Long Beach 100 Minutes 2007 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 33rd Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach		Date: 14.4.2007
Track: Long Beach Street Circuit (United States), 3.167 kms	Organiser: unknown
Long Beach 100 Minutes
American Le Mans Series (round 3)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	16:05
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	100 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	26
Practiced:	26
Qualified:	26
Started:	25
Finished:	22
Classified:	23

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	5	4	4
Le Mans Prototype 2	8	8	8
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	2	2	2
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	11	11	9

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Race notes:
1 full-course caution: laps 15-19 (no.18 accident)

Pre-race sessions:
1 non-qualifying practice session held
1 qualifying session held
pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Bernhard / Dumas
Le Mans Prototype 1:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Capello / McNish
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Gavin / Beretta
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Melo / Salo
Leaders:
laps 1 - 30:	26	Acura ARX-01a	Dario Franchitti
laps 31 - 36:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Emanuele Pirro
laps 37 - 46:	26	Acura ARX-01a	Dario Franchitti
laps 47 - 74:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Romain Dumas
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	26	Acura ARX-01a	Marino Franchitti (GB)	1:13.4180	155.3001 km/h	lap 36
Le Mans Prototype 1:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Emanuele Pirro (I)	1:13.8300	154.4343 km/h	lap 35
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Jan Magnussen (DK)	1:17.7810	146.5903 km/h	lap 8
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	31	Ferrari F430 GTC	Dirk Müller (D)	1:21.4650	139.9598 km/h	lap 60
Pole Positions:
Overall:	26	Acura ARX-01a	Marino Franchitti (GB)	1:11.8380	158.7167 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 1:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Rinaldo Capello (I)	1:12.7130	156.8064 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:18.1450	145.9064 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Mika Salo (FIN)	1:20.9160	140.9093 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Lola (3), Ferrari (3), Acura (2), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Panoz (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (10), Acura (3), Ferrari (3), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Ford (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR (6), Porsche RS Spyder (4), Ferrari F430 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (20), D (9), GB (7), I (2), AUS (2), MEX (2), S (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (60%), rear-engined (24%), front-engined (16%)
Average engine size:	4022 cc (with regard to 17% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4295 cc)
Average age of cars:	1 year old (average year manufactured: 2006)
Oldest known drivers:	Jon Field (52), Stefan Johansson (51), Andy Wallace (46)
Youngest known drivers:	Dominik Farnbacher (23), Clint Field (24), Ben Devlin (25)

Official Race Programme:

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