American Le Mans Series Texas 2000

Event: Grand Prix of Texas		Date: 2.9.2000
Track: Texas Motor Speedway (United States), 3.740 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Texas
American Le Mans Series (round 7)

Weather:	extremely hot
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2, PP left, rolling start
Distance:	2 hours 45 minutes
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	28
Practiced:	26
Qualified:	25
Started:	25
Finished:	22

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype	10	10
Le Mans GTS	5	4
Le Mans GT	11	11

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

Race notes:
2 full-course cautions for 15 minutes (9 laps: 73-77, 93-96)

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 40 minutes on 1-2/9
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 1-2/9
2 official test sessions held for a total of 100 minutes on 31/8 (first session for prototypes, not timed)

Winners:
Overall:	78	Audi R8	Pirro / Biela
Le Mans GTS:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Fellows / Pilgrim
Le Mans GT:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Pobst / Lambert
Leaders:
laps 1-117:	77	Audi R8
laps 118-127:	78	Audi R8
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	77	Audi R8	Allan McNish (GB)	1:12.912	184.667 km/h
Le Mans GTS:	91	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Olivier Beretta (MC)	1:20.108	168.078 km/h
Le Mans GT:	51	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Sascha Maassen (D)	1:23.879	160.522 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	77	Audi R8	Allan McNish (GB)	1:12.716	185.165 km/h
Le Mans GTS:	91	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Karl Wendlinger (A)	1:20.421	167.425 km/h
Le Mans GT:	5	Porsche 996 GT3 R	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:23.743	160.783 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), BMW (4), Audi (2), Panoz (2), Reynard (2), Lola (2), Dodge (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (10), BMW (4), Judd (4), Audi (2), Elan (2), Dodge (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-R (9), Audi R8 (2), Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S (2), BMW V12 LMR (2), Reynard 2KQ (2), Lola B2K/10 (2), Dodge Viper (2), BMW M3 E46 (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (23), D (6), GB (3), I (3), AUS (2), B (2), F (2), S (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (16), D (4), F (2), AUS (2)
Most used colours:	white (28%), silver (28%), red (24%), blue (6%), yellow (5%), black (4%)
Engine positions:	rear-engined (40%), mid-engined (32%), front-engined (28%)
Average engine size:	4508 cc (with regard to 12% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4724 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Bob Wollek (57), Randy Wars (52), Doc Bundy (51)
Youngest known drivers:	Gunnar Jeannette (18), Lucas Luhr (21), Dirk Müller (25)
Female drivers:	Jennifer Tumminelli

Official Race Programme:

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