2001 American Le Mans Series

The 2001 American Le Mans Series season was the third season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series, and the 31st overall season of the IMSA GT Championship. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP900, LMP675, GTS, and GT. It began March 4, 2001 and ended October 6, 2001 after 10 races.

This season shared events with the new European Le Mans Series, with two events being held in Europe.

Schedule

Rd. Race Length Circuit Location Date
1 United States Grand Prix of Texas 2 Hours 45 Minutes Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas March 4
2 United States 12 Hours of Sebring 12 hours Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 17
3 United Kingdom ELMS Race at Donington Park 2 Hours 45 Minutes Donington Park Castle Donington, Leicestershire April 14
4 Spain ELMS Race at Jarama 2 Hours 45 Minutes Circuito Permanente Del Jarama San Sebastián de los Reyes May 20
5 United States Grand Prix of Sonoma 2 Hours 45 Minutes Sears Point Raceway Sonoma, California July 22
6 United States Grand Prix of Portland 2 Hours 45 Minutes Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon August 5
7 Canada Grand Prix of Mosport 2 Hours 45 Minutes Mosport Bowmanville, Ontario August 19
8 United States Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio 2 Hours 45 Minutes Mid-Ohio Lexington, Ohio August 25
9 United States Monterey Sports Car Championships 2 Hours 45 Minutes Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California September 9
10 United States Petit Le Mans 1000 Miles or 10 Hours Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia October 6
Sources:[1][2]

† - Joint event with ELMS.

The following rounds were included on the original calendar but were later cancelled.

Race Length Circuit Location Date Cancellation reason
Canada Mont-Tremblant 2 Hours 45 Minutes Circuit Mont-Tremblant Mont-Tremblant, Quebec August 25 Contractual issues
United States Grand Prix of Charlotte 2 Hours 45 Minutes Lowe's Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina October 21 Series lost interest
Malaysia Le Mans Series Race of Champions 4/6 hours Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Selangor November 11 Logistical issues
Australia Adelaide 6 hours Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia December 2 Government withdrawal

Schedule changes

The ALMS initially announced a 13 race schedule for the 2001 season in September 2000.[3] For the only time in ALMS history, the season opener was not held at Sebring International Raceway but instead being preceded by the Grand Prix of Texas.[4] After Sebring, two European races were held in collaboration with the ELMS and were optional for ALMS teams as the next North American event was not until after Le Mans. The British round was held at Donington Park after Silverstone and Brands Hatch's plans fell through due to scheduling issues.[5][6] The second European round would be held at Circuito Permanente Del Jarama in Spain.

A second Canadian round was planned to be held at Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Quebec on August 25.[7] This was cancelled after circuit owner Lawrence Stroll communicated to the ALMS “an inability to comply with the terms of the event agreement”.[8] Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course would replace the event, marking the first time the ALMS would visit the Midwest.[9]

Three races were planned after Petit Le Mans but all were cancelled and not replaced. Charlotte Motor Speedway planned to host a race on October 21st but was cancelled in August.[10]

The final two rounds were to be exhibition events for the planned Asia-Pacific Le Mans Series (APLMS) with races at Sepang International Circuit on November 11th and the Adelaide Street Circuit on December 2nd. The South Australian government cancelled the Adelaide event in early 2001 and while the ALMS received offers from several locations around Australia to hold a replacement event, with the most likely candidate being a street circuit in Sydney, however the series ran out of time for a replacement.[11][12] The Malaysian round was increased from 4 to 6 hours to compensate.[13] This event would also be cancelled after logistical issues caused by the September 11th Terrorist attacks.[14]

the Nürburgring and Las Vegas Motor Speedway were both dropped from the schedule after 2000 with no reason given. This was the last season to feature events held on road courses at oval circuits.


Entry list

Source:[15][16]

Le Mans Prototype 900 (LMP900)

Team Chassis Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rnds.
Germany Audi Sport North America Audi R8 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 M 1 Italy Rinaldo Capello All
Denmark Tom Kristensen 1, 3–10
Italy Michele Alboreto 2
France Laurent Aïello 2
2 Germany Frank Biela All
Italy Emanuele Pirro All
Denmark Tom Kristensen 2
United Kingdom Team Ascari Ascari A410 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 G 3 South Africa Werner Lupberger 3
United Kingdom Ben Collins 3
4 France Patrick Lemarié 3
Netherlands Klaas Zwart 3
Finland Harri Toivonen 3
France Team PlayStation Chrysler LMP Mopar 6.0L V8 M 6 Monaco Olivier Beretta 3, 10*
France Yannick Dalmas 3, 10*
Portugal Pedro Lamy 10*
United Kingdom Johansson Motorsport Audi R8 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 M 7

18

Sweden Stefan Johansson 2–4, 9–10
United Kingdom Guy Smith 2–4
France Patrick Lemarié 9–10
United States Team Cadillac Cadillac Northstar LMP01 Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 M 7 France Emmanuel Collard 5, 7–10
France Christophe Tinseau 5, 7–9
Belgium Marc Goossens 10
France Éric Bernard 10*
8 Italy Max Angelelli 5, 7–10
South Africa Wayne Taylor 5, 7–10
France Christophe Tinseau 10
United States Philip Creighton Motorsport Ltd. Lola B2K/10 Ford (Roush) 6.0 L V8 G 8 United States Scott Schubot 1*
United States Rick Sutherland 1*
United Kingdom Westward Racing Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 A 8 United States Jay Cochran 3
United States Peter Boss 3
United States Dyson Racing Team Riley & Scott Mk III C Lincoln (Élan) 6.0L V8 G 16 United States Butch Leitzinger 2, 7–10
United Kingdom James Weaver 2, 7–10
United States Elliot Forbes-Robinson 2, 10
United States Intersport Racing Lola B2K/10 Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 G 36 United States Earl Goddard 10
United States Duncan Dayton 10
Lola B2K/10 (Rd. 2, 5–6)

Lola B2K/10B (Rd. 8–10)

37 United States Jon Field 2, 5–6, 8–10
United States Rick Sutherland 2, 5–6, 9–10
United States Duncan Dayton 2
United States Joel Field 8
United States Clint Field 8
United States Mark Neuhaus 10
United States Champion Racing Audi R8 Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 M 38 United Kingdom Andy Wallace 1–2, 5–10
United States Dorsey Schroeder 1–2
Germany Ralf Kelleners 2
United Kingdom Johnny Herbert 5–10
United States Panoz Motor Sports Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 M 49 United States Jay Cochran 1
United Kingdom Richard Dean 1
Panoz LMP07 (Rd. 1–4)

Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S (Rd. 5–10)

Élan (Zytek) 4.0L V8 (Rd. 1–4)

Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 (Rd. 5–10)

50 Denmark Jan Magnussen All
Australia David Brabham All
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S (Rd. 1, 5–10)

Panoz LMP07 (Rd. 2–4)

Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 (Rd. 1–11)

Élan (Zytek) 4.0L V8 (Rd. 12)

51 Germany Klaus Graf All
Brazil Gaulter Salles 1–3
France Franck Lagorce 4–10
France Pescarolo Sport Courage C60 Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6 M 72 France Jean-Christophe Boullion 2–3
France Laurent Redon 2–3
France Sébastien Bourdais 2

Le Mans Prototype 675 (LMP675)

Team Chassis Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rnds.
United States Dick Barbour Racing Reynard 01Q Judd GV675 3.4L V8 G 5 Belgium Didier de Radigues 3–4, 7–10
Belgium Eric van de Poele 3–4
Belgium Bruno Lambert 7–8, 10
Venezuela Milka Duno 9
South Africa Earl Goddard 10
57 Canada John Graham 3–10
Venezuela Milka Duno 3–8, 10
Belgium Didier de Radigues 5–6
Canada Scott Maxwell 9–10
United States Roock-KnightHawk Racing Lola B2K/40 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 A 13 United States Mel Hawkins 1–2, 4, 9–10
United States Steven Knight 1–2, 7–10
Germany Claudia Hürtgen 2, 7–10
South Africa Earl Goddard 4
Spain Tomás Saldaña 4
United Kingdom Rowan Racing Pilbeam MP84 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 A 21 United Kingdom Martin O'Connell 3–4
United Kingdom Warren Carway 3–4
United States Archangel Motorsports Lola B2K/40 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 A 21 United Kingdom Ben Devlin 10
United States Andrew Davis 10
United States Jason Workman 10
Kenya Swara Racing Pilbeam MP84 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 A 24 United Kingdom Robert Schirle 3*
United States Stephen Earle 3*
United Kingdom Ben McLoughlin 3*
United Kingdom Simon Wiseman 4*
United Kingdom Michael Mallock 4*
United States Team Bucknum Racing Pilbeam MP84 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 A 31 United States Chris McMurry 10
United States Bret Arsenault 10
United States Bryan Willman 10
France Racing Organisation Course Reynard 2KQ-LM Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I4 M 39 Spain Jordi Gené 10
France Yannick Schroeder 10
Switzerland Jean-Denis Délétraz 10
United States Southern Comfort Racing Pilbeam MP84 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 A 48 United States Jimmy Adams 8
United States Joe Blacker 8
United States Team Spencer Motorsports Lola B2K/40 Mazda 1.3 L Turbo 2-Rotor G 62 United States Dennis Spencer 10*
United States Rich Grupp 10*
United States Gunnar Racing Lola B2K/40 Porsche F6 2.0L Turbo D 77 United States Wayne Jackson 2*
United States Gunnar Jeannette 2*
Canada Bill Adam 2*

Grand Touring Sport (GTS)

Team Chassis Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rnds.
United States Park Place Racing

United States Fordahl Motorsports

Saleen S7-R Ford 7.0L V8 Y 05 United States Chris Bingham 10
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 10
United States Ron Johnson 10
United States Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Chevrolet 7.0 L V8 G 3 United States Johnny O'Connell 1–2, 5–10
Canada Ron Fellows 1–2, 5–10
United States Chris Kneifel 2
France Franck Fréon 10
4 United States Andy Pilgrim 1–2, 5–10
United States Kelly Collins 1–2, 5–10
France Franck Fréon 2
United States Scott Pruett 10
United Kingdom Brookspeed Dodge Viper GTS-R Dodge 8.0L V10 D 19 Germany Dino Steiner 10
United States Joe Ellis 10
United States John Cooper 10
Germany Konrad Motorsport Saleen S7-R Ford 7.0L V8 D 25 Switzerland Walter Brun 10
Switzerland Toni Seiler 10
Germany Konrad Team Saleen G

D

26 Austria Franz Konrad 2–10
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin 2–3
United States Terry Borcheller 2, 5–10
Switzerland Walter Brun 4
Switzerland Toni Seiler 4
United States Charles Slater 10
Germany Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 G 44 Portugal Bernardo Sá Nogueira 4
Poland Maciej Stanco 4
United Kingdom RML Saleen S7-R Ford 7.0L V8 D 41 United Kingdom Ian McKellar 3–4
Belgium Bruno Lambert 3–4
United States American Viperacing Dodge Viper GTS-R Dodge 8.0L V10 D 44 United States Tom Weickardt 1–2, 5–10
United States Joe Ellis 1–2, 8
United Kingdom Andy Pardoe 2
United States Gene Martindale 5
United States Kevin Allen 6–7, 10
United States Mike Silcox 9
United States Rick Fairbanks 10
45 United States Erik Messley 1–2
United States Terry Borcheller 1
United States Jeff Altenburg 2, 5–6
United States Stu Hayner 2
United States Shane Lewis 5–9
United States David Donohue 7–8
United States Darren Law 9
Netherlands Mike Hezemans 10
Belgium Anthony Kumpen 10
United Kingdom Prodrive Allstars Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9L V12 M 88 Netherlands Peter Kox 10
Sweden Rickard Rydell 10
Belgium Marc Duez 10

Grand Touring (GT)

Team Chassis Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rnds.
France Larbre Compétition Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 M 00 France Christophe Bouchut 2
France Patrice Goueslard 2
France Sébastien Dumez 2
Germany RWS Motorsport Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 07 Germany Norman Simon 2
Austria Dieter Quester 2
Austria Philipp Peter 2
United States Cirtek Motorsport Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 09 United States Keith Alexander 2
United Kingdom Gavin Pickering 2
United States Chris Gleason 2
United States BMW Team PTG BMW M3 E46 (Rd. 1–2)

BMW M3 E46 GTR (Rd. 5–10)

BMW 3.2 L I6 (Rd. 1–2)

BMW 4.0L V8 (Rd. 5–10)

Y 6 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck 1–2, 5–10
United States Boris Said 1–2, 5–8, 10
United States Peter Cunningham 2
Sweden Niclas Jönsson 9
United States Bill Auberlen 10
BMW M3 E46 BMW 3.2 L I6 9 United States Bill Auberlen 10*
United States Boris Said 10*
BMW M3 E46 (Rd. 1–2)

BMW M3 E46 GTR (Rd. 5–10)

BMW 3.2 L I6 (Rd. 1–2)

BMW 4.0L V8 (Rd. 5–10)

10 Sweden Niclas Jönsson 1–2, 5–8, 10
United States Bill Auberlen 1–2, 5–7, 9
United States Joey Hand 2
United States Joe Foster 7
United States Peter Cunningham 8
United States Boris Said 9
United States David Murry 10
United States Brian Cunningham 10
United States Aspen Knolls/MCR Callaway C12-R Chevrolet 7.0L V8 G 12 United States Shane Lewis 1–2, 5*, 7*, 10
United States Vic Rice 1–2, 5*
United States Bob Mazzuoccola 2, 7*, 10
United States Cort Wagner 7*, 10
United States Dick Barbour Racing Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 15 Mexico Randy Wars 2, 5–9
United States Grady Willingham 2, 5, 7, 10
United States Mark Neuhaus 2, 6, 8–9
United States Dave McEntee 5
United States Taz Harvey 10
United Kingdom Sam Hancock 10
United States Trinkler Racing, LLC Chevrolet Corvette C5 Chevrolet 5.7 L V8 G 17 United States Owen Trinkler 1–2
United States Jeff Altenburg 1
United States Andy Lally 2
United States B. J. Zacharias 2
United States Alex Job Racing Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 M 22 United States Randy Pobst All
Germany Christian Menzel 1–3, 5–10
Germany Timo Bernhard 2
France Emmanuel Collard 4
23 Germany Lucas Lühr All
Germany Sascha Maassen All
France Emmanuel Collard 2
United Kingdom Sebah Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 A

D

29

64

United Kingdom Stephen Earle 3–4, 10
United Kingdom Bart Hayden 3–4, 10
United Kingdom Hugh Hayden 10
United States Petersen Motorsports Porsche 996 GT3-R (Rd. 1)

Porsche 996 GT3-RS (Rd. 2, 5–10)

Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 M 30 United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem 1–2, 5–10
France Bob Wollek 1, 2†
United States Michael Petersen 2
Germany Timo Bernhard 5–7, 9
United States Mike Fitzgerald 8, 10
France Jean-Christophe Boullion 10
United States Orbit Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 32 United States Scooter Gabel 10
United States Gary Schultheis 10
United States Doc Lowman 10
34 United States Peter Baron 2, 10
United States Leo Hindery 2, 10
United States Gian Luigi Buitoni 2
United States Tony Kester 10
35 Republic of Ireland Tommy Byrne 2, 10
United States Richard Millman 2, 10
United States Tony Kester 2
United States MSB Motorsport Ferrari 360 Modena GT Ferrari 3.6L V8 G 33 United Kingdom Marino Franchitti 10
United Kingdom Kelvin Burt 10
Germany Ralf Kelleners 10
Germany Jürgen Alzen Motorsport Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 Y 36 Germany Jürgen Alzen 2
Germany Ulli Richter 2
Germany BMW Motorsport

Germany Team Schnitzer

BMW M3 E46 (Rd. 1)

BMW M3 E46 GTR (Rd. 2–10)

BMW 3.2 L I6 (Rd. 1)

BMW 4.0L V8 (Rd. 2–10)

M 42 Finland J.J. Lehto All
Germany Jörg Müller 1–9
Sweden Fredrik Ekblom 10
BMW M3 E46 (Rd. 2)

BMW M3 E46 GTR (Rd. 3–10)

BMW 3.2 L I6 (Rd. 2)

BMW 4.0L V8 (Rd. 3–10)

43 Germany Dirk Müller All
Sweden Fredrik Ekblom 1–9
Germany Jörg Müller 10
United States Broadfoot Racing Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 47 United States John Warner 2, 10
Spain Paco Orti 2
United States Allan Ziegelman 2
United States Doc Lowman 10
Germany Seikel Motorsport Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 Y 52 Canada Tony Burgess 1, 3–10
Italy Stefano Buttiero 1, 10
United States Philip Collin 2, 5–6, 8
New Zealand Andrew Bagnall 2, 9
Canada Brian Burgess 2
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem 3
Morocco Max Cohen-Olivar 4
Sweden Magnus Wallinder 7
United States Hugh Plumb 10
53 Italy Gabrio Rosa 2–3
Italy Alex Caffi 2
Italy Fabio Babini 2
Italy Luca Drudi 3
Germany Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 Y 57 United Kingdom Nigel Smith 2
Germany Klaus Horn 2
Porsche 996 GT3-RS 58 Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann 2
France Stéphane Ortelli 2
United Kingdom P.K. Sport Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 60 United Kingdom Mike Youles 3–4
United Kingdom Robin Liddell 3–4
Porsche 996 GT3-R (Rd. 3)

Porsche 996 GT3-RS (Rd. 4)

Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 61 United Kingdom Mark Humphrey 3–4
United Kingdom Piers Masarati 3–4
France Noël del Bello Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 63 France Marc Sourd 3
France Georges Forgeois 3
France Patrick Caternet 3
Spain Paco Orti Racing Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 65 Spain Paco Orti 3–4
Spain Jésus Diez de Villarroel 3–4
United States The Racer's Group Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 Y 66 United States Kevin Buckler 2, 5–6, 9
United States Tom McGlynn 2
United States Stephen Earle 2
United States Tyler McQuarrie 5–6, 9
Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 67 United States Robert Orcutt 5, 9
United States Vic Rice 5
United States Tony Colicchio 9
United Kingdom Harlow Motorsport Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 66 United Kingdom Terry Rymer 4
South Africa Stephen Watson 4
67 United Kingdom Paul Fuller 4*
United Kingdom Marcus Fothergill 4*
United Kingdom Atomic Kitten Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5 Chevrolet 5.7 L V8 D 68 United Kingdom Roger Walters 10*
United Kingdom Tom Bellamy 10*
Canada Kyser Racing Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 69 United States Joe Foster 2–3, 5–6, 8–10
Canada Kye Wankum 2–3, 5–10
Canada Jeffrey Pabst 2, 5, 7
United States Doc Bundy 10
United States Gunnar Racing Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 75 United States Gunnar Jeannette 10
United States Joe Policastro, Jr. 10
United States Joe Policastro, Sr. 10
United States Kelly-Moss Motorsports Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 Y 98 United States Rick Polk 1–2
United States Cort Wagner 1–2
United States Darren Law 2
Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 99 United States Anthony Lazzaro 1–2
France Christophe Bouchut 1
United States David Murry 2
Italy Vincenzo Sospiri 2

* Was on the entry list but did not participate in the event.

Season results

Overall winner in bold.

Rnd Circuit LMP900 Winning Team LMP675 Winning Team GTS Winning Team GT Winning Team Results
LMP900 Winning Drivers LMP675 Winning Drivers GTS Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers
1 Texas Germany #1 Audi Sport North America None United States #3 Corvette Racing United States #23 Alex Job Racing Results
Denmark Tom Kristensen
Italy Rinaldo Capello
Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
Germany Sascha Maassen
Germany Lucas Luhr
2 Sebring Germany #1 Audi Sport North America None Germany #26 Konrad Team Saleen United States #23 Alex Job Racing Results
Italy Rinaldo Capello
Italy Michele Alboreto
France Laurent Aïello
United Kingdom Oliver Gavin
United States Terry Borcheller
Austria Franz Konrad
Germany Sascha Maassen
Germany Lucas Luhr
France Emmanuel Collard
3 Donington Germany #1 Audi Sport Team Joest United Kingdom #21 Rowan Racing United Kingdom #41 Ray Mallock Ltd. United States #23 Alex Job Racing Results
Denmark Tom Kristensen
Italy Rinaldo Capello
United Kingdom Martin O'Connell
United Kingdom Warren Carway
Belgium Bruno Lambert
United Kingdom Ian McKellar Jr.
Germany Lucas Luhr
Germany Sascha Maassen
4 Jarama Germany #1 Audi Sport Team Joest United States #5 Dick Barbour Racing Germany #23 Konrad Team Saleen Germany #43 Team Schnitzer Results
Denmark Tom Kristensen
Italy Rinaldo Capello
Belgium Eric van de Poele
Belgium Didier de Radiguès
Switzerland Toni Seiler
Switzerland Walter Brun
Austria Franz Konrad
Germany Dirk Müller
Sweden Fredrik Ekblom
5 Sears Point Germany #1 Audi Sport North America United States #57 Dick Barbour Racing United States #3 Corvette Racing Germany #42 BMW Motorsport Results
Denmark Tom Kristensen
Italy Rinaldo Capello
Canada John Graham
Venezuela Milka Duno
Belgium Didier de Radiguès
Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
Finland JJ Lehto
Germany Jörg Müller
6 Portland United States #50 Panoz Motor Sports United States #57 Dick Barbour Racing United States #3 Corvette Racing United States #6 PTG Results
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Australia David Brabham
Canada John Graham
Venezuela Milka Duno
Belgium Didier de Radiguès
Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
Germany Hans Joachim Stuck
United States Boris Said
7 Mosport Germany #2 Audi Sport North America United States #5 Dick Barbour Racing United States #3 Corvette Racing Germany #42 BMW Motorsport Results
Germany Frank Biela
Italy Emanuele Pirro
Belgium Bruno Lambert
Belgium Didier de Radiguès
Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
Finland JJ Lehto
Germany Jörg Müller
8 Mid-Ohio United States #50 Panoz Motor Sports United States #5 Dick Barbour Racing United States #3 Corvette Racing Germany #42 BMW Motorsport Results
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Australia David Brabham
Belgium Bruno Lambert
Belgium Didier de Radiguès
Canada Ron Fellows
United States Johnny O'Connell
Finland JJ Lehto
Germany Jörg Müller
9 Laguna Seca Germany #2 Audi Sport North America United States #5 Dick Barbour Racing Germany #26 Konrad Team Saleen Germany #42 BMW Motorsport Results
Germany Frank Biela
Italy Emanuele Pirro
Belgium Didier de Radigues
Venezuela Milka Duno
United States Terry Borcheller
Austria Franz Konrad
Finland JJ Lehto
Germany Jörg Müller
10 Road Atlanta Germany #2 Audi Sport North America United States #57 Dick Barbour Racing United States #4 Corvette Racing United States #6 PTG Results
Germany Frank Biela
Italy Emanuele Pirro
Canada Scott Maxwell
Canada John Graham
Venezuela Milka Duno
United States Kelly Collins
United States Andy Pilgrim
France Franck Fréon
Germany Hans Joachim Stuck
United States Boris Said
United States Bill Auberlen
Source:[17]

Teams' Championship

Points are awarded to the finishers in the following order:[18]

  • 25-21-19-17-15-14-13-12-11-10-...

Exceptions being for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which awarded in the following order:[18]

  • 30-26-24-22-20-19-18-17-16-15-...

Points were awarded in two separate ways. Only the best finish out of the two European rounds (3 and 4) was included. In addition to this, only the top eight finishes for the entire season were included. Points earned but not counting towards the team's total are listed in italics.

Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.

LMP900 standings

Pos Team Chassis Engine United States
TEX
United States
SEB
United Kingdom
DON
Spain
JAR
United States
SON
United States
POR
Canada
MOS
United States
MOH
United States
LAG
United States
ROA
Total
1 Germany Audi Sport North America Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 25 30 25 25 25 21 25 21 25 30 206
2 United States Panoz Motor Sports Panoz LMP07
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S
Élan (Zytek) 4.0L V8
Élan 6L8 6.0L V8
19

17

14

17

19


25

21

25

14

19
162
3 United States Champion Racing Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 17 24 17 19 14 15 21 24 151
4= United States Team Cadillac Cadillac Northstar LMP01 Cadillac Northstar 4.0L Turbo V8 15 19 13 17 22 86
4= United Kingdom Johansson Motorsport Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 22 19 19 19 26 86
6 United States Intersport Racing Lola B2K/10 Judd GV4 4.0L V10 20 14 11 13 15 73
7 United States Dyson Racing Riley & Scott Mk III C Lincoln (Élan) 6.0L V8 19 15 19 18 71
8 France Pescarolo Sport Courage C60 Peugeot A32 3.2L Turbo V6 18 17 35

LMP675 standings

Pos Team Chassis Engine United States
TEX
United States
SEB
United Kingdom
DON
Spain
JAR
United States
SON
United States
POR
Canada
MOS
United States
MOH
United States
LAG
United States
ROA
Total
1 United States Dick Barbour Racing Reynard 01Q Judd GV675 3.4L V8 21 25 25 25 25 25 25 30 180
2 United States Roock-KnightHawk Racing Lola B2K/40 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.4L V6 25 30 21 21 19 21 19 22 178
3 United States Archangel Motorsport Lola B2K/40 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 26 26
4 United States Team Bucknum Racing Pilbeam MP84 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 20 20
5= United States Southern Comfort Racing Pilbeam MP84 Nissan (AER) VQL 3.0L V6 19 19
5= France Racing Organisation Course Reynard 2KQ-LM Volkswagen 2.0L Turbo I4 19 19

GTS standings

Pos Team Chassis Engine United States
TEX
United States
SEB
United Kingdom
DON
Spain
JAR
United States
SON
United States
POR
Canada
MOS
United States
MOH
United States
LAG
United States
ROA
Total
1 United States Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Chevrolet 7.0L V8 25 26 25 25 25 25 21 30 202
2 Germany Konrad Team Saleen Saleen S7-R Ford 7.0L V8 30 21 25 19 19 21 19 25 26 184
3 United States American Viperacing Dodge Viper GTS-R Dodge 8.0L V10 21 22 17 21 17 17 17 24 156
4 United States Park Place Racing Saleen S7-R Ford 7.0L V8 22 22
5 Germany Konrad Motorsport Saleen S7-R Ford 7.0L V8 19 19
6 United Kingdom Prodrive All-Stars Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9L V12 18 18
7 United Kingdom Brookspeed Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 8.0L V10 17 17

GT standings

Pos Team Chassis Engine United States
TEX
United States
SEB
United Kingdom
DON
Spain
JAR
United States
SON
United States
POR
Canada
MOS
United States
MOH
United States
LAG
United States
ROA
Total
1 Germany BMW Motorsport BMW M3 GTR BMW 3.2L I6
BMW 4.0L V8
15


24

10

25

25

19

25

25
25

26

194
2 United States Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 25 30 25 19 15 21 17 19 19 24 180
3 United States Prototype Technology Group BMW M3 GTR BMW 3.2L I6
BMW 4.0L V8
19

22


21

25

19

17

17

30
170
4 Germany Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 12 19 17 13 11 15 12 8 18 112
5 Canada Kyser Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 18 15 8 13 14 10 11 17 106
6 United States Petersen Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 17 14 14 10 15 15 19 104
7 United States Dick Barbour Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 10 10 11 13 11 10 11 76
8 United States The Racer's Group Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 13 13 13 39
9 United States Aspen Knolls/MCR Callaway C12-R Chevrolet 7.0L V8 9 13 22
10 France Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 20 20
11 Germany Jürgen Alzen Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 17 17
12= Germany Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 16 16
12= United Kingdom Sebah Automotive Ltd. Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 16 16
14= United States Cirtek Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 15 15
14= United States Orbit Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 15 15
16= United States Kelly-Moss Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 14 14
16= United States Gunnar Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 14 14
18= United States Trinkler Racing LLC Chevrolet Corvette LM-GT Chevrolet 5.7L V8 11 11
18= Germany RWS Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 11 11

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