2002 American Le Mans Series

Last updated March 18, 2024

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

Following the demise of the European Le Mans Series, the North American schedule was greatly expanded to ten races. Several temporary street courses were added in cities such as Miami, Florida and Washington D. C., while the Portland International Raceway and Texas Motor Speedway did not return, leaving the ALMS without any road course ovals on the schedule. Circuit Trois-Rivières joined Mosport as a second Canadian event, and Road America was also scheduled for the first time.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	March 16
2	Grand Prix of Sonoma	Infineon Raceway	May 19
3	American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio	Mid-Ohio	June 30
4	Road America 500	Road America	July 7
5	Grand Prix of Washington, D.C.	RFK Stadium street circuit	July 21
6	Le Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières	Circuit Trois-Rivières	August 3
7	mail2web.com Grand Prix of Mosport	Mosport	August 18
8	Monterey Sports Car Championships	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	September 22
9	Cadillac American Le Mans Challenge	Bayfront Park	October 5
10	Audi presents Petit Le Mans	Road Atlanta	October 12
Sources:^[1]^[2]

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd	Circuit	LMP900 Winning Team	LMP675 Winning Team	GTS Winning Team	GT Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	LMP900 Winning Drivers	LMP675 Winning Drivers	GTS Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers	Results
1	Sebring	#2 Audi Sport North America	#37 Intersport Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
1	Sebring	Rinaldo Capello Christian Pescatori Johnny Herbert	Jon Field Duncan Dayton Mike Durand	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell Oliver Gavin	Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr	Results
2	Infineon	#50 Panoz Motor Sports	#13 Archangel Motorsports	#3 Corvette Racing	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
2	Infineon	David Brabham Jan Magnussen	Ben Devlin Dave McEntee	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr	Results
3	Mid-Ohio	#1 Audi Sport North America	#56 Team Bucknum Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#66 The Racer's Group	Results
3	Mid-Ohio	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Jeff Bucknum Chris McMurry Bryan Willman	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	Kevin Buckler B.J. Zacharias	Results
4	Road America	#2 Audi Sport North America	#13 Archangel Motorsports	#4 Corvette Racing	#22 Alex Job Racing	Results
4	Road America	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	Ben Devlin Peter MacLeod Larry Oberto	Andy Pilgrim Kelly Collins	Timo Bernhard Jörg Bergmeister	Results
5	RFK Stadium	#50 Panoz Motor Sports	#37 Intersport Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
5	RFK Stadium	David Brabham Jan Magnussen	Jon Field Clint Field	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr	Results
6	Trois-Rivières	#2 Audi Sport North America	#56 Team Bucknum Racing	#4 Corvette Racing	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
6	Trois-Rivières	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	Jeff Bucknum Chris McMurry Bryan Willman	Andy Pilgrim Kelly Collins	Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr	Results
7	Mosport	#2 Audi Sport North America	#56 Team Bucknum Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#66 The Racer's Group	Results
7	Mosport	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	Jeff Bucknum Chris McMurry Bryan Willman	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	Kevin Buckler Brian Cunningham	Results
8	Laguna Seca	#1 Audi Sport North America	#11 KnightHawk Racing	#33 Prodrive	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
8	Laguna Seca	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Chad Block Steve Knight Claudia Hürtgen	Tomáš Enge Peter Kox	Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr	Results
9	Miami	#1 Audi Sport North America	#11 KnightHawk Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
9	Miami	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Chad Block Claudia Hürtgen	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr	Results
10	Road Atlanta	#2 Audi Sport North America	#37 Intersport Racing	#3 Corvette Racing	#23 Alex Job Racing	Results
10	Road Atlanta	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	Jon Field Duncan Dayton Michael Durand	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell Oliver Gavin	Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr	Results
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Teams Championship

Points are awarded to the finishers in the following order:^[4]

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Exceptions being for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which awarded in the following order:^[4]

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Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.

LMP900 Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	30	12	25	25	21	25	25	25	25	30	243
2	Champion Racing	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	26	21	12	19	15	19	21	21	15	26	195
3	Panoz Motor Sports	Panoz LMP01 Evo	Élan 6L8 6.0L V8	18	25	19	13	25	17	17	15	17	20	186
4	Intersport Racing	Lola B2K/10	Judd GV4 4.0L V10		15	13	17	12	13	13	13	11	14	121
5	Team Cadillac	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8	16				17		19	19	21	24	116
6	Dyson Racing Team	Riley & Scott Mk III	Lincoln (Élan) 6.0L V8	22	17	15		13	14					81
7	MBD Sportscar	Panoz LMP07	Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8	12	14	14	15							55
8	Riley & Scott Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III C	Élan 6L8 6.0L V8	24								14	16	54
9	Chamberlain	Dome S101	Judd GV4 4.0L V10								12	10	15	37
10	Team Ascari	Ascari KZR-1	Judd GV4 4.0L V10	19										19
11	Sezio Florida Racing Team	Norma M2000	Ford (Kinetic) 6.0L V8										17	17
12	Gunnar Racing	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	Élan 6L8 6.0L V8	13										13

LMP675 Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	KnightHawk Racing	MG-Lola EX257	MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4	22	21	19	19	17	15	17	25	25	22	202
2	Intersport Racing	MG-Lola EX257	MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4	30	19	17	15	25	17	14	19	15	30	201
3	Archangel Motorsports	Lola B2K/40	Ford (Millington) 2.0L Turbo I4		25	21	25	19	21	19	17	17	26	190
4	Team Bucknum Racing	Pilbeam MP84	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6	17		25	17	21	25	25	15	14	24	183
5	Dyson Racing Team	MG-Lola EX257	MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4							15	21	21	18	75
6	Team Spencer Motorsports	Lola B2K/42	Mazda 20B 2.0L 2-Rotor		17	14					13		15	59
7	AB Motorsport	Pilbeam MP84	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6			15	21					19		55
8	AutoExe Motorsports	WR LMP-02	Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor	24									17	41
9	Essex Racing	Lola B2K/40	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6						19	21				40
10	Racing Organisation Course	Reynard 2KQ-LM	Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I4	26										26
11	Welter Racing	WR LMP-01	Peugeot 2.0L Turbo I4	20										20
12=	Kyser Racing	Lola B2K/40	Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6	19										19
12=	Archangel Motorsport	Reynard 01Q	Ford (Nicholson-McLaren) 3.3L V8										19	19
14=	Noel del Bello Racing	Reynard 2KQ-LM	Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I4	18										18
14=	R.N. Motorsports	Reynard 02S	Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8										18	18

GTS Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	30	25	25	25	25	25	25	19	25	30	254
2	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8	26	19	17	14	17	14	19	21	14	20	181
3	American Viperacing	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Dodge 8.0L V10	20	17	19	17	15	17	17	17	15	18	172
4	Team Olive Garden	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Ferrari 5.4L V12	13		15	19	19	19	14	14	17	22	152
5	Prodrive	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 6.0L V12	19							25	19	26	89
6	Graham Nash Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8	14								13	17	44
7	Larbre Compétition	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	24										24
8	Park Place Racing	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8	18										18
9	Team Carsport Holland	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	17										17

GT Standings

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	30	25	21	25	25	25	19	25	25	30	250
2	The Racer's Group	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	22	21	25	19	21	19	25	19	19	20	210
3	Orbit	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	19	15	14	15	14	15	21	15	15	22	165
4	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	26	12		17			17	14		18	104
5	J-3 Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		17	19	11	11			11	17		86
6	Porschehaus Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		13	15	12	9	17	13				79
7	Alegra Motorsport	BMW M3	BMW 3.2L I6					13	14			11	17	55
8	Petersen Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		11	12							26	49
9	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 360GT Modena	Ferrari 3.6L V8								21		24	45
10	P.K. Sport	Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	24									19	43
11	Schumacher Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		10	17		15						42
12	Cirtek Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	12									16	28
13	Perspective USA Corporation	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6									13	14	27
14	XL Racing	Ferrari 550 Maranello	Ferrari 5.4L V12				13						12	25
15	917 Racing Team	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	18										18
16	Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	15										15
17	JMB Racing	Ferrari 360GT Modena	Ferrari 3.6L V8	14										14
18=	Harlow Motorsport Ricardo	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	13										13
18=	Sebah Automotive	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6										13	13
20=	Front Porch Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6					12						12
20=	Rennwerks Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6								12			12
22=	Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Double-12R	BMW 4.0L V8	10										10
22=	Speedsource	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6					10						10

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References

↑ "American LeMans Series - 2002: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
↑ "American Le Mans Series announces 2002 schedule". Motorsport.com . October 5, 2001. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
↑ "American LeMans Series - Season 2002: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
1 2 "American LeMans Series - 2002: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

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[1] "American LeMans Series - 2002: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[2] "American Le Mans Series announces 2002 schedule". Motorsport.com . October 5, 2001. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[3] "American LeMans Series - Season 2002: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

[2002Points-4] 1 2 "American LeMans Series - 2002: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

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