Laguna Seca 4 Hours 2005 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Monterey Sports Car Championship Laguna Seca		Date: 16.10.2005
Track: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (United States), 3.602 kms	Organiser: unknown
Laguna Seca 4 Hours
American Le Mans Series (round 10)

Weather:	warm, dry, cloudy
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left, rolling start
Distance:	4 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	28
Practiced:	28
Qualified:	28
Started:	28
Finished:	24

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	6	6
Le Mans Prototype 2	5	5
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	7	7
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	10	10

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Race notes:
5 full-course cautions for 20 laps, 53 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held for a total of ## minutes on 13/10
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 13-14/10
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 14/10
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	15	Zytek 04S	Chilton / Shimoda
Le Mans Prototype 2:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Maassen / Luhr
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Beretta / Gavin
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	31	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Bergmeister / Long
Leaders:
laps 1-20:	16	MG Lola EX257	Butch Leitzinger
laps 21-40:	15	Zytek 04S	Tom Chilton
lap 41:	16	MG Lola EX257	Butch Leitzinger
laps 42-61:	2	Audi R8	Frank Biela
laps 62-71:	15	Zytek 04S	Tom Chilton
laps 72-92:	16	MG Lola EX257	James Weaver
laps 93-164:	15	Zytek 04S	Hayanari Shimoda
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	15	Zytek 04S	Hayanari Shimoda (J)	1:16.480	169.536 km/h	lap 81
Le Mans Prototype 2:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:17.136	168.094 km/h	lap 143
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:21.108	159.863 km/h	lap 48
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Romain Dumas (F)	1:26.042	150.696 km/h	lap 129
Pole Positions:
Overall:	15	Zytek 04S	Tom Chilton (GB)	1:14.185	174.781 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Sascha Maassen (D)	1:15.606	171.497 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	63	Saleen S7-R	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:20.307	161.457 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Romain Dumas (F)	1:25.406	151.818 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (9), Lola (4), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Aston Martin (2), Courage (2), Panoz (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (9), AER (5), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Aston Martin (2), Elan (2), Ford (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (7), Audi R8 (2), Lola EX257 (2), Chevrolet Corvette C6.R (2), Aston Martin DBR9 (2), Courage C65 (2), Panoz Esperante (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (26), GB (10), D (8), I (6)
Team nationalities:	USA (24), GB (3)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (46%), rear-engined (28%), front-engined (26%)
Average engine size:	4279 cc (with regard to 25% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4706 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tom Weickardt (58), Seth Neiman (51), James Weaver (50)
Youngest known drivers:	Mike Rockenfeller (22), Clint Field (22), Michele Rugolo (23)
Female drivers:	Liz Halliday

Official Race Programme:

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