2007 American Le Mans Series season

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2007 American Le Mans Series season
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The 2007 American Le Mans Series season is the 9th season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series. It is a series comprised of Le Mans prototypes and Grand Touring race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began March 17, 2007, and will end October 20, 2007 after 12 races.

Contents 1 Schedule 2 Ethanol 3 Season results 4 Teams championship 4.1 LMP1 standings 4.2 LMP2 standings 4.3 GT1 standings 4.4 GT2 standings 5 Speculation 5.1 LMPs 5.2 GTs 6 External Links

[edit] Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	March 17
2	Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg (3 Hours)	Streets of St. Petersburg	March 31
3	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (1 Hour 40 Minutes)	Long Beach street circuit	April 14
4	Lone Star Grand Prix (2 Hours 45 Minutes)	Reliant Park	April 21
5	Utah Grand Prix (2 Hours 45 Minutes)	Miller Motorsports Park	May 19
6	Northeast Grand Prix (2 Hours 45 Minutes)	Lime Rock Park	July 7
7	Acura Sports Car Challenge of Mid-Ohio (2 Hours 45 Minutes)	Mid-Ohio	July 21
8	Generac 500 at Road America (4 Hours)	Road America	August 11
9	Grand Prix of Mosport (2 Hours 45 Minutes)	Mosport	August 26
10	Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix (4 Hours)	Belle Isle street circuit	September 1
11	Petit Le Mans (1000 miles or 10 Hours)	Road Atlanta	October 6
12	Monterey Sports Car Championships (4 Hours)	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	October 20

Some events in the 2007 ALMS schedule will be run in conjunction with other series. The events at Long Beach, Reliant Park, and Road America will be run in conjunction with Champ Car while the events at St. Petersburg, Mid-Ohio, and Belle Isle will be run in conjunction with the Indy Racing League.

[edit] Ethanol

Announced on February 8, 2007, the American Le Mans Series has signed an agreement with the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) to run E10 ethanol-enriched fuel in all gasoline-powered entries. The fuel will be 10% ethanol, 90% gasoline. EPIC will also sponsor Rahal Letterman Racing's Porsche entry as part of the deal.[1] This is similar to Rahal Letterman's deal in the Indy Racing League.

[edit] Season results

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Team	LMP2 Winning Team	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	Results
		LMP1 Winning Drivers	LMP2 Winning Drivers	GT1 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers
1	Sebring	#2 Audi Sport North America	#26 Andretti Green Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#62 Risi Competizione	Results
		Marco Werner Emanuele Pirro Frank Biela	Bryan Herta Dario Franchitti Tony Kanaan	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Max Papis	Mika Salo Jaime Melo Johnny Mowlem
2	St. Petersburg	#1 Audi Sport North America	#6 Penske Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#62 Risi Competizione	Results
		Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Sascha Maassen Ryan Briscoe	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Mika Salo Jaime Melo
3	Long Beach					Results
4	Reliant Park					Results
5	Miller					Results
6	Lime Rock					Results
7	Mid-Ohio					Results
8	Road America					Results
9	Mosport					Results
10	Belle Isle					Results
11	Road Atlanta					Results
12	Laguna Seca					Results

[edit] Teams championship

For most races, points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:

• 20-16-13-10-8-6-4-3-2-1

For the four hour Monterey Sports Car Championships was scored in the following order:

• 23-19-16-13-11-9-7-6-5-4

And for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which award the top 10 finishers in the following order:

• 26-22-19-16-14-12-10-9-8-7

Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.

[edit] LMP1 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Rd10	Rd11	Rd12	Total
1	Audi Sport North America	Audi R10	Audi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	26												26
2	Intersport Racing	Creation CA06/H	Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10	19												19
3	Autocon Motorsports	MG-Lola EX257	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4	16												16

[edit] LMP2 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Rd10	Rd11	Rd12	Total
1	Andretti Green Racing	Acura (Courage) ARX-01a	Acura AL7R 3.4L V8	26												26
2	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Lola B06/43	Acura AL7R 3.4L V8	22												22
3	Penske Racing	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4L V8	19												19
4	Highcroft Racing	Acura (Courage) ARX-01a	Acura AL7R 3.4L V8	16												16
5	Dyson Racing	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4L V8	14												14
6	Horag Racing	Lola B05/40	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	10												10

[edit] GT1 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Rd10	Rd11	Rd12	Total
1	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	26												26
2	Team Modena	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	19												19

[edit] GT2 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Rd10	Rd11	Rd12	Total
1	Risi Competizione	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	26												26
2	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	22												22
3	Tafel Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	19												19
4	Farnbacher Loles Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	16												16
5	Rahal Letterman Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	12												12
6	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	10												10
7	Petersen/White Lightning	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	9												9
8	Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8	7												7

[edit] Speculation

[edit] LMPs

• Cytosport has purchased Dyson Racing's former Lola B06/10s and plans to enter ALMS starting at Long Beach.
• Autocon Motorsports originally intended to buy a second MG-Lola EX257 (Lola B01/60) for use in 2007. However, after a lack of pace with their current car, the team will instead sell their current EX257 and buy a new car midway through the season[2]
• Czech team Charouz Racing System is believed to possibly contest Petit Le Mans and Laguna Seca with a Lola B07/10-Judd LMP1.
• CET Racing Solaroli Motorsport has purchased two Porsche RS Spyders with plans to enter the series with their first car at Lime Rock Park.

[edit] GTs

• LG Motorsports claim they will be modifying their Speed World Challenge Chevrolet Corvette Z06 for the GT2 class, with a second car possible later.
• James Watt Automotive plans to enter Petit Le Mans later in the season.
• David Richards of Prodrive has stated that discussions are underway to enter the Aston Martin Racing DBR9s later in the ALMS season.[3]

[edit] External Links

• American Le Mans Series homepage
• American Le Mans Series schedule
• Mariantic ALMS 2007 news
• SpeedArena ALMS news