American Le Mans Series Road America 2005

Event: American Le Mans Generac 500		Date: 21.8.2005
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.515 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Road America
American Le Mans Series (round 7)

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

Entered:	24
Practiced:	24
Qualified:	24
Started:	24
Finished:	20

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	5	5
Le Mans Prototype 2	4	4
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	6	6
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	9	9

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

Race notes:
3 full-course cautions for 12 laps, 50 minutes: laps 15-19 (car no.37 fire), laps 28-31 (car no.16 off course), laps 65-67 (debris on course)

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held for a total of 90 minutes on 19/8
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 20/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 20/8
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Pirro / Biela
Le Mans Prototype 2:	10	Courage C65 AER	McMurry / Bucknum
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R	Gavin / Beretta
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	31	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Bergmeister / Long
Leaders:
laps 1-16:	16	MG Lola EX257	James Weaver
laps 17-29:	1	Audi R8	JJ Lehto
laps 30-32:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Ron Fellows
laps 33-40:	1	Audi R8	Marco Werner
laps 41-47:	20	MG Lola EX257	Andy Wallace
laps 48-49:	1	Audi R8	Marco Werner
laps 50-72:	2	Audi R8	Frank Biela
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro (I)	1:54.5690	204.7037 km/h	lap 10
Le Mans Prototype 2:	10	Courage C65 AER	Jeff Bucknum (USA)	1:59.2130	196.7294 km/h	lap 69
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	2:01.4460	193.1116 km/h	lap 41
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	31	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Jörg Bergmeister (D)	2:09.6140	180.9418 km/h	lap 40
Pole Positions:
Overall:	16	Lola EX257 AER	James Weaver (GB)	1:53.0420	207.4686 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	37	Lola B05/40 AER	Clint Field (USA)	1:56.2590	201.7281 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	2:00.3820	194.8191 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Timo Bernhard (D)	2:08.4580	182.5704 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (7), Lola (4), Chevrolet (3), Audi (2), Courage (2), Panoz (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (7), AER (5), Chevrolet (3), Audi (2), Elan (2), Ford (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (7), Audi R8 (2), Lola EX257 (2), Chevrolet Corvette C6 (2), Courage C65 (2), Panoz Esperante (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (25), GB (9), D (6), I (4)
Team nationalities:	USA (23)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (45%), rear-engined (29%), front-engined (26%)
Average engine size:	4355 cc (with regard to 30% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4877 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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