2007 Road America 500

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The 2007 Generac 500 at Road America was the eighth round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road America on August 11, 2007.

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Due to heavy rain and lightning during the race, over an hour of this four-hour event was run continuously under caution due to unsafe conditions.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1LMP27 Flag of the United States.svg Penske Racing Flag of France.svg Romain Dumas
Flag of Germany.svg Timo Bernhard
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 96
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
2LMP11 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 96
Audi 5.5L TDI V12
(Diesel)
3LMP12 Flag of the United States.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Werner
Audi R10 TDI M 96
Audi 5.5L TDI V12
(Diesel)
4LMP26 Flag of the United States.svg Penske Racing Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Maassen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 96
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
5LMP29 Flag of the United States.svg Highcroft Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson
Acura ARX-01a M 94
Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
6LMP220 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 94
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
7LMP216 Flag of the United States.svg Dyson Racing Flag of the United States.svg Butch Leitzinger
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Wallace
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 94
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
8LMP215 Flag of Mexico.svg Lowe's Fernández Racing Flag of Mexico.svg Adrian Fernández
Flag of Mexico.svg Luis Diaz
Lola B06/43 M 94
Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
9LMP226 Flag of the United States.svg Andretti Green Racing Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marino Franchitti
Acura ARX-01a M 94
Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
10LMP106 Flag of the United States.svg Team Cytosport Flag of the United States.svg Greg Pickett
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Graf
Lola B06/10 D 91
AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
11LMP28 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
Lola B07/46 K 91
Mazda MZR-R 2.0L Turbo I4
12GT14 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Gavin
Flag of Monaco.svg Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 91
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
13GT13 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United States.svg Johnny O'Connell
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 90
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
14GT127 Flag of the United States.svg Doran Racing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Didier Theys
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fredy Lienhard
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 88
Maserati 6.0L V12
15GT262 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo
Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Melo
Ferrari F430GT M 87
Ferrari 4.0L V8
16GT218 Flag of the United States.svg Rahal Letterman Racing Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Kelleners
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 87
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
17GT271 Flag of the United States.svg Tafel Racing Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robin Liddell
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 87
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
18GT231 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 87
Ferrari 4.0L V8
19GT245 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Johannes van Overbeek
Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 86
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
20GT261 Flag of the United States.svg Risi Competizione Flag of France.svg Éric Hélary
Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari F430GT M 86
Ferrari 4.0L V8
21GT254 Flag of the United States.svg Team Trans Sport Racing Flag of the United States.svg Tim Pappas
Flag of the United States.svg Terry Borcheller
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Y 85
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
22GT273 Flag of the United States.svg Tafel Racing Flag of the United States.svg Jim Tafel
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Swartzbaugh
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 83
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
23GT244 Flag of the United States.svg Flying Lizard Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Darren Law
Flag of the United States.svg Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 81
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
24
DNF
LMP112 Flag of the United States.svg Autocon Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Chris McMurry
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Willman
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Lewis
Creation CA06/H D 76
Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10
25
DNF
GT222 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
Panoz Esperante GT-LM Y 75
Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
26
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
Creation CA06/H K 48
Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10

† - #31 Petersen/White Lightning was penalized after failing post-race technical inspection for improper tail lights. They were moved to the last car on their lap, dropping them one position.

Statistics

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