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ALMS TALKING POINTS.(2007 Fan Guide)
Byline: GARY WATKINS
Petit Le Mans No. 10
This year's Petit Le Mans enduro at Road Atlanta will be the 10th running of an event that's now-along with the 24-hour races at Le Mans and Daytona, as well as the 12 Hours of Sebring-one of the world's must-see endurance races.The extravaganza first took place in 1998 as a pilot race for the following year's brand-new American Le Mans Series. The Ferrari 333SP scored its last big win in this maiden event, while Panoz took a last-gasp win in 1999. Since then, Audi has dominated Petit, claiming six wins with the R8 and one with the new turbodiesel R10.
Petit covers 1000 miles, though the checkered flag will fall at 10 hours should no one reach that distance. So far, the first-ever event-which stretched to nine hours, 48 minutes and 24.334 seconds-was the longest Petit ever. Interestingly, the second running was the shortest Petit and the only time the 391 laps were completed in less than nine hours.
Fill 'er up
The gasoline that powers the entire ALMS grid, save Audi's pair of turbodiesel R10s, isn't much different from the stuff you buy at the pump. The spec gas supplied by VP Racing Fuels contains as much as 10 percent ethanol. The exact makeup of the diesel used by Audi (and by anyone else should they choose to run an oil burner in the series) is less clear. Shell trumpets its Gas To Liquid technology (the conversion of natural gas into liquid fuel) in racing but won't reveal the exact percentage of synthetic diesel in its Le Mans-winning fuel.
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