American Le Mans Series Road America 2004

Event: Road America 500 presented by The Chicago Tribune		Date: 22.8.2004
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.515 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Road America
American Le Mans Series (round 7)

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

Entered:	28
Practiced:	23
Qualified:	22
Started:	22
Finished:	16

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 1	4	4
Le Mans Prototype 2	4	4
Grand Touring Sport	4	4
Grand Touring	10	10

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

Race notes:
1 full-course caution for 3 laps, 13 minutes: laps 61-63 (debris on track)

Pre-race sessions:
1 test session held for a total of 90 minutes on 20/8
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 100 minutes on 21/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 21/8
40 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	38	Audi R8	Lehto / Werner
Le Mans Prototype 2:	10	Courage C65 AER	James / Gue
Grand Touring Sport:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Beretta / Gavin
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Bergmeister / Bernhard
Leaders:
laps 1-29:	16	MG Lola EX257	Butch Leitzinger
laps 30-55:	38	Audi R8	JJ Lehto
laps 56-80:	38	Audi R8	Marco Werner
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	38	Audi R8	J.J. Lehto (FIN)	1:54.0500	205.6355 km/h	lap 19
Le Mans Prototype 2:	10	Courage C65 AER	Ian James (GB)	2:02.1790	191.9529 km/h	lap 9
Grand Touring Sport:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	2:02.1760	191.9577 km/h	lap 73
Grand Touring:	24	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Romain Dumas (F)	2:10.2420	180.0695 km/h	lap 25
Pole Positions:
Overall:	16	Lola EX257 AER	Butch Leitzinger (USA)	1:51.8930	209.5993 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 2:	10	Courage C65 AER	Ian James (GB)	1:58.8470	197.3345 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	2:00.8680	194.0354 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Jörg Bergmeister (D)	2:07.5770	183.8305 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (9), Lola (5), Chevrolet (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (9), AER (3), Judd (2), Chevrolet (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR (9), Chevrolet Corvette C5 (2), Lola B2K/40 (2), Lola EX257 (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (26), GB (7), D (6), F (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (22)
Most used colours:	white (33%), silver (18%), blue (14%), red (10%), yellow (10%), green (8%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (40%), rear-engined (40%), front-engined (20%)
Average engine size:	4045 cc (with regard to 18% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4336 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tom Weickardt (57), Leo Hindery (57), John Macaluso (52)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (21), Gunnar Jeannette (22), James Gue (23)

Official Race Programme:

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