Petit Le Mans 2005 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Chevy Presents Petit Le Mans		Date: 1.10.2005
Track: Road Atlanta Motor Sports Center (United States), 4.088 kms	Organiser: unknown
Petit Le Mans
American Le Mans Series (round 9)

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

Entered:	31
Practiced:	31
Qualified:	30
Started:	30
Finished:	21

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	6	6
Le Mans Prototype 2	8	7
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	7	7
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	10	10

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Race notes:
7 full-course cautions for 39 laps, 92 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held for a total of 120 minutes on 28/9
4 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 300 minutes on 29-30/9
1 qualifying session held for a total of 25 minutes on 30/9
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Pirro / Biela
Le Mans Prototype 2:	37	Lola B05/40 AER	Field / Field / Halliday
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Gavin / Beretta / Magnussen
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	31	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Bergmeister / Long
Leaders:
lap 1:	16	MG Lola EX257	James Weaver
laps 198-278:	2	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro
laps 2-40:	2	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro
laps 279-370:	2	Audi R8	Frank Biela
laps 371-394:	2	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro
laps 41-47:	20	MG Lola EX257	Chris Dyson
laps 48-84:	2	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro
laps 85-197:	2	Audi R8	Frank Biela
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	J.J. Lehto (FIN)	1:12.9580	201.7023 km/h	lap 284
Le Mans Prototype 2:	37	Lola B05/40 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:14.0780	198.6526 km/h	lap 4
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:18.2600	188.0374 km/h	lap 4
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Timo Bernhard (D)	1:23.2560	176.7543 km/h	lap 5
Pole Positions:
Overall:	15	Zytek 04S	Hayanari Shimoda (J)	1:10.7810	207.9063 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	37	Lola B05/40 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:12.7890	202.1706 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:16.6270	192.0446 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Timo Bernhard (D)	1:21.9320	179.6108 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (8), Lola (6), Courage (3), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Aston Martin (2), Panoz (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (8), AER (7), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Aston Martin (2), Ford (2), Elan (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (7), Courage C65 (3), Audi R8 (2), Lola EX257 (2), Chevrolet Corvette C6 (2), Aston Martin DBR9 (2), Lola B05/40 (2), Lola B2K/40 (2), Panoz Esperante (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (35), GB (16), D (8), I (6), F (4), DK (3), CDN (3)
Team nationalities:	USA (24), GB (4)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (50%), rear-engined (26%), front-engined (24%)
Average engine size:	4153 cc (with regard to 27% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4601 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Elliot Forbes-Robinson (62), Tom Weickardt (58), Seth Neiman (51)
Youngest known drivers:	Mike Rockenfeller (22), Leh Keen (22), Clint Field (22)
Female drivers:	Liz Halliday

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