The 2007 Generac 500 at Road America was the eighth round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road America on August 11, 2007.

Track map of Road America.

Due to heavy rain and lightning during the race, over an hour of this four-hour event was run continuously under caution due to unsafe conditions.

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 LMP2 7   Penske Racing   Romain Dumas
  Timo Bernhard
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 96
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
2 LMP1 1   Audi Sport North America   Rinaldo Capello
  Allan McNish
Audi R10 TDI M 96
Audi 5.5L TDI V12
(Diesel)
3 LMP1 2   Audi Sport North America   Emanuele Pirro
  Marco Werner
Audi R10 TDI M 96
Audi 5.5L TDI V12
(Diesel)
4 LMP2 6   Penske Racing   Sascha Maassen
  Ryan Briscoe
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 96
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
5 LMP2 9   Highcroft Racing   David Brabham
  Stefan Johansson
Acura ARX-01a M 94
Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
6 LMP2 20   Dyson Racing   Chris Dyson
  Guy Smith
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 94
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
7 LMP2 16   Dyson Racing   Butch Leitzinger
  Andy Wallace
Porsche RS Spyder Evo M 94
Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
8 LMP2 15   Lowe's Fernández Racing   Adrian Fernández
  Luis Diaz
Lola B06/43 M 94
Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
9 LMP2 26   Andretti Green Racing   Bryan Herta
  Marino Franchitti
Acura ARX-01a M 94
Acura AL7R 3.4L V8
10 LMP1 06   Team Cytosport   Greg Pickett
  Klaus Graf
Lola B06/10 D 91
AER P32T 3.6L Turbo V8
11 LMP2 8   B-K Motorsports
  Mazdaspeed
  Jamie Bach
  Ben Devlin
Lola B07/46 K 91
Mazda MZR-R 2.0L Turbo I4
12 GT1 4   Corvette Racing   Oliver Gavin
  Olivier Beretta
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 91
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
13 GT1 3   Corvette Racing   Johnny O'Connell
  Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R M 90
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
14 GT1 27   Doran Racing   Didier Theys
  Fredy Lienhard
Maserati MC12 GT1 M 88
Maserati 6.0L V12
15 GT2 62   Risi Competizione   Mika Salo
  Jaime Melo
Ferrari F430GT M 87
Ferrari 4.0L V8
16 GT2 18   Rahal Letterman Racing   Tommy Milner
  Ralf Kelleners
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 87
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
17 GT2 71   Tafel Racing   Wolf Henzler
  Robin Liddell
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 87
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
18 GT2 31   Petersen Motorsports
  White Lightning Racing
  Peter Dumbreck
  Dirk Müller
Ferrari F430GT M 87
Ferrari 4.0L V8
19 GT2 45   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Johannes van Overbeek
  Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 86
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
20 GT2 61   Risi Competizione   Éric Hélary
  Gianmaria Bruni
Ferrari F430GT M 86
Ferrari 4.0L V8
21 GT2 54   Team Trans Sport Racing   Tim Pappas
  Terry Borcheller
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Y 85
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
22 GT2 73   Tafel Racing   Jim Tafel
  Dominik Farnbacher
  Nathan Swartzbaugh
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 83
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
23 GT2 44   Flying Lizard Motorsports   Darren Law
  Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 81
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
24
DNF
LMP1 12   Autocon Motorsports   Chris McMurry
  Brian Willman
  Michael Lewis
Creation CA06/H D 76
Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10
25
DNF
GT2 22   Panoz Team PTG   Bill Auberlen
  Joey Hand
Panoz Esperante GT-LM Y 75
Ford (Élan) 5.0L V8
26
DNF
LMP1 37   Intersport Racing   Jon Field
  Clint Field
  Richard Berry
Creation CA06/H K 48
Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10

† - #31 Petersen/White Lightning was penalized after failing post-race technical inspection for improper tail lights. They were moved to the last car on their lap, dropping them one position.

Statistics

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  • Pole Position - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:47.665
  • Fastest Lap - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:49.303
  • Margin of Victory - 1.783s
  • Distance - 388.608 miles (625.404 km)
  • Average Speed - 96.631 mph (155.513 km/h)
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  • "Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-13. (52.0 KiB)


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