2011 Petit Le Mans

LMP1
1 - ILMC - Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R18 TDI - Bernhard-Fassler-TBA
2 - ILMC - Audi Sport Team Joest - Audi R18 TDI - McNish-Kristensen-TBA
6 - ALMS - Muscle Milk AMR - Lola-Aston Martin - Luhr-Graf
7 - ILMC- Team Peugeot Total - Peugeot 908 - Davidson-Bourdais-Pagenaud
8 - ILMC- Team Peugeot Total - Peugeot 908 - Sarrazin-Montagny-Wurz
10 - ILMC- Team ORECA Matmut - Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP - Lapierre-Minassian-Gene
12 - ILMC - Rebellion Racing - Lola B10/60 Toyota - Prost-Jani-Belicchi
15 - ILMC - OAK Racing - Oak-Pescarolo Judd - Lahaye-Moreau-Ragues
16 - ALMS - Dyson Racing - Lola B09/86 Mazda - Dyson-Smith-Cochran
20 - ALMS - Oryx Dyson Racing - Lola B09/86 Mazda - Al Masaood-Kane-Leitzinger
24 - ILMC - OAK Racing - Oak-Pescarolo Judd - Nicolet-Yvon-TBA
007 - ILMC - Aston Martin Racing - Lola-Aston Martin - Fernandez-Mucke-Primat
912 - ALMS - AutoCon Motorsports - Lola B06/10 AER - Burgess-McMurry-Willman

LMP2
23 - ALMS - United Autosports - Oak-Pescarolo Judd - Brown-Johansson-Patterson
26 - ILMC - Signtech Nissan - Oreca 03 Nissan - Vernay-Mailleux-Ordonez
33 - ILMC/ALMS- Level 5 Motorsports - HPD ARX-01g - Tucker-Bouchut-Barbosa
35 - ILMC - OAK Racing - Oak-Pescarolo - Da Rocha-Lafargue-TBA
055 - ALMS- Level 5 Motorsports - HPD ARX-01g - Tucker-Diaz-Franchitti

GTE-Pro
3 - ALMS - Corvette Racing - Corvette C6.R - Milner-Beretta-Garcia
4 - ALMS - Corvette Racing - Corvette C6.R - Gavin-Magnussen-Westbrook
17 - ALMS - Team Falken Tire - Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - Sellers-Henzler
40 - ALMS - Robertson Racing - Ford GT - Robertson-Robertson
44 - ALMS - Flying Lizard Motorsports - Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - Law-Neiman-Holzer
45 - ALMS - Flying Lizard Motorsports - Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - Bergmeister-Long-Lieb
48 - ALMS - Paul Miller Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - Miller-Maassan-Collard
51 - ILMC - AF Corse - Ferrari 458 Italia - Fisichella-Bruni-Kaffer
55 - ALMS/ILMC - BMW Motorsport - BMW M3 GT - Auberlen-Werner-Farfus
56 - ALMS/ILMC - BMW Motorsport - BMW M3 GT - Muller-Hand-Priaulx
58 - ILMC- Luxury Racing - Ferrari 458 Italia - Jakubowski-Beltoise
59 - ILMC - Luxury Racing - Ferrari 458 Italia - Ortelli-Makowiecki-Hallyday
64 - ILMC - Lotus Jetalliance - Lotus Evora - Slingerland -Rich-Hansson
65 - ILMC - Lotus Jetalliance - Lotus Evora - Rossiter-Mowlem
98 - ALMS - Jaguar RSR - Jaguar XKR GT - Jones-Moran
99 - ALMS - Jaguar RSR - Jaguar XKR GT -Junqueria-Wilden
01 - ALMS - Extreme Speed Motorsports - Ferrari 458 Italia - Sharp-Van Overbeek-Farnbacher
02 - ALMS - Extreme Speed Motorsports - Ferrari 458 Italia - Brown-Cosmo-Bell
962 - ALMS - Risi Competitione - Ferrari 458 Italia - Melo-Vilander-Matos

GTE-Am
50 - ILMC - Larbre Competition - Corvette C6.R - Bornhauser-Gardel-Canal
57 - ILMC - Krohn Racing - Ferrari F430 GT - Krohn-Jonsson-Rugolo
60 - ILMC - Gulf AMR Middle East - Aston Martin Vantage - Griox-Goethe-Wainwright
61 - ILMC - AF Corse - Ferrari F430 GT - Kauffman-Aguas-Bell
62 - ILMC - CRS Racing - Ferrari F430 GT - Ehret-Quaife-Wills
63 - ILMC - Proton Competition - Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - Lietz-Reid

LMPC
18 - Performance Tech Motorsports - Oreca FLM09 - Nicolosi-Boob-Lueders
36 - Genoa Racing - Oreca FLM09 - Grogor-Mitchell-Kronfli
37 - Intersport Racing - Oreca FLM09 - Field-Field
52 - PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports - Oreca FLM09 - Dobson-Richard-Lewis
89 - Intersport Racing - Oreca FLM09 - Marcelli-Ducote
05 - Core Autosport - Oreca FLM09 - Bennett-Motecalvo
06 - Core Autosport - Oreca FLM09 - Jeannette-Gonzalez
963 - Genoa Racing - Oreca FLM09 - Lux-Julian-Guasch

GTC
11 - JDX Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - Ham-Thompson-Blackett
23 - Alex Job Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - Sweedler-Keen-Wong
34 - Black Swan/Green Hornet - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - LaSaffre-TBA
54 - Black Swan Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - Pappas-Bleekemolen-Bleekemolen
66 - TRG - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - Ende-Pumpelly
68 - TRG - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - Keating-Norman-Von Moltke
77 - Magnus Racing - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup - Potter-Stanton

In

I'm glad there's no zeros in front of the ALMS cars (with a few exceptions obviously).

Goooooo Audi!

7 - ILMC- Team Peugeot Total - Peugeot 908 - Davidson-Bourdais-Pagenaud

I can't believe no one picked up David Brabham for their 3rd for Petit. He's as good as anyone in P1 and Level 5 surely could have used the help of someone who's been behind the wheel of an HPD for the last few years. O well, should be interesting to see how the new car matches up with the Oreca Nissan. The 01d seems to be about on par with it in the hands of Strakka.

SO from the day before yesterday to yesterday we lost 2 entries, One from GTC (which one i have no idea) and one in GT being the #04 Robertson Racing Ford

Expect most of the GTC and LMPC cars to go before the race

Duncan wrote:Expect most of the GTC and LMPC cars to go before the race

I doubt it, Road Atlanta can host 59 cars down the main pit lane, we're now at 58 so... WE'RE GOOD!!!!!

If most of the GTC and LMPC field gets cut in prequalifying and Dyson and Muscle Milk are again way off the pace of the Audis/Peugeots, I don't think the most of the ALMS teams are going to be very happy about the whole ILMC race sharing deal for the future.

Narboza I expect this 2 be the last Petit Le Mans supported by factory efforts to a certian extent.

The WEC will go to Sebring and they want to go to either another non ALMS track (Circuit of the americas) or South America or Canada.

Sorry Louis you are correct, have they all ready culled some GTC porsches?

Also lets start this predection game rolling -

Overall Victory

P1 = 7 - ILMC- Team Peugeot Total - Peugeot 908 - Davidson-Bourdais-Pagenaud (Silverstone Pace of Pgts for overal distance was so quick)
Plus Go Ant
P2 = 26 - ILMC - Signtech Nissan - Oreca 03 Nissan - Vernay-Mailleux-Ordonez
GTE-Pro -51 ILMC - AF Corse - Ferrari 458 Italia - Fisichella-Bruni-Kaffer (Time to show ALMS GT drivers how to race )
63 - ILMC - Proton Competition - Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - Lietz-Reid

LMPC and GTC No idea

Yea, I agree about Petit not being part of the WEC, but I don't think Dyson and co. will be too happy about sharing Sebring next year. I can understand where they are coming from, but unless Corvette, Risi, and the Lizards enter the WEC, I think that championship will be seriously lacking. The WEC appears to have no American teams in it that are real competitors. Krohn and Level 5 kind of seem like amateurs to me compared to some of the US teams that could be racing.

These are the teams that I WANT to win Petit:
P1: Oreca or Orxy Dyson
P2: 055 Level 5 with Franchitti
GTPro: 4 Corvette
GTAm: Labre Vette
LMPC: 06 Core Autosport
GTC: 54 Black Swan Racing

These are the teams that I THINK will win:
P1: 7 Peugeot (which pains me because I like Davidson, I love Pagenaud, but I hate Bourdais)
P2: 055 Level 5 with Franchitti
GTPro: 56 BMW (Pretty sure the RLL cars are going to run away with this, and I will be surprised if any of the 911s or 458s are as fast as the BMWs or the Vettes)
GTAm: Krohn
LMPC: 06 Core Autosport
GTC: 54 Black Swan Racing

dyson and greg pickett have already talked to ALMS and said we're gonna race at sebring, see what the equivalency is like, then we'll go from there.

http://www.dailysportscar.com/viewArticle.cfm?articleUID=9F85F3CF-1143-FDC9-35CCCA9133A8BAE2

preview pics...the united autosports LMP2 car looking goooood!

Great Race so far, makes up for not been able 2 get to brit Car, Travis hope you are having a great time I hope WEC goes here next year I sure will try and get out for it

AF Corsa go go go unlucky for Ant D car

Racing Incident, Why not wait until in tow down the straight not enough room and yes you can move to left

Where else was Dumas supposed to go? That wasn't him trying to pass Montagny, that was him passing the GT car. Montagny then shifted over to the left forcing Dumas off the track and into the Porsche. Was he trying to crash the Audi? No, but he did force it off the track and the result is that another great race was ruined.

Maybe Dumas should have known better considering he already had to abort a pass on the Peugeot once today and there were all the shenanigans that Peugeot displayed at Le Mans, but all that needed to happen here for that crash not to happen was Montagny to not drift to the left. He would have still been in front of the Audi and the 908 is faster down the straights anyway.

Just got back home from Petit early, unfortunately. I really wanted to stay, but in my excitement I walked too much and I was just dead around 6-hour mark. I got a ton of pics though (and some videos on my phone though I dunno how to get them on the computer) and my dad snapped a bunch of pictures on his nice camera as well (as well as shots with Lucas Ordonez, Anthony Davidson, and Nishy!)

Awesome stuff, I look forward to seeing them!

#2 Audi officially retires.

Peugeot takes the Manufacturers title.

Great last 3 laps from RLL and the Lizard.

First set of pictures.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/68179098@N06/sets/72157627796747606/

Sorry guys, can't upload videos. Phone can't send videos.

Conner wrote:First set of pictures.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/68179098@N06/sets/72157627796747606/

Sorry guys, can't upload videos. Phone can't send videos.

what'd you think? this was your first time to road atlanta, right?

Damnit, damn laptop exceded 90 degrees celcius with 20 to go and packed in for the night

What a race Great fun,having RLM commentary and switching between ESPN feed was great fun, Nick and Martin where so funny.

Nick and Martin were brilliant, especially the performance of a musical during one of the full course cautions by Nick. About as colourful as it gets!