American Le Mans Series Mid-Ohio 2002

Event: American Le Mans At Mid-Ohio		Date: 30.6.2002
Track: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (United States), 3.634 kms	Organiser: IMSA
American Le Mans Series Mid-Ohio
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 3)

Weather:	hot, humid, overcast
Start time:	14:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	33
Practiced:	30
Qualified:	30
Started:	30
Finished:	24

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900	9	9
Le Mans Prototype 675	6	6
Grand Touring Sport	6	6
Grand Touring	9	9

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

Race notes:
4 full-course cautions for 43 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
test session held for a total of 120 minutes on 28/6
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 29/6
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 29/6
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Biela / Pirro
Le Mans Prototype 675:	56	Pilbeam MP84 Nissan	McMurry / Willman / Bucknum
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Fellows / O'Connell
Grand Touring:	66	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Buckler / Zacharias
Leaders:
lap 111:	1	Audi R8	Pirro
laps 1-46:	1	Audi R8	Biela
laps 47-49:	2	Audi R8	Capello
laps 50-74:	1	Audi R8	Pirro
laps 75-110:	2	Audi R8	Kristensen
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen (DK)	1:14.8150	174.8584 km/h	lap 102
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola EX257 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:17.2080	169.4382 km/h	lap 82
Grand Touring Sport:	26	Saleen S7-R	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:21.6580	160.2054 km/h	lap 78
Grand Touring:	22	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Jörg Bergmeister (D)	1:27.1870	150.0456 km/h	lap 100
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Frank Biela (D)	1:14.1690	176.3809 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola EX257 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:16.5590	170.8753 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Ron Fellows (CDN)	1:22.0660	159.4088 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Sascha Maassen (D)	1:25.8380	152.4033 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (9), Lola (5), Panoz (4), Audi (3), Chevrolet (2), Pilbeam (2), Dodge (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (9), Audi (3), Ford (3), Nissan (3), Elan (2), Chevrolet (2), Mugen (2), Dodge (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (9), Audi R8 (3), Lola B2K/40 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (37), D (5), GB (4), I (4), CDN (4), DK (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (25), D (3)
Most used colours:	white (33%), blue (17%), yellow (16%), red (13%), silver (8%), black (4%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (40%), rear-engined (30%), front-engined (30%)
Average engine size:	4464 cc (with regard to 17% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4767 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Larry Schumacher (66), Tom Weickardt (55), Leo Hindery (55)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (19), Ben Devlin (20), Timo Bernhard (21)
Female drivers:	Milka Duno

Official Race Programme:

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