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 race.
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.
Unofficial results Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).
Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP1 1 Audi Sport North America Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish Audi R10 TDI 394 Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12(Diesel) 2 LMP2 7 Penske Racing Romain Dumas Timo Bernhard Patrick Long Porsche RS Spyder Evo 394 Porsche MR6 3.4L V8 3 LMP2 20 Dyson Racing Chris Dyson Guy Smith Porsche RS Spyder Evo 386 Porsche MR6 3.4L V8 4 LMP2 5 Zytek Motorsports Danny Watts Stefan Mücke Jan Charouz Zytek 07S/2 383 Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 5 LMP1 88 Creation Autosportif Jamie Campbell-Walter Christophe Tinseau Harold Primat Creation CA07 377 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10 6 LMP2 16 Dyson Racing Butch Leitzinger Andy Wallace Andy Lally Porsche RS Spyder Evo 372 Porsche MR6 3.4L V8 7 LMP2 6 Penske Racing Sascha Maassen Ryan Briscoe Emmanuel Collard Porsche RS Spyder Evo 370 Porsche MR6 3.4L V8 8 LMP2 9 Highcroft Racing David Brabham Stefan Johansson Robbie Kerr Acura ARX-01a 365 Acura AL7R 3.4L V8 9 GT1 4 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Max Papis Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 364 Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8 10 GT2 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Johannes van Overbeek Jörg Bergmeister Marc Lieb Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 353 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 11 GT2 71 Tafel Racing Wolf Henzler Dominik Farnbacher Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 351 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 12DNF LMP2 8 B-K Motorsports Mazdaspeed Jamie Bach Ben Devlin Raphael Matos Lola B07/46 350 Mazda MZR-R 2.0L Turbo I4 13 GT2 18 Rahal Letterman Racing Tommy Milner Ralf Kelleners Graham Rahal Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 350 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 14 LMP1 06 Team Cytosport Greg Pickett Klaus Graf Memo Gidley Lola B06/10 346 AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8 15 GT2 54 Team Trans Sport Racing Terry Borcheller Tim Pappas Marc Basseng Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 342 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 16 GT2 44 Flying Lizard Motorsports Darren Law Lonnie Pechnik Seth Neiman Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 341 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 17 LMP1 2 Audi Sport North America Lucas Luhr Marco Werner Audi R10 TDI 330 Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12(Diesel) 18 GT2 62 Risi Competizione Mika Salo Jaime Melo Johnny Mowlem Ferrari F430GT 330 Ferrari 4.0L V8 19DNF GT1 27 Doran Racing Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard Andrea Bertolini Maserati MC12 GT1 314 Maserati 6.0L V12 20 LMP1 12 Autocon Motorsports Chris McMurry Bryan Willman Michael Lewis Creation CA06/H 304 Judd GV5 5.0L V10 21 GT2 21 Panoz Team PTG Bill Auberlen Joey Hand Tom Kimber-Smith Panoz Esperante GT-LM 302 Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8 22DNF LMP1 10 Arena Motorsports International Tom Chilton Darren Manning Zytek 07S 288 Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8 23NC GT2 61 Risi Competizione Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Darren Turner Ferrari F430GT 279 Ferrari 4.0L V8 24DNF GT2 31 Petersen Motorsports White Lightning Racing Peter Dumbreck Dirk Müller Ferrari F430GT 123 Ferrari 4.0L V8 25DNF GT2 53 Robertson Racing David Robertson Andrea Robertson Arie Luyendyk Jr. Panoz Esperante GT-LM 106 Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8 26DNF LMP2 15 Lowe's Fernández Racing Adrian Fernández Luis Diaz Lola B06/43 87 Acura AL7R 3.4L V8 27DNF LMP1 37 Intersport Racing Jon Field Clint Field Richard Berry Lola B06/10 60 AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8 28DNF LMP2 26 Andretti Green Racing Bryan Herta Vítor Meira Tony Kanaan Acura ARX-01a 50 Acura AL7R 3.4L V8 29DNF GT2 73 Tafel Racing Jim Tafel Nathan Swartzbaugh Lars-Erik Nielsen Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 28 Porsche 3.8L Flat-6 30DNF GT1 3 Corvette Racing Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Ron Fellows Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 15 Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8 DNQ GT2 11 Primetime Race Group Joel Feinberg Chapman Ducote Dodge Viper Competition Coupe - Dodge 8.3L V10
Statistics Pole Position - No. 2 Audi Sport North America - 1:08.906 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 - No. 1 Audi Sport North America - 1:09.195
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