American Le Mans Series Road Atlanta 2003

Event: Chevy Grand Prix of Atlanta		Date: 29.6.2003
Track: Road Atlanta Motor Sports Center (United States), 4.088 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Road Atlanta
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 2)

Weather:	hot, cloudy
Start time:	15:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	38
Practiced:	36
Qualified:	35
Started:	35
Finished:	28

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900/Grand Touring Prototype	7	7
Le Mans Prototype 675	7	7
Grand Touring Sport	6	5
Grand Touring	16	16

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Race notes:
official qualifying not held due to inclement weather

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held on 27/6 in 1 session for a total of 90 minutes
3 practice sessions held for a total of 140 minutes on 28/6 (counted as qualifying for the grid)
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	38	Audi R8	Lehto / Herbert
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola EX257 AER	Field / Dayton
Grand Touring Sport:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Collins / Gavin
Grand Touring:	24	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Bergmeister / Bernhard
Leaders:
laps 1-5:	16	MG EX257	Weaver
lap 44:	1	Audi R8	Werner
laps 45-89:	38	Audi R8	Lehto
laps 6-43:	38	Audi R8	Lehto
laps 90-128:	38	Audi R8	Herbert
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Frank Biela (D)	1:13.9320	199.0453 km/h	lap 77
Le Mans Prototype 675:	16	Lola EX257 AER	Butch Leitzinger (USA)	1:14.1320	198.5094 km/h	lap 113
Grand Touring Sport:	88	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Tomáš Enge (CZ)	1:20.8590	181.9943 km/h	lap 82
Grand Touring:	03	Panoz Esperante GT-LM Elan	Foster / Skelton	1:21.2820		lap 23
Pole Positions:
Overall:	16	Lola EX257 AER	James Weaver (GB)	1:13.7480	123.9900 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 900/Grand Touring Prototype:	1	Audi R8	Frank Biela (D)	1:13.7530	123.9810 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Johnny O'Connell (USA)	1:20.9170	113.0050 km/h
Grand Touring:	24	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Jörg Bergmeister (D)	1:24.3230	108.4400 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (12), Ferrari (6), Lola (5), Panoz (3), Audi (2), Chevrolet (2), Pilbeam (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (12), Ferrari (6), AER (3), Elan (3), Audi (2), MG (2), Chevrolet (2), Nissan (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (9), Lola EX257 (3), Ferrari 550 Maranello (3), Ferrari 360 Modena (3), Porsche 996 GT3-R (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (42), D (8), GB (6), I (3), F (3), B (3), CDN (3)
Team nationalities:	USA (28), GB (4), D (2)
Most used colours:	white (21%), red (17%), yellow (16%), blue (16%), silver (13%), black (7%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (42%), rear-engined (34%), front-engined (24%)
Average engine size:	4099 cc (with regard to 14% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4328 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Joe Policastro (62), Jim Downing (61), Chris Gleason (60)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (20), Gunnar Jeannette (21), Timo Bernhard (22)
Female drivers:	Danica Patrick

Official Race Programme:

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