Porsche Club of America
Los Angeles Region
Porsche RS Spyder Sweeps Long Beach ALMS Podium.
Old Creek Ranch Winery Fun Run & Lunch
Excerpted Porsche Motorsports Press Release
The weather seemed to think that the weekend of April 22 was not a good time for our fun run and lunch at the Old Creek Winery in Ojai. But the group disagreed, and it was a fine day.
LONG BEACH, Calif. - April 14 - Romain Dumas (France) and Timo Bernhard (Germany) brought their Porsche RS Spyder LMP2 prototype, prepared by Penske Motorsports, to a first place finish overall and class win at Saturday's American Le Mans Series race through the streets of Long Beach.
So at 9:00 am from the Taft High School parking lot, 55 people riding in 29 cars set off for the
Bernhard, who started the car from the front row, ran second to the Franchitti/Herta Acura for the first 30 minutes of the 100-minute event, and turned the car over to Dumas, who took the lead when the Acura pitted for a driver change. The Sascha Maassen (Germany)/Ryan Briscoe (Australia) Penske Porsche RS Spyder was second, and the Andy Wallace (England)/Butch Leitzinger (USA) Dyson Racing Porsche RS Spyder was third. It was the first time the Audi R-10 diesel LMP1 Continued on Page 3.
Ready to go, the group assembles for a photo. Bob Gordon photo.
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Long Beach American LeMans . . . . . . . .1 Old Creek Winery Fun Run . . . . . . . . . . .1 Houston American LeMans . . . . . . . . . . .3 New Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 LA Events Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 8 Zone 8 Events Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
And then it’s “everyone start your engines.” Martin Holford photo. Continued on Page 4.