The Peugeot played catch-up for most of the early stages of the race, but when the race stopped due to rain were in first place.
BRASELTON, Ga — In the end the only real winner of the 12th annual Petite Le Mans at Road Atlanta was the weather, which forced officials to cancel the event after a little more than four hours of racing due to unsafe racing conditions, leaving the Peugeot No. 8 LMP1 car with Stephane Sarazin and Franck Montagny doing the driving honors with the victory and fans of endurance racing wondering whether the newly minted Audi R15 TDI had made progress towards being competitive with their French rivals.
The two Peugeots qualified one-two at Road Atlanta, with the two Audis following in third and forth. However, at the start of the race, with the track not quite dry, Allan McNish bolted from the pack and set a blistering pace, showing that at least on wet track the Audi was still the car to beat. A little over an hour into the race with track drying McNish turned the fastest lap of the day at 1:08.063, faster than his qualifying time.
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