Daytona Finale 3 Hours 2002 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: The Grand American Finale at Daytona		Date: 10.11.2002
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 5.729 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona Finale 3 Hours
Grand-American Road Racing Championship (round 10)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	13:02
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left
Distance:	3 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	50
Practiced:	45
Qualified:	43
Started:	43
Finished:	28

Classes:	Pract	Start
SportsRacing Prototype	12	11
SportsRacing Prototype II	4	4
GTS	3	3
GT	17	15
American GT	10	10

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

Pre-race sessions:
4 test sessions for a total of 210 minutes on 6-7/11
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 8-9/11
1 qualifying sessions held for a total of 15 minutes on 9/11

Winners:
Overall:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford	Weaver / Dyson
SportsRacing Prototype II:	8	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Lazzaro / Borcheller
GTS:	85	Saleen S7-R	Newton / Watkins
GT:	81	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Martini / Law
American GT:	46	Chevrolet Corvette	Morgan / Morgan
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	27	Dallara LMP Judd	Didier Theys (B)	1:43.002	200.243 km/h	lap 52
SportsRacing Prototype II:	8	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Anthony Lazzaro (USA)	1:50.579	186.521 km/h	lap 51
GTS:	31	Saleen S7-R	Sean Murphy (USA)	1:51.745	184.576 km/h	lap 47
GT:	33	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Bill Auberlen (USA)	1:56.394	177.203 km/h	lap 52
American GT:	29	Ford Mustang	Eric Curran (USA)	1:52.323	183.626 km/h	lap 12
Pole Positions:
Overall:	27	Dallara LMP Judd	Didier Theys (B)	1:41.313	203.580 km/h
SportsRacing Prototype II:	7	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Ralf Kelleners (D)	1:47.260	192.292 km/h
GTS:	31	Saleen S7-R	Franz Konrad (A)	1:52.469	183.386 km/h
GT:	24	Mosler MT900R	João Barbosa (P)	1:54.679	179.852 km/h
American GT:	48	Ford Mustang	Tommy Riggins (USA)	1:49.483	188.388 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Chevrolet (8), Riley & Scott (6), Lola (4), BMW (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (11), Ford (10), Chevrolet (10), BMW (4), Nissan (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevrolet Corvette (6), Riley & Scott Mk III (5), Porsche 996 GT3-RS (5)
Driver nationalities:	USA (81), CDN (3), F (3), GB (3), B (2), D (2)
Most used colours:	white (29%), blue (17%), red (13%), black (11%), yellow (10%), orange (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (45%), front-engined (30%), rear-engined (25%)
Average engine size:	4685 cc (with regard to 4% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4759 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Dick Greer (70), Joe Policastro (61), Jim Downing (60)
Youngest known drivers:	Fredy Lienhard, Jr. (23), Chris Dyson (24), Cory Friedman (24)

Official Race Programme:

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