Road America 500 Miles 2000 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Sargento Road America 500		Date: 9.7.2000
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: Grand-Am
Road America 500 Miles
SportsRacing WORLD CUP (round 5) Grand-American Road Racing Championship (round 7)

Weather:	very warm, humid, dry
Start time:	12:00
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	500 miles
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	49
Practiced:	40
Qualified:	40
Started:	40
Finished:	28

Classes:	Pract	Start
Sportsracer	10	10
Sportsracer II	8	8
GTO	5	5
GTU	13	13
AGT	5	5

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

Race notes:
1 ful-course caution for 5 Laps

Pre-race sessions:
qualifying session canceled because of rain (grid based on Team points, class order SR, SRII and all GT cars)
4 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 195 minutes on 7-8/7
15 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	27	Doran Special Judd	Theys / Lienhard / Baldi
Sportsracer II:	99	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Snow / Schumacher
GTO:	5	Saleen Mustang	Johnson / Borcheller
GTU:	81	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Law / Fitzgerald
AGT:	91	Chevrolet Camaro	Hoerr / Schramm / Frank
Leaders:
laps 101-105:	8	Lola B2K/10
laps 10-20:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III
laps 106-110:	12	Ferrari 333SP
laps 111-112:	8	Lola B2K/10
laps 113-125:	27	Doran Special
laps 1-7:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III
laps 21-50:	27	Doran Special
laps 51-86:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III
laps 87-94:	8	Lola B2K/10
laps 8-9:	37	Lola B98/10
laps 95-97:	37	Lola B98/10
laps 98-100:	27	Doran Special
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	27	Doran Special Judd	Didier Theys (B)	1:58.458	195.635 km/h	lap 36
Sportsracer II:	22	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Ryan Hampton (USA)	2:07.790	181.349 km/h
GTO:	1	Jaguar XKR	Paul Gentilozzi (USA)	2:11.399	176.368 km/h
GTU:	81	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Darren Law (USA)	2:16.719	169.506 km/h
AGT:	91	Chevrolet Camaro	Irv Hoerr (USA)	2:12.453	174.965 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	27	Doran Special Judd	Didier Theys (B)	2:00.037	193.062 km/h
Sportsracer II:	22	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Ryan Hampton (USA)	2:10.207	177.982 km/h
GTO:	5	Saleen Mustang	Terry Borcheller (USA)	2:10.768	177.219 km/h
GTU:	81	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Darren Law (USA)	2:15.560	170.954 km/h
AGT:	09	Chevrolet Camaro	Craig Conway (USA)	2:17.285	168.806 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (8), Lola (5), Riley & Scott (4), Chevrolet (4), BMW (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (8), Porsche (8), Nissan (5), Chevrolet (5), Mazda (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Riley & Scott Mk III (4), Porsche 996 GT3-R (4), Chevrolet Camaro (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (75), GB (5), I (4), CDN (3), PR (3), B (2)
Most used colours:	white (25%), black (18%), yellow (16%), red (14%), blue (12%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (43%), front-engined (36%), rear-engined (21%)
Average engine size:	4479 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Larry Schumacher (64), Roger Schramm (59), Jim Downing (58)
Youngest known drivers:	Andy Lally (25), Ron Johnson (26), B. J. Zacharias (27)
Woman drivers:	Jennifer Tumminelli

Official Race Programme:

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