Road America 500 Miles 2003 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Road America 500 presented by Chicago Tribune		Date: 24.8.2003
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
Road America 500 Miles
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 6)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	13:05
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	39
Practiced:	37
Qualified:	37
Started:	36
Finished:	30

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900/Grand Touring Prototype	6	6
Le Mans Prototype 675	6	6
Grand Touring Sport	8	7
Grand Touring	17	17

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

Race notes:
1 full-course caution for 4 laps, 13 minutes: laps 34-37 (car 4 off course)

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held on 22/8 in 1 session for a total of 90 minutes
2 practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 23/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 23/8
25 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	38	Audi R8	Herbert / Lehto
Le Mans Prototype 675:	20	Lola EX257 AER	Dyson / Wallace
Grand Touring Sport:	80	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Magnussen / Brabham
Grand Touring:	31	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Stanton / Mowlem
Leaders:
laps 1-6:	16	MG Lola EX257	Butch Leitzinger
laps 29-36:	38	Audi R8	Johnny Herbert
laps 37-79:	38	Audi R8	JJ Lehto
laps 7-28:	1	Audi R8	Marco Werner
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Frank Biela (D)	1:54.6130	204.6249 km/h	lap 57
Le Mans Prototype 675:	16	Lola EX257 AER	Butch Leitzinger (USA)	1:57.2950	199.9465 km/h	lap 5
Grand Touring Sport:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	2:03.3980	190.0571 km/h	lap 60
Grand Touring:	24	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Timo Bernhard (D)	2:11.2050	178.7482 km/h	lap 41
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Marco Werner (D)	1:52.2650	208.9041 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	16	Lola EX257 AER	James Weaver (GB)	1:52.4420	208.5758 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Oliver Gavin (GB)	2:01.9690	192.2844 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Lucas Luhr (D)	2:09.1240	181.6290 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (13), Ferrari (7), Lola (4), Audi (2), Panoz (2), Chevrolet (2), Riley & Scott (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (13), Ferrari (7), AER (3), Audi (2), Elan (2), Chevrolet (2), Ford (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (11), Ferrari 360 Modena (4), Lola EX257 (3), Ferrari 550 Maranello (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (42), D (10), GB (7), I (2), NL (2), AUS (2), CH (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (28), GB (4), D (3)
Most used colours:	white (21%), yellow (21%), red (14%), blue (14%), silver (14%), black (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (41%), rear-engined (36%), front-engined (23%)
Average engine size:	4297 cc (with regard to 14% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4537 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Joe Policastro (62), Jim Downing (61), Chris Gleason (60)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (20), Gunnar Jeannette (21), James Gue (22)

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