Champion Racing - 2003 ALMS Road Atlanta
Race Day Photos Part One - The Race
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The ADT/Champion crew make last minute adjustments in the morning warmup |
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Johnny Herbert and JJ Lehto confer during driver change practice prior to the race |
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Pre-race festivities on the starting grid... |
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The starting field heads away from the pre-grid to start the warmup laps |
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The green flag flies at Road Atlanta... |
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JJ Lehto follows Marco Werner and James Weaver (briefly) as the trio head toward turn one at the start |
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Lehto pulls off a stunning outside pass on Werner entering turn one... |
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...and then sets off after the pole-sitting Dyson MG |
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Lap six, and Lehto takes the race lead from Weaver...the ADT/Champion Audi R8 would lead all remaining laps - but one - in the 2-hour, 45-minute race |
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JJ Lehto - man on a mission... |
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Multi-class racing means Lehto must carve through slower traffic with great care |
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At the first pit stop, Lehto takes fuel only |
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Johnny Herbert watches the monitors as Lehto builds a 40+ second lead |
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Second pit stop, this time Lehto hands over to Herbert, who gets a full fuel load and four fresh Michelins... |
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...less than an hour to run for Herbert... |
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Johnny Herbert takes the checkered flag - and ADT/Champion Racing's first race win - at Road Atlanta |