Prototype 900 class
Tom Kristensen
Hometown: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Team: Audi Sport North America
Career highlights: Started in go-karts in Europe. Won 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1997. Won 1999 and 2000 12 Hours of Sebring. Leads 2002 American Le Mans Series points standings.
Rinaldo Capello
Hometown: Canelli, Italy
Team: Audi Sport North America
Career highlights: Was the Italian Super Touring Car champion in 1996. Won Petit Le Mans and ALMS Sears Point in 2000. Won ALMS Grand Prix of Texas and 12 Hours of Sebring.
Johnny Herbert
Hometown: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Team: Audi Sport North America
Career highlights: Won two Formula One races for the Benetton team in 1995. Drove for the Champion team in 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2001.
Frank Biela
Hometown: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Team: Audi Sport North America
Career highlights: Won the German Touring Car championship in 1998. Won 24 Hours of Le Mans, ALMS Sebring, Dallas and Las Vegas in 2000. Took second place in 12 Hours of Sebring in 2001.
Emanuele Pirro
Hometown: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Team: Audi Sport North America
Career highlights: Has competed since 1973. Won the ADAC-STW Cup in 1996. Was third in 24 Hours of Le Mans and fifth in 12 Hours of Sebring in 1999.
Prototype 675 class
Jon Field
Hometown: Dublin, Ohio
Team: Intersport Racing
Career highlights: Finished eighth in 12 Hours of Sebring in 1997. Placed 21st in 24 Hours of Daytona in 2001. Leads 2002 American Le Mans Series points standings.
Steve Knight
Hometown: Castle Rock, Colo.
Team: KnightHawk Racing
Career highlights: Took third place in the Regional Championship Series in 1996. Won the SCCA regional driving a Porsche 944 in 1998. Finished second in American Cities overall championship points for the S-1600 class.
Ben Devlin
Hometown: Snetterton, England
Team: Archangel Motorsport Services
Career highlights: In 1999, competed in five races in the Vauxhall Junior Series and finished in the top 10 in each race. Finished first in the Road America 500 and second in Le Grand Prix Trois-Rivieres in 2001.
GT class
Sascha Maassen
Hometown: Aachen, Germany
Team: Alex Job Racing
Career highlights: In 2000, finished fourth in 2000 Porsche Supercup. Was third in Sports Racing World Cup in Nurburgring and second in 24 Hours of Le Mans, GT class. Leads 2002 American Le Mans Series points standings.
Lucas Luhr
Hometown: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Team: Alex Job Racing
Career highlights: In 2000, Luhr's first season racing in America, he won four GT class races and finished in the top five eight times. He was the 1999 German Porsche Carrera Cup champion.
Jorg Bergmeister
Hometown: Langenfield, Germany
Team: Alex Job Racing
Career highlights: Bermeister is new to the Le Mans Series this year. In 2001, he won the Porsche Supercup championship.
Timo Bernhard
Hometown: Bruchmuhlbach-Miesau, Germany
Team: Petersen/White Lightning Motorsports
Career highlights: Placed third in the 1999 German Formula Ford championship. Finished 12th in the 1999 German Porsche Carrera Cup point standings. Ranked third in German Porsche Carrera Cup points in 2000.
GTS class
Hometown: Mississauga, Ontario
Team: Corvette Racing
Career highlights: In 2001, was the overall winner in GTS Rolex 24 at Daytona. Won ALMS GTS-Class at Grand Prix of Texas in 2000. Won two NASCAR Busch Grand Nationals and two NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Has 19 total career SCCA Trans Am wins. He was Player's GM Challenge champion in 1989. Leads 2002 American Le Mans Series standings.
Johnny O'Connell
Hometown: Flowery Branch, Ga.
Team: Corvette Racing
Career highlights: Overall winner at GTS Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2001. Winner at ALMS Mosport in 1999. Winner overall at GTS 1994 Sebring 12 Hours. In 1987, was the Formula Atlantic West Atlantic Champion.
Kelly Collins
Hometown: Corona del Mar, Calif.
Team: Corvette Racing
Career highlights: Placed second in the GTS Superflo 12 Hours of Sebring and GTS Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2001. In 2000, won the GTS class at Petit Le Mans. Winner of the GT class in the 12 Hours of Sebring and GT-3 class in the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 1999.