The American Le Mans Series: The First 75

It's hard to believe that the ninth annual Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda CX-7 will mark the 75th race in the history of the American Le Mans Series. Since the inaugural race at Sebring in 1999, the Series has seen a bevy of world-class drivers, teams and exotic sports cars go head-to-head in the ultimate test of man and machine.

A look at the first 74 Series events by the numbers reveals more than a few interesting statistics. For example, did you know that since the first race in Sebring a grand total of 675 different drivers have combined to post 34,474.37 miles (330 hours, 57 minutes) at 20 different venues? As if that's not enough, here is a sampling of a few other tidbits:


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chewy - 9/13/2006 8:07:16 PM

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Looking forward to Petit Le Mans. It is a 10 hour race, will let the Audi R10 to really show its fuel economy advantage.

silverarrow2 - 9/13/2006 10:01:46 PM

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I can't wait to see what how Acura will fair.

chewy - 9/13/2006 11:31:10 PM

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Acura will race next year.