American Le Mans Series Portland 1999

Event: Rose City Grand Prix Portland		Date: 1.8.1999
Track: Portland International Raceway (United States), 3.129 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Portland
American Le Mans Series (round 5)

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

Entered:	49
Practiced:	42
Qualified:	42
Started:	42
Finished:	29

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype	21	21
Grand Touring Sport	7	7
Grand Touring	14	14

No Photos Yet Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 40 minutes on 30-31/7
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 30-31/7
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	1	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Bernard / Brabham
Grand Touring Sport:	91	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Donohue / Beretta
Grand Touring:	7	BMW M3	Menzel / Cunningham
Leaders:
laps 1-44:	42	BMW V12 LMR	Lehto
laps 45-46:	1	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Bernard
laps 47-55:	42	BMW V12 LMR	Soper
laps 56-60:	1	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Brabham
laps 61-93:	42	BMW V12 LMR	Soper
laps 94-97:	43	BMW V12 LMR	Auberlen
laps 98-137:	1	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Brabham
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	42	BMW V12 LMR	J.J. Lehto (FIN)	1:05.4510	172.0791 km/h	lap 2
Grand Touring Sport:	91	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:12.2190	155.9535 km/h	lap 62
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Dirk Müller (D)	1:15.1700	149.8299 km/h	lap 63
Pole Positions:
Overall:	42	BMW V12 LMR	J.J. Lehto (FIN)	1:04.3870	174.9244 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	92	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Tommy Archer (USA)	1:11.9130	156.6165 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Dirk Müller (D)	1:15.2760	149.6191 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (15), BMW (7), Riley & Scott (7), Ferrari (5), Panoz (2), Dodge (2), Lola (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (15), Ford (9), BMW (7), Ferrari (5), Dodge (2), Chevrolet (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Riley & Scott Mk III (7), Porsche 993 Carrera (7), Ferrari 333 SP (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (51), D (6), I (5), F (4), A (3), B (3), CDN (3), GB (3), S (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (32), D (6), F (2)
Most used colours:	white (38%), red (19%), blue (17%), black (10%), yellow (4%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (42%), rear-engined (35%), front-engined (23%)
Oldest known drivers:	Jim Downing (57), Elliot Forbes-Robinson (56), Bob Wollek (56)
Youngest known drivers:	Dirk Müller (24), Ron Johnson (25), Jan Magnussen (26)
Female drivers:	Kimberly Hiskey

Official Race Programme:

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