American Le Mans Series Texas 2001

Event: Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas		Date: 4.3.2001
Track: Texas Motor Speedway (United States), 3.740 kms	Organiser: unknown
American Le Mans Series Texas
The American Le Mans Series Championship (round 1)

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

Entered:	25
Practiced:	22
Qualified:	22
Started:	22
Finished:	19

Classes:	Pract	Start
Le Mans Prototype 900	6	6
Le Mans Prototype 675	1	1
Grand Touring Sport	4	4
Grand Touring	11	11

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Race notes:
2 full-course cautions for 27 min

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

Winners:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Capello / Kristensen
Le Mans Prototype 675:	11	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Knight / Hawkins
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	O'Connell / Fellows
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Maassen / Luhr
Leaders:
laps 109-117:	1	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen
laps 1-38:	1	Audi R8	Rinaldo Capello
lap 39:	2	Audi R8	Frank Biela
lap 40:	38	Audi R8	Andy Wallace
laps 41-45:	2	Audi R8	Frank Biela
laps 46-58:	51	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Klaus Graf
laps 59-66:	2	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro
laps 67-69:	51	Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S	Klaus Graf
laps 70-90:	1	Audi R8	Tom Kristensen
laps 91-108:	50	Panoz LMP07	David Brabham
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Audi R8	Emanuele Pirro (I)	1:14.5420	180.6279 km/h	lap 88
Le Mans Prototype 675:	11	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Steven Knight (USA)	1:26.1340	156.3188 km/h	lap 10
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	O'Connell / Fellows	1:21.5500	165.1058 km/h	lap 46
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Maassen / Luhr	1:24.5230	159.2993 km/h	lap 82
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Audi R8	Rinaldo Capello (I)	1:16.3500	176.3519 km/h
Le Mans Prototype 675:	11	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Steven Knight (USA)	1:27.7930	153.3656 km/h
Grand Touring Sport:	3	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Ron Fellows (CDN)	1:23.9630	160.3615 km/h
Grand Touring:	23	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Lucas Luhr (D)	1:25.6530	157.1975 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (6), Audi (3), Panoz (3), Chevrolet (3), BMW (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (6), Chevrolet (4), Audi (3), Elan (3), BMW (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-RS (4), Audi R8 (3), Chevrolet Corvette C5 (3), BMW M3 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (21), D (7), GB (3), I (3), DK (2), F (2), CDN (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (18), D (4)
Most used colours:	white (34%), yellow (17%), red (17%), black (13%), silver (10%), blue (5%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (52%), rear-engined (28%), mid-engined (20%)
Average engine size:	4709 cc (with regard to 13% turbocharged cars an applicable size is 4953 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Bob Wollek (58), Tom Weickardt (54), Mel Hawkins (52)
Youngest known drivers:	Lucas Luhr (22), Owen Trinkler (25), Jan Magnussen (28)

Official Race Programme:

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