Pole Sitter Dyson Mazda finishes second
2012 American Le Mans Series Round4, Lime Rock Park

LAKEVILLE, CT, July 7, 2012
As is the norm for Lime Rock Park, today's American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix did not want for action. In addition to the depth of the on- track battles, there were surfeit of yellows that added more flux than normal to the outcome. Dyson Racing finished second and third in P1 on the shortest track of the ALMS calendar. Chris Dyson and Guy Smith were second overall in the #16 ModSpace Mazda-powered car and Michael Marsal and Eric Lux finished third in class in their second race with Dyson Racing.

Chris Dyson started from pole and came in from the lead an hour into the race to hand the car over to Guy Smith. Ten minutes later, Guy had to slowly motor back to the pits with a puncture, dropping the car down to fourth. Around the same time, the #20 car was hit in the rear. The damage did not measurably affect the car's speed, but took its toll later in the race when two unscheduled stops to fix inoperative brake lights dropped the car down the overall running order.

Rob Dyson noted that, “Guy lost almost three laps with the puncture. It happened just as he went by the pits and he had to slow down to preserve the car and bring it back to the pits. At the end of day, we have made a lot of progress and I think we have a good shot at taking it to them almost anywhere so we are locked and loaded.&qdquo;

“This is the second race we have had with Dyson racing and our second podium,&qdquo; said Eric Lux. “The guys worked really hard. All in all, the car was strong. We had some understeer when I got in but I was able to climb a number of positions, but we than ended up losing those fixing the brake light damage.&qdquo;

The American Le Mans Series next heads north for Mobil 1 Presents the Grand Prix of Mosport. The two-hour, 45-minute race is scheduled for noon ET on July 22 from the 2.5 mile, 10-turn Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

11.7.2012
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