Lola designed and built Le Mans Prototypes reaped more success at the second round of the 2011 American Le Mans Series held at the famous Long Beach street circuit at the weekend. Cytosport, Dyson Racing and Level 5 Motorsports all took silverware to continue the impressive start to Lola's racing year.
The Muscle Milk Cytosport Lola B08/62, powered by Aston Martin, won the race after a race long duel with the Dyson Racing Lola-Mazda. Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr eventually won out in the two hour sprint race on the sinuous Californian streets.
Guy Smith had taken a brilliant pole position in the Dyson Lola-Mazda and his team mate Chris Dyson led from the start but was immediately under pressure from Luhr's Lola-Aston Martin. At Turn 5 the German made his move and it was a lead that the Greg Pickett led team were never to lose over the next 83 laps.
Registering the Huntingdon constructor's first 1-2 result of the 2011 campaign, Lola customer teams showed speed and reliability to ensure its teams now head this year's title race. Chris Dyson and Guy Smith head the LMP1 drivers' points while Luis Diaz and Ryan Hunter Reay lead the LMP2 standings. Lola also lead both the LMP1 and LMP2 chassis manufacturers championships.
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