2002 Grand Prix of Mosport

Mosport International Raceway

The 2002 mail2web.com Grand Prix of Mosport was a sports car racing event held at Mosport International Raceway near Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada from August 16 to the 18, 2002. The race was the seventh round of the 2002 American Le Mans Series season, and was the 17th IMSA sanctioned sports car race held at the facility.

Race

The overall race was won by Audi Sport North America's Audi R8 driven by Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello for their third win of the season. Johnny Herbert and Stefan Johansson brought the Champion Racing Audi R8 home for second, while Max Angelelli and JJ Lehto produced Team Cadillac's first podium since 2001 in the Cadillac Northstar LMP02.

The LMP 675 class was won by Team Bucknum Racing's Pilbeam MP84 driven by Jeff Bucknum, Chris McMurry and Bryan Willman. Ontario native and Mosport veteran Ron Fellows along with Corvette Racing teammate Johnny O'Connell drove the Chevrolet Corvette C5-R to victory in the GTS class. The Racer's Group Porsche 911 GT3-RS driven by Kevin Buckler and Brian Cunningham took the GT class win.[1]

The race attracted a crowd of 30,000[2] and was broadcast on NBC Sports with Rick Benjamin and Bill Adam calling the race.

Official results

Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP900 2 Germany Audi Sport North America Denmark Tom Kristensen
Italy Rinaldo Capello		 Audi R8 M 121
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
2 LMP900 38 United States Champion Racing United Kingdom Johnny Herbert
Sweden Stefan Johansson		 Audi R8 M 120
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
3 LMP900 8 United States Team Cadillac Italy Max Angelelli
Finland JJ Lehto		 Cadillac Northstar LMP02 M 119
Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
4 LMP900 50 United States Panoz Motor Sports Australia David Brabham
Denmark Jan Magnussen		 Panoz LMP01 Evo M 118
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
5 LMP900 51 United States Panoz Motor Sports United States Bryan Herta
United States Bill Auberlen		 Panoz LMP01 Evo M 118
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
6 LMP900 7 United States Team Cadillac France Emmanuel Collard
France Éric Bernard		 Cadillac Northstar LMP02 M 118
Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8
7 GTS 3 United States Corvette Racing Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell		 Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 113
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
8 GTS 4 United States Corvette Racing United States Andy Pilgrim
United States Kelly Collins		 Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 112
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
9 GTS 26 Germany Konrad Motorsport Austria Franz Konrad
United States Terry Borcheller		 Saleen S7-R P 110
Ford 7.0L V8
10 LMP900 30 United States Intersport United States Clint Field
United States Mike Neuhaus		 Lola B2K/10B G 108
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
11 LMP675 56 United States Team Bucknum Racing United States Jeff Bucknum
United States Chris McMurry
United States Bryan Willman		 Pilbeam MP84 A 107
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6
12 GTS 45 United States American Viperacing United Kingdom Marino Franchitti
United States Marc Bunting		 Dodge Viper GTS-R P 107
Dodge 8.0L V10
13 GT 66 United States The Racer's Group United States Kevin Buckler
United States Brian Cunningham		 Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 106
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14 GTS 44 United States American Viperacing United States Kevin Allen
United States Tom Weickardt		 Dodge Viper GTS-R P 104
Dodge 8.0L V10
15 GT 43 United States Orbit United States Leo Hindery
United States Peter Baron		 Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 103
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16 LMP675 19 United States Essex Racing Canada Melanie Paterson
Canada Ross Bentley		 Lola B2K/40 D 103
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
17 GT 23 United States Alex Job Racing Germany Sascha Maassen
Germany Lucas Luhr		 Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 103
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18 GTS 0 Italy Team Olive Garden Italy Mimmo Schiattarella
Italy Emanuele Naspetti		 Ferrari 550 Maranello M 99
Ferrari 6.0L V12
19
DNF		 GT 52 Germany Seikel Motorsport United States Hugh Plumb
Canada Jeffrey Pabst
Canada Tony Burgess		 Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 93
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20
DNF		 LMP675 13 United States Archangel Motorsports Canada Marc-Antoine Camirand
United Kingdom Ben Devlin
United States David Sterenberg		 Lola B2K/40 D 91
Ford (Millington) 2.0L Turbo I4
21
DNF		 GT 67 United States The Racer's Group United States Michael Schrom
United States Darren Law		 Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 91
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
22
DNF		 LMP900 1 Germany Audi Sport North America Italy Emanuele Pirro
Germany Frank Biela		 Audi R8 M 88
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
23 GT 22 United States Alex Job Racing Germany Timo Bernhard
Germany Jörg Bergmeister		 Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 85
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
24
DNF		 GT 89 Canada Porschehaus Racing Canada Robert Julien
United States Adam Merzon		 Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 25
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25
DNF		 LMP675 11 United States KnightHawk Racing Germany Claudia Hürtgen
United States Steven Knight		 MG-Lola EX257 A 59
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
26
DNF		 LMP675 16 United States Dyson Racing Team United States Butch Leitzinger
United Kingdom James Weaver		 MG-Lola EX257 G 28
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
27
DNF		 LMP675 37 United States Intersport United States Jon Field
United States Mike Durand		 MG-Lola EX257 G 12
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4

Statistics

References

  1. ↑ "Audi in charge again as Capello, Kristensen take Grand Prix of Mosport". Autoweek.com. August 17, 2002. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ Ingram, Jonathan (August 22, 2002). "On Top Of Their Game - Mosport Park ALMS Report". Autosport. London: Haymarket Media Group. pp. 78–79.
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