American Le Mans Series Round 7 of 9
LOCATION:Road America - Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin4.048-mile road racing circuit (12 turns)
WHEN:Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 1:00 p.m. (CDT)
LENGTH:2 hours, 45 minutes (timed event)
CARS:Four classes of American Le Mans Series sports cars: Le Mans Prototype LMP1; LMP2; Grand Touring Sport (GTS); Grand Touring (GT).
SANCTION:International Motor Sports Association, Inc. (IMSA)
TRACK CONTACT:Cheryl Barnes, Road America (920) 892-4576
TELEVISION:SPEED Channel (Live)Airtime: 2:00 p.m. (EDT)MotorsTV (Live)Airtime: 19:00 (UK time)
RADIO:American Le Mans Series Radio Web americanlemans.com
Ticket Info:Online: roadamerica.com; Telephone: 920-892-4576.
SUPPORT RACES:Formula Ford Zetec Championship, Mid-Am Stock Cars and Trucks, Star Mazda Series, SPEED World Challenge, TONKA Super Truck Racing Series Exhibition
SCHEDULE:Friday, August 2012:25 p.m.- 2:25 p.m. Sanctioned ALMS Testing
Saturday, August 218:55 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. ALMS Practice (all classes)12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. ALMS Practice (all classes)1:55 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. ALMS Qualifying (GTS & GT)2:25 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. ALMS Qualifying (LMP1 & LMP2)
Sunday, August 228:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. ALMS Warm-up1:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Road America 500
QUAL. RECORDS: LMP1: 1:52.166 (128.381 mph) by Tom Kristensen, Audi R8, 7/02 LMP2: 1:52.442 (129.603 mph) by James Weaver, Lola EX257-AER/MG, 8/03 GTS: 2:01.969 (119.480 mph) by Oliver Gavin, Chevrolet Corvette C5-R, 8/03 GT: 2:09.124 (112.859 mph) by Lucas Luhr, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, 8/03
2003 TOP 10 AT ROAD AMERICA1. Johnny Herbert/JJ Lehto, Audi R82. Chris Dyson/Andy Wallace, Lola EX257/AER3. David Saelens/Olivier Beretta, Panoz LMP01/EPP4. Jan Magnussen/David Brabham, Ferrari 550 Maranello5. Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell, Chevrolet Corvette C5-R6. Peter Kox/Tomas Enge, Ferrari 550 Maranello7. Marco Werner/Frank Biela, Audi R88. Emanuele Naspetti/Domenico Schiattarella, Ferrari 550 Maranello9. Oliver Gavin/Kelly Collins, Chevrolet Corvette C5-R10. Gunnar Jeannette/Benjamin Leuenberger, Panoz LMP01/EPP
2003 CLASS WINNERS AT ROAD AMERICA LMP1: Johnny Herbert/JJ Lehto, Audi R8 (1st overall)LMP2: Chris Dyson/Andy Wallace, Lola EX257/AER (2nd overall)GTS: Jan Magnussen/David Brabham, Ferrari 550 Maranello (4th overall)GT: Craig Stanton/Johnny Mowlem, Porsche 911 GT3 RS (13th overall)
2003 ROAD AMERICA RACE STATSTIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 46 minutes, 21.273 secondsLAPS COMPLETED BY WINNER: 79 laps for 319.792 milesMARGIN OF VICTORY: 1 lapLMP1 AVERAGE SPEED: 115.341 mphLMP2 AVERAGE SPEED: 113.714 mphGTS AVERAGE SPEED: 109.370 mphGT AVERAGE SPEED: 103.804 mph
PREVIOUS ALMS RACE WINNERS AT ROAD AMERICA
2003: Johnny Herbert/JJ Lehto, Audi R8 (LMP1), Chris Dyson/Andy Wallace, Lola EX257/AER (LMP2), Jan Magnussen/David Brabham, Ferrari 550 Maranello (GTS), Craig Stanton/Johnny Mowlem, Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT)
2002: Tom Kristensen/Rinaldo Capello, Audi R8(LMP1), Ben Devlin/Peter Macleod/Larry Oberto, Lola B2K/40-Ford (LMP2), Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins, Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (GTS), Timo Bernhard/Jorg Bergmeister, Porsche 911 GT3 RS (GT)
ALMS DRIVER WIN TOTALS AT ROAD AMERICATom Kristensen, 1 (LMP1 '02); Rinaldo Capello, 1 (LMP1 '02); Ben Devlin, 1 (LMP2 '02); Peter MacLeod, 1 (LMP2 '02); Larry Oberto, 1 (LMP2 '02); Andy Pilgrim, 1 (GTS '02); Kelly Collins, 1 (GTS '02); Timo Bernhard, 1 (GT '02); Jorg Bergmeister, 1 (GT '02); Johnny Herbert,1 (LMP1 '03); JJ Lehto, 1 (LMP1 '03); Chris Dyson, 1 (LMP2 '03); Andy Wallace, 1 (LMP2 '03); Jan Magnussen, 1 (GTS '03); David Brabham, 1 (GTS '03); Craig Stanton, 1 (GT '03); Johnny Mowlem, 1 (GT '03)
NOTES OF INTERESTHistoric Road America, the longest track on the American Le Mans Series schedule, became part of the series for the first time in 2002 and quickly became a favorite stop on the schedule for nearly all ALMS drivers. The ultra-fast and long circuit contains many different types of turns, presenting both speed and the challenge that professional road racing drivers enjoy. Located halfway between Milwaukee and Green Bay, and only a few hours from Chicago, Road America has a tremendous drawing area of fans, including parts of Canada. Road racing began in the beautiful Elkhart Lake area many years ago and led to the building of Road America.
Last year at Road America, the race for the GTS class win came down to the last lap and was decided when Jan Magnussen passed Johnny O'Connell at the end of the track's long frontstretch, forging ahead and handing Corvette its first loss of the 2003 season. Although there have only been two ALMS races at Road America, no driver has won twice as the drivers winning the four classes were all different from 2002 to 2003. The Road America 500 will be a pivotal race in the battle for the ALMS championships as only two events will remain on the schedule following the Elkhart Lake race.
