| Terry Borcheller was able to capitalize on the early retirement of the Fellows/O’Connell Corvette to take the Driver’s title in GTS. With the exit of the Covette Borcheller only had to complete fifty laps to win the championship. He and his teammates Charlie Slater and Franz Konrad were able to finish second in GTS. |
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Early in the race the second place LMP900 Panoz of David Brabham tangled with the No. 19 Brookspeed Viper. The Panoz was able to return to the pits with suspension and body damage. Unfortunately, the Viper was severely damaged and the car shared by Dino Steiner, Joe Ellis and John Cooper retired. |
| After just two laps the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette of Ron Fellows, Johnny O’Connell and Scott Pruett retired. The car stopped on course with electrical problems and it would not re-fire. The car was returned to the pits where the crew was able to solve the problem. However, this practice is not allowed under ALMS rules and the car was disqualified. |
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In the GTS class Prodrive debuted their Ferrari 550. Prodrive had a successful record with 550s built to FIA GT specs. but a car prepared for Le Mans rules was a new venture. The car driven by Peter Kox and Rickard Rydell qualified fifth but retired from the race after developing an oil leak. |
| The No. 45 American Viper Racing GTS-R had an excellent result taking the last spot on the podium. Their teammates in the No. 44 car didn’t fare quite as well. Kevin Allen, Tom Weickardt and Rick Fairbanks were classified fifth in GTS - 142-laps behind the class winning Corvette. |
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The second factory Chevrolet was driven by Andy Pilgrim, Franck Freon and Kelly Collins. For much of the race they were locked in a battle with one of the Konrad Saleens, however, a couple of problems delayed the Konrad effort. By the checkered flag the No. 4 Corvette was able to secure the GTS class victory by seven laps. |
| Franz Konrad entered a second Saleen S7R for Walter Brun and Toni Seiler. The pair retired after 152-laps with mechanical problems but completed enough laps to be classified sixth in the GTS class. |
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The No. 05 shared by Chris Bingham, Oliver Gavin and Ron Johnson suffered rear-end damage when it was involved in a single-car incident during the morning warm-up. With only a few hours before the start, the crew had to replace the exhaust and rebuild the rear subframe. Despite this setback the team finished fourth in GTS. |
