Audi Petit Le Mans

Audi Presents Petit Le Mans
Road Atlanta Motor Sports Center / Braselton, Georgia
October 3 - 6, 2001

Official ALMS Race Results

Length of Race:                                         394 laps for 1000.76 miles
Time of Race:                                            9 hours 15 minutes 57.547 seconds
Margin of Victory:                                       3 laps

LMP900 Average Speed:                      108.004 mph
LMP675 Average Speed:                        98.778 mph
GTS Average Speed:                              99.016 mph
GT Average Speed:                                98.476 mph

FASTEST QUALIFIERS:

LMP900:                   # 1 Tom Kristensen                 1:10.917                128.939 mph
LMP675:                   # 5 Didier de Radigues           1:14.579                122.608 mph REC
GTS:                         # 4 Andy Pilgrim                      1:18.954                115.814 mph
GT:                           #42 J.J. Lehto                          1:22.604                110.697 mph REC

FASTEST LAP:

LMP900:                   # 2 Frank Biela                         Lap # 76                1:11.907         127.164 mph
LMP675:                   # 5 Didier de Radigues             Lap #109                1:16.004         120.309 mph REC
GTS:                         #26 Terry Borcheller                  Lap #180                1:19.282         115.335 mph REC
GT:                           #43 Dirk Müller                          Lap # 71                1:23.163         109.953 mph REC

LAP LEADER(S)
DRIVER CAR # LAP

Tom Kristensen                          # 1                1 -   26
David Brabham                          #50              27 -   30
Jordi Gene                                 #39              31 -   31
Emanuele Pirro                           # 2             32 -   51
Johnny Herbert                           #38             52 -   69
Stefan Johansson                       #18             70 - 107
Frank Biela                                 # 2            108 - 111
Patrick LeMarié                          #18            112 - 115
Emanuele Pirro                           # 2            116 - 130
Stefan Johansson                       #18            131 - 143
Emanuele Pirro                            # 2            144 - 177
Stefan Johansson                       #18            178 - 190
Emanuele Pirro                            # 2            191 - 342
Frank Biela                                  # 2            343 - 394

Total Purse: $172,800 including contingency awards from Air Products, Bosch and Pi Research.

Privateer Points Fund After 8 Rounds of the American Le Mans Series: $1,154,500 ($155,100 from Petit Le Mans)

FN. PS.	ST. PS.	CAR NO.	CL	CL PS.	DRIVER/ HOMETOWN/ STATE	SPONSOR/ CAR	PURSE	LAPS COMP	STAT.
1	2	2	P900	1	Emanuele Pirro/ Monte Carlo, Monaco Frank Biela/ Monte Carlo, Monaco	Infineon/ Audi R8	**$0	394
2	4	18	P900	2	Stefan Johansson/ Indianapolis/IN Patrick LeMarié/ Monaco	Gulf Oil/ Audi R8	$32,000	391
3	5	38	P900	3	Johnny Herbert/ Essex, U.K. Andy Wallace/ Oxford, U.K.	Champion Audi/ Michelin/ Audi R8	$23,000	388
4	9	8	P900	4	Max Angelelli/ Monaco Christophe Tinseau/ Mont-Pres-Chambord Wayne Taylor/ Orlando/FL	Toshiba/ America Business Systems/ ACDelco/ Northstar/ Mobil 1/ Cadillac LMP 01	**$0	382
5	7	7	P900	5	Marc Goossens/ Geel, Belgium Emmanuel Collard/ London, England	Toshiba/ America Business Systems/ ACDelco/ Northstar/ Mobil 1/ Cadillac LMP 01	**$0	364
6	15	4	GTS	1	Andy Pilgrim/ Aventura/FL Kelly Collins/ Corona del Mar/CA Franck Freon/ Linwood/NJ	GM Goodwrench Services/ GMAC/ Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	**$0	362
7	13	57	P675	1	Scott Maxwell/ Toronto, Ontario Milka Duno/ Caracas, Venezuela John Graham/ Toronto, Ontario	Reynard 01Q/ Judd	$18,400	361
8	24	6	GT	1	Hans Stuck/ Ellmau, Austria Boris Said/ Carlsbad/CA Bill Auberlen/ Hermosa Beach/CA	Yokohama/ BMW/ BMW M3 GTR	$19,800	360
9	23	43	GT	2	Dirk Müller/ Monaco Jörg Müller/ Monaco	BMW M3 GTR	**$0	359
10	3	50	P900	6	David Brabham/ Maidenhead, England Jan Magnussen/ Gainesville/GA	Michelin/ Panoz LMP1 - Roadster S	**$0	358
11	28	23	GT	3	Lucas Luhr/ Monte Carlo, Monaco Sascha Maassen/ Aachen, Germany	McKenna Porsche/ Mobil 1/ Michelin/ Porsche 911 GT3 RS	$7,950	355
12	22	42	GT	4	J.J. Lehto/ Monaco Fredrik Ekblom/ Orebro, Sweden Karl Wendlinger/ Monaco	BMW M3 GTR	**$0	355
13	16	26	GTS	2	Terry Borcheller/ Phoenix/AZ Franz Konrad/ Gütersloh, Germany Charlie Slater/ Fort Lauderdale/FL	Saleen S7R	$10,400	355
14	25	22	GT	5	Christian Menzel/ Germany Randy Pobst/ Melbourne/FL	McKenna Porsche/ Mobil 1/ Michelin/ Porsche 911 GT3 RS	$2,600	353
15	19	45	GTS	3	Mike Hezemans/ Eindhoven, The Netherlands Anthony Kumpen/ Belgium	ESP/ Dodge Viper GTS-R	$7,500	349
16	29	30	GT	6	Johnny Mowlem/ London, England Christophe Boullion/ Plaisir, France Mike Fitzgerald/ Atlanta/GA	Westward Ho Hotel & Casino/ M.P.I.E./ Mobil 1/ PAWS/ Elf/ Hella/ Michelin/ Justice Bros./ Porsche 911 GT3 RS	$2,250	344
17	18	21	P675	2	Ben Devlin/ Snetterton, U.K. Andrew Davis/ Lilburn/GA Jason Workman/ Gainesville/GA	bendevlin.com/ Lola B2K/ 40/ Nissan	$9,450	341
18	38	52	GT	7	Tony Burgess/ Toronto, Ontario Hugh Plumb/ Chadds Ford/PA Stefano Buttiero/ Torino, Italy	TDM Technical Services/ Team Avia New Media/ Yokohama/ Porsche 911 GT3 RS	$2,250	341
19	33	69	GT	8	Joe Foster/ Lawrenceville/GA Kye Wankum/ Toronto, Canada Doc Bundy/ Gainesville/GA	Pfaff/ Porsche 911 GT3 R	$2,250	329
20	39	29	GT	9	Stephen E. Earle/ San Antonio/TX Bart Hayden/ Market Basworth, England Hugh Hayden/ Long Eaton, Nottingham	Porsche 911 GT3 R	$2,250	325
21	37	32	GT	10	Scooter Gabel/ Tampa/FL Gary Schultheis/ Boca Raton/FL Jonathan Lowman/ Douglasville/GA	Porsche 911 GT3 RS	$2,000	324
22	17	05	GTS	4	Chris Bingham/ Bellevue/WA Oliver Gavin/ Northampton, U.K. Ron Johnson/ Laguna Beach/CA	Park Place Ltd./ Saleen/ Saleen S7R	$4,500	312
23	34	75	GT	11	Gunnar Jeannette/ West Palm Beach/FL Joseph Policastro/ Latrobe/PA Joseph Policastro, Jr./ Latrobe/PA	Porsche 911 GT3 RS	$2,000	253
24	31	12	GT	12	Shane Lewis/ Jupiter/FL Cort Wagner/ Los Angeles/CA Bob Mazzuoccola/ Staten Island/NY	Aspen Knolls/ Callaway C-12R	$2,000	*221	MECH.
25	26	44	GTS	5	Kevin Allen/ Orlando/FL Tom Weickardt/ Whitefish Bay/WI Rick Fairbanks/ Greenville/SC	ESP/ Dodge Viper GTS-R	$2,000	220
26	11	5	P675	3	Didier de Radigues/ Monaco Bruno Lambert/ Brussels, Belgium Earl Goddard/ Silverstone, U.K.	Reynard 01Q/ Judd	$9,700	213
27	14	11	P675	4	Claudia Huertgen/ Aachen, Germany Steven Knight/ Castle Rock/CO Mel Hawkins/ Scottsdale/AZ	DNTLworks/ Oral Health America/ Lola B2K/40/Nissan	$4,500	*209	MECH.
28	35	34	GT	13	Leo Hindery/ Hillsborough/CA Tony Kester/ Beverly Shores/IN Peter Baron/ San Mateo/CA	Porsche 911 GT3 RS	$2,000	*183	MECH.
29	21	25	GTS	6	Walter Brun/ Kastanienbaum, Switzerland Toni Seiler/ Zürich, Switzerland	Saleen SR7	$2,000	*152	MECH.
30	40	15	GT	14	Grady Willingham/ Birmingham/AL Taz Harvey/ Danville/CA Sam Hancock/ London, England	Porsche 911 GT3 R	$2,000	*137	ACC.
31	27	10	GT	15	David Murry/ Atlanta/GA Niclas Jönsson/ Aliso Viejo/CA Brian Cunningham/ Danville/KY	Yokohama/ BMW/ BMW M3 GTR	$0	*136	MECH.
32	30	31	P675	5	Chris McMurry/ Phoenix/AZ Bret Arsenault/ Snowqualine Pass/WA Bryan Willman/ Seattle/WA	Fairy Tale Brownies/ Red Line Oil/ Pilbeam MP84/ Nissan	$0	*108	ACC.
33	20	88	GTS	7	Peter Kox/ Eindhoven, The Netherlands Rickard Rydell/ Täby, Sweden	Koni/ Alpine Stars/ Motul/ Ferrari 550 Maranello	$0	*103	MECH.
34	8	16	P900	7	James Weaver/ Wiltshire, England Butch Leitzinger/ State College, PA	Goodyear/ Thetford/ Norcold/ Riley & Scott Mk IIIC/ Lincoln	$0	*94	MECH.
35	12	39	P675	6	Jordi Gene/ Barcelona, Spain	Reynard 2KQ ROC/ Volkswagen	$0	*60	MECH.
36	32	19	GTS	8	Dino Steiner/ Gosheim, Germany Joe Ellis/ Dayton/OH	Dodge Viper GTS-R	$0	*35	ACC.
37	1	1	P900	8	Tom Kristensen/ Monte Carlo, Monaco	Infineon/ Audi R8	**$0	*26	ACC.
38	6	51	P900	9	Klaus Graf/ Dornstetten, Germany	Michelin/ Panoz Racing Schools/ Panoz LMP1 - Roadster S	**$0	*23	MECH.
#	36	33	GT	16	Marino Franchitti/ Broxburn, Scotland	Ferrari 360 Modena	$0	26
#	41	3	GTS	9	Ron Fellows/ Mississauga, Ontario	GM Goodwrench Services/ GMAC/ Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	**$0	2
#	10	37	P900	10	Jon Field/ Dublin/OH	Banana Joe’s/ Lola B2K/ 10B/ Judd	$0	0

# - Cars 33, 3 & 37 by decision of the Stewards of the Meet were excluded for violation of Article 5.6 of the A.C.O. 2001 Sporting Regulations.						Not Running at the Finish *Full Factory Team (not eligible for per race prize money)