2010 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach

The 2010 Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach was the second round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Long Beach Street Circuit on April 17, 2010.

Long Beach Street Circuit

Qualifying

The qualifying session saw Adrian Fernández take the overall pole for Aston Martin Racing. Christophe Bouchut gave Level 5 Motorsports the LMPC pole, Jaime Melo gave Risi Competizione the GT pole and Andy Lally gave TRG the GTC pole after the Black Swan Racing entry was demoted to the back of the grid after it was found they used improper fuel in qualifying.

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[1][2]

Pos	Class	Team	Driver	Lap Time	Grid
1	LMP	#007 Aston Martin Racing	Adrian Fernández	1:13.213	1
2	LMP	#1 Patrón Highcroft Racing	Simon Pagenaud	1:13.285	2
3	LMP	#16 Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson	1:14.191	3
4	LMP	#6 Muscle Milk Team Cytosport	Klaus Graf	1:14.259	4
5	LMP	#37 Intersport Racing	Jon Field	1:15.136	5
6	LMP	#8 Drayson Racing	Jonny Cocker	1:17.084	6
7	LMPC	#55 Level 5 Motorsports	Christophe Bouchut	1:17.273	7
8	LMPC	#99 Green Earth Team Gunnar	Gunnar Jeannette	1:17.520	8
9	LMP	#12 Autocon Motorsports	Tomy Drissi	1:17.611	9
10	LMPC	#36 Genoa Racing	J. R. Hildebrand	1:18.186	10
11	LMPC	#11 Performance Tech	Kyle Marcelli	1:18.422	11
12	GT	#62 Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo	1:19.581	12
13	GT	#17 Team Falken Tire	Wolf Henzler	1:20.179	13
14	GT	#3 Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell	1:20.308	14
15	GT	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Patrick Long	1:20.424	15
16	GT	#4 Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta	1:20.438	16
17	GT	#92 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Bill Auberlen	1:20.486	17
18	GT	#90 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Joey Hand	1:20.564	18
19	GT	#02 Extreme Speed Motorsports	Guy Cosmo	1:20.587	19
20	LMPC	#95 Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker	1:21.151	20
21	GT	#01 Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp	1:21.346	21
22	GT	#44 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law	1:21.457	22
23	GT	#40 Robertson Racing	David Murry	1:21.960	23
24	LMPC	#89 Intersport Racing	Brian Wong	1:22.014	24
25	GT	#75 Jaguar RSR	Ryan Dalziel	1:22.985	25
26	LMPC	#52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem	1:23.599	26
27	GTC	#54 Black Swan Racing	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:23.857	36
28	GTC	#63 TRG	Andy Lally	1:24.098	27
29	GTC	#32 GMG Racing	James Sofronas	1:24.256	28
30	GTC	#81 Alex Job Racing	Butch Leitzinger	1:24.288	29
31	GTC	#23 Alex Job Racing	Romeo Kapudija	1:24.462	30
32	GTC	#88 Velox Motorsports	Shane Lewis	1:24.672	31
33	GTC	#48 Orbit Racing	Bryce Miller	1:24.730	32
34	GTC	#69 WERKS II Racing	Galen Bieker	1:24.968	33
35	GTC	#28 911 Design	Loren Beggs	1:25.952	34
36	GTC	#80 Car Amigo/Alex Job Racing	Luis Díaz	1:26.771	35

Race

The race was won by the #1 Highcroft Acura but only by a margin of 0.353 seconds over the #007 Aston Martin. The #99 Green Earth Team Gunnar car was the first LMPC car to cross the line finishing fifth overall, one lap ahead of the next nearest LMPC car. The #45 Flying Lizard Porsche won in the GT class and the #81 Alex Job Racing car took the GTC win.

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of their class winner's distance are marked as Not Classified (NC).^[3]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tire	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP	1	Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Simon Pagenaud	HPD ARX-01C	M	67
					HPD 3.4 L V8
2	LMP	007	Aston Martin Racing	Harold Primat Adrian Fernández	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	M	67
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
3	LMP	6	Muscle Milk Team Cytosport	Greg Pickett Klaus Graf	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	M	67
					Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8
4	LMP	16	Dyson Racing Team	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Lola B09/86	M	67
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0 L Turbo I4 (Butanol)
5	LMPC	99	Green Earth Team Gunnar	Elton Julian Gunnar Jeannette	Oreca FLM09	M	66
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
6	LMPC	55	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Christophe Bouchut	Oreca FLM09	M	65
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
7	LMPC	36	Genoa Racing	J. R. Hildebrand Tom Sutherland	Oreca FLM09	M	65
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
8	GT	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	65
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
9	LMP	12	Autocon Motorsports	Tomy Drissi Ken Davis	Lola B06/10	D	65
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
10	GT	3	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Johnny O'Connell	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	65
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
11	GT	92	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Bill Auberlen Tommy Milner	BMW M3 GT2	D	65
					BMW 4.0 L V8
12	GT	62	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430 GTC	M	65
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
13	GT	90	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	Dirk Müller Joey Hand	BMW M3 GT2	D	65
					BMW 4.0 L V8
14	GT	17	Team Falken Tire	Bryan Sellers Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	F	65
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15	GT	01	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Scott Sharp Johannes van Overbeek	Ferrari F430 GTC	M	65
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
16	GT	02	Extreme Speed Motorsports	Ed Brown Guy Cosmo	Ferrari F430 GTC	M	64
					Ferrari 4.0 L V8
17	LMPC	89	Intersport Racing	Mitch Pagerey Brian Wong	Oreca FLM09	M	63
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
18	GT	4	Corvette Racing	Olivier Beretta Oliver Gavin	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	63
					Chevrolet 5.5 L V8
19	GTC	81	Alex Job Racing	Juan González Butch Leitzinger	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	63
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
20	GTC	32	GMG Racing	Bret Curtis James Sofronas	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	63
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
21	GTC	23	Alex Job Racing	Bill Sweedler Romeo Kapudija	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	63
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
22	LMPC	11	Performance Tech	Gerardo Bonilla Kyle Marcelli	Oreca FLM09	M	62
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
23	GT	40	Robertson Racing	David Robertson David Murry	Ford GT-R Mk. VII	D	62
					Ford 5.0 L V8
24	GTC	88	Velox Racing	Shane Lewis Jerry Vento	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	62
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
25	LMP	8	Drayson Racing	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker	Lola B09/60	M	62
					Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10
26	GTC	48	Orbit Racing	Bryce Miller John McMullen	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	61
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
27	GTC	69	WERKS II Racing	Robert Rodriguez Galen Bieker	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	61
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
28	GTC	80	Car Amigo-Alex Job Racing	Juan González Luis Díaz	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	61
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
29	GTC	54	Black Swan Racing	Tim Pappas Jeroen Bleekemolen	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	60
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
30 DNF	LMP	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field	Lola B06/10	D	48
					AER P32C 4.0 L Turbo V8
31	GTC	63	TRG	Henri Richard Andy Lally	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	48
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
32 NC	GT	75	Jaguar RSR	Paul Gentilozzi Ryan Dalziel	Jaguar XKRS	Y	45
					Jaguar 5.0 L V8
33 DNF	GT	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Seth Neiman	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	28
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
34 DNF	GTC	28	911 Design	Loren Beggs Doug Baron	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Y	6
					Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
35 DNF	LMPC	52	PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem Tom Papadopolous	Oreca FLM09	M	3
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8
DNS	LMPC	95	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Ryan Hunter-Reay	Oreca FLM09	M	-
					Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8