Petit Le Mans 2006 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda CX-7		Date: 30.9.2006
Track: Road Atlanta Motor Sports Center (United States), 4.088 kms	Organiser: unknown
Petit Le Mans
American Le Mans Series (round 9)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	1000 miles
Attendance:	90000

Entered:	28
Practiced:	28
Qualified:	28
Started:	28
Finished:	21
Classified:	23

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Le Mans Prototype 1	8	8	5
Le Mans Prototype 2	6	6	5
Le Mans Grand Touring 1	4	4	4
Le Mans Grand Touring 2	10	10	9

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Race notes:
7 full-course cautions: laps 0-1 (start waved off), laps 23-28 (debris on course), laps 40-45 (no.9 off course), laps 67-73 (no.62 off course) laps 101-106 (no.20 off course), laps 222-229 (no.16 off course) laps 354-364 (no.88 off course)

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R10 TDI	McNish / Capello
Le Mans Prototype 2:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Bernhard / Collard / Maassen
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	007	Aston Martin DBR9	Turner / Enge
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	31	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Bergmeister / Long
Leaders:
laps 1 - 25:	88	Creation CA06/H Judd	Nic Minassian
laps 103 - 103:	15	Zytek 06S	Haruki Kurosawa
laps 104 - 154:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Frank Biela
laps 155 - 257:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Allan McNish
laps 258 - 267:	15	Zytek 06S	Stefan Johanson
laps 26 - 42:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Marco Werner
laps 268 - 394:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Allan McNish
laps 43 - 57:	2	Audi R10 TDI	Allan McNish
laps 58 - 69:	15	Zytek 06S	Stefan Johanson
laps 70 - 73:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Lucas Luhr
laps 74 - 102:	1	Audi R10 TDI	Frank Biela
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	16	Lola B06/10 AER	James Weaver (GB)	1:12.3740	203.3310 km/h	lap 7
Le Mans Prototype 2:	6	Porsche RS Spyder	Timo Bernhard (D)	1:12.9960	201.5977 km/h	lap 201
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	1:18.8340	186.6694 km/h	lap 151
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ralf Kelleners (D)	1:23.2140	176.8428 km/h	lap 6
Pole Positions:
Overall:	88	Creation CA06/H Judd	Nicolas Minassian (F)	1:10.8290	207.7663 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	7	Porsche RS Spyder	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:11.4090	206.0781 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 1:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Johnny O'Connell (USA)	1:18.2100	188.1581 km/h
Le Mans Grand Touring 2:	62	Ferrari F430 GTC	Ralf Kelleners (D)	1:22.4220	178.5422 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Lola (6), Porsche (6), Audi (2), Aston Martin (2), Chevrolet (2), Ferrari (2), Panoz (2), BMW (2)
Top engines by numbers:	AER (6), Porsche (6), Audi (2), Judd (2), Aston Martin (2), Chevrolet (2), Ferrari (2), Ford (2), BMW (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (4), Audi R10 TDI (2), Lola EX257 (2), Porsche RS Spyder (2), Aston Martin DBR9 (2), Chevrolet Corvette C6 (2), Lola B05/40 (2), Ferrari F430 (2), Panoz Esperante (2), BMW M3 (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (28), GB (13), D (12), F (5), I (4), MC (2), B (2), CDN (2), CH (2)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (57%), front-engined (28%), rear-engined (15%)
Average engine size:	4155 cc (with regard to 40% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4819 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Elliot Forbes-Robinson (63), Fredy Lienhard (59), Seth Neiman (52)
Youngest known drivers:	Dominik Farnbacher (22), Mike Rockenfeller (23), Clint Field (23)
Female drivers:	Liz Halliday

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