The 2003 Petit Le Mans was the ninth and final race in the 2003 American Le Mans Series season and was held at Road Atlanta. It took place on October 18, 2003.

The Track map of Road Atlanta

Official results

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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 LMP900 38   ADT Champion Racing   JJ Lehto
  Johnny Herbert
Audi R8 M 394
Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
2 LMP900 10   JML Team Panoz   Olivier Beretta
  David Saelens
  Max Papis
Panoz LMP01 Evo M 386
Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
3 LMP900 1   Infineon Team Joest   Frank Biela
  Marco Werner
Audi R8 M 385
Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
4 LMP900 11   JML Team Panoz   Scott Maxwell
  Gunnar Jeannette
  Benjamin Leuenberger
Panoz LMP01 Evo M 379
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
5 GTS 88   Prodrive   Alain Menu
  Peter Kox
  Tomáš Enge
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 375
Ferrari 5.9 L V12
6 GTS 80   Prodrive   David Brabham
  Jan Magnussen
  Anthony Davidson
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 375
Ferrari 5.9 L V12
7 GTS 4   Corvette Racing   Oliver Gavin
  Kelly Collins
  Andy Pilgrim
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 366
Chevrolet LS7r 7.0 L V8
8 GT 24   Alex Job Racing   Timo Bernhard
  Jörg Bergmeister
  Romain Dumas
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 360
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
9 GT 23   Alex Job Racing   Sascha Maassen
  Lucas Luhr
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 360
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
10 LMP900 12   American Spirit Racing   Mike Lewis
  Tomy Drissi
  Melanie Paterson
Riley & Scott Mk III C D 360
Lincoln 5.0 L V8
11 GTS 08   Prodrive   Frédéric Dor
  Jan Lammers
  Jérôme Policand
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 357
Ferrari 5.9 L V12
12 LMP675 37   Intersport Racing   Jon Field
  Duncan Dayton
  Larry Connor
Lola B01/60 G 357
Judd KV675 3.4 L V8
13 GT 35   Risi Competizione   Ralf Kelleners
  Anthony Lazzaro
Ferrari 360 Modena GT M 355
Ferrari 3.6 L V8
14 GTS 3   Corvette Racing   Ron Fellows
  Johnny O'Connell
  Franck Fréon
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 353
Chevrolet 7.0 L V8
15 GT 66   The Racer's Group   Kevin Buckler
  Cort Wagner
  Patrick Long
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 352
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
16 GT 79   J3 Racing   Justin Jackson
  David Murray
  Brian Cunningham
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 351
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
17 GT 6   Yokohama/ADVAN
  Prototype Technology Group (PTG)
  Bill Auberlen
  Boris Said
  Hans-Joachim Stuck
BMW M3 GTR Y 350
BMW 3.2 L I6
18 GT 63   ACEMCO Motorsports   Terry Borcheller
  Darren Law
  Shane Lewis
Ferrari 360 Modena GT Y 350
Ferrari 3.6 L V8
19 GT 60   PK Sport   Robin Liddell
  Alex Caffi
  David Warnock
Porsche 911 GT3-RS P 344
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
20 GT 42   Orbit Racing   Randy Pobst
  Joe Policastro
  Joe Policastro Jr.
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 342
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
21 LMP675 20   Dyson Racing   Chris Dyson
  Didier de Radigues
  Chad Block
MG-Lola EX257 M 320
MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4
22 LMP675 64   Downing Atlanta, Inc.   Jim Downing
  Yojiro Terada
  Howard Katz
WR LM2001 D 318
Mazda R26B 4-rotor
23
DNF
GT 43   Orbit Racing   Leo Hindery
  Peter Baron
  Mike Rockenfeller
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 313
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
24 GT 61   PK Sport   Vic Rice
  John Groom
  Romeo Kapudija
  Ron Attapatu
Porsche 911 GT3-RS P 300
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
25
DNF
LMP675 18   Essex Racing   Andrew Davis
  Jason Workman
  Scott Bradley
Lola B2K/40 P 286
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V6
26 GT 89   Inline Cunningham Racing   Oswaldo Negri, Jr.
  Burt Frisselle
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 280
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
27
DNF
GTS 71   Carsport America   Tom Wieckardt
  Jean-Philippe Belloc
  Éric Cayrolle
Dodge Viper GTS-R P 239
Dodge 8.0 L V10
28
DNF
GT 68   The Racer's Group   Chris Gleason
  Pierre Ehret
  Marc Bunting
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 217
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
29
DNF
LMP675 56   Team Bucknum Racing   Bryan Willman
  Chris McMurray
  Alan Rudolph
Pilbeam MP91 D 194
Willman 6 (JPX) 3.4 L V6
30
DNF
GT 03   Hyper Sport Competition   Joe Foster
  Brad Nyberg
  Rick Skelton
Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 186
Ford (Elan) 5.0 L V8
31
DNF
GT 52   Seikel Motorsport   Tony Burgess
  Philip Collin
  Andrew Bagnall
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 159
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
32
DNF
GT 67   The Racer's Group   Tom Nastasi
  Jeff Zwart
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 129
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
33
DNF
LMP900 30   Intersport Racing   Clint Field
  Michael Durand
  Larry Oberto
Riley & Scott Mk III C D 73
Élan 6L8 6.0 L V8
34
DNF
GT 31   Petersen Motorsports
  White Lightning Racing
  Johnny Mowlem
  Craig Stanton
  Michael Petersen
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 35
Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
35
DNF
GTS 0   Team Olive Garden   Mimmo Schiattarella
  Emanuele Naspetti
  Joël Camathias
Ferrari 550 Maranello M 28
Ferrari 6.0 L V12
36
DNF
LMP675 16   Dyson Racing   James Weaver
  Andy Wallace
  Butch Leitzinger
MG-Lola EX257 M 6
MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4
DNS GT 28   JMB Racing USA   Stéphane Grégoire
  Stephen Earle
  Phillip Shearer
Ferrari 360 Modena GT P -
Ferrari 3.6 L V8

Statistics

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  • Pole Position - #1 Infineon Team Joest - 1:11.738
  • Fastest Lap - #38 Champion Racing - 1:12.624
  • Distance - 1,000.76 miles (1,610.57 km)
  • Average Speed - 105.126 mph (169.184 km/h)
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  • "Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-03-24. (30.4 KiB)
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