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American Le Mans
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OFFICIAL
SCHEDULE AND EVENT SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS
Sanctioned by SPORTS CAR and Held Under the SPORTS CAR Code
and the ACO Specifications “2001”
AMERICAN
LE MANS SERIES
GRAND PRIX OF PORTLAND
Portland International Raceway / Portland, OR
Official Schedule
Wednesday,
August 1, 2001
12:00
pm - 5:00 pm Paddock open for Competitor Rig Parking
Thursday,
August 2, 2001
7:00
am - 5:00 pm Paddock open for Competitor Rig Parking
8:00
am - 5:00 pm SPORTS CAR Registration (In Paddock)
9:30
am - 5:00 pm SPORTS CAR Sanctioned Test Day for Support Series (Star Mazda
and
SPEEDVISION World Challenge)
Friday,
August 3, 2001
8:00
am - 5:00 pm SPORTS CAR Registration (At Front Gate)
8:00 am - 5:00
pm Technical Inspection by Appointment for ALMS Competitors at the
SPORTS CAR Technical Trailer (Timing
Transponders will be
provided by SPORTS CAR)
9:00
am - 9:30 am Practice - Star Mazda
9:40
am - 10:10 am Practice - Trans-Am Series for BF Goodrich Tires Cup
10:20 am - 11:05 am Practice - SPEEDVISION World Challenge
11:15 am - 11:45 am Practice - Star Mazda
11:45 am - 12:30 pm Lunch
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm Qualifying - Trans-Am Series for BF Goodrich Tires Cup
1:30 pm - 2:00
pm Test Session - ALMS (GTS and GT)
2:00
pm - 3:00 pm Combined Test Session - ALMS (LMP 900/LMP 675/GTS/GT)
3:00
pm - 3:30 pm Test Session - ALMS (LMP 900/LMP 675)
3:45
pm - 4:15 pm Practice - Trans-Am Series for BF Goodrich Tires Cup
4:30
pm - 5:00 pm Practice - Star Mazda
5:15
pm - 6:00 pm Practice - SPEEDVISION World Challenge
Saturday,
August 4, 2001
7:00
am - 3:00 pm SPORTS CAR Registration (At Front Gate)
8:00 am MANDATORY
BRIEFING FOR ALL AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES DRIVERS AND
TEAM MANAGERS/CREW
CHIEFS ONLY IN THE INTERVIEW TRAILER NEAR THE
MEDIA CENTER
8:00
am - 10:30 am
Technical Inspection for ALMS Competitors at the SPORTS CAR
Technical Trailer
9:00
am - 9:45 am Qualifying - Star Mazda
10:00 am - 10:45 am Qualifying - SPEEDVISION
World Challenge
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Combined Practice - ALMS (LMP 900/LMP 675/GTS/GT)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00
pm - 3:00 pm Trans-Am Series for BF Goodrich Tires Cup Race (125 Miles)
1:15
pm - 2:00 pm Driver
Autograph Session for ALL American Le Mans Series Drivers
- Location TBA
3:15
pm - 4:15 pm Combined Practice - ALMS (LMP 900/LMP 675/GTS/GT)
4:30
pm - 5:30 pm Mandatory tire marking for ALL
ALMS Competitors at the SPORTS
CAR Technical Trailer
4:40
pm - 5:25 pm Star Mazda Race - 45 Minutes
5:40
pm - 6:00 pm Qualifying - ALMS (GTS/GT)
6:10
pm - 6:30 pm Qualifying - ALMS (LMP 900/LMP 675)
6:35
pm Post-qualifying Press Conference for ALMS class pole sitters in
the
Media Center
Sunday,
August 5, 2001
9:00
am - 1:30 pm
SPORTS CAR Registration (At Front Gate)
9:30 am - 10:30 am ALMS refueling installation shall be ready for inspection
9:30 am Motorsports Ministries Chapel Service - location TBA
10:20 am - 11:10 am SPEEDVISION World Challenge Touring Car Race (50 Minute Window)
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Combined Warm Up - ALMS (LMP 900/LMP 675/GTS/GT)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00
pm - 3:45 pm American Le Mans Series Grand Prix of Portland Race -
2 Hours 45
Minutes
3:55
pm Post-race Press Conference for
ALMS class winners in the
Media Center
4:10
pm - 5:00 pm SPEEDVISION World Challenge GT Race (50 Minute Window)
4:15
pm All ALMS Timing Transponders
must be returned to the SPORTS CAR
Technical Trailer
Tentative - Schedule subject to change.
SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS
CHAPTER
1: GENERAL CONDITIONS
ART.
1 - DEFINITION OF THE EVENT
The
American Le Mans Series Grand Prix of Portland race is listed on the
Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) international calendar
as a Restricted International Event.
It is held under the FIA International Sporting Regulations, the
SPORTS CAR Code, the ACO Specifications “2001” and these supplementary
regulations and amendments thereto.
ART.
2 - ORGANIZATION
2.3 - Organization
Committee:
H.
Doug ROBINSON, Managing Director, SPORTS CAR
Bill
DONALDSON, Executive Director, American Le Mans Series
Scott
ATHERTON, President and COO, Panoz Motor Sports Group
ART.
3 - INFORMATIONS ABOUT THE EVENT
3.1 -
Name of the Event: American
Le Mans Series Grand Prix of Portland
3.2 -
National Sporting Authority:
Automobile
Competition Committee for the United States, FIA, Inc. (ACCUS-FIA)
Address:
1500 Skokie Boulevard, Suite 101
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
Telephone:
(847) 272-0090
Fax:
(847) 272-0101
3.3
- Organizer:
Professional
Sports Car Racing, Inc. (SPORTS CAR), organizes the “American Le Mans
Series Grand Prix of Portland” as part of
the 2001 “American Le
Mans Series” with equipment and facilities supplied by SPORTS CAR and
Portland International Raceway, the creator of the Event.
Address:
14175 Icot Boulevard, Suite 300
Clearwater,
FL 33760
Telephone:
(727) 533-0503
Fax:
(727) 533-0787
Internet:
www.professionalsportscar.com
3.4 - Selection
Committee:
Bill
DONALDSON, Executive Director, American Le Mans Series
Charlie
COOK, Technical Director, American Le Mans Series
H.
Doug ROBINSON, Managing Director, SPORTS CAR
3.5 - Place
of the Event:
Portland International Raceway
Phone: (503)
823-5899
1940
North Victory Boulevard
Fax:
(503) 823-5896
Portland,
Oregon 97217
3.6 - Preliminary
practice session: None
3.7 - Date
of the Event: Sunday, 5th
August 2001
3.8 - Entries:
•
Opening:
20th June 2001
•
Closing:
18th July 2001 (midnight)
3.9 - Length
of the Race Track: 1.944
miles
3.10
- Direction of the race:
Clockwise
3.11
- Duration or length of the race:
2 Hours 45 Minutes
3.12
- Number of cars admitted:
•
Preliminary practice:
Not Applicable
•
Practice:
42 Maximum
•
Race:
42 Maximum
3.13
- Start (rolling): Sunday,
5th August 2001 / Hour: 1:00 pm
3.14
- Administrative Checking & Scrutineering:
Administrative
Checking
•
Venue:
SPORTS CAR Registration
•
Schedule:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 2nd August 2001 (In Paddock)
8:00
am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 3rd August 2001 (At Front Gate)
Scrutineering
•
Venue:
SPORTS CAR Technical Trailer
•
Schedule:
By Appointment
3.15
- Parc Fermé: To
be announced
3.16
- Fuel:
Place
of Delivery: ELF Racing
Fuel compound located
Fuel distribution hours:
in
the ALMS paddock
Thursday, 2nd August -
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Distribution:
Service pump at ELF Racing
Friday, 3rd August -
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Fuel
compound
Saturday 4th August - 9:00
am - 6:00 pm
Storage:
Approved 55 gallon drums (available Sunday, 5th August -
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
at
ELF Racing Fuel compound)
3.17
- American Le Mans
Series Team Managers’ Briefing:
•
Date: Saturday, 4th August 2001 / Hour: 8:00 am
•
Venue: Interview
trailer near the Media Center
•
MANDATORY ATTENDANCE OF THE
TEAM MANAGERS
•
Each Team Manager must sign
attendance documentation
•
Fine:
$500.00 US - per person not attending
3.18
- American Le Mans
Series Drivers’ Briefing:
•
Date: Saturday, 4th
August 2001 / Hour: 8:00 am
•
Venue: Interview
trailer near the Media Center
• MANDATORY
ATTENDANCE OF THE DRIVERS
•
Each Driver must sign attendance documentation
•
Fine: $500.00 US - per person not attending
3.19
- Delivery of identification equipment: Not Applicable
3.20
- Winners’ Press Conference:
•
Venue: Media Center
•
Hour: Immediately
following podium prizes & cups presentations
3.21
- Organization Press Officer:
Andy
HALL
3.22
- Timing:
SPORTS
CAR Timekeepers
Per the SPORTS CAR Code, SPORTS CAR will require each car to be
fitted with a timing transponder in an approved location and manner.
It must be subject to inspection at all times and surrendered or
replaced upon request. The
transponder must not be tampered with
nor transferred to another car unless specifically approved by SPORTS CAR.
Cost to replace a lost or damaged scoring transmitter is
$750.00 invoiced to the entrant. Failure
to obtain and install the assigned transponder will result in the car not
being scored.
3.23
- Official Posting Board:
SPORTS
CAR Technical Trailer
3.24
- Prizes & Cups:
•
Date:
Sunday, 5th August 2001
•
Venue:
Victory Podium
ART.
4 - MAIN OFFICIALS
4.1 - In charge of
Sporting and Technical operations:
•
Martin KAUFMAN
4.2 - Stewards
of the Meeting:
•
Chairman: TBA
•
International Steward: TBA
•
National Steward: Brian KOHL
4.3 - Race
Control:
•
Race Director: Martin
KAUFMAN
•
Clerk of the Course: James
FOYLE
•
Assistants:
Simone SMILJANIC
TBA
4.4 - Competitors
Liaison:
Cindy ROBINSON
Carol MUELLER
4.5 - Scrutineers:
•
SPORTS CAR Scruitneers
4.6 - Timing
& Scoring:
•
Chief of Timing: Phil
“Gypsy” WHITE
•
SPORTS CAR Timekeepers
4.7 - Chief
Medical Officer:
•
Dr. Ron KROME
4.8 - Race
Operations
•
Operations Director: Gordon
GRATIOT
•
Safety Team: Don
MUELLER
•
Paddock Control: Ron
SHARP
4.9
- Pit & Grid Control:
•
Barry FLETCHER
ART.
5 - ORGANIZATION PERMIT
• Permit No: 2001-04
CHAPTER
II: SPORTING RULES
ART.
3 - ENTRIES
3.1 - By Wednesday, 18th July 2001 (midnight) at the latest entry
forms must be sent to the Organizer.
ART.
4 - GENERAL CONDITIONS
4.4 - Passes
& Credentials:
Passes:
Any person concerned, whatever the reason, with an entered car, and
present in any other capacity whatsoever in the paddock, pits
or on the pit lane must wear his pass in a visible location.
Overcrew
credentials will be sold by Portland International Raceway upon
authorization of the entrant at a cost of $50.00 each.
SPORTS CAR’s
annual credential will also serve as a valid credential for this event.
(Copies of annual waivers must be on file
at the SPORTS CAR Operations
Trailer).
Each
car that enters an American Le Mans Series event will receive a serialized
season-long team support vehicle pass.
This pass will remain
the property of Professional Sports Car Racing.
SPORTS CAR reserves the right to remove cars found in the paddock
without a parking sticker at the owners expense.
Lost or stolen season-long support vehicle passes can be replaced
one time only at a cost of $100.00.
4.5 - Paddock
and Pits:
Allocation
for Paddock and Pit space is under the Organizer’s exclusive
responsibility.
ART.
5 - GENERAL DISCIPLINE & SAFETY
5.10
- Delimitation of the pit lane:
Pit lane delimited by two transverse yellow lines.
5.11
- Place of “Stop and Go” area:
Team designated pit space.
5.15
- Mandatory tracksuits: Any
person who is permitted to have access to the "working" or the
"signaling" areas must wear identification provided
by the organizer. During the race anyone who has access to the working pit lane
must wear fire resistant clothing.
ART.
6 - ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKING
6.1 - It
concerns:
6.1.1
- Presentation of compulsory valid documents:
• Entrant’s license
(both FIA and SPORTS CAR)
• Drivers’ licenses
(both FIA and SPORTS CAR) - FIA International Grade B minimum for LMP 900
and LMP 675, Grade C for
GTS and GT.
• For Entrants and
Drivers from Countries outside the United States:
permission to race in the United States granted by their National
Sporting Authority (A.S.N.)
ART.
7 - SCRUTINEERING
7.3 - Presentation
of the cars to Scrutineering:
7.3.1 - The Entrant’s National Flags: 3 decals: 26 x 16 cm, one (1) on each side and one (1) on the bonnet.
7.3.2
- The Driver(s) National Flag(s)
and Name(s): On each side of
car above door opening the national flag(s) of the driver(s) as well as the
name(s) shall be displayed. Minimum
height of both flag(s) and name(s) shall be 4 cm.
7.3.3
- Mandatory Decals: 3 SPORTS
CAR decals on each side and bonnet; 3 ALMS decals on each side and bonnet;
Class decal both sides (GT only, both sides and rear) and 2 Fuel decals
one on each side.
Cars
found during the event without required series decals will not be eligible
for awards. Cars with decals
of other competing series and sanctioning
bodies must be removed prior to technical inspection.
7.4 - The
Scrutineers will check:
7.4.2
The refueling installation which shall be ready for inspection.
Schedule: Sunday, 5th
August 2001 from 9:30 am - 10:30 am
7.5 - Racing
numbers:
7.5.1
- Allocation: Assigned by the
Organizer.
ART.
8 - WEIGHING
8.2 - During
the qualifying practice sessions:
8.2.2
- Drivers must abide by the signals made by the Marshals and they must
stop when the red light is on:
Fine and penalties (Art. 8.2.5): Not
Applicable
8.2.5
- In case of a breach and should the deficiency in weight not result from
an accidental cause:
Fine and penalties: Not
Applicable
ART.
9 - QUALIFYING PRACTICE SESSIONS
9.2 - Schedule:
•
Saturday, 4th August: 5:40 pm - 6:00 pm
(GTS and GT)
6:10
pm - 6:30 pm (LMP 900 and LMP 675)
9.3 - Preliminary
session: Not Applicable
ART.
10 - FREE PRACTICE (WARM-UP)
10.2.2
- Schedule: Sunday, 5th
August 2001 from 11:30 am - 12:00 noon
In
case of change in the weather conditions, an unscheduled practice session
will take place if possible (schedule:)
Not Applicable
ART.
11 - PRESENTATION OF THE CARS AND OF THE DRIVERS
Details
of implementation regarding specific presentation (Sunday, 5th
August) will be notified to Competitors at the Driver and Team Manager Briefings
on Saturday, 4th August at 8:00 am.
ART.
12 - STARTING GRID
12.1 - a/
Drivers nominated to start the race:
Entrant shall nominate the driver to start the race 30 minutes
after the end of the final qualifying session.
b/
Posting time of the starting grid: Will
be posted 1 hour after the end of the warm-up session.
12.3.1
- “Pole position” (place on track):
Reserved for the car which has achieved the fastest lap time during
qualifying sessions is on the right of the front row according to circuit
homologation by the FIA.
12.4 - Access
to the grid before the start: Access
to the grid is not permitted 30 minutes prior to the start of the race.
ART.
13 - STARTING PROCEDURE
13.3 - Reconnaissance lap(s):
Detailed information will be provided at the Driver and Team
Manager briefing on Saturday, 4th August at 8:00 am.
13.4 - Start (countdown):
5 Minute warning - Clear grid except for officials and necessary
team personnel
1
Minute warning - Clear grid of all individuals except for officials
13.5.3
- A car leaving the pits that way may join the race only after all cars
have passed the pit exit during their first
racing lap:
Penalty
for early start: One (1) lap.
13.6.2
- The driver may then complete the formation lap but under no
circumstances is he allowed to overtake a moving car except if in trouble:
Penalty:
Stop and Go.
ART
14 - MODIFIED STARTING PROCEDURE
CASES
OF STARTING PROCEDURE MODIFICATION:
14.1 - Weather
conditions change after the free practice (warm-up) session:
If
the track is:
a)
dry, although all practice
sessions have been wet,
b) wet, although all
practice sessions have been dry
...
an additional 30 min. free practice session will be scheduled if possible:
Not Applicable
ART.
15 - INFORMATIONS & SIGNALING
All
signaling during practice, qualifying and race must be done from the team
signaling area driver’s right on the pit straight.
Each team is permitted a maximum of 2 people per car in the
signaling area during the practice and qualifying sessions and after the
start of the race. No
structure may be erected in that area.
ART.
16 - PIT STOPS
PIT
LANE:
16.1 - MINIMUM
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS ON THE PIT LANE (F.I.A.
REGULATIONS) AND, IF NECESSARY:
Per SPORTS CAR Code
Article 6.5.4.
16.3 - Speed
Limit: 60
kph on the pit lane (radar control):
Penalty(ies)
for speeding: Stop and
Go. Repeat infractions will
result in greater or cumulative penalties at the discretion of the Race
Director.
ART.
17 - REFUELING
17.5 - Autonomous
fuel rig support: Free
standing supply tank must conform to Appendix B.
See diagram page 109.
ART.
18 - REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE
18.2.2 - By 4 persons
maximum:
b/
Equipment ready prior to pit stop: All
materials must remain behind the pit wall until the car has stopped in its
designated pit space.
18.6.2
- To heat the tyres in the pit lane (“working area”), in the pits and
on the starting grid: not
permitted on the pit lane and the
18.12 - Outside assistance (“push starting”, etc. is prohibited when a
car leaves the pit to rejoin the race):
Penalty:
Car must return to its designated pit space.
The driver must switch off and restart the engine without
assistance.
ART.
19 - PERSONNEL PERMITTED IN THE PIT LANE
19.1 - Safety overalls (as a minimum):
All the personnel listed below shall wear fire-resistant
overalls, balaclavas and goggles apart from the Team Manager provided
he does
not intervene
on the car and the fuel attendants who must abide by Art. 17.6.2b:
a/
When refueling is in the process:
The refueler, vent man and fire extinguisher attendant. In addition, both the refueler and the
b/
For maintenance and repairs:
Not applicable except for Note 1.
c/
Signaling area:
Not applicable except for Note 1.