2007 Petit Le Mans

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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 1,000-mile (1,600 km) race.

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Audi driver Emanuele Pirro was initially going to drive the No. 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. [1]

Unofficial results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). [2]

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1LMP11 Flag of the United States.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish
Audi R10 TDI M 394
Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
2LMP27 Flag of the United States.svg Penske Racing Flag of France.svg Romain Dumas
Flag of Germany.svg Timo Bernhard
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 394
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
3LMP220 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Flag of the United States.svg Chris Dyson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Smith
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 386
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
4LMP25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zytek Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts
Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Mücke
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Charouz
Zytek 07S/2 M 383
Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
5LMP188 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Creation Autosportif Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Campbell-Walter
Flag of France.svg Christophe Tinseau
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Harold Primat
Creation CA07 D 377
Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10
6LMP216 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Flag of the United States.svg Butch Leitzinger
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Wallace
Flag of the United States.svg Andy Lally
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 372
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
7LMP26 Flag of the United States.svg Penske Racing Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Maassen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe
Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Collard
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 370
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
8LMP29 Flag of the United States.svg Highcroft Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robbie Kerr
Acura ARX-01a M 365
Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
9GT14 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin
Flag of Monaco.svg Olivier Beretta
Flag of Italy.svg Max Papis
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 364
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
10GT245 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek
Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Bergmeister
Flag of Germany.svg Marc Lieb
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 353
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
11GT271 Flag of the United States.svg Tafel Racing Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 351
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
12
DNF
LMP28 Flag of the United States.svg B-K Motorsports
Flag of Japan.svg Mazdaspeed
Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Bach
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Devlin
Flag of Brazil.svg Raphael Matos
Lola B07/46 K 350
Mazda MZR-R 2.0L Turbo I4
13GT218 Flag of the United States.svg Rahal Letterman Racing Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Kelleners
Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 350
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
14LMP106 Flag of the United States.svg Team Cytosport Flag of the United States.svg Greg Pickett
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Graf
Flag of Mexico.svg Memo Gidley
Lola B06/10 D 346
AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8
15GT254 Flag of the United States.svg Team Trans Sport Racing Flag of the United States.svg Terry Borcheller
Flag of the United States.svg Tim Pappas
Flag of Germany.svg Marc Basseng
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Y 342
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
16GT244 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Darren Law
Flag of the United States.svg Lonnie Pechnik
Flag of the United States.svg Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 341
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
17LMP12 Flag of the United States.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Werner
Audi R10 TDI M 330
Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
18GT262 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo
Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Mowlem
Ferrari F430GT M 330
Ferrari 4.0L V8
19
DNF
GT127 Flag of the United States.svg Doran Racing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Didier Theys
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fredy Lienhard
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Bertolini
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 314
Maserati 6.0L V12
20LMP112 Flag of the United States.svg Autocon Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Chris McMurry
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Willman
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Lewis
Creation CA06/H D 304
Judd GV5 5.0L V10
21GT221 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Team PTG Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of the United States.svg Joey Hand
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Kimber-Smith
Panoz Esperante GT-LM Y 302
Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
22
DNF
LMP110 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arena Motorsports International Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Chilton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Manning
Zytek 07S M 288
Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8
23
NC
GT261 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione
Flag of the United States.svg Krohn Racing
Flag of the United States.svg Tracy Krohn
Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner
Ferrari F430GT M 279
Ferrari 4.0L V8
24
DNF
GT231 Flag of the United States.svg Petersen Motorsports
Flag of the United States.svg White Lightning Racing
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Dumbreck
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430GT M 123
Ferrari 4.0L V8
25
DNF
GT253 Flag of the United States.svg Robertson Racing Flag of the United States.svg David Robertson
Flag of the United States.svg Andrea Robertson
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arie Luyendyk Jr.
Panoz Esperante GT-LM D 106
Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
26
DNF
LMP215 Flag of Mexico.svg Lowe's Fernández Racing Flag of Mexico.svg Adrian Fernández
Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Diaz
Lola B06/43 M 87
Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
27
DNF
LMP137 Flag of the United States.svg Intersport Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jon Field
Flag of the United States.svg Clint Field
Flag of the United States.svg Richard Berry
Lola B06/10 D 60
AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8
28
DNF
LMP226 Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Green Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta
Flag of Brazil.svg Vítor Meira
Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan
Acura ARX-01a M 50
Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
29
DNF
GT273 Flag of the United States.svg Tafel Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jim Tafel
Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Swartzbaugh
Flag of Denmark.svg Lars-Erik Nielsen
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 28
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
30
DNF
GT13 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United States.svg Johnny O'Connell
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ron Fellows
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 15
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
DNQGT211 Flag of the United States.svg Primetime Race Group Flag of the United States.svg Joel Feinberg
Flag of the United States.svg Chapman Ducote
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe M -
Dodge 8.3L V10

Statistics

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.

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