The polesitting Pickett HPD dominated the first two hours of the race in the hands of Graf before he handed over to fellow German Luhr, who went on to take the chequered flag five laps ahead of the chasing field.
Second overall went to Scott Tucker and Marino Franchitti in the #551 Level 5 HPD after the pair were embroiled in a titanic battle at the front of the LMP2 field.
It was Mike Conway in the sister Level 5 machine who led the majority of the race and was forced to fend off Extreme Speed’s Guy Cosmo until he made his scheduled stop with less than an hour remaining.
Tucker, now behind the wheel of the #552 Level 5 HPD, could not retain the lead during the latter stages of the race.
Scott Sharp managed to do what Cosmo could not and put them ahead, only for Franchitti to pull off an outstanding overtake on the outside of of Turn 8 with 20 minutes left on the clock.
LMPC honours went to CORE’s Colin Braun and Jonathan Bennett, but RSR Racing was unlikely not to take the win. Duncan Ende had dominated until the final hour when his ORECA was retired with a suspected drivetrain issue.
CORVETTE WINS TIGHT GT BATTLE
The sister SRT car of Jonathan Bomarito and Kuno Wittmer came third in what was a ultra-competitive field, with the class lead changing on almost a lap by lap basis once the race resumed after a late safety car period following Tomy Drissi crashing at Turn 1.
GTC victory went to class polesitter Jeroen Bleekemolen and Cooper MacNeil, while Tom Burgess and Chris McMurry finished sixth overall for Dyson Racing as Burgess missed his pit box and then received a penalty for pitlane speeding, both of which sent them tumbling down the order.
Results – 132 laps:
Pos Cl Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. P1 Graf/Luhr Pickett HPD
2. P2 Franchitti/Tucker Level 5 HPD +4 laps
3. P2 Sharp/Cosmo Extreme Speed HPD +5 laps
4. P2 Conway/Tucker Level 5 HPD +5 laps
5. P2 Brown/van Overbeek Extreme Speed HPD +6 laps
6. P1 Burgess/McMurry Dyson Lola-Mazda +7 laps
7. PC Braun/Bennett CORE FLM +7 laps
8. PC Schultis/van der Zande DragonSpeed FLM +8 laps
9. PC Marcelli/Cumming BAR1 FLM +9 laps
10. PC Guasch/Cheng PR1 FLM +9 laps
11. GT Gavin/Milner Corvette +9 laps
12. GT Farnbacher/Goosens SRT Viper +9 laps
13. GT Wittmer/Bomarito SRT Viper +9 laps
14. GT Garcia/Magnussen Corvette +9 laps
15. GT Hand/Muller RLL BMW +9 laps
16. GT Martin/Auberlen RLL BMW +10 laps
17. GT Bell/Keen West/AJR Ferrari +10 laps
18. GT Long/Kimber-Smith CORE Porsche +11 laps
19. GT Miller/Holzer Falken Porsche +11 laps
20. GT Sellers/Henzler Falken Porsche +12 laps
21. PC Junqueira/Ende RSR FLM +18 laps
22. GTC Bleekemolen/MacNeil Alex Job Porsche +18 laps
23. GTC Pumpelly/Canche Flying Lizard Porsche +18 laps
24. GTC Popow/Dalziel TRG Porsche +18 laps
25. GTC Dempsey/Lally Dempsey Porsche +19 laps
26. GTC Heylen/Hedlund JDX Porsche +19 laps
27. GTC Edwards/Cisneros NGT Porsche +19 laps
28. GTC Neiman/von Moltke Flying Lizard Porsche +24 laps
29. PC Nunez/Shears Performance Tech FLM +27 laps
30. GTC Faulkner/Keating TRG Porsche +36 lapsRetirements:
PC Mitchell/Drissi BAR1 FLM 85 laps
P1 Meyrick/Legge DeltaWing 16 laps
Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/pickett-and-corvette-triumph-in-alms
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