Wednesday, September 27, 2000 13:25 - 14:25 Test Session 1 16:50 - 17:50 Test Session 2 Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:20 - 10:20 Practice - Prototype/GTS/GT 16:25 - 16:55 Qualifying - Prototype 19:00 - 21:00 Night Practice - Prototype/GTS/GT Friday, September 29, 2000 8:40 - 9:40 Practice - Prototype/GTS/GT 14:05 - 14:35 Qualifying - Prototype Saturday, September 30, 2000 7:50 - 8:20 Warm up - Prototype/GTS/GT 12:30 - Start Petit Le Mans 1,000 Miles or 10 Hours |
Thursday, September 28 15:00 - 17:30 Eastern ALMS First Round Qualifying 18:30 - 21:00 Eastern Night Practice Friday, September 29 13:00 - 15:00 Eastern ALMS Final Round Qualifying Saturday, September 30 12:00 - The Race |
| General Information Circuit length: 2.540 miles Driving direction: clockwise Directions The circuit is located 10 miles south of Gainesville off Interstate 85 and 50 miles northeast of Atlanta in Georgia |
| After back-to-back weekends of racing in Texas and Oregon, American Le |
Mans |
| Series |
teams |
are |
now |
preparing |
for |
the |
Sept. |
30 |
running |
of |
the |
Petit |
Le |
Mans |
| Presented by Audi at Road Atlanta, the "home" track for the series in |
Braselton, |
Ga. |
| With only |
two previous |
runnings, the |
Petit |
Le Mans |
has quickly |
blossomed |
into |
| one of the biggest and most prestigious sports car races in the world. In addition |
| to the, |
GTS |
and GT |
cars |
that compete |
in |
ALMS events, |
the |
Petit Le |
Mans |
has |
| attracted |
16 |
entries |
from |
Europe |
and |
the |
United |
States, |
with |
4 |
cars |
entered |
| Cadillac |
is |
the |
largest |
team |
and |
uses |
the |
race |
to |
prepare |
for |
the |
2001 |
24h |
Le |
Mans race. |
| The Petit Le Mans, |
bringing the flavor |
of France and |
the 24 Hours |
of Le Mans |
to |
| Georgia, |
will |
cover |
10 |
hours |
or |
1,000 |
miles, |
whichever |
comes |
first, |
and |
will |
get |
the green flag at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 30. |
| The race will be televised live on Speedvision from start to finish, and will also |
be |
broadcast on the American Le Mans Series Radio Web. |
