Nextel 250 Homestead 2002 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 20th anniversary of the Grand Prix of Miami		Date: 2.3.2002
Track: Homestead-Miami Speedway (United States), 3.862 kms	Organiser: unknown
Nextel 250 Homestead
Grand-American Road Racing Championship (round 2)

Weather:	cool, cloudy
Start time:	15:51
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	250 miles
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	46
Practiced:	36
Qualified:	34
Started:	34
Finished:	22

Classes:	Pract	Start
SportsRacing Prototype	5	5
SportsRacing Prototype II	4	2
GTS	3	3
GT	13	13
American GT	11	11

No Photos Yet Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
10 minute reconnaisance held before start
2 full-course cautions for 21 minutes, 10 laps

Pre-race sessions:
5 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 280 minutes on 28/2-1/3
qualifying cancelled (grid based on points)
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	27	Dallara LMP Judd	Baldi / Theys
SportsRacing Prototype II:	8	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Lazzaro / Borcheller
GTS:	5	Saleen S7-R	Bingham / Bakes
GT:	24	Mosler MT900R	Perrier / Barbosa
American GT:	90	Chevrolet Corvette	Ciasulli / Haskell
Leaders:
laps 1-32:	27	Dallara LMP
lap 33043:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III
laps 44-104:	27	Dallara LMP
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	16	Crawford SSC2K Judd	James Weaver (GB)	1:10.791	196.419 km/h	lap 4
SportsRacing Prototype II:	8	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Anthony Lazzaro (USA)	1:16.155	182.585 km/h	lap 95
GTS:	31	Saleen S7-R	Franz Konrad (A)	1:17.618	179.143 km/h	lap 7
GT:	34	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Ivankovich / Pumpelly	1:17.039		lap 19
American GT:	82	Chevrolet Corvette	Jack Willes (USA)	1:18.869	176.302 km/h	lap 80
Pole Positions:
Overall:	27	Dallara LMP Judd	Didier Theys (B)	1:10.108	198.332 km/h
SportsRacing Prototype II:	8	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:15.253	184.774 km/h
GTS:	42	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Byrne / Millman	1:22.973	167.581 km/h
GT:	66	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Buckler / Schumacher	1:20.323	173.111 km/h
American GT:	09	Chevrolet Corvette	Goad / Conway	1:19.646	174.582 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Chevrolet (9), Porsche (7), BMW (3), Lola (2), Saleen (2), Riley & Scott (2), Marcos (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (10), Ford (7), Porsche (7), BMW (4), Judd (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevrolet Corvette (7), Porsche 996 GT3-RS (4), Porsche 996 GT3-R (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (54), PR (3), NZ (2)
Engine positions:	front-engined (43%), mid-engined (34%), rear-engined (23%)
Average engine size:	4797 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Dick Greer (70), Larry Schumacher (66), Richard Millman (65)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (19), Chris Dyson (24), João Barbosa (27)
Female drivers:	Kimberly Hiskey

Official Race Programme:

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