Road Atlanta IMSA 1998 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Sports Car Grand Prix at Road Atlanta		Date: 21.6.1998
Track: Road Atlanta Motor Sports Center (United States), 4.120 kms	Organiser: unknown
Road Atlanta IMSA
International Motor Sport Association (round 4) IMSA GTS (round 4) International Motor Sport Association (round 4)

Weather:	hot, humid
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	3 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	28
Practiced:	25
Qualified:	23
Started:	21
Finished:	15

Classes:	Pract	Start
World Sports Car	12	11
Sports Car GT1	4	4
Sports Car GT2	3	3
Sports Car GT3	6	3

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

Race notes:
1 full-course caution for 9 laps

Pre-race sessions:
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 20/6
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 240 minutes on 19-20/6
15 minute pre-race warm-up held.

Winners:
Overall:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford	Leitzinger / Weaver
Sports Car GT1:	38	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Boutsen / Wollek
Sports Car GT2:	6	BMW M3	Duez / Said / Simo
Sports Car GT3:	10	BMW M3	Simo / Auberlen
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	27	Ferrari 333 SP	Didier Theys (B)	1:15.510	196.420 km/h	lap 89
Sports Car GT1:	5	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	Eric Bernard (F)	1:17.515	191.335 km/h	lap 136
Sports Car GT2:	99	Porsche 911 GT2	Andy Pilgrim (USA)	1:27.964	168.611 km/h	lap 131
Sports Car GT3:	10	BMW M3	Bill Auberlen (USA)	1:27.876	168.772 km/h	lap 92
Pole Positions:
Overall:	7	Ferrari 333 SP	Eric van de Poele (B)	1:14.658	198.661 km/h
Sports Car GT1:	4	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	Andy Wallace (GB)	1:16.225	194.578 km/h
Sports Car GT2:	6	BMW M3	Marc Duez (B)	1:26.835	170.803 km/h
Sports Car GT3:	10	BMW M3	Bill Auberlen (USA)	1:26.841	170.792 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Riley & Scott (6), Porsche (3), Panoz (3), BMW (3), Ferrari (2), Kudzu (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (9), Porsche (3), BMW (3), Ferrari (2), Mazda (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Riley & Scott Mk III (6), Panoz GTR-1 (3), BMW M3 E36 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (32), B (4), F (2), GB (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (17)
Most used colours:	white (31%), silver (19%), red (17%), blue (15%), black (10%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (55%), front-engined (30%), rear-engined (15%)
Oldest known drivers:	Larry Schumacher (62), Jim Downing (56), Elliot Forbes-Robinson (55)
Youngest known drivers:	Butch Leitzinger (29), Bill Auberlen (30), David Brabham (33)

Official Race Programme:

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