2002 American Le Mans Series

The 2002 American Le Mans Series season was the 32nd season for the IMSA GT Championship, and the fourth under the American Le Mans Series banner. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP900, LMP675, GTS, and GT. It began March 16, 2002 and ended October 12, 2002 after 10 races.

Schedule Rnd RaceLength CircuitLocation Date 1 Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring12 Hours Sebring International RacewaySebring, Florida March 16 2 Grand Prix of Sonoma2 Hours 45 Minutes Infineon RacewaySonoma, California May 19 3 American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio2 Hours 45 Minutes Mid-OhioLexington, Ohio June 30 4 Road America 500500 Miles or 4 Hours 15 Minutes Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin July 7 5 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C.2 Hours 45 Minutes RFK Stadium street circuitWashington, D.C. July 21 6 Le Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières3 Hours Circuit Trois-RivièresTrois-Rivières, Quebec August 3 7 mail2web.com Grand Prix of Mosport2 Hours 45 Minutes MosportBowmanville, Ontario August 18 8 Monterey Sports Car Championships2 Hours 45 Minutes Mazda Raceway Laguna SecaMonterey, California September 22 9 Cadillac American Le Mans Challenge2 Hours 45 Minutes Bayfront ParkDowntown, Miami, Florida October 5 10 Audi presents Petit Le Mans1000 Miles or 10 Hours Road AtlantaBraselton, Georgia October 12Sources: The following round was planned but later cancelled. +RaceLengthCircuitLocationDate Le Mans Series Race of Champions6 HoursSepang International CircuitSepang, SelangorJanuary 13/November 3 Following the demise of the European Le Mans Series, the two European rounds were dropped from the calendar. There had still been plans for a race of Champions held at Sepang in Malaysia, but this was cancelled. The Series would only race in North America going forward.

The biggest new race was the Grand Prix of Washington, held on a 1.7-mile temporary road racing circuit at the Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium on a 10-year contract. Miami would hold an endurance race for the first time since 1993, with the American Le Mans Challenge. A second Canadian race would be held after the Circuit Trois-Rivières switched from the Grand-Am series to ALMS for 2002. The Road America 500 would also switch to ALMS for the 2002 season. The Portland International Raceway and Texas Motor Speedway did not return, leaving the ALMS without any road course ovals on the schedule. Entry list Le Mans Prototype 900 (LMP900) TeamChassisEngineTyreNo.DriversRnds. Gunnar RacingPanoz LMP-1 Roadster-SÉlan 6L8 6.0 L V800 Gunnar Jeannette1 Chad Block1 Wayne Johnson1 Audi Sport North AmericaAudi R8Audi 3.6 L Turbo V81 Emanuele Pirro1, 3–10 Frank Biela1, 3–10 Tom Kristensen12 Rinaldo CapelloAll Christian Pescatori1 Johnny Herbert1 Frank Biela2 Emanuele Pirro2 Tom Kristensen3–10 Team CadillacCadillac Northstar LMP02Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V87 Emmanuel Collard1, 5, 7–10 Éric Bernard1, 5, 7–10 J.J. Lehto1 Wayne Taylor108 Max Angelelli1, 5, 7–10 Wayne Taylor1, 5 Christophe Tinseau1, 10 J.J. Lehto7–10 Dyson Racing TeamRiley & Scott Mk IIILincoln (Élan) 6L8 6.0 L V816 James Weaver1–3, 5–6 Butch Leitzinger1, 3 Elliot Forbes-Robinson1 Chris Dyson2, 5–620 Dorsey Schroeder1 Chris Dyson1 Rob Dyson1 MBD SportscarPanoz LMP07Mugen MF408S 4.0 L V817 Scott Maxwell1–4 Milka Duno1–4 John Graham118 Didier de Radigues1–4 Bruno Lambert1 Rick Sutherland1 John Graham2–4 Team AscariAscari KZR-1Judd GV4 4.0 L V1019 Werner Lupberger1 Timothy Bell1 Kristian Kolby121 Ben Collins1 Christian Vann1 Justin Wilson1 Doran Lista RacingDallara SP1Judd GV4 4.0 L V1027 Didier Theys1 Fredy Lienhard1 Mauro Baldi1 ChamberlainDome S101Judd GV4 4.0 L V1027 Christian Vann8–10 Milka Duno8–10 Xavier Pompidou10 Intersport RacingLola B2K/10BJudd GV4 4.0 L V1030 Mark Neuhaus1–3, 7–10 John Macaluso1, 6 Butch Brickell1 Clint Field2–4, 7–10 Joel Field4 Andy Lally5–6 Milka Duno5 John Miller10 Riley & Scott RacingRiley & Scott Mk III CÉlan 6L8 6.0 L V836 Marc Goossens1, 9–10 Jim Matthews1 Guy Smith1 Tony Ave9–10 Champion RacingAudi R8Audi 3.6 L Turbo V838 Stefan Johansson1, 3–10 Andy Wallace1 Jan Lammers1 Johnny Herbert2–10 Tom Kristensen2 Panoz Motor SportsPanoz LMP-1 Roadster-SÉlan 6L8 6.0 L V849 Gunnar Jeannette2 David Donohue2Panoz LMP01 Evo50 David BrabhamAll Jan MagnussenAll Eric van de Poele1 David Donohue1051 Bryan HertaAll Bill AuberlenAll David Donohue1 Gunnar Jeannette10 Sezio Florida Racing TeamNorma M2000Ford (Kinetic) 6.0 L V887 John Mirro1 Georges Forgeois1 François O'Born1

Le Mans Prototype 675 (LMP675) TeamChassisEngineTyreNo.DriversRnds. KnightHawk Racing, LLCMG-Lola EX257MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I411 Steven Knight1–8, 10 Andy Lally1, 10 Jonny Kane1 Chad Block2, 4–6, 8–10 John Fergus3 Mel Hawkins4 Claudia Hürtgen7–9 Archangel MotorsportsLola B2K/40Ford (Millington) 2.0 L Turbo I413 Ben Devlin2–10 Dave McEntee2 Bret Arsenault3, 9 Peter MacLeod4 Larry Oberto4 Will Langhorne5 Marc-Antoine Camirand6–7 David Sterenberg7 Andy Lally8 Jason Workman10 Georges Forgeois10Reynard 01QFord (Nicholson-McLaren) 3.3 L V874 Earl Goddard10 John Mefford10 Andrew Davis10 R.N. Motorsports, Ltd.Reynard 02SZytek ZG348 3.4 L V815 John Nielsen10 Casper Elgaard10 Dyson Racing TeamMG-Lola EX257MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I416 James Weaver7–10 Butch Leitzinger7–10 Andy Wallace10 Essex RacingLola B2K/40Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V619 Melanie Paterson6–7 Paul Fix6 Ross Bentley7 AutoExe MotorsportsAutoExe (WR) LMP-02Mazda R26B 2.6 L 4-Rotor24 Yojiro Terada1, 10 Jim Downing1, 10 John Fergus1 Stéphane Daoudi10 Welter RacingWR LMP02Peugeot 2.0 L Turbo I428 Stéphane Daoudi1 Jean-René de Fournoux1 A.J. Smith1 Intersport RacingMG-Lola EX257MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I430 Jon FieldAll Mike Durand1, 4, 7, 9–10 Duncan Dayton1, 10 Rick Sutherland2, 8 Clint Field3, 5–6 ROCReynard 2KQ-LMVolkswagen HPT 2.0 L Turbo I440 Ryan Jones1 Jeff Jones1 Jeffrey Jones1 Noël del Bello Racing41 Jean-Denis Délétraz1 Mark Smithson1 Christophe Pillon1 Team Bucknum RacingPilbeam MP84Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V655 Chris McMurry1–2 Bryan Willman1–2 Pierre Ehret1, 8, 10 Bret Arsenault8 Melanie Paterson10 John Olsen1056 Jeff BucknumAll Dick Downs1 Allan Ziegelman1 Bruno Lambert2 Chris McMurry3–10 Bryan Willman3–10 Team Spencer MotorsportsLola B2K/40Mazda 1.3 L Turbo 2-Rotor62 Rich Grupp1–4, 8, 10 Ryan Hampton1–2, 8, 10 Dennis Spencer1, 3–4, 8, 10 Kyser RacingLola B2K/40Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V669 Kyle Wankum1 Joe Foster1 Doc Bundy1 AB MotorsportPilbeam MP84Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V677 Jimmy Adams3–5, 9 Joe Blacker3–5, 9 John Burke4 Orlam Sonora9 Porschehaus RacingLola B2K/40Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0 L V689 Stephane Veilleux1 Robert Julien1 Adam Merzon1

Grand Touring Sport (GTS) TeamChassisEngineTyreNo.DriversRnds. Team Olive GardenFerrari 550 MaranelloFerrari F133 A 6.0 L V120 Mimmo SchiattarellaAll Emanuele NaspettiAll Johnny Cecotto1 Max Papis10 Corvette RacingChevrolet Corvette C5-RChevrolet LS1.R 7.0 L V83 Ron FellowsAll Johnny O'ConnellAll Oliver Gavin1, 104 Andy PilgrimAll Kelly CollinsAll Franck Fréon1, 10 Park Place RacingSaleen S7-RFord Windsor 7.0 L V85 Chris Bingham1 Vic Rice1 Peter MacLeod1 Konrad MotorsportSaleen S7-RFord Windsor 7.0 L V825 Charles Slater1, 9–10 Gavin Pickering1 Walter Brun1 Sean Murphy9–10 Jean-François Yvon1026 Terry BorchellerAll Franz KonradAll Toni Seiler1, 9–10 ProdriveFerrari 550-GTS MaranelloFerrari F133 A 6.0 L V1233 77 Tomáš Enge1, 8–10 Alain Menu1, 10 Rickard Rydell1 Peter Kox8–10 American ViperacingDodge Viper GTS-RDodge EWB 8.0 L V1044 Tom WeickardtAll Marc Bunting1–4 Simon Gregg1 Tom Grunnah4 Marino Franchitti5 Kevin Allen6–7 Jeff Altenburg8–9 Jean-Philippe Belloc1045 Shane Lewis1–5 Norman Goldrich1 Rick Fairbanks1 Spencer Trenery2 Kevin Allen3 Gianni Morbidelli4 Marc Bunting5–9 Marino Franchitti6–10 Mike Hezemans10 Fabio Babini10 Team Carsport HollandChrysler Viper GTS-RDodge EWB 8.0 L V1046 Mike Hezemans1 Anthony Kumpen1 Luca Cappellari1 BrookspeedChrysler Viper GTS-RDodge EWB 8.0 L V1048 Grahame Bryant1* Graham Nash MotorsportSaleen S7-RFord Windsor 7.0 L V883 Thomas Erdos1 Ian McKellar1 Ron Johnson1 Shane Lewis9 Regan Morgan9 Vic Rice10 Shaun Balfe10 Mike Newton1084 Thomas Erdos9–10 Pedro Chaves9 Robin Liddell10 Rob Barff10 Larbre Competition ChereauChrysler Viper GTS-RDodge EWB 8.0 L V1086 Christophe Bouchut1 Vincent Vosse1

Grand Touring (GT)