2007 Petit Le Mans

The 2007 Petit Le Mans was the eleventh round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season and tenth running of the Petit Le Mans. It took place at Road Atlanta, Georgia on October 6, 2007. This race also marked the closest finish in Petit Le Mans history, with the top two finishers being separated by 0.923 seconds after the 1000 mile race.

Audi driver Emanuele Pirro was initially going to drive the #2 entry, but suffered a concussion due to an accident in practice a few days earlier. Due to his inability to drive, Audi factory driver Lucas Luhr moved from the Petersen/White Lightning entry to take the seat in the Audi R10 TDI. [cite web | url = http://www.americanlemans.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=3706 | title = Luhr replaces Pirro in No.2 Audi for Petit | publisher = American Le Mans Series | date = 2007-10-07 | accessdate = 2007-10-06]

Unofficial results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). [cite web | url = http://www.imsaracing.net/2007/events/petit/ALMS_ProvRace.pdf | format = pdf | title = American Le Mans Series Provisional Results | publisher = IMSA - International Motor Sports Association | date = 2007-10-06 | accessdate = 2007-10-06]

tatistics

* Pole Position - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:08.906 [cite web | url = http://www.americanlemans.com/Competition/SessionDetail.aspx?ID=30PetitLeMansQualifying | title = Petit Le Mans Qualifying | publisher = American Le Mans Series | date = 2007-10-05 | accessdate = 2007-10-06] :Note - #2 Audi did not start the race from the pole position due to a tire change, which placed it at the back of the field.
* Fastest Lap - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:09.195

References

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