HPD Highcroft, Flying Lizard Prosche Claim MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge Honors at Mid-Ohio
(Michelin) Repeat winners were the order of the day in the MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge at Mid Ohio.
Finishing second in the overall race by 0.506 seconds and taking their second MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge win of the season were the E10 fueled HPD Highcroft Racing prototype and drivers David Brabham and Simon Pagenaud.
The Prototype category saw three different manufacturers, teams and fuels claim the top three positions as the winning E10 HPD Highcroft car prevailed over the E85R fueled Intersport Lola and the overall race winning Isobutanol fueled Mazda Lola of Dyson Racing.
“Highcroft have done a fantastic job in achieving great fuel economy without sacrificing performance,” Pagenaud said.
“The MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge is a great reward for the team and we are delighted to win it again. We’re now leading the series standings which is great and we’d love to win more of these in the last three races. Our goal is to win the ALMS Championship and the MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge championship, ” said Pagenaud.
There was also a repeat winner in the GT Category. The E85R fueled #45 Flying Lizard Porsche of Joerg Bergmeister and Patrick Long also scored their second GT win of the season. The win was the fifth of the 2010 season and third in the GT category for Porsche. Ten of the top GT Class entrants including the top Porsche, Ferrari, BMW and Corvette teams have all switched to E85R fuel in recent months.
“The competition for the MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge continues to increase and development of new technologies and energies through ALMS competition continues to speed up as evidenced by the shift to E85R and the performance of the Isobutanol fueled car here,” said Silvia Mammone, manager motorsports, Michelin. READ MORE and GreenChallengeWinners Press Release
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