American Le Mans Series Road Atlanta 2005

Event: Sportbook.com Grand Prix of Atlanta		Date: 17.4.2005
Track: Road Atlanta Motor Sports Center (United States), 4.088 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Road Atlanta
American Le Mans Series (round 2)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	12:05
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	26
Practiced:	24
Qualified:	24
Started:	24
Finished:	22

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	4	4
Le Mans Prototype 2	4	4
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	6	6
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	10	10

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

Race notes:
4 full-course cautions for 18 laps, 49 minutes: laps 43-46 (tire on track), laps laps 53-57 (car #10 off course), laps 63-67 (car #4 off course), laps 89-92 (debris on track)

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held for a total of 90 minutes on 15/4
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 16/4
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 16/4
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Lehto / Werner
Le Mans Prototype 2:	37	Lola B05/40 AER	Field / Field
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R	Fellows / O'Connell
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	50	Panoz Esperante GTLM	Auberlen / Liddell
Leaders:
laps 1-73:	16	MG Lola EX257	James Weaver
laps 74-90:	20	MG Lola EX257	Andy Wallace
laps 91-112:	1	Audi R8	JJ Lehto
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	J.J. Lehto (FIN)	1:12.7840	202.1851 km/h	lap 62
Le Mans Prototype 2:	37	Lola B05/40 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:14.2420	198.2149 km/h	lap 95
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R	Johnny O'Connell (USA)	1:17.8950	188.9193 km/h	lap 49
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	50	Panoz Esperante GTLM	Robin Liddell (GB)	1:22.9300	177.4495 km/h	lap 46
Pole Positions:
Overall:	16	Lola EX257 AER	James Weaver (GB)	1:11.2410	206.5641 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	37	Lola B05/40 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:12.6780	202.4796 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6-R	Johnny O'Connell (USA)	1:17.0340	191.0307 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	50	Panoz Esperante GTLM	Bill Auberlen (USA)	1:21.6470	180.2369 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (8), Lola (4), Chevrolet (3), Audi (2), Panoz (2), Courage (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (8), AER (5), Chevrolet (3), Audi (2), Ford (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (7), Audi R8 (2), Lola EX257 (2), Chevrolet Corvette C6 (2), Panoz Esperante (2), Courage C65 (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (27), GB (7), D (5), I (4), CDN (3)
Team nationalities:	USA (23)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (41%), rear-engined (33%), front-engined (26%)
Average engine size:	4251 cc (with regard to 30% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4761 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tom Weickardt (58), John Macaluso (53), Seth Neiman (51)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (22), Michele Rugolo (23), Ben Devlin (23)

Official Race Programme:

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