- Petit Le Mans
The Petit Le Mans (French for "little Le Mans") is a sports car endurance race held annually at
Road Atlanta inBraselton, Georgia , USA.The race was first run on
October 10 , 1998 as part of the IMSA season, then in 1999 became one of the original events of theAmerican Le Mans Series . It uses the rules established for the24 hours of Le Mans by theAutomobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), which are slightly modified if necessary, mainly to allow additional cars to compete.The race covers a maximum of convert|1000|mi|km|-2 (which is approximately 394 laps) or a maximum of 10 hours, whichever comes first; in its history the leading team has never failed to complete 1000 miles. In addition to the overall race, teams of two or three drivers per car compete for class victories in four different classes of cars, two for
Le Mans prototype s and two forgrand tourer cars. Class winners of this event receive an automatic invitation to the following year's24 Hours of Le Mans .The race was founded by Dr.
Don Panoz , the owner of the Panoz Motor Sports Group. Panoz also owns the American Le Mans Series, Road Atlanta,Sebring International Raceway , andMosport International Raceway .Winners
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