Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello held off Champion Racing to win the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in the #2 Audi R8 with only a one minute margin of victory after racing for 1,000 miles around Road Atlanta's 2.54-mile circuit.

Emanuele Pirro took the lead from the pole at the start of the race in the #1 Audi. He built up a large gap over the rest of the 47 cars that started the race while the #2 Audi and the LMP675 Dyson Racing Lola/MG battled for second place.

Kristensen started the race and the car slid from second to fourth as first Dyson Racing went past and then Jan Magnussen in one of the Panoz LMP01 machines moved into third.

The Riley & Scott MKIII C/Elan was the next car to pass Kristensen, and Mark Goossens challenged Magnussen for much of the first hour.

The first caution flag came out when two cars hit each other on the back straight, and both of the Audis pitted. The #1 Audi came out still in the lead. The #2 car took the time to change the rear bodywork, hoping to solve an oversteering problem.

The second full-course caution was one hour into the race, and on the restart the #1 car was still leading, with Frank Biela now driving, and Rinaldo Capello in the #2 Audi began pushing back up to second, passing both the Panoz and the Riley & Scott.

The Champion Racing Audi R8 began to work their way through the LMP900 field, as well. Johnny Herbert gained three positions, moving from sixth to third, in about ten laps.