Watkins Glen 250 Miles 2001 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Global Crossing @ The Glen		Date: 10.8.2001
Track: Watkins Glen International Circuit (United States), 3.943 kms	Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen 250 Miles
Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series (round 9)

Weather:	hot, dry
Start time:	18:34
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	250 miles
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	54
Practiced:	28
Qualified:	28
Started:	28
Finished:	26

Classes:	Pract	Start
SportRacing Prototype	6	6
SportRacing Prototype II	4	4
Grand Touring Super	3	3
Grand Touring	10	10
American GT	5	5

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Race notes:
10 minute reconnaissance period held before race
4 full-course cautions for 33 minutes
Race stopped on time limit (8:30 PM), scheduled for 103 laps (252.350 miles)

Pre-race sessions:
3 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 240 minutes on 9/8
1 qualifying session held for a total of 15 minutes on 9/8

Winners:
Overall:	16	Riley & Scott Mk III Ford	Weaver / Leitzinger
SportRacing Prototype II:	21	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Devlin / Sterenberg
Grand Touring Super:	5	Saleen S7-R	Bingham / Johnson
Grand Touring:	45	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Petty / Andretti
American GT:	84	Chevrolet Corvette	Jack Willes
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	37	Lola B2K/10 Judd	Jon Field (USA)	1:04.0670	221.5552 km/h	lap 52
SportRacing Prototype II:	89	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Bruno St. Jacques (CDN)	1:08.4990	207.2207 km/h	lap 15
Grand Touring Super:	5	Saleen S7-R	Ron Johnson (USA)	1:10.9390	200.0930 km/h	lap 53
Grand Touring:	15	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Randy Pobst (USA)	1:14.2010	191.2963 km/h	lap 5
American GT:	84	Chevrolet Corvette	Jack Willes (USA)	1:12.1780	196.6586 km/h	lap 54
Pole Positions:
Overall:	27	Ferrari 333 SP Judd	Mauro Baldi (I)	1:03.6160	223.1259 km/h
SportRacing Prototype II:	22	Lola B2K/40 Nissan	Andy Lally (USA)	1:08.5950	206.9310 km/h
Grand Touring Super:	5	Saleen S7-R	Chris Bingham (USA)	1:11.1480	199.5056 km/h
Grand Touring:	15	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Randy Pobst (USA)	1:13.8660	192.1637 km/h
American GT:	09	Chevrolet Corvette	Doug Goad (USA)	1:11.8890	197.4488 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (11), Lola (5), Chevrolet (5), Riley & Scott (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (11), Chevrolet (5), Ford (4), Nissan (4), Judd (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 996 GT3-R (5), Porsche 996 GT3-RS (5), Riley & Scott Mk III (4), Lola B2K/40 (4), Chevrolet Corvette (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (44), CDN (5), GB (3)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (39%), rear-engined (39%), front-engined (22%)
Oldest known drivers:	Dick Greer (69), Richard Millman (64), Elliot Forbes-Robinson (58)
Youngest known drivers:	Gunnar Jeannette (19), Ben Devlin (19), Bruno St. Jacques (22)
Female drivers:	Kimberly Hiskey

Official Race Programme:

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