2001 Grand Prix of Texas

The 2001 Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas was the opening round of the 2001 American Le Mans Series season. It took place at Texas Motor Speedway, Texas, on March 4, 2001.

Texas Motor Speedway

This event is the only time in the history of the American Le Mans Series that the 12 Hours of Sebring was not the first race on the schedule. This race was also the last time the American Le Mans Series ran on a roval − a combined oval track and road course.

Official results

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Class winners in bold.

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP900 1   Audi Sport North America   Tom Kristensen
  Rinaldo Capello
Audi R8 M 117
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
2 LMP900 2   Audi Sport North America   Frank Biela
  Emanuele Pirro
Audi R8 M 117
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
3 LMP900 50   Panoz Motor Sports   Jan Magnussen
  David Brabham
Panoz LMP07 M 117
Élan (Zytek) 4.0L V8
4 LMP900 38   Champion Racing   Dorsey Schroeder
  Andy Wallace
Audi R8 M 117
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
5 LMP900 51   Panoz Motor Sports   Klaus Graf
  Gualter Salles
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S M 116
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
6 LMP900 49   Panoz Motor Sports   Jay Cochran
  Richard Dean
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S M 113
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
7 GTS 3   Corvette Racing   Ron Fellows
  Johnny O'Connell
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 108
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
8 GT 23   Alex Job Racing   Lucas Luhr
  Sascha Maassen
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 108
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
9 GT 22   Alex Job Racing   Randy Pobst
  Christian Menzel
Porsche 911 GT3-RS M 107
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
10 GT 6   Prototype Technology Group   Boris Said
  Hans-Joachim Stuck
BMW M3 Y 107
BMW 3.2L I6
11 GT 30   Petersen Motorsports   Johnny Mowlem
  Bob Wollek
Porsche 911 GT3-R M 107
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
12 GT 42   BMW Motorsport
  Schnitzer Motorsport
  Jörg Müller
  JJ Lehto
BMW M3 M 107
BMW 3.2L I6
13 GT 99   Kelly-Moss Motorsports   Anthony Lazzaro
  Christophe Bouchut
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 106
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
14 GT 10   Prototype Technology Group   Bill Auberlen
  Niclas Jönsson
BMW M3 Y 106
BMW 3.2L I6
15 GTS 45   American Viper Racing   Erik Messley
  Terry Borcheller
Dodge Viper GTS-R D 106
Dodge 8.0L V10
16 GT 52   Seikel Motorsport   Stefano Buttiero
  Tony Burgess
Porsche 911 GT3-RS Y 102
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17 GT 17   Trinkler Racing   Owen Trinkler
  Jeff Altenburg
Chevrolet Corvette C5 LM-GT G 98
Chevrolet 5.7L V8
18 GT 98   Kelly-Moss Motorsports   Cort Wagner
  Rick Polk
Porsche 911 GT3-R Y 98
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19 GTS 44   American Viper Racing   Tom Weickardt
  Joe Ellis
Dodge Viper GTS-R D 96
Dodge 8.0L V10
20
DNF
GTS 4   Corvette Racing   Andy Pilgrim
  Kelly Collins
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R G 61
Chevrolet 7.0L V8
21
DNF
LMP675 11   Roock-KnightHawk Racing   Steven Knight
  Mel Hawkins
Lola B2K/40 A 23
Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6
22
DNF
GT 12   Aspen Knolls MCR   Shane Lewis
  Vic Rice
Callaway C12-R G 14
Chevrolet 7.0L V8

Statistics

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  • Pole Position - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:48.029
  • Fastest Lap - #1 Audi Sport North America - 1:48.418
  • Distance - 2060.282 km
  • Average Speed - 171.406 km/h
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  • "Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-10-16. Retrieved 2007-10-24. (18.7 KiB)
  • World Sports Racing Prototypes - Race Results


American Le Mans Series
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2001 season Next race:
2001 12 Hours of Sebring