| Leather Center Grand Prix of
Texas Texas Motor Speedway March 2 - 4, 2001 |
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ROUND
1
LEATHER CENTER GRAND PRIX OF TEXAS
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY / JUSTIN, TX
MARCH 4, 2001
OFFICIAL RESULTS
Length
of Race: 117 laps for 271.908 miles
Time of Race: 2 hours 45 minutes 53.965 seconds
Margin of Victory: 7.511 seconds
LMP900
Average Speed: 98.339 mph
LMP675 Average Speed: 51.741 mph
GTS Average Speed: 90.422 mph
GT Average Speed: 90.199 mph
FASTEST
QUALIFIERS:
LMP900: # 1 Rinaldo Capello 1:16.350 109.580 mph
LMP675: #11 Steven Knight 1:27.793 95.297 mph REC
GTS: # 3 Ron Fellows 1:23.963 99.644 mph
GT: #23 Lucas Luhr 1:25.653 97.678 mph
FASTEST
LAP:
LMP900: # 2 Emanuele Pirro Lap #88 1:14.542 112.237 mph
LMP675: #11 Steven Knight Lap #10 1:26.134 97.132 mph REC
GTS: # 3 Ron Fellows Lap #46 1:21.550 102.592 mph
GT: #23 Sascha Maassen Lap #82 1:24.523 98.984 mph
| LAP LEADER(S) | ||
| DRIVER | CAR # | LAP |
| Rinaldo Capello | #1 | 1 - 38 |
| Frank Biela | #2 | 39 - 39 |
| Andy Wallace | #38 | 40 - 40 |
| Frank Biela | #2 | 41 - 45 |
| Klaus Graf | #51 | 46 - 58 |
| Emanuele Pirro | #2 | 59 - 66 |
| Klaus Graf | #51 | 67 - 69 |
| Tom Kristensen | #1 | 70 - 90 |
| David Brabham | #50 | 91 - 108 |
| Tom Kristensen | #1 | 109 - 117 |
Total Purse: $68,400 including contingency awards from: Air Products and Bosch.
Privateer Points Fund After 1 Round of the American Le Mans Series: $139,600
| FN. PS. |
ST. PS. |
CAR NO. |
CL |
CL PS. |
DRIVER/HOMETOWN/STATE |
SPONSOR/CAR |
PURSE |
LAPS COMP |
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| 1 | 22 | 1 | P900 | 1 |
Rinaldo
Capello/Canelli, Italy |
Infineon/Audi R8 |
**$0 | 117 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 2 | P900 | 2 |
Frank
Biela/Monte Carlo, Monaco |
Infineon/Audi R8 |
**$0 | 117 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 50 | P900 | 3 |
Jan
Magnussen/Gainesville/GA |
Michelin/Panoz LMP07 |
**$0 | 117 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 38 | P900 | 4 |
Andy
Wallace/Oxford, United Kingdom |
Champion Audi/Michelin/Audi R8 |
$11,000 | 117 | |||
| 5 | 3 | 51 | P900 | 5 |
Klaus
Graf/Dornstetten, Germany |
Michelin/Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S/Elan Power Products |
**$0 | 116 | |||
| 6 | 5 | 49 | P900 | 6 |
Jay
Cochran/Palm Beach/FL |
Michelin/Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S/Elan Power Products |
**$0 | 113 | |||
| 7 | 6 | 3 | GTS | 1 |
Johnny
O’Connell/Flowery Branch/GA |
Goodwrench Service Plus/GMAC/Chevrolet Corvette C5-R |
**$0 | 108 | |||
| 8 | 8 | 23 | GT | 1 |
Lucas
Luhr/Monte Carlo, Monaco |
McKenna Porsche/Mobil 1/Michelin/Porsche 911 GT3 RS |
$12,300 | 108 | |||
| 9 | 9 | 22 | GT | 2 |
Randy
Pobst/Melbourne/FL |
McKenna Porsche/Mobil 1/Michelin/Porsche 911 GT3 RS |
$8,200 | 107 | |||
| 10 | 16 | 6 | GT | 3 |
Boris
Said/Carlsbad/CA |
BMW/Yokohama/BMW M3 |
$4,900 | 107 | |||
| 11 | 13 | 30 | GT | 4 |
Johnny
Mowlem/London, England |
Westward Ho Hotel & Casino/M.P.I.E./Mobil 1/PAWS/Elf/Hella/Michelin/Porsche 911 GT3 RS |
$3,000 | 107 | |||
| 12 | 10 | 42 | GT | 5 |
J.J.
Lehto/Monaco |
BMW M3 |
**$0 | 107 | |||
| 13 | 11 | 99 | GT | 6 |
Christophe
Bouchut/Fontaines, France |
Kelly-Moss Motorsports/Porsche 911 GT3 R |
$2,000 | 106 | |||
| 14 | 12 | 10 | GT | 7 |
Bill
Auberlen/Redondo Beach/CA |
BMW/Yokohama/BMW M3 |
$2,000 | 106 | |||
| 15 | 18 | 45 | GTS | 2 |
Erik
Messley/Huntington Beach/CA |
ESP/Dodge Viper GTS-R |
$7,000 | 106 | |||
| 16 | 20 | 52 | GT | 8 |
Stefano
Buttiero/Torino, Italy |
TDM Technical Services/Team Avia New Media/Yokohama/Pagid/Porsche 911 GT3 RS |
$2,000 | 102 | |||
| 17 | 15 | 17 | GT | 9 |
Jeff
Altenburg/Cantonsville/MD |
BirdsongLodge.com/proadj.com/Chevrolet Corvette C5-R |
$2,000 | 98 | |||
| 18 | 17 | 98 | GT | 10 |
Rick
Polk/Excelsior/MN |
Kelly-Moss Motorsports/Porsche 911 GT3 R |
$2,000 | 98 | |||
| 19 | 21 | 44 | GTS | 3 |
Tom
Weikardt/Whitefish Bay/WI |
ESP/Dodge Viper GTS-R |
$4,500 | 96 | |||
| 20 | 7 | 4 | GTS | 4 |
Andy
Pilgrim/Aventura/FL |
Goodwrench Service Plus/GMAC/Chevrolet Corvette C5-R |
**$0 | *61 |
CRASH |
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| 21 | 14 | 11 | P675 | 1 |
Steven Knight/Castle Rock/CO |
Lola B2K/40/Nissan |
$7,500 | *23 |
CRASH |
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| 22 | 19 | 12 | GT | 11 |
Shane Lewis/Jupiter/FL |
Aspen Knolls/Callaway C-12R |
$0 | *14 |
MECH. |
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| *Not Running at the Finish |
| **Full Factory Team (not eligible for per race prize money) |
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