2002 Grand Prix of Mosport

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Mosport International Raceway

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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.

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

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

• Pre-race grid
  Pre-race grid
• Audi's on the grid
  Audi's on the grid
• Corner 1 action
  Corner 1 action
• Chevrolet Corvette C5-R - GTS Winner
  Chevrolet Corvette C5-R - GTS Winner
• Prototype leaders
  Prototype leaders
• Field approaching Corner 2
  Field approaching Corner 2

References

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• World Sports Racing Prototypes - Race Results

External links

• 2002 Grand Prix of Mosport Race Broadcast (American Le Mans Series YouTube Channel)