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1999 American Le Mans Series

The 1999 American Le Mans Series was the inaugural season of the IMSA American Le Mans Series, and is now recognised as the 29th season of the IMSA GT Championship. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into three classes: LMP, GTS, and GT. It began March 20, 1999, and ended November 7, 1999, after eight races.

Schedule
The following round was included on the original calendar but was later cancelled. The inaugural ALMS season consisted of 8 races. Six were carried over from the previous seasons IMSA GT Championship which were 12 Hours of Sebring, Grand Prix of Atlanta, Mosport, Petit Le Mans, Laguna Seca and Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The only races not carried over were Lime Rock Park which switched to the USRRC schedule for 1999 and the second Sebring weekend. Sonoma and Portland joined the calendar to hold their first major endurance races since 1997 and 1994 respectively. Originally the season finale was supposed to be the San Diego Grand Prix held on a 1.5 mile Road course at the former Naval Training Center. However, the season finale would eventually be moved to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway due to construction delays. ==Entry list==
Entry list
Sources: Le Mans Prototype (LMP) AMG-Mercedes had planned on entering their Mercedes-Benz CLR into the final three races of the season but cancelled their Sportscar program after a disastrous performance at Le Mans. Grand Touring Sport (GTS) Grand Touring (GT) • Was on the entry list but did not participate in the event. Grand Touring Over (GTO) A GTO class had been planned but was cancelled before the start of the season. The following four teams had been on the entry list for the Sebring 12 Hours before the class was cancelled. ==Season results==
Season results
Overall winner in bold. ==Championship standings==
Championship standings
LMP Drivers' Championship Bold - Pole position. F - Fastest lap. L - led a lap. M - led the most laps. * - Not awarded points. LMP Manufacturers Championship Manufacturers only scored the points for their highest finishing entry in each race. LMP Teams Championship Teams only scored the points for their highest finishing entry in each race. GTS Drivers' Championship Bold - Pole position. F - Fastest lap. L - led a lap. M - led the most laps. * - Not awarded points. GTS Manufacturers Championship Manufacturers only scored the points for their highest finishing entry in each race. GTS Teams Championship Teams only scored the points for their highest finishing entry in each race. GT Standings GT Drivers' Championship Bold - Pole position. F - Fastest lap. L - led a lap. M - led the most laps. * - Not awarded points. GT Manufacturers' Championship Manufacturers only scored the points for their highest finishing entry in each race. GT Teams' Championship Teams only scored the points for their highest finishing entry in each race. ==References==
Source: Wikipedia ↗
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