2001 Grand Prix of Texas

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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.

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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.

PosClassNoTeamDriversChassisTyreLaps
Engine
1LMP9001 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Denmark.svg Tom Kristensen
Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello
Audi R8 M 117
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
2LMP9002 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela
Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro
Audi R8 M 117
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
3LMP90050 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motor Sports Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham
Panoz LMP07 M 117
Élan (Zytek) 4.0L V8
4LMP90038 Flag of the United States.svg Champion Racing Flag of the United States.svg Dorsey Schroeder
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Wallace
Audi R8 M 117
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
5LMP90051 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motor Sports Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Graf
Flag of Brazil.svg Gualter Salles
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S M 116
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
6LMP90049 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motor Sports Flag of the United States.svg Jay Cochran
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Dean
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S M 113
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
7GTS3 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ron Fellows
Flag of the United States.svg Johnny O'Connell
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 108
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
8GT23 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Luhr
Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 108
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
9GT22 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Job Racing Flag of the United States.svg Randy Pobst
Flag of Germany.svg Christian Menzel
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 107
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
10GT6 Flag of the United States.svg Prototype Technology Group Flag of the United States.svg Boris Said
Flag of Germany.svg Hans-Joachim Stuck
BMW M3 Y 107
BMW 3.2L I6
11GT30 Flag of the United States.svg Petersen Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Mowlem
Flag of France.svg Bob Wollek
Porsche 911 GT3-R M 107
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12GT42 Flag of Germany.svg BMW Motorsport
Flag of Germany.svg Schnitzer Motorsport
Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller
Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto
BMW M3 M 107
BMW 3.2L I6
13GT99 Flag of the United States.svg Kelly-Moss Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Anthony Lazzaro
Flag of France.svg Christophe Bouchut
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 106
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14GT10 Flag of the United States.svg Prototype Technology Group Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Jönsson
BMW M3 Y 106
BMW 3.2L I6
15GTS45 Flag of the United States.svg American Viper Racing Flag of the United States.svg Erik Messley
Flag of the United States.svg Terry Borcheller
Dodge Viper GTS-R D 106
Dodge 8.0L V10
16GT52 Flag of Germany.svg Seikel Motorsport Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Buttiero
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tony Burgess
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 102
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17GT17 Flag of the United States.svg Trinkler Racing Flag of the United States.svg Owen Trinkler
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Altenburg
Chevrolet Corvette C5 LM-GT G 98
Chevrolet 5.7L V8
18GT98 Flag of the United States.svg Kelly-Moss Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Cort Wagner
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Polk
Porsche 911 GT3-R Y 98
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19GTS44 Flag of the United States.svg American Viper Racing Flag of the United States.svg Tom Weickardt
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Ellis
Dodge Viper GTS-R D 96
Dodge 8.0L V10
20
DNF
GTS4 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing Flag of the United States.svg Andy Pilgrim
Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Collins
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 61
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
21
DNF
LMP67511 Flag of the United States.svg Roock-KnightHawk Racing Flag of the United States.svg Steven Knight
Flag of the United States.svg Mel Hawkins
Lola B2K/40 A 23
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6
22
DNF
GT12 Flag of the United States.svg Aspen Knolls MCR Flag of the United States.svg Shane Lewis
Flag of the United States.svg Vic Rice
Callaway C12-R G 14
Chevrolet 7.0L V8

Statistics

American Le Mans Series
Previous race:
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2001 season Next race:
2001 12 Hours of Sebring