Laguna Seca 4 Hours 2004 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Audi Sports Car Championships Laguna Seca		Date: 16.10.2004
Track: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (United States), 3.602 kms	Organiser: unknown
Laguna Seca 4 Hours
American Le Mans Series (round 9)

Weather:	rain at end; day to night
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left, rolling start
Distance:	4 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	30
Practiced:	26
Qualified:	26
Started:	25
Finished:	19

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	6	6
Le Mans Prototype 2	4	3
Grand Touring Sport	4	4
Grand Touring	12	12

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Race notes:
2 full-course cautions for 10 laps, 24 minutes: laps 138-143 (car 60 off course), laps 160-163 (weather)

Pre-race sessions:
official test held for a total of 90 minutes on 14/10 in 1 session
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 14-15/10
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 15/10
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Kaffer / Herbert
Le Mans Prototype 2:	30	Lola B2K/44 Judd	Field / Sutherland / Liddell
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Fellows / O'Connell
Grand Touring:	24	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Lieb / Dumas
Leaders:
laps 1-14:	27	DBA 03S Zytek	Nicola Minassian
lap 15:	38	Audi R8	JJ Lehto
laps 160-169:	2	Audi R8	Pierre Kaffer
laps 16-33:	27	DBA 03S Zytek	Nicola Minassian
laps 34-43:	38	Audi R8	JJ Lehto
lap 44:	27	DBA 03S Zytek	Nicola Minassian
laps 45-52:	16	MG Lola EX257	Butch Leitzinger
laps 53-90:	38	Audi R8	JJ Lehto
laps 91-97:	2	Audi R8	Johnny Herbert
laps 98-159:	38	Audi R8	Marco Werner
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	38	Audi R8	J.J. Lehto (FIN)	1:17.134	168.099 km/h	lap 5
Le Mans Prototype 2:	30	Lola B2K/44 Judd	Robin Liddell (GB)	1:21.088	159.903 km/h	lap 92
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Johnny O'Connell (USA)	1:22.829	156.541 km/h	lap 56
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Timo Bernhard (D)	1:27.059	148.935 km/h	lap 6
Pole Positions:
Overall:	27	Reynard DBA 03S Zytek	Nicolas Minassian (F)	1:15.893	170.848 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	10	Courage C65 AER	Ian James (GB)	1:19.315	163.477 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:21.679	158.746 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Timo Bernhard (D)	1:25.586	151.499 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Lola (5), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (10), AER (4), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Judd (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (9), Audi R8 (2), Lola EX257 (2), Chevrolet Corvette C5 (2), Lola B2K/40 (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (27), GB (11), D (9), F (3), CDN (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (23), GB (2)
Most used colours:	white (29%), silver (18%), blue (17%), red (13%), yellow (12%), green (5%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (44%), rear-engined (40%), front-engined (16%)
Average engine size:	3991 cc (with regard to 20% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4310 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tom Weickardt (57), Leo Hindery (57), Seth Neiman (50)
Youngest known drivers:	Pierre Kaffer (18), Clint Field (21), Gunnar Jeannette (22)
Female drivers:	Liz Halliday

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