2007 American Le Mans Series

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 and Grand Touring 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 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	or 10 Hours	Road Atlanta	October 6
12	Monterey Sports Car Championships	4 Hours	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	October 20

Ethanol

Announced on February 8, 2007, the American Le Mans Series signed an agreement with the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council 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. This was similar to Rahal Letterman's deal in the Indy Racing League.

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

Teams championship

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

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For the four-hour Road America 500 and Monterey Sports Car Championships are scored in the following order:

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And for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which award the top 10 finishers in the following order:

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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

LMP2 standings

GT1 standings

GT2 standings

Drivers championship

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

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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

LMP2 standings

GT1 standings

GT2 standings

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