ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Germany’s Marco Werner and Lucas Luhr raced to a 2.463-second victory in their diesel-powered Audi R10 TDI, beating teammates Marcel Fassler and Emanuele Pirro on Saturday night in the American Le Mans Series’ Generac 500.
The 1-2 finish at Road America was Audi’s second straight in the series.
David Brabham and Scott Sharp finished third overall and took their third LMP2 victory of the season for Patron Highcroft Racing and Acura.
Saturday at Road America
Elkhart Lake, Wis. Lap length: 4.048 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (1) Lucas Luhr, Marco Werner; Audi AG R10/TDI (1, P1), 102 laps.
2. (3) Emanuele Pirro, Marcel Fässler; Audi AG R10/TDI (2, P1), 102.
3. (6) David Brabham, Scott Sharp; Acura ARX-01B (1, P2), 102.
4. (5) Romain Dumas, Timo Bernhard; Porsche RS Spyder (2, P2), 102.
5. (10) Marino Franchitti, Butch Leitzinger; Porsche RS Spyder (3, P2), 102.
6. (9) Sascha Maassen, Patrick Long; Porsche RS Spyder (4, P2), 102.
7. (8) Jon Field, Clint Field, Richard Berry; Lola B06/10 AER (3, P1), 101.
8. (12) Ben Devlin, Gerardo Bonilla; Lola B07 46 Mazda (5, P2), 100.
9. (11) Guy Smith, Chris Dyson; Porsche RS Spyder (6, P2), 100.
10. (16) Jan Magnussen, Johnny O’Connell; Corvette C6.R (1, GT1), 97.
11. (2) Franck Montagny, James Rossiter; Acura ARX-01B (7, P2), 96.
12. (21) Bryce Miller, Richard Westbrook, Dirk Werner; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (1, GT2), 96.
13. (20) Joerg Bergmeister, Wolf Henzler; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (2, GT2), 96.
14. (18) Dominik Farnbacher, Dirk Mueller; Ferrari F430 GT (3, GT2), 96.
15. (22) Johannes van Overbeek, Patrick Pilet; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (4, GT2), 96.
16. (19) Jaime Melo, Mika Salo; Ferrari F430 GT (5, GT2), 96.
17. (17) Terry Borcheller, Chapman Ducote; Aston Martin Vantage (2, GT1), 95.
18. (7) Gil de Ferran, Simon Pagenaud; Acura ARX-01B (8, P2), 94.
19. (13) Ryan Lewis, John Faulkner, Gregor Fisken; Lola B06-10 AER (4, P1), 94.
20. (25) Robert Bell, Harrison Brix; Ferrari F430 GT (6, GT2), 94.
21. (28) Seth Neiman, Darren Law; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (7, GT2), 94.
22. (27) Francisco Pastorelli, Marc Basseng, Nicky Pastorelli; Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (8, GT2), 91.
23. (24) Alex Figge, Jim Tafel; Ferrari F430 GT (9, GT2), 91.
24. (29) Tim Pappas, Anthony Lazzaro; Doran Ford GT-R (10, GT2), 89.
25. (4) Luis Diaz, Adrian Fernandez; Acura ARX-01B (9, P2), 88.
26. (31) Paul Drayson, Jonny Cocker; Aston Martin Vantage (11, GT2), 84.
27. (26) David Murry, David Robertson, Andrea Robertson; Doran Ford GT-R (12, GT2), 80.
28. (15) Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta; Corvette C6.R (3, GT1), 76, accident.
29. (23) Tom Milner, Tom Sutherland, Joey Hand; Panoz Esperante Ford (13, GT2), 50.
30. (30) Joel Feinberg, Chris Hall; Dodge Viper Comp Coupe (14, GT2), 47, half shaft.
31. (14) Michael Lewis, Chris McMurry, Bryan Willman; Creation CA07-002 Judd (5, P1), 35, gearbox.
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