PORSCHE WINS FOURTH STRAIGHT.(Competition)

Porsche maintained its winning streak in the American Le Mans Series, as Penske drivers Ryan Briscoe and Sascha Maassen claimed the manufacturer's fourth-straight overall victory in a thrill-a-minute race around Lime Rock Park's cramped confines. The win was Briscoe and Maassen's second in a row.

Porsche's RS Spyder lost 5 percent of its engine power for this race-with the belated introduction of 2007-spec LMP2 air restrictors-but it was still the car to have at the 1.54-mile Connecticut venue. The much heavier LMP1 Audi R10s weren't at home on the narrow and bumpy circuit; what's more, Porsche appeared to extend its advantage over its Acura LMP2 rivals.

The second Penske Porsche dominated much of the two-hour, 45-minute race. Romain Dumas and then Timo Bern-hard led the first two hours until the latter was caught behind two slower cars.

The Audis ended up nowhere after both cars went off track: Allan McNish spun twice avoiding a slower prototype and ended up fifth overall together with co- driver Rinaldo Capello. Marco Werner crashed the other R10 heavily.

Olivier Beretta and Oliver Gavin won GT1 ahead of Chevrolet Corvette teammates Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen. Given that overtaking between the two cars was banned, victory was essentially decided when Beretta ended up 0.01 second quicker in free practice before rain that canceled qualifying.

Ferrari gave Porsche its first ALMS GT2 victory of the season. The race's three F430 GTs came together in one incident, allowing the Flying Lizard Porsche of Jorg Bergmeister and Johannes van Overbeek to win the class.

PENALTIES PLAGUE DAYTONA GRAND-AM