1999 2:45 hour Portland race

Portland International Raceway

The 1999 2:45 hour Sears Portland Race , also known as the Rose City Grand Prix - Portland, Portland International Raceway , took place on August 1st at Portland International Raceway and was the fifth round of the American Le Mans Series of that year.

The race

The fifth round of the American Le Mans Series in 1999 ended with the Panoz works team's second overall victory . After Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen , the 2: 45-hour race at Mosport had won, won at the International Raceway Éric Bernard and David Brabham in the LMP-1 Roadster S .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP1	1	Panoz Motor Sports	Eric Bernard David Brabham	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S.	137
2	LMP	42	BMW Motorsport	JJ Lehto Steve Soper	BMW V12 LMR	137
3	LMP	2	Panoz Motor Sports	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S.	137
4th	LMP	43	BMW Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Joachim Winkelhock	BMW V12 LMR	136
5	LMP	26th	Price & Bscher	Pedro Lamy Thomas Bscher	BMW V12 LM	134
6th	LMP	16	Dyson Racing	James Weaver Ron Fellows Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Riley & Scott Mk III	134
7th	LMP	0	Team Rafanelli SRL	Érik Comas Domenico Schiattarella	Riley & Scott Mk III	134
8th	LMP	38	Champion Racing	Allan McNish Andy Pilgrim	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	133
9	LMP	11	Doyle-Risi Racing	Max Angelelli Didier de Radiguès	Ferrari 333SP	131
10	LMP	18th	Dollahite Racing	Mike Davies Bill Dollahite	Ferrari 333SP	130
11	LMP	36	Doran Matthews Racing	Stefan Johansson Jim Matthews	Ferrari 333SP	128
12	GTS	91	Dodge Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta David Donohue	Dodge Viper GTS-R	126
13	GTS	92	Dodge Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger Tommy Archer	Dodge Viper GTS-R	126
14th	GTS	61	Konrad Motorsport	Bob Wollek Franz Konrad	Porsche 911 GT2	125
15th	GTS	56	Martin Snow Racing	Martin Snow Kelly Collins	Porsche 911 GT2	123
16	GT	23	Manthey Racing	Dirk Muller Cort Wagner	Porsche 996 GT3-R	122
17th	GT	7th	Prototype Technology Group	Christian Menzel Brian Cunningham	BMW M3	121
18th	GT	10	Prototype Technology Group	Darren Law Johannes van Overbeek	BMW M3	121
19th	GT	17th	Contemporary Motorsports	Joe Varde Bruno Lambert	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	120
20th	GT	02	Reiser Callas Racing	Doc Bundy David Murry	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	120
21st	GT	22nd	Alex Job Racing	Mike Fitzgerald Darryl Havens	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	119
22nd	GT	68	The Racers Group	Spencer Trenery Vic Rice	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	119
23	GT	24	Alex Job Racing	Randy Pobst Don Kitch	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	119
24	GT	03	Reiser Callas Racing	Craig Stanton Joel Reiser Grady Willingham	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	118
25th	LMP	63	Downing Atlanta	Chris Ronson Jim Downing	Kudzu DLY	115
26th	LMP	29	Intersport Racing	Paul Debban Bruce Trenery	Riley & Scott Mk III	111
27	GT	65	Pregrid Motorsports	John Brosius Jonathan Fay	Porsche 993 Cup 3.8 RSR	110
28	LMP	8th	Transatlantic Racing	Scott Schubot Henry Camferdam	Riley & Scott Mk III	108
Failed
29	LMP	12	Doyle-Risi Racing	Wayne Taylor Alex Caffi	Ferrari 333SP	129
30th	LMP	28	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Niclas Jönsson	Lola B98 / 10	124
31	GT	6th	Prototype Technology Group	Mark Simo Brian Cunningham	BMW M3	119
32	GTS	48	Freising Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT2	115
33	LMP	97	Team Cascadia	Ed Zabinski Shane Lewis	Lola B98 / 10	113
34	GTS	55	Saleen-Allen Speedlab	Terry Borcheller Ron Johnson	Saleen SR	106
35	GT	25th	RWS Motorsport	Luca Riccitelli Hans-Jörg Hofer	Porsche 996 GT3-R	86
36	GTS	83	Chiefie Motorsports	Stefano Buttiero Zak Brown	Porsche 911 GT2	70
37	LMP	74	Robinson Racing	Jack Baldwin George Robinson	Riley & Scott Mk III	49
38	LMP	27	Doran Lista Racing	Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard	Ferrari 333SP	41
39	LMP	15th	Hybrid R&D	Ross Bentley Chris Bingham	Riley & Scott Mk III	34
40	LMP	20th	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Riley & Scott Mk III	9
41	GT	9	Prototype Technology Group	Boris Said III Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW M3	8th
42	GT	67	The Racers Group	Kim Wolfkill Kevin Buckler Kimberly Hiskey	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	1
Not started
43	GT	76	Team ARE		Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	1

¹ vehicle withdrawn

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
44	GTS	04	J Motorsports	John Morton John Graham	Porsche 911 GT2
45	LMP	5	Whittington Brothers	Don Whittington Dale Whittington	Lola B98 / 10
46	GT	40	Team PRC	Scott Peeler Mike Doolin	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
47	GT	52	Manthey Racing		Porsche 996 GT3-R
48	GT	88	Vanderhoof Racing	Joe Varde Tim Ralston Jorge Trejos	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
49	GT	90	Millennium Motorsports	David Friedman	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP	Eric Bernard	David Brabham	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster	Overall victory
GTS	David Donohue	Olivier Beretta	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Rank 13
GT	Dirk Mueller	Cort Wagner	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Rank 18

Racing data

• Registered: 49
• Started: 42
• Rated: 28
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 3.129 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 2: 45: 52.773 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 137
• Total distance of the winning team: 428.613 km
• Winner's average: 155.033 km / h
• Pole position: JJ Lehto - BMW V12 LMR (# 42) - 1: 04.387 = 174.924 km / h
• Fastest race lap: JJ Lehto - BMW V12 LMR (# 0) - 1: 05.451 = 172.079 km / h
• Racing series: 5th round of the 1999 ALMS season

Web links

• Race results

Previous race 2:45 hour Sears Point 1999

American Le Mans Series

Successor race Petit Le Mans 1999