2015 Petit Le Mans
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 1st-3rd 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 events 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]
Qualifying
Richard Westbrook secured overall pole for the event. [5]
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by 
.
| Pos. | Class | No. | Team | Driver | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P | 90 | VisitFlorida.com Racing | Richard Westbrook | 1:27.860 | _ | 1 |
| 2 | P | 5 | Action Express Racing | Christian Fittipaldi | 1:28.920 | +1.060 | 2 |
| 3 | P | 01 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | Joey Hand | 1:29.627 | +1.767 | 3 |
| 4 | GTLM | 912 | Porsche North America | Earl Bamber | 1:30.3041 | +2.444 | 4 |
| 5 | GTLM | 911 | Porsche North America | Nick Tandy | 1:30.398 | +2.538 | 5 |
| 6 | P | 10 | Wayne Taylor Racing | Ricky Taylor | 1:30.621 | +2.761 | 6 |
| 7 | P | 31 | Action Express Racing | Dane Cameron | 1:30.884 | +3.024 | 7 |
| 8 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin | 1:31.685 | +3.825 | 8 |
| 9 | GTLM | 24 | BMW Team RLL | Lucas Luhr | 1:31.763 | +3.903 | 9 |
| 10 | LMPC | 52 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | Tom Kimber-Smith | 1:32.378 | +4.518 | 10 |
| 11 | LMPC | 16 | BAR1 Motorsports | Johnny Mowlem | 1:32.924 | +5.064 | 11 |
| 12 | GTLM | 62 | Risi Competizione | Giancarlo Fisichella | 1:32.989 | +5.129 | 12 |
| 13 | GTLM | 25 | BMW Team RLL | Bill Auberlen | 1:33.680 | +5.820 | 13 |
| 14 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García | 1:33.773 | +5.913 | 14 |
| 15 | PC | 88 | Starworks Motorsport | Alex Popow | 1:33.903 | +6.043 | 15 |
| 16 | PC | 11 | RSR Racing | Chris Cumming | 1:35.825 | +7.965 | 16 |
| 17 | PC | 85 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | Chris Miller | 1:36.838 | +10.260 | 17 |
| 18 | PC | 8 | Starworks Motorsport | Mirco Schultis | 1:38.120 | +10.260 | 18 |
| 19 | GTD | 93 | Riley Motorsports | Cameron Lawrence | 1:38.295 | +10.435 | 19 |
| 20 | GTD | 73 | Park Place Motorsports | Spencer Pumpelly | 1:38.886 | +11.026 | 20 |
| 21 | GTD | 22 | Alex Job Racing | Leh Keen | 1:38.899 | +11.039 | 21 |
| 22 | P | 0 | Claro/TracFone DeltaWing Racing | Katherine Legge | 1:39.618 | +11.758 | 22 |
| 23 | GTD | 45 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Guy Cosmo | 1:41.604 | +13.744 | 23 |
| 24 | GTD | 33 | Riley Motorsports | Ben Keating | 1:41.698 | +13.838 | 24 |
| 25 | GTD | 63 | Scuderia Corsa | Jeff Segal | 1:41.750 | +13.890 | 25 |
| 26 | GTD | 64 | Scuderia Corsa | Daniel Serra | 1:42.627 | +14.767 | 26 |
| 27 | PC | 54 | CORE Autosport | Anthony Lazzaro | 1:42.775 | +14.915 | 27 |
| 28 | GTD | 007 | TRG-AMR | Christina Nielsen | 1:42.911 | +15.051 | 28 |
| 29 | GTD | 48 | Paul Miller Racing | Dion von Moltke | 1:43.620 | +15.760 | 29 |
| 30 | GTD | 23 | Team Seattle/Alex Job Racing | Mario Farnbacher | 1:44.320 | +16.460 | 30 |
| 31 | GTD | 44 | Magnus Racing | John Potter | 1:47.000 | +19.140 | 31 |
| 32 | GTLM | 17 | Team Falken Tire | Bryan Sellers | No time | _ | 32 |
| 33 | P | 07 | Mazda Motorsports | None | No time | _ | 33 |
| 34 | PC | 38 | Performance Tech Motorsports | None | No time | _ | 34 |
| 35 | P | 60 | Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | None | No time | _ | 35 |
| 36 | P | 70 | Mazda Motorsports | None | No time | _ | 36 |
| 37 | GTD | 97 | Turner Motorsport | None | No time | _ | 37 |
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- 1 The No. 912 Porsche North America entry had its fastest lap deleted as penalty for causing a red flag during its qualifying session.
Results
Class winners denoted in bold and with .
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References
- DiZinno, Tony (3 October 2015). "Barfield, Drivers Discuss Decision to End Petit Le Mans Early". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- DiZinno, Tony (3 October 2015). "Tandy, Pilet Score Historic Overall Win in Rain-Shortened Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- Dagys, John (3 October 2015). "Action Express Wins Prototype Class, Championship at Petit Le Mans". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- DiZinno, Tony (23 September 2015). "37 Cars on Petit Le Mans Entry List". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- Pruett, Marshell (2 October 2015). "IMSA: Petit Le Mans poles set at rainy Road Atlanta". racer.com. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- "Road_Atlanta_Qualifying.pdf" (PDF). imsatiming.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-20. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- "Road_Atlanta-2015-10-03.html". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- "Unofficial Race Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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