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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.https://autoweek.com/article/car-news/audi-charge-again-capello-kristensen-take-grand-prix-mosport Audi in charge again as Capello, Kristensen take Grand Prix of Mosport Autoweek.com August 17, 2002 January 9, 2015
The race attracted a crowd of 30,000Ingram Jonathan August 22, 2002 On Top Of Their Game - Mosport Park ALMS Report Autosport London Haymarket Media Group 78–79 and was broadcast on NBC Sports with Rick Benjamin and Bill Adam calling the race.
thumb|Audi Sport North America Audi R8 - Winner 2002 Grand Prix of Mosport
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 KristensenItaly Rinaldo Capello Audi R8 Michelin 121 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 2 LMP900 38 United States Champion Racing United Kingdom Johnny HerbertSweden Stefan Johansson Audi R8 Michelin 120 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 3 LMP900 8 USA Team Cadillac ITA Max AngelelliFinland JJ Lehto Cadillac Northstar LMP02 Michelin 119 Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8 4 LMP900 50 USA Panoz Motor Sports Australia David BrabhamDenmark Jan Magnussen Panoz LMP01 Evo Michelin 118 Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 5 LMP900 51 United States Panoz Motor Sports United States Bryan HertaUnited States Bill Auberlen Panoz LMP01 Evo Michelin 118 Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 6 LMP900 7 USA Team Cadillac FRA Emmanuel CollardFRA Éric Bernard Cadillac Northstar LMP02 Michelin 118 Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8 7 GTS 3 United States Corvette Racing Canada Ron FellowsUnited States Johnny O'Connell Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Goodyear 113 Chevrolet 7.0L V8 8 GTS 4 United States Corvette Racing United States Andy PilgrimUnited States Kelly Collins Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Goodyear 112 Chevrolet 7.0L V8 9 GTS 26 Germany Konrad Motorsport Austria Franz KonradUnited States Terry Borcheller Saleen S7-R Pirelli 110 Ford 7.0L V8 10 LMP900 30 USA Intersport USA Clint FieldUSA Mike Neuhaus Lola B2K/10B Goodyear 108 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 11 LMP675 56 USA Team Bucknum Racing USA Jeff BucknumUSA Chris McMurryUSA Bryan Willman Pilbeam MP84 Avon 107 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6 12 GTS 45 USA American Viperacing GBR Marino FranchittiUSA Marc Bunting Dodge Viper GTS-R Pirelli 107 Dodge 8.0L V10 13 GT 66 USA The Racer's Group USA Kevin BucklerUSA Brian Cunningham Porsche 911 GT3-RS Michelin 106 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 14 GTS 44 USA American Viperacing USA Kevin AllenUSA Tom Weickardt Dodge Viper GTS-R Pirelli 104 Dodge 8.0L V10 15 GT 43 USA Orbit USA Leo HinderyUSA Peter Baron Porsche 911 GT3-RS Michelin 103 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 16 LMP675 19 USA Essex Racing Canada Melanie PatersonCanada Ross Bentley Lola B2K/40 Dunlop 103 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 17 GT 23 United States Alex Job Racing Germany Sascha MaassenGermany Lucas Luhr Porsche 911 GT3-RS Michelin 103 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 18 GTS 0 Italy Team Olive Garden Italy Mimmo SchiattarellaItaly Emanuele Naspetti Ferrari 550 Maranello Michelin 99 Ferrari 6.0L V12 19DNF GT 52 Germany Seikel Motorsport USA Hugh PlumbCanada Jeffrey PabstCanada Tony Burgess Porsche 911 GT3-RS Yokohama 93 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 20DNF LMP675 13 USA Archangel Motorsports Canada Marc-Antoine CamirandGBR Ben DevlinUSA David Sterenberg Lola B2K/40 Dunlop 91 Ford (Millington) 2.0L Turbo I4 21DNF GT 67 USA The Racer's Group USA Michael SchromUSA Darren Law Porsche 911 GT3-RS Michelin 91 Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6 22DNF LMP900 1 Germany Audi Sport North America Italy Emanuele PirroGermany Frank Biela Audi R8 Michelin 88 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 23 GT 22 USA Alex Job Racing DEU Timo BernhardDEU Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 911 GT3-RS Michelin 85 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 24DNF GT 89 Canada Porschehaus Racing Canada Robert JulienUSA Adam Merzon Porsche 911 GT3-RS Dunlop 25 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 25DNF LMP675 11 USA KnightHawk Racing DEU Claudia HürtgenUSA Steven Knight MG-Lola EX257 Avon 59 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 26DNF LMP675 16 USA Dyson Racing Team USA Butch LeitzingerGBR James Weaver MG-Lola EX257 Goodyear 28 MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4 27DNF LMP675 37 United States Intersport United States Jon FieldUnited States Mike Durand MG-Lola EX257 Goodyear 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
http://www.imsaracing.net/2002/events/mosport/almsrace.pdf Official Results 2007-10-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20050317214254/http://www.imsaracing.net/2002/events/mosport/almsrace.pdf 2005-03-17 dead (31.7 KiB)
World Sports Racing Prototypes - Race Results
External links
2002 Grand Prix of Mosport Race Broadcast (American Le Mans Series YouTube Channel)
2002 American Le Mans Series 2002 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières 2002 Monterey Sports Car Championships
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