Road America 500 Miles 2001 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Road America 500		Date: 8.7.2001
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
Road America 500 Miles
Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series (round 7)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	12:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right
Distance:	500 miles
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	54
Practiced:	38
Qualified:	37
Started:	37
Finished:	25

Classes:

SportRacing Prototype

SportRacing Prototype II

GTS

American GT

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Race notes:
10 minute reconnaissance period held before race
1 full-course caution for 3 laps

Pre-race sessions:
test sessions held on 5/7 (times not recorded)
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 175 minutes on 6-7/7
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 7/7

Winners:
Overall:	27	Ferrari 333 SP Judd	Theys / Lienhard / Baldi
SportRacing Prototype II:	21	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Devlin / Oberto / Sterenberg
GTS:	5	Saleen S7-R	Bingham / Johnson
GT:	15	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Pobst / Hiskey
American GT:	11	Chevrolet Camaro	Bupp / Leavy
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	27	Ferrari 333 SP Judd	Didier Theys (B)	1:58.379	195.765 km/h
SportRacing Prototype II:	89	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Bruno St. Jacques (CDN)	2:05.697	184.368 km/h
GTS:	5	Saleen S7-R	Chris Bingham (USA)	2:10.383	177.742 km/h
GT:	57	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Stefano Buttiero (I)	2:15.152	171.471 km/h
American GT:	11	Chevrolet Camaro	Ken Bupp (USA)	2:14.377	172.459 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford	James Weaver (GB)	1:58.195	196.071 km/h
SportRacing Prototype II:	25	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Scott Maxwell (CDN)	2:05.042	185.396 km/h
GTS:	5	Saleen S7-R	Chris Bingham (USA)	2:09.911	178.315 km/h
GT:	15	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Randy Pobst (USA)	2:14.454	172.361 km/h
American GT:	09	Chevrolet Corvette	Craig Conway (USA)	2:12.715	174.614 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (12), Lola (5), Riley & Scott (4), Chevrolet (4), BMW (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (12), Ford (5), Nissan (5), Chevrolet (5), Judd (3), Mazda (3), BMW (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-R (6), Porsche 996 GT3-RS (5), Riley & Scott Mk III (4), Lola B2K/40 (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (77), CDN (5), GB (3), I (3), B (2), F (2)
Most used colours:	white (38%), silver (15%), blue (14%), black (10%), red (9%), yellow (5%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (41%), rear-engined (33%), front-engined (26%)
Average engine size:	4280 cc (with regard to 2% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4314 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Dick Greer (69), Joe Policastro (60), Jim Downing (59)
Youngest known drivers:	Clint Field (18), Gunnar Jeannette (19), Ben Devlin (19)
Female drivers:	Kimberly Hiskey

Official Race Programme:

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