2001 Grand Prix of Texas

Texas Motor Speedway

The 2001 Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas was the opening round of the 2001 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Texas Motor Speedway, Texas, on March 4, 2001.

This event is the only time in the history of the American Le Mans Series that the 12 Hours of Sebring was not the first race on the schedule. This race was also the last time the American Le Mans Series ran on a roval − a combined oval track and road course.

Official results

Class winners in bold.

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP900	1	Audi Sport North America	Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	Audi R8	M	117
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
2	LMP900	2	Audi Sport North America	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Audi R8	M	117
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
3	LMP900	50	Panoz Motor Sports	Jan Magnussen David Brabham	Panoz LMP07	M	117
					Élan (Zytek) 4.0L V8
4	LMP900	38	Champion Racing	Dorsey Schroeder Andy Wallace	Audi R8	M	117
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
5	LMP900	51	Panoz Motor Sports	Klaus Graf Gualter Salles	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	M	116
					Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
6	LMP900	49	Panoz Motor Sports	Jay Cochran Richard Dean	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S	M	113
					Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
7	GTS	3	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	108
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
8	GT	23	Alex Job Racing	Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	108
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
9	GT	22	Alex Job Racing	Randy Pobst Christian Menzel	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	M	107
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
10	GT	6	Prototype Technology Group	Boris Said Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW M3	Y	107
					BMW 3.2L I6
11	GT	30	Petersen Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT3-R	M	107
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12	GT	42	BMW Motorsport Schnitzer Motorsport	Jörg Müller JJ Lehto	BMW M3	M	107
					BMW 3.2L I6
13	GT	99	Kelly-Moss Motorsports	Anthony Lazzaro Christophe Bouchut	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	106
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14	GT	10	Prototype Technology Group	Bill Auberlen Niclas Jönsson	BMW M3	Y	106
					BMW 3.2L I6
15	GTS	45	American Viper Racing	Erik Messley Terry Borcheller	Dodge Viper GTS-R	D	106
					Dodge 8.0L V10
16	GT	52	Seikel Motorsport	Stefano Buttiero Tony Burgess	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Y	102
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17	GT	17	Trinkler Racing	Owen Trinkler Jeff Altenburg	Chevrolet Corvette C5 LM-GT	G	98
					Chevrolet 5.7L V8
18	GT	98	Kelly-Moss Motorsports	Cort Wagner Rick Polk	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Y	98
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19	GTS	44	American Viper Racing	Tom Weickardt Joe Ellis	Dodge Viper GTS-R	D	96
					Dodge 8.0L V10
20 DNF	GTS	4	Corvette Racing	Andy Pilgrim Kelly Collins	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	G	61
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
21 DNF	LMP675	11	Roock-KnightHawk Racing	Steven Knight Mel Hawkins	Lola B2K/40	A	23
					Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6
22 DNF	GT	12	Aspen Knolls MCR	Shane Lewis Vic Rice	Callaway C12-R	G	14
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8

Statistics

• Pole Position - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:48.029
• Fastest Lap - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:48.418
• Distance - 2060.282 km
• Average Speed - 171.406 km/h

External links

• "Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2005. Retrieved October 24, 2007. (18.7  KiB)
• World Sports Racing Prototypes - Race Results

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