Petit Le Mans 1999 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 1999 Petit Le Mans, 1000 Miles at Road Atlanta		Date: 18.9.1999
Track: Road Atlanta Motor Sports Center (United States), 4.088 kms	Organiser: unknown
Petit Le Mans
American Le Mans Series (round 6)

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

Entered:	57
Practiced:	50
Qualified:	49
Started:	49
Finished:	31

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype	22	21
Grand Touring Sport	13	13
Grand Touring	15	15

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Race notes:
3 full-course cautions for 48 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 60 minutes on 16-17/9
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 240 minutes on 16-17/9
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	1	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Brabham / Bernard / Wallace
Grand Touring Sport:	91	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Beretta / Duez / Wendlinger
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Müller / Maassen / Wagner
Leaders:
laps 118-156:	1	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Bernard
laps 1-38:	42	BMW V12 LMR	Lehto
laps 157-184:	42	BMW V12 LMR	Lehto
laps 185-263:	42	BMW V12 LMR	Müller
laps 264-307:	42	BMW V12 LMR	Lehto
laps 308-317:	1	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Brabham
laps 318-345:	42	BMW V12 LMR	Lehto
laps 346-355:	1	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Bernard
laps 356-389:	42	BMW V12 LMR	Müller
laps 390-394:	1	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Bernard
laps 39-42:	0	Riley & Scott Mk III Judd	Schiattarella
laps 43-56:	1	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Brabham
laps 57-117:	42	BMW V12 LMR	Müller
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	42	BMW V12 LMR	J.J. Lehto (FIN)	1:12.653	202.549 km/h	lap 2
Grand Touring Sport:	91	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:21.321	180.960 km/h	lap 5
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Dirk Müller (D)	1:24.969	173.173 km/h	lap 4
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	David Brabham (AUS)	1:10.873	207.636 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	91	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:19.525	185.046 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Dirk Müller (D)	1:23.922	108.958 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (19), Riley & Scott (7), BMW (5), Ferrari (4), Dodge (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (19), Ford (9), BMW (5), Ferrari (4), Dodge (4), Chevrolet (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 993 Carrera (8), Riley & Scott Mk III (7), Porsche 911 GT2 (6)
Driver nationalities:	USA (80), D (11), F (10), GB (7), I (7), B (7), A (3), NL (3), S (3), J (2), CDN (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (35), D (8), F (4)
Most used colours:	white (36%), red (19%), blue (12%), black (11%), silver (8%), yellow (6%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (38%), mid-engined (34%), front-engined (28%)
Oldest known drivers:	Larry Schumacher (63), Jim Downing (57), Elliot Forbes-Robinson (56)
Youngest known drivers:	Franck Montagny (21), Tomáš Enge (23), Dirk Müller (24)
Woman drivers:	Claudia Hürtgen, Cindi Lux, Lyn St. James

Official Race Programme:

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