Peugeot Leading as Rain Stops Petit Le Mans

Heavy rain has temporarily stopped Petit Le Mans, but not before helping Peugeot take the race lead.

Frank Montagny in #08 Peugeot leads Pedro Lamy in #07 Peugeot through the torrential rain during the American Le Mans Series Petit Le Mans on September 26, 2009 at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. Darrell Ingham/Getty Images

Heavy rain has temporarily stopped the Petit Le Mans endurance race, but not before the downpour helped Peugeot take the race lead.

Audi led from the first lap until lap 169, when Allan McNish spun—under yellow, no less—and lost two positions.

On lap 177, the rain started pouring down. Both Audis came in for rain tires; McNish recaptured second coming out of the pits, but didn’t hold it for long. As soon as McNish hit the track he told his team on the radio that the rain was too hard and the stewards needed to call a full-course caution.