Daytona 24 Hours 2002 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Rolex 24 at Daytona		Date: 3.2.2002
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 5.729 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
Grand-American Road Racing Championship (round 1)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	1/2 13:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	94
Practiced:	79
Qualified:	75
Started:	74
Finished:	35

Classes:	Pract	Start
SportsRacing Prototype	17	16
SportsRacing Prototype II	7	6
GTS	14	13
GT	31	30
American GT	10	8

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Race notes:
11 full course cautions for 32 laps

Pre-race sessions:
5 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 325 minutes on 31/1-1/2
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 25 minutes (GT: 30 minutes) on 31/1-1/2

Winners:
Overall:	27	Dallara LMP Judd	Theys / Lienhard / Papis / Baldi
SportsRacing Prototype II:	8	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Lazzaro / Rand / Borcheller / Kelleners
GTS:	3	Jaguar XKR	Gentilozzi / Pruett / Lauer / Simo
GT:	66	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Buckler / Schrom / Bergmeister / Bernhard
American GT:	09	Chevrolet Corvette	Conway / Goad / Pilgrim / Ciasulli
Leaders:
laps 104-116:	13	Ferrari 333SP
laps 117-122:	36	Riley & Scott Mk III C
laps 123-128:	13	Ferrari 333SP
laps 129-148:	36	Riley & Scott Mk III C
laps 149-151:	37	Lola B2K/10
laps 1-50:	27	Dallara LMP
laps 152-174:	36	Riley & Scott Mk III C
laps 175-202:	27	Dallara LMP
lap 203:	37	Lola B2K/10
laps 204-283:	27	Dallara LMP
laps 284-336:	37	Lola B2K/10
laps 337-339:	27	Dallara LMP
laps 340-580:	37	Lola B2K/10
laps 51-57:	20	Riley & Scott Mk III
laps 581-716:	27	Dallara LMP
laps 58-69:	13	Ferrari 333SP
laps 70-76:	36	Riley & Scott Mk III C
laps 77-94:	13	Ferrari 333SP
laps 95-103:	36	Riley & Scott Mk III C
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Crawford SSC2K Judd	Jan Lammers (NL)	1:42.0780	202.0547 km/h	lap 122
SportsRacing Prototype II:	8	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:49.9970	187.5079 km/h	lap 530
GTS:	3	Jaguar XKR	Paul Gentilozzi (USA)	1:51.2730	185.3578 km/h	lap 490
GT:	24	Mosler MT900R	João Barbosa (P)	1:55.7150	178.2429 km/h	lap 521
American GT:	82	Chevrolet Corvette	Terry Lingner (USA)	1:54.3040	180.4429 km/h	lap 142
Pole Positions:
Overall:	27	Dallara LMP Judd	Didier Theys (B)	1:42.0580	202.0950 km/h
SportsRacing Prototype II:	8	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Anthony Lazzaro (USA)	1:49.4490	188.4477 km/h
GTS:	3	Jaguar XKR	Paul Gentilozzi (USA)	1:48.2770	190.4868 km/h
GT:	24	Mosler MT900R	João Barbosa (P)	1:53.9880	180.9434 km/h
American GT:	29	Ford Mustang	Irv Hoerr (USA)	1:50.9570	185.8857 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (23), Lola (7), Riley & Scott (6), Chevrolet (6), BMW (4), Saleen (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (24), Ford (13), Chevrolet (10), Judd (6), BMW (6)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (11), Porsche 996 GT3-R (10), Chevrolet Corvette (6)
Driver nationalities:	USA (164), GB (30), I (16), F (14), CDN (9), D (9), NL (7), B (6), CH (5), A (3), NZ (3)
Most used colours:	white (28%), blue (19%), red (14%), silver (13%), black (10%), yellow (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (43%), rear-engined (31%), front-engined (26%)
Average engine size:	4642 cc (with regard to 4% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4716 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Dick Greer (70), Larry Schumacher (66), Richard Millman (65)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (19), Gunnar Jeannette (20), Timo Bernhard (21)
Female drivers:	Kimberly Hiskey

Official Race Programme:

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