California 400 Miles 2002 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Grand American 400		Date: 23.3.2002
Track: California Speedway (United States), 4.538 kms	Organiser: unknown
California 400 Miles
Grand-American Road Racing Championship (round 3)

Weather:	cold, windy
Start time:	13:05
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	400 miles
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	32
Practiced:	22
Qualified:	22
Started:	22
Finished:	14

Classes:	Pract	Start
SportsRacing Prototype	2	2
SportsRacing Prototype II	2	2
GTS	3	3
GT	9	9
American GT	6	6

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Race notes:
1 full-course caution for 11 minutes, 5 laps

Pre-race sessions:
5 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 210 minutes on 21-22/3
1 qualifying sessions held for a total of 10 minutes on 22/3

Winners:
Overall:	27	Dallara LMP Judd	Theys / Lienhard, Jr.
SportsRacing Prototype II:	8	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Kelleners / Rand / Borcheller
GTS:	5	Saleen S7-R	Bingham / Hill
GT:	66	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Buckler / Schrom
American GT:	90	Chevrolet Corvette	Menard / Ciasulli
Leaders:
lap 113:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III
laps 114-119:	27	Dallara LMP
laps 120-132:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III
laps 1-31:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III
laps 133-142:	27	Dallara LMP
laps 32-76:	27	Dallara LMP
laps 77-83:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III
laps 84-112:	27	Dallara LMP
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	27	Dallara LMP Judd	Didier Theys (B)	1:29.322	182.912 km/h	lap 116
SportsRacing Prototype II:	8	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:33.448	174.836 km/h	lap 119
GTS:	5	Saleen S7-R	Chris Bingham (USA)	1:35.682	170.753 km/h	lap 103
GT:	54	BMW M3 E46	Boris Said (USA)	1:38.593	165.712 km/h	lap 87
American GT:	46	Chevrolet Corvette	Andrew Richards (NZ)	1:37.788	167.076 km/h	lap 67
Pole Positions:
Overall:	27	Dallara LMP Judd	Didier Theys (B)	1:29.151	183.262 km/h
SportsRacing Prototype II:	8	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:32.827	176.006 km/h
GTS:	12	Ultima GTR	R. K. Smith (USA)	1:37.316	167.887 km/h
GT:	24	Mosler MT900R	João Barbosa (P)	1:38.357	166.110 km/h
American GT:	09	Chevrolet Corvette	Craig Conway (USA)	1:38.306	166.195 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Chevrolet (4), Porsche (4), BMW (2), Marcos (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (5), Ford (4), Porsche (4), BMW (3), Judd (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevrolet Corvette (4), Porsche 996 GT3-RS (4), BMW M3 E46 (2), Marcos Mantis (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (36), D (2)
Most used colours:	blue (22%), silver (21%), red (16%), white (13%), orange (11%), yellow (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (40%), front-engined (40%), rear-engined (20%)
Average engine size:	4742 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Richard Millman (65), R. K. Smith (65), Joe Policastro (61)
Youngest known drivers:	Fredy Lienhard, Jr. (23), Chris Dyson (24), Derek Hill (27)

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