 458) - Risi - 65
24 - Canache/Pumpelly (Porsche 997 Cup) - FlyingLizard - 62
25 - MacNeil/Bleekemolen (Porsche 997 Cup) - Alex Job - 62
26 - Cisneros-Edwards (Porsche 997 Cup) - NGT - 62
27 - Dempsey/Lally (Porsche 997 Cup) - Demsey/DelPiero - 62
28 - Neiman/VonMoltke (Porsche 997) - FlyingLizard - 62
29 - Snow/Courtney (Porsche 997 Cup) - TRG - 62
33 - Hedlund/Heylen (Porsche 997 Cup) - JDX - 58
34 - Brown/Van Overbeek (HPD ARX-03b) - ExtremeSpeed - 29
35 - Keen/Bell (Ferrari 458) - AlexJob - 14
36 - Keating/Faulkner (Porsche 997 Cup) - TRG - 4
Viper's factory team had not won since 2000.
SRT Motorsports had come close last month, but ultimately lost out to Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner, who finished third at Elkhart Lake. Goossens and Farnbacher also beat Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia, who piloted another Corvette to second in GT.
In P1, Muscle Milk's Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf won again at the wheel of their HPD ARX-03c, but it was the revigorated DeltaWing that highlighted the race. Drivers Katherine Legge and Andy Meyrick each led during their respective stint, for a total of 16 laps.
 |
| Andy Meyrick, DeltaWing (Photo: AndyMeyrick.com) |
Most importantly, the duo praised the DeltaWing's newly found reliability. For the first time this season, the revolutionary car actually made it the the finish, albeit only third place in class. Tony Burgess and Chris McMurry drove Dyson Racing's No. 16 Lola-Mazda to second place.
Level 5 Motorsports' Scott Tucker and standing in driver Simon Pagenaud, who replaced the injured Ryan Briscoe, won in P2.
Bruno Junqueira and Duncan Ende (RSR Racing) earned a second PC win this season, while Spencer Pumpelly and Nelson Canache Jr. finished first in GTC.
 |
| Marc Goossens, Dominik Farnbacher (Photo: DrivesSRT.com) |
Race results – Road America, Elkhart Lake (ALMS)
1 - Graf/Luhr (HPD ARX-03c) - Pickett - 67 laps 2h46m40"847s
2 - Burgess/McMurry (Lola B12/60 Mazda) - Dyson - - 0"306
3 - Junqueira/Ende (Oreca FLM09) - Rocketsports - 19"788
4 - Marcelli/Cumming (Oreca FLM09) - BAR1 - 29"809
5 - Meyrick/Legge (DeltaWing-Mazda) - Panoz - 30"258
6 - Tucker/Pagenaud (HPD ARX-03b) - Level 5 - 32"650
7 - Sharp/Cosmo (HPD ARX-03b) - ExtremeSpeed - 34"882
8 - Tucker/Franchitti (HPD ARX-03b) - Level 5 - 35"726
9 - Guasch/Cheng (Oreca FLM09) - PR1 - 37"601
10 - Bennett/Braun (Oreca FLM09) - CORE - 38"467
11 - Nunez/Shears (Oreca FLM09) - Preformance Tech - 39"728
12 - Schultis/Van Der Zande (Oreca FLM09) - DragonSpeed - 66
13 - Mitchell/French (Oreca FLM01) - Bar1 - 66
14 - Goossens/Farnbacher (SRT Viper) - SRT - 65
15 - Magnussen/Garcia (Corvette ZR1) - Corvette - 65
16 - Gavin/Milner (Corvette ZR1) - Corvette - 65
17 - Miller/Holzer (Porsche 997) - Miller - 65
18 - Long/Kimber-Smith (Porsche 997) - CORE - 65
19 - Bomarito/Wittmer (SRT Viper) - SRT - 65
20 - Auberlen/Martin (BMW Z4) - Rahal - 65
21 - Mueller/Edwards (BMW Z4) - Rahal - 65
22 - Henzler/Sellers (Porsche 997) - Falken - 65
23 - Beretta/Malucelli (Ferrari GTS3 458) - Risi - 65
24 - Canache/Pumpelly (Porsche 997 Cup) - FlyingLizard - 62
25 - MacNeil/Bleekemolen (Porsche 997 Cup) - Alex Job - 62
26 - Cisneros-Edwards (Porsche 997 Cup) - NGT - 62
27 - Dempsey/Lally (Porsche 997 Cup) - Demsey/DelPiero - 62
28 - Neiman/VonMoltke (Porsche 997) - FlyingLizard - 62
29 - Snow/Courtney (Porsche 997 Cup) - TRG - 62
33 - Hedlund/Heylen (Porsche 997 Cup) - JDX - 58
34 - Brown/Van Overbeek (HPD ARX-03b) - ExtremeSpeed - 29
35 - Keen/Bell (Ferrari 458) - AlexJob - 14
36 - Keating/Faulkner (Porsche 997 Cup) - TRG - 4