Audi R15 Tdi Diesel-Engined Sportscar Petit Le Mans Race
New Sports Audi R15 Tdi Petit Le Mans Race Britain�s Allan McNish (pictured) came tantalisingly close to achieving his fifth Petit Le Mans race victory at Road Atlanta on Saturday (26 Sep) and maintaining Audi�s 100% winning record in the annual American sportscar endurance race since the German manufacturer�s debut in 2000. The Dumfries -born double Le Mans 24 Hour race winner and Italia n co-driver Dindo Capello led for the opening 4hrs before the Scotsman suffered two spins and dropped to third place on the treacherously wet and slippery track in Georgia - moments before the race went in to a Safety Car period and was ultimately stopped with almost five hours run. After a further delay of almost four hours and near constant heavy rain, organisers decided not to re-start the event which in any case was limited to 10 hours or 1,000-miles, leaving the McNish/Capello diesel-engined Audi R15 TDI classified third, a mere 3.465secs behind the winning Peugeot (Franck Montagny/Stepha...