2007 Petit Le Mans

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The 2007 Petit Le Mans was the eleventh round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season and tenth running of the Petit Le Mans. It took place at Road Atlanta, Georgia on October 6, 2007. This race also marked the closest finish in Petit Le Mans history, with the top two finishers being separated by 0.923 seconds after the 1,000-mile (1,600 km) race.

Audi driver Emanuele Pirro was initially going to drive the No. 2 entry, but suffered a concussion due to an accident in practice a few days earlier. Due to his inability to drive, Audi factory driver Lucas Luhr moved from the Petersen/White Lightning entry to take the seat in the Audi R10 TDI.[1]

Unofficial results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[2]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP1 1 United States Audi Sport North America Italy Rinaldo Capello
United Kingdom Allan McNish
Audi R10 TDI M 394
Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
2 LMP2 7 United States Penske Racing France Romain Dumas
Germany Timo Bernhard
United States Patrick Long
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 394
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
3 LMP2 20 United States Dyson Racing United States Chris Dyson
United Kingdom Guy Smith
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 386
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
4 LMP2 5 United Kingdom Zytek Motorsports United Kingdom Danny Watts
Germany Stefan Mücke
Czech Republic Jan Charouz
Zytek 07S/2 M 383
Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
5 LMP1 88 United Kingdom Creation Autosportif United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
France Christophe Tinseau
Switzerland Harold Primat
Creation CA07 D 377
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10
6 LMP2 16 United States Dyson Racing United States Butch Leitzinger
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
United States Andy Lally
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 372
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
7 LMP2 6 United States Penske Racing Germany Sascha Maassen
Australia Ryan Briscoe
France Emmanuel Collard
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 370
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
8 LMP2 9 United States Highcroft Racing Australia David Brabham
Sweden Stefan Johansson
United Kingdom Robbie Kerr
Acura ARX-01a M 365
Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
9 GT1 4 United States Corvette Racing United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Italy Max Papis
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 364
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
10 GT2 45 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Johannes van Overbeek
Germany Jörg Bergmeister
Germany Marc Lieb
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 353
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
11 GT2 71 United States Tafel Racing Germany Wolf Henzler
Germany Dominik Farnbacher
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 351
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
12
DNF
LMP2 8 United States B-K Motorsports
Japan Mazdaspeed
United States Jamie Bach
United Kingdom Ben Devlin
Brazil Raphael Matos
Lola B07/46 K 350
Mazda MZR-R 2.0L Turbo I4
13 GT2 18 United States Rahal Letterman Racing United States Tommy Milner
Germany Ralf Kelleners
United States Graham Rahal
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 350
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
14 LMP1 06 United States Team Cytosport United States Greg Pickett
Germany Klaus Graf
Mexico Memo Gidley
Lola B06/10 D 346
AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8
15 GT2 54 United States Team Trans Sport Racing United States Terry Borcheller
United States Tim Pappas
Germany Marc Basseng
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Y 342
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
16 GT2 44 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Darren Law
United States Lonnie Pechnik
United States Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 341
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
17 LMP1 2 United States Audi Sport North America Germany Lucas Luhr
Germany Marco Werner
Audi R10 TDI M 330
Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
18 GT2 62 United States Risi Competizione Finland Mika Salo
Brazil Jaime Melo
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
Ferrari F430GT M 330
Ferrari 4.0L V8
19
DNF
GT1 27 United States Doran Racing Belgium Didier Theys
Switzerland Fredy Lienhard
Italy Andrea Bertolini
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 314
Maserati 6.0L V12
20 LMP1 12 United States Autocon Motorsports United States Chris McMurry
United States Bryan Willman
United States Michael Lewis
Creation CA06/H D 304
Judd GV5 5.0L V10
21 GT2 21 United States Panoz Team PTG United States Bill Auberlen
United States Joey Hand
United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith
Panoz Esperante GT-LM Y 302
Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
22
DNF
LMP1 10 United Kingdom Arena Motorsports International United Kingdom Tom Chilton
United Kingdom Darren Manning
Zytek 07S M 288
Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8
23
NC
GT2 61 United States Risi Competizione
United States Krohn Racing
United States Tracy Krohn
Sweden Niclas Jönsson
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Ferrari F430GT M 279
Ferrari 4.0L V8
24
DNF
GT2 31 United States Petersen Motorsports
United States White Lightning Racing
United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck
Germany Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430GT M 123
Ferrari 4.0L V8
25
DNF
GT2 53 United States Robertson Racing United States David Robertson
United States Andrea Robertson
Netherlands Arie Luyendyk Jr.
Panoz Esperante GT-LM D 106
Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
26
DNF
LMP2 15 Mexico Lowe's Fernández Racing Mexico Adrian Fernández
Mexico Luis Diaz
Lola B06/43 M 87
Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
27
DNF
LMP1 37 United States Intersport Racing United States Jon Field
United States Clint Field
United States Richard Berry
Lola B06/10 D 60
AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8
28
DNF
LMP2 26 United States Andretti Green Racing United States Bryan Herta
Brazil Vítor Meira
Brazil Tony Kanaan
Acura ARX-01a M 50
Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
29
DNF
GT2 73 United States Tafel Racing United States Jim Tafel
United States Nathan Swartzbaugh
Denmark Lars-Erik Nielsen
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 28
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
30
DNF
GT1 3 United States Corvette Racing United States Johnny O'Connell
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Canada Ron Fellows
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 15
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
DNQ GT2 11 United States Primetime Race Group United States Joel Feinberg
United States Chapman Ducote
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe M -
Dodge 8.3L V10

Statistics

  • Pole Position - No. 2 Audi Sport North America - 1:08.906[3]
Note - #2 Audi did not start the race from the pole position due to a tire change, which placed it at the back of the field.
  • Fastest Lap - No. 1 Audi Sport North America - 1:09.195

References

  1. ^ "Luhr replaces Pirro in No.2 Audi for Petit". American Le Mans Series. 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2007-10-06. [dead link]
  2. ^ "American Le Mans Series Provisional Results" (PDF). IMSA - International Motor Sports Association. 2007-10-06. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
  3. ^ "Petit Le Mans Qualifying". American Le Mans Series. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2007-10-06. [dead link]
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