The 2002 Road America 500 presented by the Chicago Tribune was the fourth round of the 2002 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Road America, Wisconsin, on July 7, 2002.

Track map of Road America.

Official results

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Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP900 2   Audi Sport North America   Tom Kristensen
  Rinaldo Capello
Audi R8 M 118
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
2 LMP900 1   Audi Sport North America   Emanuele Pirro
  Frank Biela
Audi R8 M 118
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
3 LMP900 38   Champion Racing   Johnny Herbert
  Stefan Johansson
Audi R8 M 118
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
4 LMP900 30   Intersport   Clint Field
  John Field
Lola B2K/10B G 111
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
5 GTS 4   Corvette Racing   Andy Pilgrim
  Kelly Collins
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 109
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
6 GTS 3   Corvette Racing   Ron Fellows
  Johnny O'Connell
  Oliver Gavin
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 108
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
7 GTS 0   Team Olive Garden   Mimmo Schiattarella
  Emanuele Naspetti
Ferrari 550 Maranello M 106
Ferrari 6.0L V12
8 GT 22   Alex Job Racing   Timo Bernhard
  Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 104
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
9 GT 23   Alex Job Racing   Sascha Maassen
  Lucas Luhr
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 104
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
10 LMP675 13   Archangel Motorsports   Peter MacLeod
  Larry Oberto
  Ben Devlin
Lola B2K/40 D 103
Ford (Millington) 2.0L Turbo I4
11 GT 66   The Racer's Group   Kevin Buckler
  Michael Schrom
  Brian Cunningham
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 103
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12 LMP675 77   AB Motorsport   Jimmy Adams
  Joe Blacker
  John Burke
Pilbeam MP84 A 103
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
13 GT 52   Seikel Motorsport   Hugh Plumb
  Philip Collin
  Tony Burgess
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 102
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14 GT 42   Orbit   John Lloyd
  Tony Kester
  Gary Schultheis
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 101
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15 GT 43   Orbit   Leo Hindery
  Peter Baron
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 100
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16 GT 34   XL Racing   Stefano Buttiero
  Craig Stanton
Ferrari 550 Maranello Y 100
Ferrari 5.4L V12
17 GT 89   Porschehaus Racing   Robert Julien
  Adam Merzon
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 98
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18
DNF
GTS 44   American Viperacing   Marc Bunting
  Tom Weickardt
  Tom Grunnah
Dodge Viper GTS-R P 94
Dodge 8.0L V10
19 LMP675 11   KnightHawk Racing   Chad Block
  Steven Knight
  Mel Hawkins
MG-Lola EX257 A 91
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
20
DNF
LMP900 17   MBD Sportscar   Scott Maxwell
  Milka Duno
Panoz LMP07 G 89
Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8
21
DNF
GT 79   J-3 Racing   Justin Jackson
  Mike Fitzgerald
  David Murry
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 88
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22 LMP900 18   MBD Sportscar   John Graham
  Didier de Radigues
Panoz LMP07 G 82
Mugen MF408S 4.0L V8
23
DNF
LMP675 56   Team Bucknum Racing   Jeff Bucknum
  Chris McMurry
  Bryan Willman
Pilbeam MP84 A 81
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6
24
DNF
LMP900 50   Panoz Motor Sports   David Brabham
  Jan Magnussen
Panoz LMP01 Evo M 69
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
25 LMP675 37   Intersport   Jon Field
  Mike Durand
MG-Lola EX257 G 48
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
26
DNF
GTS 45   American Viperacing   Shane Lewis
  Gianni Morbidelli
Dodge Viper GTS-R P 45
Dodge 8.0L V10
27
DNF
LMP900 51   Panoz Motor Sports   Bryan Herta
  Bill Auberlen
Panoz LMP01 Evo M 21
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
28
DNF
GTS 26   Konrad Motorsport   Franz Konrad
  Terry Borcheller
Saleen S7-R P 8
Ford 7.0L V8
DSQ GT 31   Petersen Motorsports   Randy Pobst
  Johnny Mowlem
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 90
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
DNS LMP675 62   Team Spencer Motorsports   Dennis Spencer
  Rich Grupp
Lola B2K/42 A -
Mazda 1.3L 2-Rotor

† - #31 Petersen Motorsports was disqualified during the race for receiving outside assistance while still on the track.

Statistics

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  • Pole Position - #2 Audi Sport North America - 1:52.166
  • Fastest Lap - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:53.403
  • Distance - 759.610 km
  • Average Speed - 178.710 km/h
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  • "Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-03-17. Retrieved 2007-10-23. (31.0 KiB)
  • World Sports Racing Prototypes - Race Results


American Le Mans Series
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