The race was founded by Road Atlanta owner Don Panoz and first run on October 10, 1998 as part of the IMSA season. The 1999 edition was one of the original events of the American Le Mans Series.

In 2014 it all came down to a ten-hour showdown at Road Atlanta! The inaugural TUDOR United SportsCar Championship and Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup season finale at Road Atlanta’s Petit Le Mans Powered By Mazda was one of the most exciting weekends in history. Over 50 entries in four different classes of competition will take the green flag on Saturday, Oct. 4, for a ten-hour battle into the night. Not all entries made it through the grueling 10-hour endurance battle, but the checkered flag fell on overall winners Jordan Taylor, Ricky Taylor and Max Angelelli of Wayne Taylor Racing.

The Prototype class included LMP2 entries and Daytona Prototypes such as the Ford Riley and the Corvette DP, as well as the DeltaWing and Mazda Prototype. Two GT classes will included Corvette, Porsche, Ferrari, BMW, Aston Martin, and SRT Viper teams. The Prototype Challenge class rounded out a very competitive series that made this year’s Petit Le Mans a true classic.