Petit Le Mans 1998 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Premiere Petit Le Mans, 1000 Miles at Road Atlanta		Date: 10.10.1998
Track: Road Atlanta Motor Sports Center (United States), 4.120 kms	Organiser: unknown
Petit Le Mans
International Motor Sport Association (round 7) IMSA GTS (round 7) International Motor Sport Association (round 7)

Weather:	cool, dry
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	1000 miles
Attendance:	40000

Entered:	33
Practiced:	31
Qualified:	31
Started:	29
Finished:	15

Classes:	Pract	Start
World Sports Car	6	6
Le Mans Prototype 1	4	3
Sports Car GT1	2	1
Sports Car GT2	3	3
Sports Car GT3	8	8
Le Mans GT-1	3	3
Le Mans GT-2	5	5

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Race notes:
6 full-course cautions

Pre-race sessions:
4 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 300 minutes on 8-9/10
1 qualifying session held for a total of 30 minutes on 9/10
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	7	Ferrari 333 SP	van de Poele / Taylor / Collard
World Sports Car:	8	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford	Leitzinger / Schubot / Camferdam
Sports Car GT1:	4	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	Pruett / Bernard / Brabham / Wallace
Sports Car GT2:	75	Mazda RX-7 TKT	Worth / Sansone
Sports Car GT3:	76	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	Argetsinger / Polidori / Cilli
Le Mans GT-1:	38	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Boutsen / Wollek / Kelleners
Le Mans GT-2:	81	Porsche 911 GT2	Ligonnet / Stewart
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	26	Porsche 911 GT1-98	Allan McNish (GB)	1:15.2390	197.1285 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	26	Porsche 911 GT1-98	Allan McNish (GB)	1:13.7540	201.0972 km/h
World Sports Car:	27	Ferrari 333 SP	Theys	1:14.1360	200.0576 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 1:	77	Porsche LMP1/98	Alboreto / Johansson / Müller	1:14.4540	199.2046 km/h
Sports Car GT1:	4	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	Pruett / Bernard / Brabham / Wallace	1:16.9510	192.7350 km/h
Sports Car GT2:	04	Porsche 911 GT2	Morton / Fellows / Graham	1:27.9990	168.5305 km/h
Sports Car GT3:	10	BMW M3	Auberlen / Simo / Pilgrim	1:26.5570	171.3469 km/h
Le Mans GT-2:	72	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad / Lammers	1:24.6540	175.1932 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (12), Riley & Scott (4), BMW (4), Ferrari (3), Panoz (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (12), Ford (5), BMW (4), Ferrari (3), Mazda (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 993 GT2 (5), Riley & Scott Mk III (4), BMW M3 (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (48), F (8), CDN (5), D (4), I (4), GB (3), B (3), EC (2), AUS (2), NL (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (18), D (5)
Most used colours:	white (50%), red (15%), blue (11%), black (6%), yellow (6%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (34%), front-engined (34%), mid-engined (32%)
Oldest known drivers:	Peter Kitchak (57), Jim Downing (56), John Morton (56)
Youngest known drivers:	Emmanuel Collard (27), Stéphane Ortelli (28), Allan McNish (29)

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