2002 American Le Mans Series
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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
[edit]The following round was planned but later cancelled.
| Race | Length | Circuit | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Hours | Sepang International Circuit | Sepang, Selangor | January 13/November 3 |
Following the demise of the European Le Mans Series, the two European rounds were dropped from the calendar.[3][4] There had still been plans for a race of Champions held at Sepang in Malaysia, but this was cancelled.[5] 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.[6] Miami would hold an endurance race for the first time since 1993, with the American Le Mans Challenge.[7] A second Canadian race would be held after the Circuit Trois-Rivières switched from the Grand-Am series to ALMS for 2002.[8] 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
[edit]Le Mans Prototype 900 (LMP900)
[edit]Le Mans Prototype 675 (LMP675)
[edit]Grand Touring Sport (GTS)
[edit]Grand Touring (GT)
[edit]* Was on the entry list but did not participate in the event.
BMW had planned on entering with Prototype Technology Group and Team Schnitzer running their BMW M3 E46 GTR. However BMW withdrew before the start of the season due to sudden changes in the homologation rules.[9]
Season results
[edit]Overall winner in bold.
Championship results
[edit]Points are awarded to the finishers in the following order:[11]
- 25-21-19-17-15-14-13-12-11-10-...
Exceptions being for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which awarded in the following order:[11]
- 30-26-24-22-20-19-18-17-16-15-...
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.
| Race | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | FQ | Most laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | 25 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1000+ km | 30 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
LMP900 Drivers' Championship
[edit]LMP900 Teams Championship
[edit]Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.
| Pos. | Team | No. | SEB |
SON |
MOH |
ROA |
D.C. |
TRO |
MOS |
LAG |
MIA |
ATL |
Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 243 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 195 | |
| 3 | 49 | DNS | 186 | ||||||||||
| 50 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 51 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 4 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 121 | |
| 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 116 | |||||
| 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 6 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 81 | ||||||
| 20 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 55 | |||||||
| 18 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||
| 8 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||
| 9 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 37 | ||||||||
| 10 | 19 | 10 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 21 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 87 | DNS | 8 | 17 | |||||||||
| 12 | 00 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||
| - | 27 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pos. | Team | SEB |
SON |
MOH |
ROA |
D.C. |
TRO |
MOS |
LAG |
MIA |
ATL |
Pts. | |
| Source:[12] | |||||||||||||
LMP675 Drivers' Championship
[edit]Bold - Pole position. Q - Fastest Qualifier M - Most laps driven. * - Not awarded points.
LMP675 Teams Championship
[edit]Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.
| Pos. | Team | No. | SEB |
SON |
MOH |
ROA |
D.C. |
TRO |
MOS |
LAG |
MIA |
ATL |
Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 202 | |
| 2 | 37/30 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 201 | |
| 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 190 | ||
| 4 | 55 | 8 | DNS | 6 | 3 | 183 | |||||||
| 56 | 9 | DNS | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 5 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 75 | |||||||
| 6 | 62 | 4 | 6 | DNS | 7 | 10 | 59 | ||||||
| 7 | 77 | 5 | 2 | DNS | 3 | 55 | |||||||
| 8 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 41 | |||||||||
| 9 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 40 | |||||||||
| 10 | 40 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 11 | 28 | 5 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 69 | 6 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 74 | 6 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 14 | 41 | 7 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 14 | 15 | 9 | 16 | ||||||||||
| - | 89 | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pos. | Team | SEB |
SON |
MOH |
ROA |
D.C. |
TRO |
MOS |
LAG |
MIA |
ATL |
Pts. | |
| Source:[13] | |||||||||||||
GTS Drivers' Championship
[edit]Bold - Pole position. Q - Fastest Qualifier M - Most laps driven. * - Not awarded points.
GTS Teams Championship
[edit]Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.
| Pos. | Team | No. | SEB |
SON |
MOH |
ROA |
D.C. |
TRO |
MOS |
LAG |
MIA |
ATL |
Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 254 | |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 2 | 25 | DSQ | 6 | 5 | 181 | ||||||||
| 26 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 3 | 44 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 172 | |
| 45 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 11 | DSQ | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 152 | |
| 5 | 33/77 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 89 | |||||||
| 6 | 83 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 44 | ||||||||
| 84 | DNS | DNS | |||||||||||
| 7 | 86 | 3 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 7 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 46 | 8 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Pos. | Team | SEB |
SON |
MOH |
ROA |
D.C. |
TRO |
MOS |
LAG |
MIA |
ATL |
Pts. | |
| Source:[14] | |||||||||||||
GT Drivers' Championship
[edit]Bold - Pole position. Q - Fastest Qualifier M - Most laps driven. * - Not awarded points.
GT Teams Championship
[edit]Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.
| Pos. | Team | No. | SEB |
SON |
MOH |
ROA |
D.C. |
TRO |
MOS |
LAG |
MIA |
ATL |
Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 250 | |
| 23 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 66 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 210 | |
| 67 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | DNP | ||||||
| 3 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 165 | ||||
| 43 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 52 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 104 | |||||
| 53 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 79 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 86 | |||
| 6 | 88 | DNS | DNP | DNP | 4 | 79 | |||||||
| 89 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | |||||||
| 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 55 | |||||||
| 40 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 8 | |||||||||
| 8 | 31 | 9 | 8 | DSQ | 2 | 49 | |||||||
| 9 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 45 | |||||||||
| 10 | 60 | 3 | 6 | 43 | |||||||||
| 61 | 5 | 17 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 99 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 42 | ||||||||
| 12 | 99/98 | 13 | 9 | 28 | |||||||||
| 13 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 27 | |||||||||
| 14 | 34 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |||||||||
| 15 | 85 | 7 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 16 | 57 | 20 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 58 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | 31 | 19 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 32 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | 65 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 18 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||
| 20 | 07 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 83 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 12 | 15 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 70 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| - | 33 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pos. | Team | SEB |
SON |
MOH |
ROA |
D.C. |
TRO |
MOS |
LAG |
MIA |
ATL |
Pts. | |
| Source:[15] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "'02 schedule adds US cities, cans Europe". Autosport. October 5, 2001. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
- ↑ "European series canned for 2002". Autosport. December 19, 2001. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
- ↑ "APLMS: Malaysian 'Race of Champions' officially canceled". Motorsport.com. October 31, 2001. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
- ↑ "Washington DC 2002 race announcement". motorsport.com. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
- ↑ "Downtown Miami race approved for 15 years". motorsport.com. August 14, 2001. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
- ↑ "Trois-Rivieres event adds American Le Mans series". motorsport.com. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
- ↑ "BMW withdraws M3 GTR from 2002 ALMS". Motorsport.com. January 22, 2002. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "2002 AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS" (PDF). imsaracing.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 14, 2005. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
- 1 2 "2002 AMERCIAN LE MANS SERIES LMP675 CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS" (PDF). imsaracing.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 14, 2005. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
- 1 2 "2002 AMERCIAN LE MANS SERIES GTS CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS" (PDF). imsaracing.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
- 1 2 "2002 AMERCIAN LE MANS SERIES GT CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS" (PDF). imsaracing.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2026.
