the ALMS season with back-to-back victories, as well as becoming a repeat Petit Le Mans winner, came as a huge reward for Level 5, which also scored the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup victory on Saturday.

"In the past, HPD has showed that they could be very fast, competitive and reliable," Bouchut said. "Level 5 put in a great effort to prove that again. It was a big surprise to see us run so strong at Laguna Seca without any problems and we did that again today. It's a great way to end to the ALMS season." Bouchut, who along with Tucker, earned the ALMS LMP2 drivers' championship and also gave the David Stone-led team its second consecutive teams' championship, thanks to five wins this season. Between their ALMS title and Petit Le Mans victory, Level 5 now holds two automatic invitations to next year's 24 Hours of Le Mans. Tucker enjoyed a particularly successful week, as the now two-time American Le Mans Series champion scored four wins in six races, including victories in both Cooper Tire Prototype Lites races and top honors in the SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series event. Saturday's Petit Le Mans win was Tucker's 64th career victory. Level 5's second Microsoft Office 2010-sponsored car of Tucker, Luis Diaz and Marino Franchitti, which started on pole, overcame an early race turbo failure to finish a respectable fifth in class. Franchitti, who made his team debut, set one of the quickest laps of the race, a 1:13.860 lap time, following the successful repair which got the No. 055 car back on track after a one-hour and 15-minute delay.

"The cars performed well and I'm happy for the entire team on this big win," said team manager David Stone. "It was unfortunate the Signatech Nissan had a problem with their power steering. Everyone would have enjoyed seeing how the fight would have gone until the end. But we all have those issues once in a while. If we didn't lose a turbo in our No. 055 car, we may have had two cars on the podium tonight. "It was great to have won the race with the new chassis and Honda engine, but by the same token, we need to keep pushing," Stone added. "We'll be going to Zhuhai next month with the goal of winning again. I think we finally have the equipment to do that, especially given tonight's result."