2007 American Le Mans Series Explained

The 2007 American Le Mans Series season was the 37th season for the IMSA GT Championship, with the ninth labeled as the American Le Mans Series. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began March 17, 2007, and ended October 20, 2007 after 12 races. It was the league's longest season since 2000.

Schedule

Following the ten race schedule of 2006, a twelve race schedule was announced for 2007. While the Portland International Raceway was not part of the new schedule, three new temporary street circuits were added. The Streets of St. Petersburg and the Long Beach Street Circuit were added after the 12 Hours of Sebring, while the new Belle Isle circuit was added before Petit Le Mans.

Rnd	Race	Length	Circuit	Date
1	Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring	12 Hours	Sebring International Raceway	March 17
2	Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg	2 Hours 45 Minutes	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	Mobil 1 presents Grand Prix of Mosport	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Mosport	August 26
10	Detroit Sports Car Challenge	2 Hours 45 Minutes	Belle Isle street circuit	September 1
11	Petit Le Mans	1000miles or 10 Hours	Road Atlanta	October 6
12	Monterey Sports Car Championships	4 Hours	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	October 20
Sources:^[1] ^[2]

Fuel supplier

Ethanol

Announced on February 8, 2007, the American Le Mans Series signed an agreement with the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) to run E10 ethanol-enriched fuel in all gasoline-powered entries. The fuel was 10% ethanol and 90% gasoline. EPIC also sponsored Rahal Letterman Racing's Porsche entry as part of the deal.http://www.the-paddock.net/sportscar/content/view/241132/49/ This was similar to Rahal Letterman's deal in the Indy Racing League. From 2007 season onwards, VP Racing Fuels replaced Sunoco as official gasoline supplier for American Le Mans Series.

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Team	LMP2 Winning Team	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	LMP1 Winning Drivers	LMP2 Winning Drivers	GT1 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers	Results
1	Sebring	#2 Audi Sport North America	#26 Andretti Green Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#62 Risi Competizione	Results
1	Sebring	Marco Werner Emanuele Pirro Frank Biela	Bryan Herta Dario Franchitti Tony Kanaan	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Max Papis	Mika Salo Jaime Melo Johnny Mowlem	Results
2	St. Petersburg	#1 Audi Sport North America	#6 Penske Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#62 Risi Competizione	Results
2	St. Petersburg	Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Sascha Maassen Ryan Briscoe	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Mika Salo Jaime Melo	Results
3	Long Beach	#1 Audi Sport North America	#7 Penske Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#62 Risi Competizione	Results
3	Long Beach	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Romain Dumas Timo Bernhard	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Mika Salo Jaime Melo	Results
4	Reliant Park	#1 Audi Sport North America	#7 Penske Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#62 Risi Competizione	Results
4	Reliant Park	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Romain Dumas Timo Bernhard	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Mika Salo Jaime Melo	Results
5	Miller	#1 Audi Sport North America	#6 Penske Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#31 Petersen/White Lightning	Results
5	Miller	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Sascha Maassen Ryan Briscoe	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Tomáš Enge Darren Turner	Results
6	Lime Rock	#1 Audi Sport North America	#6 Penske Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Results
6	Lime Rock	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Sascha Maassen Ryan Briscoe	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Johannes van Overbeek Jörg Bergmeister	Results
7	Mid-Ohio	#2 Audi Sport North America	#7 Penske Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Results
7	Mid-Ohio	Emanuele Pirro Marco Werner	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Johannes van Overbeek Jörg Bergmeister	Results
8	Road America	#1 Audi Sport North America	#7 Penske Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#62 Risi Competizione	Results
8	Road America	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Mika Salo Jaime Melo	Results
9	Mosport	#1 Audi Sport North America	#7 Penske Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#62 Risi Competizione	Results
9	Mosport	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Mika Salo Jaime Melo	Results
10	Belle Isle	#2 Audi Sport North America	#7 Penske Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#62 Risi Competizione	Results
10	Belle Isle	Emanuele Pirro Marco Werner	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Mika Salo Jaime Melo	Results
11	Road Atlanta	#1 Audi Sport North America	#7 Penske Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#45 Flying Lizard Motorsports	Results
11	Road Atlanta	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Patrick Long	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta Max Papis	Johannes van Overbeek Jörg Bergmeister Marc Lieb	Results
12	Laguna Seca	#1 Audi Sport North America	#7 Penske Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#62 Risi Competizione	Results
12	Laguna Seca	Allan McNish Rinaldo Capello	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Mika Salo Jaime Melo	Results
Source:^[3]

Teams championship

For most races, points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:^[4]

20-16-13-10-8-6-4-3-2-1

For the four-hour Road America 500 and Monterey Sports Car Championships are 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.

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 TDI	Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	26	20	20	20	20	20	20	23	20	20	26	23	258
2	Autocon Motorsports	MG-Lola EX257 Creation CA06/H	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 Judd GV5 5.0L V10	16		10		10	13	10	13	13		16		101
3	Intersport Racing	Creation CA06/H Lola B06/10	Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10 AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8	19	13	13	13	13	16	8						95
4	Team Cytosport	Lola B06/10	AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8							13	16		13	19	11	72
5	Creation Autosportif	Creation CA07	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10											22	16	38
6	Arena Motorsport	Zytek 07S	Zytek 2ZG408 4.0L V8											12	13	25

LMP2 standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Rd7	Rd8	Rd9	Rd10	Rd11	Rd12	Total
1	DHL Penske Racing	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4L V8	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	23	20	20	26	23	251
2	Dyson Racing	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Porsche MR6 3.4L V8	14	8	13	8	13	10	10	13	8	16	22	11	146
3	Highcroft Racing	Acura ARX-01a	Acura AL7R 3.4L V8	16	13	10	10	6	13	6	16		13	12		115
4	Fernández Racing	Lola B06/43	Acura AL7R 3.4L V8	22	10	4	4	8		13	9	6	10		16	102
5	Andretti Green Racing	Acura ARX-01a	Acura AL7R 3.4L V8	26	4	6	16		6	4	7	13	3		13	98
6	B-K Motorsports	Lola B07/46	Mazda MZR-R 2.0L Turbo I4			3	3		3		6	10	6	10	7	48
7	Zytek Motorsports	Zytek 07S/2	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8											19	6	25
8	Horag Racing	Lola B05/40	Judd XV675 3.4L V8	10												10
9	Van der Steur Racing	Radical SR9	AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4						4	3						7

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 LS7-R 7.0L V8	26	20	20	20	20	20	20	23	20	20	26	23	258
2	Doran Racing	Maserati MC12 GT1	Maserati 6.0L V12								16			22		38
3	Team Modena	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	19												19
4	Pratt & Miller	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8									13				13

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	20	20	20	10	13	16	23	20	20	12	23	223
2	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	22	16	16	16	16	20	20	11	8	16	26	13	200
3	Tafel Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	19	8	10	13	13	6		16	6	8	22	19	140
4	Rahal Letterman Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	12	3		3	6	16		19	13		19	16	107
5	Petersen/White Lightning	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	9	1	6	10	20	4	8	13	10	13			94
6	Team Trans Sport Racing	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6		4	3	6	2	8	6	7		6	16	11	69
7	Panoz Team PTG	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8		13	8	4		3		4			10	9	51
8	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	16												16
9	JMB Racing	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	10												10
10	Corsa Motorsports	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8					8								8
11	Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8	7												7
12	Primetime Race Group	Dodge Viper Comp. Coupe	Dodge 8.3L V10												5	5
13=	Woodhouse Performance	Dodge Viper Comp. Coupe	Dodge 8.3L V10							4						4
13=	Robertson Racing	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8												4	4

Drivers championship

For most races, points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:^[4]

20-16-13-10-8-6-4-3-2-1

For the four hour Road America 500 and Monterey Sports Car Championships are 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. Drivers failing to drive for at least 45 minutes in the race are not awarded points, with the exception of the Long Beach round where drivers need only 30 minutes minimum.

LMP1 standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Rd 12	Total
1=	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport North America	22	20	20	20	20	20	16	23	20	16	26	23	246
1=	Allan McNish	Audi Sport North America	22	20	20	20	20	20	16	23	20	16	26	23	246
3	Marco Werner	Audi Sport North America	26	16	16	16	16	10	20	19	16	20	16	19	210
4	Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport North America	26	16	16	16	16	10	20	19	16	20			175
5	Clint Field	Intersport Racing	19	13	13	13	13	16	8						95
6	Chris McMurry	Autocon Motorsports	16		10			13	10	13	13		14		89
7	Jon Field	Intersport Racing	19	13	13		13	16	8						82
8	Michael Lewis	Autocon Motorsports	16		10		10	13		13			14		76
9=	Greg Pickett	Team Cytosport							13	16		13	19	11	72
9=	Klaus Graf	Team Cytosport							13	16		13	19	11	72
11	Bryan Willman	Autocon Motorsports	16				10		10	13			14		63
12	Richard Berry	Intersport Racing	19	13			13	16							61
13=	Jamie Campbell-Walter	Creation Autosportif											22	16	38
13=	Harald Primat	Creation Autosportif											22	16	38
15	Frank Biela	Audi Sport North America	26												26
16=	Tom Chilton	Arena Motorsport											12	13	25
16=	Darren Manning	Arena Motorsport											12	13	25
18=	Tom Kristensen	Audi Sport North America	22												22
18=	Christophe Tinseau	Creation Autosportif											22		22
20=	Memo Gidley	Team Cytosport											19		19
20=	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport North America												19	19
22	Lucas Luhr	Audi Sport North America											16		16
23	Tony Burgess	Autocon Motorsports									13				13

LMP2 standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Rd 12	Total
1=	Romain Dumas	DHL Penske Racing	19	16	20	20	16	16	20	23	20	20	26	23	239
1=	Timo Bernhard	DHL Penske Racing	19	16	20	20	16	16	20	23	20	20	26	23	239
3=	Sascha Maassen	DHL Penske Racing	9	20	16	13	20	20	16	19	16	4	14	19	186
3=	Ryan Briscoe	DHL Penske Racing	9	20	16	13	20	20	16	19	16	4	14	19	186
5=	Andy Wallace	Dyson Racing	14	8	13	6	13	8	10	11	4	16	16	9	128
5=	Butch Leitzinger	Dyson Racing	14	8	13	6	13	8	10	11	4	16	16	9	128
7=	Chris Dyson	Dyson Racing	12	6	8	8	10	10	8	13	8	8	22	11	124
7=	Guy Smith	Dyson Racing	12	6	8	8	10	10	8	13	8	8	22	11	124
9=	David Brabham	Highcroft Racing	16	13	10	10	6	13	6	16		13	12		115
9=	Stefan Johansson	Highcroft Racing	16	13	10	10	6	13	6	16		13	12		115
11=	Luis Diaz	Fernández Racing	22	10	4	4	8		13	9	6	10		16	102
11=	Adrián Fernández	Fernández Racing	22	10	4	4	8		13	9	6	10		16	102
13	Bryan Herta	Andretti Green Racing	26	4	6	16		6	4	7	13	3		13	98
14	Marino Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing		4		16		6	4	7	13	3			53
15=	Ben Devlin	B-K Motorsports			3	3		3		6	10	6	10	7	48
15=	Jamie Bach	B-K Motorsports			3	3		3		6	10	6	10	7	48
17	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	26											13	39
18	Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	26		6										32
19	Andy Lally	Dyson Racing	14										16		30
20	Patrick Long	Penske Racing											26		26
21	Stefan Mücke	Zytek Motorsports											19	6	25
22	Emmanuel Collard	Penske Racing	9										14		23
23=	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	19												19
23=	Jan Charouz	Zytek Motorsports											19		19
23=	Danny Watts	Zytek Motorsports											19		19
26	Duncan Dayton	Highcroft Racing	16												16
27	Robbie Kerr	Highcroft Racing											12		12
28=	Fredy Lienhard	Horag Racing	10												10
28=	Didier Theys	Horag Racing	10												10
28=	Eric van de Poele	Horag Racing	10												10
28=	Raphael Matos	B-K Motorsport											10		10
32=	Adam Pecorari	Van Der Steur Racing						4	3						7
32=	Gunnar van der Steur	Van Der Steur Racing						4	3						7
34	Hayanari Shimoda	Zytek Motorsport												6	6

GT1 standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Rd 12	Total
1=	Oliver Gavin	Corvette Racing	26	20	20	16	20	20	20	23	16	16	26	23	246
1=	Olivier Beretta	Corvette Racing	26	20	20	16	20	20	20	23	16	16	26	23	246
3=	Johnny O'Connell	Corvette Racing	22		16	20	16	16	16	19	20	20		19	184
3=	Jan Magnussen	Corvette Racing	22		16	20	16	16	16	19	20	20		19	184
5	Max Papis	Corvette Racing	26										26		52
6=	Fredy Lienhard	Doran Racing								16			22		38
6=	Didier Theys	Doran Racing								16			22		38
8	Ron Fellows	Corvette Racing Pratt & Miller	22								13				35
9	Andrea Bertolini	Doran Racing											22		22
10=	Liz Halliday	Team Modena	19												19
10=	Antonio García	Team Modena	19												19
10=	Darren Turner	Team Modena	19												19
13	Andy Pilgrim	Pratt & Miller									13				13

GT2 standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Rd 12	Total
1=	Mika Salo	Risi Competizione	26	20	20	20		2	16	23	20	20	12	23	202
1=	Jaime Melo	Risi Competizione	26	20	20	20		2	16	23	20	20	12	23	202
3=	Jörg Bergmeister	Flying Lizard Motorsports	22	16	2	16	16	20	20	11	8		26	13	170
3=	Johannes van Overbeek	Flying Lizard Motorsports	22	16	2	16	16	20	20	11	8		26	13	170
5	Wolf Henzler	Tafel Racing	19	8	10	13	13			16	6		22	19	126
6=	Tommy Milner	Rahal Letterman Racing	12	3		3	6	16		19	13		19	16	107
6=	Ralf Kelleners	Rahal Letterman Racing	12	3		3	6	16		19	13		19	16	107
8	Dominik Farnbacher	Tafel Racing	14	6	4		3	6		6	3	8	22	19	91
9	Darren Law	Flying Lizard Motorsports		10	16	8		10		5		16	14	7	86
10	Robin Liddell	Tafel Racing	19	8	10	13	13			16	6				85
11	Éric Hélary	Risi Competizione					10	13	13	9	16	10			71
12=	Terry Borcheller	Team Trans Sport		4	3	6	2	8	6	7		6	16	11	69
12=	Tim Pappas	Team Trans Sport		4	3	6	2	8	6	7		6	16	11	69
14	Seth Neiman	Flying Lizard Motorsports				8	4	10	10	5	4		14	7	62
15	Dirk Müller	Petersen/White Lightning			6	10			8	13	10	13			60
16	Niclas Jönsson	Risi Competizione	8		13		10	13					9	6	59
17	Patrick Long	Tafel Racing Flying Lizard Motorsports	19		16							16			51
18	Jim Tafel	Tafel Racing	14	6	4		3	6		6	3	8			50
19	Lonnie Pechnik	Flying Lizard Motorsports		10			4		10		4		14	7	49
20=	Gianmaria Bruni	Risi Competizione							13	9	16	10			48
20=	Marc Lieb	Flying Lizard Motorsports	22										26		48
22=	Bill Auberlen	Panoz Team PTG		13	8			3		4			10	9	47
22=	Joey Hand	Panoz Team PTG		13	8			3		4			10	9	47
24	Tomáš Enge	Petersen/White Lightning	9	1			20	4	8						42
25	Johnny Mowlem	Risi Competizione	26										12		38
26	Peter Dumbreck	Petersen/White Lightning								13	10	13			36
27	Darren Turner	Petersen/White Lightning					20	4					9		33
28	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Racing	12										19		31
29	Tracy Krohn	Risi Competizione	8										9	6	23
30	Jaroslav Janiš	Spyker Squadron Petersen/White Lightning	7			10									17
31=	Pierre Ehret	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	16												16
31=	Lars-Erik Nielsen	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	16												16
31=	Dirk Werner	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	16												16
31=	Marc Basseng	Team Trans Sport											16		16
31=	Tim Bergmeister	Petersen/White Lightning	9	1	6										16
36	Ian James	Tafel Racing	14												14
37	Anthony Lazzaro	Risi Competizione			13										13
38=	Ben Aucott	JMB Racing	10												10
38=	Joe Macari	JMB Racing	10												10
38=	Rob Wilson	JMB Racing	10												10
38=	Tom Kimber-Smith	Panoz Team PTG											10		10
42=	Colin Braun	Risi Competizione	8												8
42=	Maurizio Mediani	Corsa Motorsports					8								8
42=	Rui Águas	Corsa Motorsports					8								8
45	Peter Kox	Spyker Squadron	7												7
46=	Nathan Swartzburger	Tafel Racing								6					6
46=	Ross Smith	Panoz Team PTG		2		4									6
46=	Scott Maxwell	Panoz Team PTG		2		4									6
49=	Joel Feinberg	Primetime Race Group												5	5
49=	Chapman Ducote	Primetime Race Group												5	5
51=	Cindi Lux	Woodhouse Performance							4						4
51=	Stan Wilson	Woodhouse Performance							4						4
51=	David Robertson	Robertson Racing												4	4
51=	Andrea Robertson	Robertson Racing												4	4
51=	David Murry	Robertson Racing												4	4

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Schedule. American Le Mans Series. January 21, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20061213200044/http://www.americanlemans.com/Schedule/SeasonSchedule.aspx. December 13, 2006. dead.
Web site: American LeMans Series - 2007: Racing Calendar. Speedsport Magazine. January 21, 2024.
Web site: American LeMans Series - Season 2007: Results. Speedsport Magazine. January 21, 2024.
Web site: American LeMans Series - 2007: Point standings. Speedsport Magazine. January 21, 2024.