Trois-Rivières 3 Hours 2002 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Le Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières		Date: 3.8.2002
Track: Circuit de Trois-Rivières (Canada), 2.448 kms	Organiser: unknown
Trois-Rivières 3 Hours
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 6)

Weather:	warm, humid, breezy
Start time:	14:45
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	3 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	32
Practiced:	26
Qualified:	26
Started:	26
Finished:	18

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900	7	7
Le Mans Prototype 675	5	5
Grand Touring Sport	6	6
Grand Touring	8	8

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Race notes:
2 full-course cautions for 20 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 2/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 2/8
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Capello / Kristensen
Le Mans Prototype 675:	56	Pilbeam MP84 Nissan	Bucknum / Willman / McMurry
Grand Touring Sport:	4	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Collins / Pilgrim
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Maassen / Luhr
Leaders:
laps 113-117:	38	Audi R8	Herbert
laps 118-121:	1	Audi R8	Biela
laps 122-166:	2	Audi R8	Capello
laps 1-54:	1	Audi R8	Pirro
laps 55-64:	2	Audi R8	Kristensen
laps 65-66:	38	Audi R8	Herbert
laps 67-112:	1	Audi R8	Biela
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Frank Biela (D)	59.5680	147.9341 km/h	lap 145
Le Mans Prototype 675:	37	Lola EX257 AER	Jon Field (USA)	1:03.7160	138.3038 km/h	lap 10
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Johnny O'Connell (USA)	1:04.2010	137.2577 km/h	lap 92
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Sascha Maassen (D)	1:05.9430	133.6319 km/h	lap 144
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro (I)	58.6980	150.1260 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	11	Lola EX257 AER	Chad Block (USA)	1:02.3790	141.2682 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Ron Fellows (CDN)	1:03.4960	138.7818 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:06.7400	132.0370 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (6), Lola (5), Audi (3), Panoz (2), Chevrolet (2), Dodge (2), BMW (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (6), Audi (3), Ford (3), Elan (2), Chevrolet (2), Nissan (2), Dodge (2), BMW (2), AER (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (5), Audi R8 (3), Panoz LMP 01 (2), Chevrolet Corvette C5 (2), Lola B2K/40 (2), Dodge Viper (2), BMW M3 (2), Lola EX257 (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (28), CDN (7), D (5), GB (4), I (4), DK (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (20), D (3), CDN (2)
Most used colours:	white (27%), blue (19%), yellow (18%), red (10%), black (10%), silver (7%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (42%), front-engined (34%), rear-engined (24%)
Average engine size:	4448 cc (with regard to 23% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4857 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Chris Gleason (59), Tom Weickardt (55), Leo Hindery (55)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (19), Ben Devlin (20), Timo Bernhard (21)

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