American Le Mans Series Laguna Seca 2000

Event: GlobalCenter Sports Car Championship presented by Honda at Laguna Seca		Date: 15.10.2000
Track: Laguna Seca Raceway (United States), 3.602 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Laguna Seca
American Le Mans Series (round 10)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	30000

Entered:	39
Practiced:	36
Qualified:	36
Started:	36
Finished:	27

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype	13	13
Le Mans GTS	8	8
Le Mans GT	15	15

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Race notes:
1 full-course caution for 14 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 40 minutes on 13-14/10
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 13-14/10
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	77	Audi R8	Capello / McNish
Le Mans GTS:	91	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Beretta / Wendlinger
Le Mans GT:	7	BMW M3 E46	Stuck / Said
Leaders:
laps 1-36:	1	Panoz LMP-1 Spyder S	Jan Magnussen
lap 37:	42	BMW V12 LMR	J.J. Lehto
lap 38:	1	Panoz LMP-1 Spyder S	Jan Magnussen
lap 39:	78	Audi R8	Frank Biela
laps 40-52:	1	Panoz LMP-1 Spyder S	Jan Magnussen
laps 53-82:	78	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro
laps 83-119:	77	Audi R8	Allan McNish
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	77	Audi R8	Allan McNish (GB)	1:16.280	169.980 km/h	lap 80
Le Mans GTS:	91	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:24.595	153.274 km/h	lap 86
Le Mans GT:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Randy Pobst (USA)	1:28.201	147.007 km/h	lap 97
Pole Positions:
Overall:	77	Audi R8	Rinaldo Capello (I)	1:15.028	172.818 km/h
Le Mans GTS:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Ron Fellows (CDN)	1:23.483	155.315 km/h
Le Mans GT:	51	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Sascha Maassen (D)	1:27.411	148.335 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (14), BMW (5), Lola (5), Audi (2), Dodge (2), Chevrolet (2), Panoz (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (14), BMW (5), Judd (3), Audi (2), Dodge (2), Chevrolet (2), Nissan (2), Ford (2), Elan (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-R (12), Lola B2K/10 (3), BMW M3 E46 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (36), CDN (6), D (6), GB (5), I (4), F (3), S (2), ZA (2), A (2), AUS (2), B (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (18), D (6), AUS (2), F (2)
Most used colours:	silver (23%), red (22%), white (22%), yellow (14%), black (8%), blue (5%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (38%), mid-engined (33%), front-engined (29%)
Average engine size:	4565 cc (with regard to 13% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4802 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Bob Wollek (57), Leo Hindery (53), Doc Bundy (51)
Youngest known drivers:	Gunnar Jeannette (18), Lucas Luhr (21), Dirk Müller (25)
Female drivers:	Milka Duno

Official Race Programme:

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