Petit Le Mans 1999

In Road Atlanta, the BMW V12 LMR had to admit defeat to the works Panoz

The second Petit Le Mans , also 1999 Petit Le Mans, 1000 Miles at Road Atlanta, Road Atlanta , took place on September 18, 1999 in Road Atlanta and was the sixth round of the American Le Mans Series of that year.

The race

The big favorites for overall victory at the second Petit Le Mans were the BMW works cars . Used by Schnitzer Motorsport , the BMW V12 LMR had won two of the most important sports car races of the season. When 12-hour race at Sebring won JJ Lehto , Jorg Muller and Tom Kristensen . The number 15 BMW won the failed Le Mans 24-hour race , driven by Joachim Winkelhock , Pierluigi Martini and Yannick Dalmas .

In Road Atlanta Lehto and Müller formed a two-man team. In order to save the time involved in changing drivers, a third driver was omitted. The second works BMW was driven by Steve Soper , Bill Auberlen and Joachim Winkelhock. Strongest competition grew the BMW of the plant - Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S . The two teams of three consisted of David Brabham , Éric Bernard and Andy Wallace as well as Jan Magnussen , Johnny O'Connell and Memo Gidley .

Over the whole time there was a tight race between the BMW with the number 42 and the Panoz with the number 1. The two cars were almost always separated by only a few seconds. The race was decided by a driving mistake by Jörg Müller, who spun in the final phase and dropped back to third place. Brabham, Bernard and Wallace won by one lap ahead of the second BMW from Soper, Auberlen and Winkelhock.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	LMP	1	Panoz Motor Sports	David Brabham Éric Bernard Andy Wallace	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S.	394
2	LMP	43	BMW Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Joachim Winkelhock Steve Soper	BMW V12 LMR	393
3	LMP	42	BMW Motorsport	JJ Lehto Jörg Müller	BMW V12 LMR	393
4th	LMP	20th	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger Elliot Forbes-Robinson James Weaver	Riley & Scott Mk III	384
5	LMP	2	Panoz Motor Sports	Jan Magnussen Johnny O'Connell Memo Gidley	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S.	383
6th	LMP	0	Team Rafanelli SRL	Domenico Schiattarella Eric van de Poele Tomáš Enge	Riley & Scott Mk III	377
7th	LMP	38	Champion Racing	Allan McNish Ralf Kellener's Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	372
8th	LMP	27	Doran Lista Racing	Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard Stanley Dickens	Ferrari 333SP	369
9	GTS	91	Dodge Viper Team Oreca	Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger Marc Duez	Dodge Viper GTS-R	357
10	GTS	92	Dodge Viper Team Oreca	Tommy Archer David Donohue Jean-Philippe Belloc	Dodge Viper GTS-R	357
11	LMP	13	J&P Motorsports	Klaus Count Jan Lammers Franz Konrad	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S.	355
12	GTS	93	Dodge Viper Team Oreca	Ni Amorim Justin Bell Emmanuel Clérico	Dodge Viper GTS-R	354
13	GTS	4th	Corvette Racing	Andy Pilgrim Kelly Collins Scott Sharp	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	349
14th	GTS	3	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Chris Kneifel John Paul Junior	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	347
15th	GT	23	Manthey Racing	Dirk Müller Sascha Maassen Cort Wagner	Porsche 996 GT3-R	347
16	GT	6th	Prototype Technology Group	Boris Said III Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW M3	344
17th	LMP	63	Downing Atlanta	Franck Fréon Jim Downing Howard Katz	Kudzu DLY	344
18th	GT	7th	Prototype Technology Group	Brian Cunningham Brian Simo Peter Cunningham	BMW M3	339
19th	GT	10	Prototype Technology Group	Darren Law Johannes van Overbeek Mark Simo	BMW M3	339
20th	GT	17th	Contemporary Motorsports	Bruno Lambert Mike Conte	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	332
21st	GT	03	Reiser Callas Racing	Craig Stanton Joel Reiser Grady Willingham	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	320
22nd	GTS	83	Chiefie Motorsports	Joe Foster Zak Brown Michael Schrom Stephen Earle	Porsche 911 GT2	319
23	GT	07	G&W Motorsports	Chris Hall Danny Marshall Steve Marshall Cindi Lux	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	316
24	LMP	62	Downing Atlanta	Rich Grupp Barry Waddell Dennis Spencer	Kudzu DLM	313
25th	GTS	08	Roock Motorsport North America	Claudia Hürtgen Hubert Haupt André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2	312
26th	GT	25th	RWS Motorsport	Patrick Huisman Luca Riccitelli Hans-Jörg Hofer	Porsche 911 GT3-R	305
27	GT	49	Freising Motorsport	Lance Stewart Yukihiro Hane	Porsche 911 GT2	302
28	GTS	55	Saleen-Allen Speedlab	Terry Borcheller Ron Johnson Shane Lewis	Saleen SR	291
29	LMP	31	Nygmatech Motorsports	Tony Kester Dave Dullum Kurt Baumann	Riley & Scott Mk III	279
30th	LMP	29	Intersport Racing	Tim Hubman Vic Rice John Mirro	Riley & Scott Mk III	272
31	GT	96	Freising Motorsport	John Heinricy Dave White Charles Coker	Porsche 996 Supercup	252
Failed
32	LMP	8th	Transatlantic Racing	Scott Schubot Henry Camferdam Rick Sutherland	Riley & Scott Mk III	322
33	GT	76	Team ARE	Simon Sobrero Angelo Cilli Geoff Auberlen	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	243
34	LMP	36	Doran Matthews Racing	Stefan Johansson Jim Matthews Scott Dixon	Ferrari 333SP	225
35	GTS	48	Freising Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT2	223
36	GTS	19th	Chamberlain Motorsport	Didier Defourny Hans Hugenholtz Junior Seiji Ara	Dodge Viper GTS-R	222
37	GTS	61	Konrad Motorsport	Michel Neugarten Charles Slater Tom McGlynn	Porsche 911 GT2	214
38	LMP	75	DAMS	Jean-Marc Gounon Christophe Tinseau Franck Montagny	Lola B98 / 10	206
39	LMP	28	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Ryan Jones Niclas Jonsson	Lola B98 / 10	188
40	LMP	11	Doyle-Risi Racing	Max Angelelli Didier de Radiguès Xavier Pompidou	Ferrari 333SP	187
41	LMP	12	Doyle-Risi Racing	Wayne Taylor Alex Caffi Andrea Montermini	Ferrari 333SP	172
42	GT	73	Auto Sport South Racing	Brady Refenning Allan Ziegelman Kevin Wheeler Paulo Lima	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	165
43	GT	70	Alegra Motorsports	Scooter fork Carlos DeQuesada	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	157
44	GT	02	Reiser Callas Racing	Johnny Mowlem David Murry Hurley Haywood	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	147
45	LMP	74	Robinson Racing	Jack Baldwin George Robinson Irv Hoerr	Riley & Scott Mk III	118
46	GTS	56	Martin Snow Racing	Martin Snow Larry Schumacher John O'Steen	Porsche 911 GT2	115
47	GT	22nd	Alex Job Racing	Mike Fitzgerald Darryl Havens Randy Pobst	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	113
48	LMP	95	TRV Motorsport	Jeret Schroeder Tom Volk Lyn St. James	Riley & Scott Mk III	66
49	GT	64	Spencer Pumpelly Racing	Spencer Pumpelly Jack Lewis Kurt Mathewson	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	7th
Not started
50	LMP	06	Multimatic Motorsports	Scott Maxwell Harri Toivonen	Lola B98 / 10	1
51	GT	84	Specter Werkes Sports Inc.	Jeff Nowicki John Heinricy	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	2

¹ not started ² vehicle not homologated

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
52	GTS	04	J Motorsports	John Morton John Graham	Porsche 911 GT2
53	GTS	09	Roock Motorsport North America	André Ahrlé Hubert Haupt	Porsche 911 GT2
54	LMP	18th	Dollahite Racing	Mike Davies Bill Dollahite	Ferrari 333SP
55	LMP	26th	Price & Bscher	Pedro Lamy Thomas Bscher	BMW V12 LM
56	GT	40	Team PRC	Scott Peeler Mike Doolin	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
57	LMP	66	Konrad Motorsport	Jan Lammers Mike Hezemans	Lola B98 / 10

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
LMP	Eric Bernard	David Brabham	Andy Wallace	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster	Overall victory
GTS	Olivier Beretta	Karl Wendlinger	Marc Duez	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Rank 9
GT	Dirk Mueller	Sascha Maassen	Cort Wagner	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Rank 15

Racing data

• Registered: 57
• Started: 49
• Rated: 31
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 4.088 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 8: 56: 31.991 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 394
• Total distance of the winning team: 1610.567 km
• Winner's average: 180.108 km / h
• Pole position: David Brabham - Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S (# 1) - 1: 10.873 = 207.636 km / h
• Fastest race lap: JJ Lehto - BMW V12 LMR (# 42) - 1: 12.853 = 202.549 km / h
• Racing series: 6th round of the 1999 ALMS season

Web links

• Race report 1
• Race report 2
• Race results

Previous race of the 2:45 hour Portland race in 1999

American Le Mans Series

Succession Race 2: 45-hour race at Laguna Seca in 1999