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VLN 2009: Another Podium Result for Audi R8 LMS on the Nordschleife
By source: Audi Sport, photos: Jan Brucke/VLN
Oct 5, 2009, 11:46

Marc Basseng, Frank Biela and Hans-Joachim Stuck clinched another podium result for the Audi R8 LMS on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. At the eighth round of the BFGoodrich Endurance Championship, the trio from Team Phoenix Racing took third place overall. René Rast, Dennis Rostek and Nicki Thiim in the second R8 LMS of Team Phoenix Racing finished fifth despite a stop-and-go penalty.

RESULTS & POINT SCORES:

Nürburgring (D), October 3, BFGoodrich Endurance Championship round 8 1 Mamerow/Werner (Porsche) 28 laps in 4h 04m38.202s 2 Tiemann/Dumas/Klasen (Porsche) + 55.585s 3 Basseng/Biela/Stuck (Audi R8 LMS) + 55.710s 4 Müller/Farfus (BMW) + 1m 27.690s 5 Rast/Rostek/Thiim (Audi R8 LMS) + 3m 25.589s Next race: Nürburgring (D), October 17

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