Daytona 24 Hours 2001 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Rolex 24 at Daytona		Date: 4.2.2001
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 5.729 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 24 Hours
Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series (round 1)

Weather:	intermittent rain
Start time:	3/2 13:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	120
Practiced:	88
Qualified:	80
Started:	79
Finished:	41

Classes:	Pract	Start
SportRacing Prototype	16	15
SportRacing Prototype II	9	8
GTS	15	14
GT	40	34
American GT	8	8

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Race notes:
9 full-course cautions for 134 minutes (34 laps)

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 30 minutes on 1-2/2
5 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 365 minutes on 1-2/2

Winners:
Overall:	2	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	O'Connell / Fellows / Kneifel / Fréon
SportRacing Prototype:	63	Kudzu DLY Mazda	Katz / Ronson / Smith / Downing
SportRacing Prototype II:	21	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Lally / Macey / Henderson / Seldon
GT:	31	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Menzel / Pobst / Fitzgerald / Luhr
American GT:	11	Chevrolet Camaro	Bupp / Greer / Mills / Gregg
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	12	Ferrari 333 SP	Allan McNish (GB)	1:41.875	202.457 km/h	lap 64
SportRacing Prototype II:	6	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Jeff Bucknum (USA)	1:49.621	188.152 km/h	lap 35
GTS:	0	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	David Empringham (CDN)	1:50.694	186.328 km/h	lap 62
GT:	54	BMW M3 E46 V8	Hans-Joachim Stuck (D)	1:53.806	181.233 km/h	lap 200
American GT:	44	Chevrolet Corvette	Joe Varde (USA)	1:54.206	180.597 km/h	lap 26
Pole Positions:
Overall:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford	Andy Wallace (GB)	1:47.351	192.130 km/h
SportRacing Prototype II:	79	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Thed Björk (S)	1:47.035	192.698 km/h
GTS:	0	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Scott Maxwell (CDN)	1:46.848	193.034 km/h
GT:	02	Mosler MT900R	João Barbosa (P)	1:52.346	183.587 km/h
American GT:	44	Chevrolet Corvette	Joe Varde (USA)	1:51.294	185.322 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (33), Lola (10), Chevrolet (9), Riley & Scott (7), BMW (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (34), Chevrolet (14), Ford (8), Nissan (7), BMW (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-R (17), Porsche 996 GT3-RS (9), Riley & Scott Mk III (7)
Driver nationalities:	USA (170), I (20), D (18), GB (17), CDN (16), F (8), J (8), B (7), A (6), CH (6), S (6)
Most used colours:	white (33%), blue (14%), black (13%), silver (13%), red (11%), yellow (9%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (41%), mid-engined (34%), front-engined (25%)
Average engine size:	4397 cc (with regard to 9% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4555 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Paul Newman (76), Dick Greer (69), Larry Schumacher (65)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (18), Gunnar Jeannette (19), Lucas Luhr (22)
Female drivers:	Lilian Bryner, Milka Duno, Kimberly Hiskey, Claudia Hürtgen

Official Race Programme:

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