2007 Road America 500

The 2007 Generac 500 at Road America was the eighth round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road America on August 11, 2007.

Due to heavy rain and lightning during the race, over an hour of this four hour event was run continuously under caution due to unsafe conditions.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP2	7	Penske Racing	Romain Dumas Timo Bernhard	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		96
					Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
2	LMP1	1	Audi Sport North America	Rinaldo Capello Allan McNish	Audi R10 TDI		96
					Audi 5.5L TDI V12 (Diesel)
3	LMP1	2	Audi Sport North America	Emanuele Pirro Marco Werner	Audi R10 TDI		96
					Audi 5.5L TDI V12 (Diesel)
4	LMP2	6	Penske Racing	Sascha Maassen Ryan Briscoe	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		96
					Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
5	LMP2	9	Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Stefan Johansson	Acura ARX-01a		94
					Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
6	LMP2	20	Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson Guy Smith	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		94
					Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
7	LMP2	16	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger Andy Wallace	Porsche RS Spyder Evo		94
					Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
8	LMP2	15	Lowe's Fernández Racing	Adrian Fernández Luis Diaz	Lola B06/43		94
					Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
9	LMP2	26	Andretti Green Racing	Bryan Herta Marino Franchitti	Acura ARX-01a		94
					Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
10	LMP1	06	Team Cytosport	Greg Pickett Klaus Graf	Lola B06/10		91
					AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
11	LMP2	8	B-K Motorsports Mazdaspeed	Jamie Bach Ben Devlin	Lola B07/46		91
					Mazda MZR-R 2.0L Turbo I4
12	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		91
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
13	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R		90
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
14	GT1	27	Doran Racing	Didier Theys Fredy Lienhard	Maserati MC12 GT1		88
					Maserati 6.0L V12
15	GT2	62	Risi Competizione	Mika Salo Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430GT		87
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
16	GT2	18	Rahal Letterman Racing	Tom Milner Jr. Ralf Kelleners	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		87
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
17	GT2	71	Tafel Racing	Wolf Henzler Robin Liddell	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		87
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
18†	GT2	31	Petersen Motorsports White Lightning Racing	Peter Dumbreck Dirk Müller	Ferrari F430GT		87
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
19	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		86
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
20	GT2	61	Risi Competizione	Eric Hélary Gianmaria Bruni	Ferrari F430GT		86
					Ferrari 4.0L V8
21	GT2	54	Team Trans Sport Racing	Tim Pappas Terry Borcheller	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		85
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
22	GT2	73	Tafel Racing	Jim Tafel Dominik Farnbacher Nathan Swartzbaugh	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		83
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
23	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Darren Law Seth Neiman	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR		81
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
24 DNF	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Chris McMurry Brian Willman Michael Lewis	Creation CA06/H		76
					Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10
25 DNF	GT2	22	Panoz Team PTG	Bill Auberlen Joey Hand	Panoz Esperante GT-LM		75
					Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
26 DNF	LMP1	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field Richard Berry	Creation CA06/H		48
					Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10

† - #31 Petersen/White Lightning was penalized after failing post-race technical inspection for improper tail lights. They were moved to the last car on their lap, dropping them one position.

Statistics

• Pole Position - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:47.665
• Fastest Lap - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:49.303
• Margin of Victory - 1.783s
• Distance - 388.608 miles
• Average Speed - 96.631mph

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