THE AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES
The Grand Prix of Portland
PIT NOTES: Page 6
SUNDAY AUGUST 5, 2001

At 1:22, car #15-GT Porsche 911 GT3-R has pulled off course at turn 11 with lots of smoke coming from the rear end. Out of the race.

At 1:22, car #51-P Panoz LMP1 Roadster S into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change.
At 1:22, car #11-P675 Lola B2K/40/Judd into the pits. Fuel only, no driver change.
At 1:22, car #10-GT BMW M3 GTR into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Bill Auberlen. Car #23-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS (Maassen) takes the lead in class.
At 1:22, car #43-GT BMW M3 GTR into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Dirk Müller.
At 1:23, car #22-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change.
At 1:25, car #3-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change. Car #26-GTS Saleen S7R (Kronrad) takes the lead in class.
At 1:25, car #4-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change.
At 1:25, car #45-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change.
At 1:25, car #30-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change, some nose damage on the car.
At 1:30, car #44-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Kevin Allen, slow stop for problems with air jacks.

Randy Wars (#15-GT Porsche 911 GT3-R) “I was having a good dice with the #69, then the engine blew. There was nothing I could do.”

At 1:33, green flag.
At 1:36, car #51-P Panoz LMP1 Roadster S (Graf) passes the #2-P Audi for fourth place overall.
At 1:43, car #51-P Panoz LMP1 Roadster S (Graf) is now only 2.455 seconds behind leading teammate #50-P (Brabham) and within one car of third place #38-P (Herbert).
At 1:45, car #1-P Audi R8 (Kristensen) pulls along side race-leading #50-P (Brabham) at the start finish line, but fails to beat him into the corner, #50-P still leads.
At 1:48, car #43-GT BMW M3 GTR (Müller) has passed  #23-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS (Maassen) for the lead in class.
At 1:49, car #3-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (Fellows) has moved to .0710 seconds behind class leader #26-GTS Saleen S7R (Konrad), who has yet to pit.
At 1:55, car #6-GT BMW M3 GTR (Stuck) off and back on at turn 10.

At 2:01, top three in class:  #50-P Panoz LMP1 Roadster S (Brabham) (46 laps),  #1-P Audi R8 (Kristensen),  #38-P Audi R8 (Herbert);  #26-GTS Saleen S7R (Konrad) (43 laps),  #3-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (Fellows)  #4-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (Pilgrim);   #43-GT BMW M3 GTR (Müller) (42 laps),  #23-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS (Maassen),  #42-GT BMW M3 GTR (Lehto);  #57-P675 Reynard 01Q/Judd (de Radigues) (45 laps),  #11-P675 Lola B2K/40/Judd (Hawkins) (43 laps).

At 2:05, car #50-P Panoz LMP1 Roadster S (Brabham), overall leader, into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change. Car #1-P Audi R8 (Kristensen) takes the overall lead. Brabham returns to the track in fifth place overall.

At 2:08, car #57-P675 Reynard 01Q/Judd, leader in class, into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Milka Duno. 20-second penalty for too many people helping the driver change.

At 2:09, car #38-P Audi R8 (Herbert) into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change. Car #51-P Panoz LMP1 Roadster S (Graf) moves to second place overall.

At 2:14, car #1-P Audi R8 (Kristensen), overall leader, into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change. Car #51-P Panoz LMP1 Roadster S (Graf) takes the overall lead.