American Le Mans Series Portland 2001

Event: American Le Mans Series Grand Prix of Portland		Date: 5.8.2001
Track: Portland International Raceway (United States), 3.129 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Portland
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 6)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	13:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	26
Practiced:	21
Qualified:	21
Started:	21
Finished:	17

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900	5	5
Le Mans Prototype 675	2	2
Grand Touring Sport	5	5
Grand Touring	9	9

No Photos Yet Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Race notes:
3 full-course cautions for 28 minutes

Pre-race sessions:
official test session held on 3/8 in 1 session for a total of 90 minutes
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 120 minutes on 4/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 20 minutes on 4/8
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	50	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Magnussen / Brabham
Le Mans Prototype 675:	57	Reynard 01Q Judd	de Radigues / Duno / Graham
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Fellows / O'Connell
Grand Touring:	6	BMW M3 GTR	Stuck / Said
Leaders:
laps 104-112:	2	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro
laps 1-10:	1	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen
laps 113-131:	50	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Jan Magnussen
laps 11-49:	50	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	David Brabham
laps 50-55:	1	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen
laps 56-61:	51	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Klaus Graf
laps 62-87:	1	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen
laps 88-91:	50	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	David Brabham
laps 92-103:	51	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Franck Lagorce
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen (DK)	1:05.3600	172.3205 km/h	lap 2
Le Mans Prototype 675:	57	Reynard 01Q Judd	Didier de Radigues (B)	1:09.3940	162.3023 km/h	lap 2
Grand Touring Sport:	26	Saleen S7-R	Terry Borcheller (USA)	1:12.7980	154.7143 km/h	lap 57
Grand Touring:	6	BMW M3 GTR	Boris Said (USA)	1:14.3920	151.3990 km/h	lap 67
Pole Positions:
Overall:	50	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	David Brabham (AUS)	1:04.1210	175.6502 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	57	Reynard 01Q Judd	Didier de Radigues (B)	1:07.9100	165.8493 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Ron Fellows (CDN)	1:12.3240	155.7282 km/h
Grand Touring:	6	BMW M3 GTR	Boris Said (USA)	1:13.2910	153.6730 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (5), BMW (4), Audi (3), Panoz (2), Chevrolet (2), Dodge (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (5), BMW (4), Audi (3), Elan (2), Chevrolet (2), Dodge (2)
Top car types by numbers:	BMW M3 (4), Audi R8 (3), Porsche 996 GT3-RS (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (15), D (9), GB (3), CDN (3), S (2), I (2), DK (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (15), D (5)
Engine positions:	front-engined (47%), mid-engined (28%), rear-engined (25%)
Average engine size:	4781 cc (with regard to 14% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 5048 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Tom Weickardt (54), Randy Wars (53), Mel Hawkins (52)
Youngest known drivers:	Timo Bernhard (20), Lucas Luhr (22), Dirk Müller (26)
Female drivers:	Milka Duno

Official Race Programme:

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