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2015 Petit Le Mans

The Track map of Road Atlanta

The 18th Annual petit Le Mans presented by Mazda was the 2015 version of the Petit Le Mans automotive endurance race, was held on October 1–3 2015 at the Road Atlanta circuit in Braselton, Georgia. This was the second Petit Le Mans in the United SportsCar Championship. The race was rain shorted for the second time with only eight hours of racing instead of the maximum 10 hours. The race was won overall by Richard Lietz, Patrick Pilet, and Nick Tandy in the #911 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR. Originally scheduled to run for 10 hours, the race was concluded after 8 hours (199 laps) were completed due to heavy rain, darkness, visibility, and hydroplaning.[1] This marked the first time in the event's history that a GT car won overall.[2][3]

Entry list

The official entry list consisted of 37 cars, including 9 in prototype, 8 in prototype challenge, 8 in GTLM and 12 in GTD.[4]

Practice

There were four practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, 3 on Thursday and one on Friday.[5]

Practice 1

The first practice session took place at 11:10 am ET on Thursday and ended with Oswaldo Negri Jr. topping the charts for Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian, with a lap time of 1:15.163.[6]

Practice 2

The second practice session took place at 3:35 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Joey Hand topping the charts for Chip Ganassi Racing, with a lap time of 1:16.937.[8]

Night Practice

The night practice session took place at 7:30 pm ET on Thursday and ended with Jordan Taylor topping the charts for Wayne Taylor Racing, with a lap time of 1:29.369.[10]

Final Practice

The fourth and final practice session took place at 10:05 am ET on Friday and ended with João Barbosa topping the charts for Action Express Racing, with a lap time of 1:23.262.[12]

Qualifying

Richard Westbrook secured overall pole for the event. [14]

Qualifying results

Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by ‡.

Results

Class winners denoted in bold and with ‡.

References

  1. ^ DiZinno, Tony (3 October 2015). "Barfield, Drivers Discuss Decision to End Petit Le Mans Early". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. ^ DiZinno, Tony (3 October 2015). "Tandy, Pilet Score Historic Overall Win in Rain-Shortened Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  3. ^ Dagys, John (3 October 2015). "Action Express Wins Prototype Class, Championship at Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  4. ^ DiZinno, Tony (23 September 2015). "37 Cars on Petit Le Mans Entry List". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  5. ^ Dagys, John (September 30, 2015). "Continental Tire Keys to the Race: Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  6. ^ "TUSCC: Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta, Thursday Free Practice". dailysportscar.com. October 2, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  7. ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. October 2, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  8. ^ DiZinno, Tony (October 1, 2015). "Hand Quickest in Wet Practice 2 at Road Atlanta". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  9. ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. October 2, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  10. ^ DiZinno, Tony (October 1, 2015). "Pew Crash Puts Shank's Petit Le Mans Participation in Doubt". sportscar365.com. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  11. ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. October 2, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  12. ^ Dagys, John (October 2, 2015). "Barbosa Quickest in Mixed-Condition Practice 4". sportscar365.com. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  13. ^ "ResultsQuery" (PDF). dailysportscar.com. October 2, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  14. ^ Pruett, Marshell (2 October 2015). "IMSA: Petit Le Mans poles set at rainy Road Atlanta". racer.com. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Road_Atlanta_Qualifying.pdf" (PDF). imsatiming.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-20. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  16. ^ "Road_Atlanta-2015-10-03.html". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  17. ^ "Unofficial Race Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 5 March 2023.