Pit Notes

The 49th Annual Exxon Superflo 12 Hours at Sebring Presented by Dodge
Sebring International Raceway
March 15 - 17, 2001

Pit Notes

Saturday, March 17, 2001 -- Page 27

SUPERFLO 12 HOURS AT SEBRING
PIT NOTES: Page 27
PRESENTED BY DODGE
SATURDAY MARCH 17, 2001

At 7:40, car #26-GTS Saleen S7R (leader in class) into the pits. Tires and fuel, right front brake, driver change: Oliver Gavin. Retains the lead but the #4-GTS is now on the same lap.
At 7:40, car #58-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS into the pits, team looks the car over and sends it back out.
At 7:40, car #2-P Audi R8 (overall leader) into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Emanuele Pirro. Car #1-P Audi R8 takes the overall lead.

At 7:42, car #53-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Fabio Babini.
At 7:48, car #44-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R into the pits for a 240 second penalty for a fuel visor violation. Fuel and tires, driver change: Joe Ellis.

At 7:49, car #1-P Audi R8 (overall leader) into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Rinaldo Capello. Car #2-P Audi R8 takes the overall lead.

NOTE: Sebring International Raceway officials have announced an attendance of 168,000 for the Superflo 12 Hours At Sebring, the largest crowd ever for a sports car race in the United States and the second-largest in the world behind the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

At 7:58, car #22-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Christian Menzel.
At 7:59, car #6-GT BMW M3 into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Boris Said.
At 8:00, car #45-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Erik Messley. Stop and go penalty for speeding in the pits.

At 8:00, the lead in each class is: #2-P - #1P (51.7 seconds); #26-GTS - #4-GTS (52.3 seconds); #23-GT - #42-GT (35.4 seconds).

At 8:02, car #09-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R into the pits. Fuel only, driver change: Gavin Pickering.
At 8:03, car #4-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Andy Pilgrim.
At 8:04, car #42-GT BMW M3 GTR into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: JJ Lehto.
At 8:06, car #18-P Audi R8 into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change.
At 8:06, car #00-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Christophe Bouchut, also a 40-second penalty for fuel visor violation.
At 8:08, car #45-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R into the pits for a stop and go penalty for a pit speed violation.
At 8:10, car #37-P Lola B2K/10/Judd into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change.
At 8:11, car #1-P Audi R8 into the pits with a tire going down. Changed tire and returned to the track.
At 8:12, car #38-P Audi R8 into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change.
At 8:14, car #69-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Jeff Pabst.
At 8:15, car #2-P Audi R8 (overall leader) into the pits, fuel added. The driver stays in but the engine cover is off, crew is changing right side coil wires. Car #1-P Audi R8 takes the overall lead.
Updated cars out of the race: #52-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS (rear end), #12-GT Callaway C-12R (body damage), #51-P Panoz LMP07 (mechanical), #99-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R (mechanical), #10-GT BMW M3 (mechanical), #47-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R (excluded), #34-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS (excluded), #98-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R (mechanical), #11-P675 Lola B2K/40/Nissan (overheating), #17-GT Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (out of fuel on course), #72-P Courage C60/Peugeot (engine fire, driver ok), #50-P Panoz LMP07 (clutch), #43-GT BMW M3 (engine), #16-P R&S MKIII C/Lincoln (overheating), #07-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R (suspension), #15-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R (transmission).