EVENT: Audi presents Petit Le Mans (Fifth Annual) | American Le Mans Series Round 10 of 10

LOCATION: Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | 2.54-mile road racing circuit (12 turns)

WHEN: Saturday, October 12, 2002 - 11:30 a.m. (ET)

LENGTH: 10 hours or 1,000 miles

CARS: Four classes of American Le Mans Series sports cars: Le Mans Prototype (LMP) 900; LMP 675; Grand Touring Sport (GTS); Grand Touring (GT).

SANCTION: International Motor Sports Association (IMSA)

MEDIA CONTACTS: Andy Hall, American Le Mans Series (317) 581-0281 | Earl Fannin, Road Atlanta (770) 967-6143

TELEVISION: SPEED Channel (Live) - Airtime: 11:00 a.m. (ET) | Eurosport (Tape delay) - Airtime: 20:00 (Central European Time), Oct. 20, 2002

RADIO: American Le Mans Series Radio Web (Live) - http://www.americanlemans.com

TICKET INFO: Online: www.roadatlanta.com. Telephone: 1-800-849-7223.

SUPPORT RACES: Trans-Am Series for BFGoodrich Tires Cup; Panoz GT Pro Series; SPEED World Challenge (GT and Touring); Star Mazda Series; Formula Ford 2000 Zetec Championship.

SCHEDULE:

Wednesday, October 9
12:25 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. Sanctioned ALMS Testing

Thursday, October 10
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. ALMS Practice
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. ALMS Practice
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ALMS Practice

Friday, October 11
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. ALMS Practice
1:00 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. ALMS Qualifying (GTS & GT)
1:35 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ALMS Qualifying (LMP 900 & 675)

Saturday, October 12
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. ALMS Warm-up
11:30 a.m. Start of race

QUAL. RECORDS:

LMP 900: 1:10.379 (129.925 mph) by Allan McNish, Audi R8, 9/00.
LMP 675: 1:14.579 (122.608 mph) by Didier de Radigues, Reynard 01Q-Judd (10/01).
GTS: 1:18.632 (116.289 mph) by Ron Fellows, Chevrolet Corvette C5-R, 9/00.
GT: 1:22.604 (110.697 mph) by JJ Lehto, Finland, BMW M3 GTR, 10/01.

2001 TOP 10 AT AUDI PRESENTS PETIT LE MANS

Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro, Audi R8
Stefan Johansson/Patrick LeMarie, Audi R8
Johnny Herbert/Andy Wallace, Audi R8
Max Angelelli/Christophe Tinseau/Wayne Taylor, Cadillac LMP 01
Marc Goossens/Emmanuel Collard, Cadillac LMP 01
Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins/Franck Freon, Chevrolet Corvette C5-R
Milka Duno/Scott Maxwell/John Graham, Reynard 01Q-Judd
Hans Stuck/Boris Said/Bill Auberlen, BMW M3 GTR
Dirk Muller/Jorg Muller, BMW M3 GTR
David Brabham/Jan Magnussen, Panoz LMP-1

2001 CLASS WINNERS AT AUDI PRESENTS PETIT LE MANS

LMP 900: Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro, Audi R8 (1st overall)
LMP 675: Milka Duno/Scott Maxwell/John Graham, Reynard )1Q-Judd (7th overall)
GTS: Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins/Franck Freon, Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (6th overall)
GT: Hans Stuck/Boris Said/Bill Auberlen, BMW M3 GTR (8th overall)

2001 AUDI PRESENTS PETIT LE MANS RACE STATS

TIME OF RACE: 9 hours, 15 minutes, 57.547 seconds
LAPS COMPLETED BY WINNER: 394 for 1,000.76 miles
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 3 LAPS
LMP 900 AVERAGE SPEED: 108.004 mph
LMP 675 AVERAGE SPEED: 98.778 mph
GTS AVERAGE SPEED: 99.016 mph
GT AVERAGE SPEED: 98.476 mph

NOTES OF INTEREST
The final event of the 2002 American Le Mans Series season, Audi presents Petit Le Mans will determine many driving, team and manufacturer titles for the season. It is also a qualifying event for the 2003 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the class winners receiving automatic invitations to compete in the French classic. The first Petit Le Mans in 1998 was the race that became the model for the American Le Mans Series, which started the following year. The race was designed to be a smaller version of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In all of its four previous runnings, the 1,000-mile mark has been reached by the race winner before the 10-hour maximum time was completed. The fastest was in 1999 at eight hours, 56 minutes, while the inaugural event in 1998 came within 11 minutes of reaching 10 hours. In only five years, Audi presents Petit Le Mans has become one of the most important sports car races in the world, and a stellar field of cars and drivers from throughout the world is expected to compete in this year's version.

WEBSITES: The official website of the American Le Mans Series is located at www.americanlemans.com.The website for Road Atlanta is www.roadatlanta.com.