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Driven by Actor Patrick Dempsey from Gray’s Anatomy, Don Kitch Jr, and Joe Foster, this is Team Advanced Engineerings first outing at the prestigous 24 Hours of Le Mans.

With less than 12 hours to go, Peugeot still holds on the the lead, as well as 2nd place. Crews are using the night hours to grab some rest where they can get it, as they know that the pace usually picks up after sun rise.

Current standings by Class:

Pos # Team Driver in Pit Laps

LMP1
1. 9 Peugeot Sport Total GENE Marc  212
2. 8 Team Peugeot Total BOURDAIS Sebastien  211
3. 1 Audi Sport Team Joest CAPELLO Rinaldo  211
4. 17 Pescarolo Sport TRELUYER Benoit  209
5. 007 AMR Eastern Europe CHAROUZ Jan  207
6. 14 Kolles ZWOLSMAN Charles  206
7. 16 Pescarolo Sport BARBOSA Joao  204
8. 11 Team Oreca Matmut AIM PANIS Olivier  204
9. 15 Kolles BAKKERUD Christian  204
10. 13 Speedy Racing Sebah PROST Nicolas  203
LMP2
1. 31 Team Essex COLLARD Emmanuel  199
2. 5 Navi Team Goh ARA Seiji  196
3. 33 Speedy Racing Sebah KANE Jonny  191
4. 30 Racing Box BOBBI Matteo  187
5. 25 RML NEWTON Mike  186
6. 35 OAK Racing MOREAU Guillaume  185
7. 24 OAK Racing HEIN Richard  184
8. 32 Team Barazi Epsilon BARAZI Juan  177
9. 39 KSM NODA Hideki  152
10. 41 G.A.C. Racing Team PETER Philipp  102

GT1
1. 63 Corvette Racing O CONNELL Johny  190
2. 64 Corvette Racing GAVIN Olivier  189
3. 73 Alphand Aventures JOUSSE Julien  185
4. 66 Jetalliance Racing Gmbh MULLER Alex  148
5. 72 Alphand Aventures GOUESLARD Patrice  99
6. 68 JLOC YAMAGISHI Yutaka  1
GT2
1. 82 Risi Competizione SALO Mika  181
2. 92 JMW Motorsport BELL Robert  181
3. 97 BMS Scuderia Italia BABINI Fabio  180
4. 76 Imsa Performance Matmut LONG Patrick  179
5. 80 Flying Lizard Motorsport BERGMEISTER Jorg  179
6. 78 AF Corse RUSSO Matias  177
7. 83 Risi Competizione KROHN Tracy  177
8. 85 Snoras Spyker Squadron BLEEKEMOLEN Jeroen  176
9. 99 JMB Racing RODRIGUES Manuel  175
10. 89 Hankook-Farnbacher MONTANARI Christian  170

With a little under 2 hours until we have reached the half way mark for the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, Peugeot still leads the way. The Audi R15 is still hanging in second place, but the 908 HDI FAP still looks very strong, This could be Peugeot’s year to win it all, of course it is still their race to loose, and Le Mans has a way of handing teams upsets.