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Start - in the ALMS everyone can put the pedal thru the metalas soon as the race is green, to ovid problems in the 1st lap the chicane had to be bypassed

A full course yellow cut the second stint 6 laps short, leaving 46 laps until the end of the race, but only gasoline for 40 laps fit in the tanks, when after 10 laps an other full course yellow gave the chance for a free refueling stop, Biela used this chance and this smart move placed the #78 Audi in front of the field

Audi takes victory with Biela & Pirro, Capello & McNish lost the race when they did not come in under a full course yellow with not sufficient gasoline on board to finish the race

A full course yellow cut the second stint 6 laps short, leaving 46 laps until the end of the race, but only gasoline for 40 laps fit in the tanks, when after 10 laps an other full course yellow gave the chance for a free refueling stop, Biela used this chance and this smart move placed the #78 Audi in front of the field

Finding the right balance between the highspeed oval section (low down force) and the find good grip in the infield section was not easy

During the night race pilots had problems with the light change from oval to infield section which was completely in the dark

8:15, the #0-P Olive garden Lola is out of the race with an oil leak

Audi R8 so wild that it has to be kept behind fence ?

the #2 Panoz with O'Connell/Katoh finshed 4 laps down in 6th position

19 minutes in the race the #39-P Reynard 2KQ/Judd reports leaking fuel, just one minute later #21-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R and car #39-P Reynard 2KQ/Judd side to side contact at turn 4, damage to the #21 car, car #21 into the pits with broken suspension (rear trailing arm), heading behind the wall. At 8:15 all is over for the #39 Loal after an terminal engine failure

This time Alf did not help Allan McNish

Crueling heat created less problems for the drivers in the open cars

Chevy Corvette was back again and won the GTS class with Fellows/Pilgrim sharing the cockpit, Justin Bell was on stand by in the case the heat would creat problems to one of the drivers