Road America 500 Miles 2002 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Road America 500 presented by The Chicago Tribune		Date: 7.7.2002
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
Road America 500 Miles
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 4)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	12:30
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	500 miles or 4 hours 15 min.
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	32
Practiced:	30
Qualified:	29
Started:	29
Finished:	20

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900	8	8
Le Mans Prototype 675	6	5
Grand Touring Sport	6	6
Grand Touring	10	10

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

Race notes:
3 full-course cautions for for 11 laps (46 minutes): 43-46, 63-66 and 79-81
stopped on 4 1/4 hour rule, scheduled for 125 laps (= 500.000 miles)

Pre-race sessions:
test session held for a total of 90 minutes on 5/7
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 6/7
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 6/7
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Capello / Kristensen
Le Mans Prototype 675:	13	Lola B2K/40 Millington	Devlin / MacLeod / Oberto
Grand Touring Sport:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Collins / Pilgrim
Grand Touring:	22	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Bernhard / Bergmeister
Leaders:
laps 1-17:	2	Audi R8
laps 18-24:	1	Audi R8
laps 25-26:	2	Audi R8
laps 27-45:	1	Audi R8
laps 46-64:	2	Audi R8
lap 65:	38	Audi R8
laps 66-68:	2	Audi R8
laps 69-83:	1	Audi R8
laps 84-118:	2	Audi R8
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Frank Biela (D)	1:53.4030	204.3561 km/h	lap 108
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola EX257 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:56.9440	198.1682 km/h	lap 18
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	2:05.1800	185.1293 km/h	lap 71
Grand Touring:	22	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Jörg Bergmeister (D)	2:14.1800	172.7132 km/h	lap 99
Pole Positions:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen (DK)	1:52.1660	206.6076 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola EX257 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:54.9090	201.6830 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Ron Fellows (CDN)	2:03.8120	187.1828 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Lucas Luhr (D)	2:12.8620	174.4207 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (9), Lola (4), Panoz (4), Audi (3), Chevrolet (2), Ferrari (2), Pilbeam (2), Dodge (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (9), Audi (3), Chevrolet (2), Ferrari (2), Ford (2), Nissan (2), Dodge (2), AER (2), Mugen (2), Elan (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (9), Audi R8 (3), Chevrolet Corvette C5 (2), Ferrari 550 Maranello (2), Pilbeam MP84 (2), Dodge Viper (2), Lola EX257 (2), Panoz LMP07 (2), Panoz LMP 01 (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (41), I (6), CDN (5), D (5), GB (4), DK (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (22), D (4)
Most used colours:	white (31%), blue (17%), red (15%), yellow (13%), black (8%), silver (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (34%), front-engined (34%), rear-engined (32%)
Average engine size:	4395 cc (with regard to 20% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4746 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tom Weickardt (55), Leo Hindery (55), Mel Hawkins (53)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (19), Ben Devlin (20), Timo Bernhard (21)
Female drivers:	Milka Duno

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