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.
The race attracted a crowd of 30,000 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 Audi Sport North America Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello Audi R8 121 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 2 LMP900 38 Champion Racing Johnny Herbert Stefan Johansson Audi R8 120 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 3 LMP900 8 Team Cadillac Max Angelelli JJ Lehto Cadillac Northstar LMP02 119 Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8 4 LMP900 50 Panoz Motor Sports David Brabham Jan Magnussen Panoz LMP01 Evo 118 Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 5 LMP900 51 Panoz Motor Sports Bryan Herta Bill Auberlen Panoz LMP01 Evo 118 Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 6 LMP900 7 Team Cadillac Emmanuel Collard Éric Bernard Cadillac Northstar LMP02 118 Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8 7 GTS 3 Corvette Racing Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell Chevrolet Corvette C5-R 113 Chevrolet 7.0L V8 8 GTS 4 Corvette Racing Andy Pilgrim Kelly Collins Chevrolet Corvette C5-R 112 Chevrolet 7.0L V8 9 GTS 26 Konrad Motorsport Franz Konrad Terry Borcheller Saleen S7-R 110 Ford 7.0L V8 10 LMP900 30 Intersport Clint Field Mike Neuhaus Lola B2K/10B 108 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 11 LMP675 56 Team Bucknum Racing Jeff Bucknum Chris McMurry Bryan Willman Pilbeam MP84 107 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6 12 GTS 45 American Viperacing Marino Franchitti Marc Bunting Dodge Viper GTS-R 107 Dodge 8.0L V10 13 GT 66 The Racer's Group Kevin Buckler Brian Cunningham Porsche 911 GT3-RS 106 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 14 GTS 44 American Viperacing Kevin Allen Tom Weickardt Dodge Viper GTS-R 104 Dodge 8.0L V10 15 GT 43 Orbit Leo Hindery Peter Baron Porsche 911 GT3-RS 103 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 16 LMP675 19 Essex Racing Melanie Paterson Ross Bentley Lola B2K/40 103 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 17 GT 23 Alex Job Racing Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr Porsche 911 GT3-RS 103 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 18 GTS 0 Team Olive Garden Mimmo Schiattarella Emanuele Naspetti Ferrari 550 Maranello 99 Ferrari 6.0L V12 19DNF GT 52 Seikel Motorsport Hugh Plumb Jeffrey Pabst Tony Burgess Porsche 911 GT3-RS 93 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 20DNF LMP675 13 Archangel Motorsports Marc-Antoine Camirand Ben Devlin David Sterenberg Lola B2K/40 91 Ford (Millington) 2.0L Turbo I4 21DNF GT 67 The Racer's Group Michael Schrom Darren Law Porsche 911 GT3-RS 91 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 22DNF LMP900 1 Audi Sport North America Emanuele Pirro Frank Biela Audi R8 88 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 23 GT 22 Alex Job Racing Timo Bernhard Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 911 GT3-RS 85 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 24DNF GT 89 Porschehaus Racing Robert Julien Adam Merzon Porsche 911 GT3-RS 25 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 25DNF LMP675 11 KnightHawk Racing Claudia Hürtgen Steven Knight MG-Lola EX257 59 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 26DNF LMP675 16 Dyson Racing Team Butch Leitzinger James Weaver MG-Lola EX257 28 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 27DNF LMP675 37 Intersport Jon Field Mike Durand MG-Lola EX257 12 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
Statistics Pole Position - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:07.169 Fastest Lap - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:09.568 Distance - 478.843 km Average Speed - 173.898 km/h
Photo Gallery
References
World Sports Racing Prototypes - Race Results
External links 2002 Grand Prix of Mosport Race Broadcast (American Le Mans Series YouTube Channel)