2003 Grand Prix of Sonoma

The 2003 Infineon Grand Prix of Sonoma was the third race of the 2003 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Infineon Raceway, California on July 27, 2003.

Sonoma Raceway

This race marked the first time in American Le Mans Series history since the introduction of the two separate Le Mans Prototype classes in 2001 that the smaller of the two won a race overall. The LMP675 class Dyson Lola-MG defeated the LMP900 class Joest Audi by a margin of 3.7 seconds.

Official results edit

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP675 16   Dyson Racing   Butch Leitzinger
  James Weaver
MG-Lola EX257 G 102
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
2 LMP900 1   Infineon Team Joest   Marco Werner
  Frank Biela
Audi R8 M 102
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
3 LMP900 38   ADT Champion Racing   Johnny Herbert
  JJ Lehto
Audi R8 M 102
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
4 LMP900 27   Doran Lista Racing   Didier Theys
  Bill Auberlen
Dallara SP1 M 102
Judd GV5 5.0L V10
5 LMP900 10   JML Team Panoz   Olivier Beretta
  Gunnar Jeannette
Panoz LMP01 Evo M 101
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
6 LMP900 11   JML Team Panoz   Benjamin Leuenberger
  David Saelens
Panoz LMP01 Evo M 101
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
7 LMP675 20   Dyson Racing   Chris Dyson
  Andy Wallace
MG-Lola EX257 G 100
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
8 GTS 3   Corvette Racing   Ron Fellows
  Johnny O'Connell
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 97
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
9 GTS 4   Corvette Racing   Kelly Collins
  Oliver Gavin
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 97
Chevrolet LS7-R 7.0L V8
10 GTS 80   Prodrive   David Brabham
  Jan Magnussen
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 96
Ferrari 5.9L V12
11 LMP900 30   Intersport Racing   Clint Field
  Rick Sutherland
Lola B2K/10B G 94
Judd GV4 4.0L V10
12 GTS 88   Prodrive   Tomáš Enge
  Peter Kox
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello M 94
Ferrari 5.9L V12
13 GT 23   Alex Job Racing   Lucas Luhr
  Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 93
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14 GT 24   Alex Job Racing   Jörg Bergmeister
  Timo Bernhard
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 93
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15 GT 35   Risi Competizione   Anthony Lazzaro
  Ralf Kelleners
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC M 93
Ferrari 3.6L V8
16 GT 66   The Racer's Group   Kevin Buckler
  Cort Wagner
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 93
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17 GT 31   Petersen Motorsport
  White Lightning Racing
  Craig Stanton
  Johnny Mowlem
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 92
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18 LMP675 18   Essex Racing   David McEntee
  Jason Workman
Lola B2K/40 P 92
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6
19 GT 79   J3 Racing   David Murry
  Justin Jackson
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 91
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
20 GT 43   Orbit Racing   Leo Hindery
  Peter Baron
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 91
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
21 GT 67   The Racer's Group   Michael Schrom
  Pierre Ehret
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 90
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
22 GTS 0   Team Olive Garden   Emanuele Naspetti
  Mimmo Schiattarella
Ferrari 550 Maranello P 90
Ferrari 6.0L V12
23 GT 42   Orbit Racing   Joe Policastro
  Joe Policastro Jr.
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 89
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
24 GT 89   Inline Cunningham Racing   Oswaldo Negri Jr.
  Scott Bader
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 87
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
25 GT 28   JMB Racing USA   Stéphane Grégoire
  Eliseo Salazar
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC P 87
Ferrari 3.6L V8
26 GT 61   P.K. Sport   Keith Alexander
  Vic Rice
Porsche 911 GT3-R P 87
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
27 GT 63   ACEMCO Motorsports   Terry Borcheller
  Shane Lewis
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC Y 87
Ferrari 3.6L V8
28 GT 68   The Racer's Group   Marc Bunting
  Chris Gleason
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 81
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
29
DNF
GT 60   P.K. Sport   Robin Liddell
  Alex Davison
Porsche 911 GT3-RS P 72
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
30
DNF
GTS 71   Carsport America   Aaron Povoledo
  Jean-Philippe Belloc
Dodge Viper GTS-R P 71
Dodge 8.0L V10
31
DNF
LMP900 12   American Spirit Racing   Michael Lewis
  Tomy Drissi
Riley & Scott Mk III C D 45
Lincoln (Élan) 5.0L V8
32
DNF
GT 33   ZIP Racing   Andy Lally
  Spencer Pumpelly
Porsche 911 GT3-RS D 44
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
33
DNF
GT 29   JMB Racing USA   Andrea Garbagnati
  Ludovico Manfredi
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC P 31
Ferrari 3.6L V8
34
DNF
GT 03   Hyper Sport   Joe Foster
  Brad Nyberg
  Rick Skelton
Panoz Esperante GT-LM P 28
Élan 5.0L V8
35
DNF
LMP675 56   Team Bucknum Racing   Jeff Bucknum
  Bryan Willman
  Chris McMurry
Pilbeam MP91 D 24
Willman (JPX) 3.4L V6
DNS LMP675 37   Intersport Racing   Jon Field
  Duncan Dayton
MG-Lola EX257 G -
MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4

Statistics edit

  • Pole Position - #16 Dyson Racing - 1:23.085
  • Fastest Lap - #16 Dyson Racing - 1:24.229
  • Distance - 415.307 km
  • Average Speed - 150.145 km/h

External links edit

  • "Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-15. (29.9 KiB)
  • Race Results


American Le Mans Series
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2003 Grand Prix of Atlanta
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2003 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières