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.
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 |
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