The 49th Annual Exxon Superflo 12 Hours at Sebring Presented by Dodge
Sebring International Raceway
March 15 - 17, 2001


Pit Notes
Saturday, March 17, 2001 -- Page 23
SUPERFLO 12 HOURS AT SEBRING
PIT NOTES: Page 23
PRESENTED BY DODGE
SATURDAY MARCH 17, 2001

At 4:21, car #44-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Joe Ellis. 45-second penalty for refueler visor violation.
At 4:21, car #50-P Panoz LMP07 into the pits, looking for an oil leak in the cockpit. Added fuel, no tires, driver change: Jan Magnussen.
At 4:23, car #4-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (class leader) into the pits.
Tires and fuel, driver change: Franck Freon. Maintains the class lead, but by only 7.582 seconds.
At 4:27, car #18-P Audi R8 into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Guy Smith.
At 4:33, car #45-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R off and on at turn 1.
At 4:33, car #58-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Stephane Ortelli.
At 4:36, car #72-P Courage C60/Peugeot into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Jean-Christophe Boullion.
At 4:39, car #6-GT BMW M3 into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Peter Cunningham.
At 4:39, car #45-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Erik Messley.
At 4:39, car #38-P Audi R8 into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Andy Wallace.

At 4:39, at 6 hours (half way) top three in class: #1-P (185 laps), #2-P (184 laps), #18-P (184 laps); #4-GTS (165 laps), #26-GTS (165 laps), #3-GTS (159 laps); #23-GT (163 laps), #42-GT (163 laps), #22-GT (162 laps); #11-P675 (105 laps)

At 4:42, car #37-P Lola B2K/10/Judd into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Jon Field.
At 4:43, car #57-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Klaus Horn, 2 minute 30 second penalty for too many men over the wall.

At 4:44, car #17-GT Chevrolet Corvette C5-R is reported going low and slow with no power at turn 8. The car is behind the wall near turn 9, driver reports the car is out of fuel. Out of the race.

At 4:45, car #16-P R&S MKIII C/Lincoln into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change.
At 4:48, car #26-GTS Saleen S7R into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Oliver Gavin.
At 4:48, car #3-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Johnny O'Connell.
At 4:55, two black flags issued:  #50-P Panoz LMP07 for passing #53 under the yellow, and  #45-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R for passing #36 under the yellow.
At 4:55, car #1-P Audi R8 into the pits. Fuel only, no driver change.
At 4:55, car #44-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R into the pits. Tires and fuel, no driver change.
At 4:56, car #50-P Panoz LMP07 into the pits. Tires and fuel, replaced the battery, no driver change.

At 4:57, car #72-P Courage C60/Peugeot pulled off behind the wall at turn 15, engine is on fire. Crews got the fire out, the driver is out of the car and OK. The car is out of the race.

At 4:58, car #45-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R into the pits for the stop and go penalty (passing under the yellow).
At 4:58, car #53-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Fabio Babini.
At 5:03, car #09-GT Porsche 911 GT3 R into the pits. Tires and fuel, driver change: Chris Gleason.
At 5:04, car #2-P Audi R8 into the pits. Fuel only, no driver change.
At 5:04, car #23-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS (leader in class) into the pits.
Tires and fuel, driver change: Emmanuel Collard. Car #42-GT BMW M3 GTR takes the lead in class.

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