Stevenson Motorsports Carries Podium Momentum to Lime Rock Park

IMSA WEATHERTECH NORTHEAST GRAND PRIX: The shortest track on the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship calendar, Lime Rock Park is a fast 1.5-mile bullring circuit located in Lakeville, Connecticut.

RACE LENGTH: 2 hours, 40 minutes

BROADCAST SCHEDULE:
Friday Qualifying: 4:25 PM – 5:35 PM LIVE on IMSA.tv
Saturday Race: 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM LIVE on FOX and IMSA.tv

STEVENSON MOTORSPORTS DRIVER LINEUP: 
No. 6 Stevenson Motorsports Audi R8 LMS:
Andrew Davis + Robin Liddell
No. 9 Stevenson Motorsports Audi R8 LMS:
Matt Bell + Lawson Aschenbach

PODIUM MOMENTUM: After showing strong pace and strength in the only back-to-back races on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule, Stevenson Motorsports scored its first podium result in the team’s new Audi machinery at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park as Robin Liddell and Andrew Davis drove the No. 6 Stevenson Motorsports Audi R8 LMS to a second place finish. The brother No. 9 Stevenson Motorsports Audi R8 LMS shared by Matt Bell and Lawson Aschenbach finished ninth.

STEVENSON MOTORSPORTS’ LIME ROCK HIGHLIGHTS:

• Stevenson Motorsports finished fourth in its very first race at Lime Rock Park in 2006. The team fielded Johnny Stevenson, Vic Rice and Tommy Riggins in a Riggins Corvette.
• The first Lime Rock podium for Stevenson Motorsports came in 2008 when Andrew Davis and Robin Liddell finished third in a Pontiac GXP.R.
• Stevenson Motorsports first claimed victory at Lime Rock Park in 2011 with Robin Liddell and Jan Magnussen in a Camaro GT.R. The team followed that up with a repeat win in 2012 with Liddell and John Edwards.
• The first Lime Rock Park podium for Stevenson Motorsports in Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge competition was in 2013 when Matt Bell and John Edwards finished second. Bell and Andy Lally combined for third in the Camaro Z/28.R at Lime Rock Park the following year.
• In all, Stevenson Motorsports has five podium results to its credit at Lime Rock Park – including two victories.

LIME ROCK REWIND: Last year, Stevenson Motorsports fielded two IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge entries. The No. 6 Camaro Z/28.R of Andrew Davis and Robin Liddell placed fourth while the brother No. 9 Camaro Z/28.R of Matt Bell and Lawson Aschenbach finished fifth.

STEVENSON DRIVERS AT LIME ROCK: Each of the Stevenson Motorsports drivers have experienced the spray of champagne on the Lime Rock Podium.
– Matt Bell: 2013 – 2nd, 2014 – 3rd (Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge)
– Lawson Aschenbach: 2013 – 1st (GRAND-AM)
– Andrew Davis: 2008 & 2011 – 3rd (GRAND-AM)
– Robin Liddell: 2006 & 2008 – 3rd (GRAND-AM), 2011 & 2012 – 1st (GRAND-AM)

DAVIS AND ASCHENBACH IN RECENT LIME ROCK ACTION: Both Andrew Davis and Lawson Aschenbach raced at Lime Rock Park in May as part of their World Challenge campaigns. Aschenbach picked up a victory and a fourth place finish driving a Camaro in the GTS event while Davis finished 13th and 10th in the GT races.