Lexington, Ohio- The heat has arrived and is locked in for the weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. About the only thing comparably hot on the track is the Acura race team featuring David Brabham and Scott Sharp in the American LeMans Series.
Riding high on last week’s history-making first-place win at Lime Rock Park, Patron Highcroft Racing again went to battle against the Penske Porsches, providing high-wire tension and excitement in the last several minutes of the Acura Sports Car Challenge.
Audi returned to its dominating style at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with a 1-2 finish in the Acura Sports Car Challenge on Saturday with Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner taking the first overall victory for the R10 TDI since April.
Adrian Fernandez and Luis Diaz brought the #15 Lowe’s Acura ARX home to a third-place class and fifth-place overall result in the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course this afternoon.
LEXINGTON, Ohio (July 19, 2008) — Last week, it was the Brabham/Sharp Acura that ran down the No. 7 Penske Porsche RS Spyder with 90 seconds left to score a victory at Lime Rock Park, but the roles were reversed today in the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course as Romain Dumas (France) held off Brabham to score the Porsche tandem’s fourth win in six American Le Mans Series …
1. (5) Marco Werner, Lucas Luhr; Audi AG R10/TDI (1, P1), 111 laps. 2. (7) Rinaldo Capello, Emanuele Pirro; Audi AG R10/TDI (2, P1), 111. 3. (3) Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas; Porsche RS Spyder (1, P2), 111.
Scott Sharp and David Brabham combined to drive the Patron Highcroft race team to a fourth place finish at the American Le Mans Series Acura Sports Car Challenge at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Saturday in Lexington, Ohio.The Danbury-based Patron Highcroft team’s Acura ARX-01b also finished second in the LMPS class, to the Penske Racing team of Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard.
1. (5) Marco Werner, Lucas Luhr; Audi AG R10/TDI (1, P1), 111 laps. 2. (7) Rinaldo Capello, Emanuele Pirro; Audi AG R10/TDI (2, P1), 111. 3. (3) Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas; Porsche RS Spyder (1, P2), 111.
SWEETWATER A thief stole a 2002 Acura in the 700 block of Northwest 111th Place between 2 and 5 p.m. July 13. SWEETWATER AREA A thief stole a 2005 Ford F-350 in the 13200 block of Northwest Eighth Street between 9 p.m. July 9 and 1:15 a.m. July 10.
Police say a 5-year-old boy was killed in a drunken solo-vehicle crash in Palmdale. The boy was in an Acura that struck a power pole and rolled over on eastbound 90th Street at Avenue N, near the Los Angeles/Palmdale Regional Airport, California Highway Patrol Officer Francisco Villalobos said.