Missy and I went to the 9th running of the American Le Mans Series Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, Brasselton, GA (27-30 Sep. 2006). This was an awesome race (10 hours) on a terrific road course, for a series that is about as fan-friendly as it gets. We had a great time, and have already booked a hotel for next year. We took pictures which I have posted on my web site at wette.us. They aren’t that great: I’m not a very good photographer, and I’m doing this with a point and click digital camera where I really need a SLR with a telephoto lens.

During the race weekend, the 12-race 2007 ALMS calendar was announced. We’re planning to attend Sebring and Petit Le Mans. Here’s the schedule:

• Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring — March 17 (SPEED)
  
• St. Petersburg — March 31 (SPEED)
• Long Beach — April 14 (SPEED)
• Houston — April 21 (CBS Sports)
• Salt Lake City — May 19 (CBS Sports)
• Lime Rock Park — July 7 (CBS Sports)
• Mid-Ohio — July 21 (CBS Sports)
• Road America — August 11 (NBC Sports)
• Mosport — August 26 (SPEED)
• Detroit — September 1 (SPEED)
• Road Atlanta/Petit Le Mans — October 6 (SPEED)
• Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca — October 20 (SPEED)

And here are the results of the 2006 Petit Le Mans. It was very exciting to see live.

1. McNish/Capello ASNA Audi R10 390 laps (LMP1)
2. Johansson/Mowlem/Kurosawa Zytek Zytek 06S 389 laps (LMP1)
3. Dayton/Gidley/Meira Highcroft Lola EX257-AER 389 laps (LMP1)
4. Minassian/Campbell-Walter/Primat Creation Creation CA06/H-01-Judd 388 laps (LMP1)
5. Bernhard/Maassen/Collard Penske Porsche RS Spyder 386 laps (LMP2)
6. Luhr/Dumas/Rockenfeller Penske Porsche RS Spyder 385 laps (LMP2)
7. Biela/Pirro/Werner ASNA Audi R10 383 laps (LMP1)
8. Enge/Turner AMR Aston Martin DBR9 374 laps (GT1)
9. Lamy/Sarrazin AMR Aston Martin DBR9 373 laps (GT1)
10. Gavin/Beretta/Magnussen Corvette Corvette C6-R 372 laps (GT1)
11. Fellows/O’Connell/Papis Corvette Corvette C6-R 371 laps (GT1)
12. Lienhard/Theys/van de Poele Horag Lola B05/40-Judd 371 laps (LMP2)
13. Field/Halliday/Field Intersport Lola B05/40-AER 357 laps (LMP2)
14. Long/Bergmeister/Jonsson PWL Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 356 laps (GT2)
15. Lazzaro/Mediani/Franchitti Risi Ferrari 430 GT 354 laps (GT2)
16. Brabham/Maxwell/Bourdais Multimatic/Panoz Panoz Esperante GTLM 352 laps (GT2)
17. Jeanette/Milner/Lally Multimatic/Panoz Panoz Esperante GTLM 351 laps (GT2)
18. van Overbeek/Henzler/Lieb Flying Lizard Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 346 laps (GT2)
19. Auberlen/Said/Hand PTG BMW M3 E46 344 laps (GT2)
20. Law/Neiman/Pechnik Flying Lizard Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 343 laps (GT2)
21. Tiemann/Farnbacher/Liddell Alex Job Porsche 911 GT3 RSR 339 laps (GT2)
22. Bach/Cosmo/Forbes-Robinson B-K Courage C65-Mazda 309 laps (LMP2)
23. Sellers/James/Marks PTG BMW M3 E46 304 laps (GT2)

• DNF Weaver/Leitzinger/Wallace Dyson Lola B06/10-AER 221 laps mechanical (LMP1)
  
• DNF Lewis/McMurry/Willman Autocon Lola EX257-AER 127 laps engine (LMP1)
• DNF Dyson/Smith Dyson Lola B06/10-AER 100 laps accident (LMP1)
• DNF Kelleners/Ortelli/Palttala Risi Ferrari 430 GT 61 laps accident (GT2)
• DNF van der Steur/Devlin/Greaves van der Steur Radical SR9-AER 6 laps engine (LMP2)