2006 New England Grand Prix

4th race of the 2006 American Le Mans Series February 2025 thumb|right|240px|Track map of Lime Rock Park The 2006 New England Grand Prix was the fourth race for the 2006 American Le Mans Series season at Lime Rock Park. It took place on July 1, 2006. This race was marked by the final running of the Audi R8 in competitive motorsports. The car carried a special paintjob dedicated to its multiple ALMS championships, multiple 24 Hours of Le Mans wins, and the names of every driver to run an Audi R8, as well as every track that the Audi R8 won at. The R8 was replaced by the new Audi R10 TDI for the next race in Utah. Official results Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP1 2 United States Audi Sport North America Italy Rinaldo CapelloUnited Kingdom Allan McNish Audi R8 Michelin 177 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 2 LMP2 7 United States Penske Racing France Romain DumasGermany Timo Bernhard Porsche RS Spyder Michelin 177 Porsche MR6 3.4L V8 3 LMP2 6 United States Penske Racing Germany Sascha MaassenGermany Lucas Luhr Porsche RS Spyder Michelin 174 Porsche MR6 3.4L V8 4 GT1 009 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing France Stéphane SarrazinPortugal Pedro Lamy Aston Martin DBR9 Pirelli 166 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 5 GT1 3 United States Corvette Racing Canada Ron FellowsUnited States Johnny O'Connell Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 166 Chevrolet 7.0L V8 6 GT1 007 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Darren TurnerCzech Republic Tomáš Enge Aston Martin DBR9 Pirelli 166 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 7 GT2 31 United States Petersen MotorsportUnited States White Lightning Racing Germany Jörg BergmeisterUnited States Patrick Long Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Michelin 162 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 8 GT2 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports Germany Wolf HenzlerUnited States Johannes van Overbeek Porsche 911 GT3 Michelin 161 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 9 GT2 21 United States BMW Team PTG United States Bill AuberlenUnited States Joey Hand BMW M3 Yokohama 160 BMW 3.2L I6 10 GT2 22 United States BMW Team PTG United States Justin MarksUnited States Bryan Sellers BMW M3 Yokohama 158 BMW 3.2L I6 11 GT2 62 United States Risi Competizione Spain Marc GenéMexico Mario Domínguez Ferrari F430GT Michelin 158 Ferrari 4.0L V8 12 GT2 50 Canada Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz Australia David BrabhamCanada Scott Maxwell Panoz Esperante GT-LM Pirelli 157 Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8 13 GT2 51 Canada Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz United States Gunnar JeannetteUnited States Tommy Milner Panoz Esperante GT-LM Pirelli 156 Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8 14 LMP1 12 United States Autocon Motorsports United States Chris McMurryUnited States Mike Lewis MG-Lola EX257 Dunlop 156 AER P07 2.0L I4 15 GT1 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver GavinMonaco Olivier Beretta Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Michelin 142 Chevrolet 7.0L V8 16 GT2 44 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Lonnie PechnikUnited States Seth Neiman Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Michelin 142 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 17DNF LMP2 37 United States Intersport Racing United States Clint FieldUnited Kingdom Liz Halliday Lola B05/40 Goodyear 136 AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 18 GT2 23 United States Alex Job Racing Germany Klaus GrafGermany Mike Rockenfeller Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Michelin 129 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 19NC LMP1 16 United States Dyson Racing United Kingdom James WeaverUnited States Butch Leitzinger Lola B06/10 Michelin 122 AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8 20DNF LMP1 9 United States Highcroft Racing United States Duncan DaytonUnited States Andy Wallace MG-Lola EX257 Dunlop 81 AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 21DNF GT2 61 United States Risi Competizione Finland Toni VilanderGermany Ralf Kelleners Ferrari F430GT Michelin 32 Ferrari 4.0L V8 22DNF LMP2 19 United States Van der Steur Racing United States Gunnar van der SteurUnited Kingdom Ben Devlin Lola B2K/40 Dunlop 32 AER (Nissan) 3.0L V6 23DNF LMP1 20 United States Dyson Racing United States Chris DysonUnited Kingdom Guy Smith Lola B06/10 Michelin 21 AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8 24DNF LMP2 8 United States B-K Motorsport United States Guy CosmoUnited States James Bach Courage C65 Goodyear 21 Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-rotor Statistics Pole Position - #7 Penske Racing - 0:45.588 Fastest Lap - #7 Penske Racing - 0:47.074 Distance - 272.58 mi km Average Speed - 98.656 mi/h km/h on External links http://www.imsaracing.net/2006/events/limerock/ALMS_OfficialRace.pdf Official Results 2006-08-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20060704195001/http://www.imsaracing.net/2006/events/limerock/ALMS_OfficialRace.pdf 2006-07-04 dead  (45.0 KiB) 2006 American Le Mans Series 2006 American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio 2006 Utah Grand Prix N Category:Northeast Grand Prix Category:2006 in sports in Connecticut Category:July 2006 sports events in the United States