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THE LEATHER CENTER GRAND
PRIX OF TEXAS
Sunday March 4, 2001 - PIT NOTES: Page 12
At 3:09, car #50-P Panoz LMP07 has moved ahead of #38-P Audi R8 for
third overall (due to #38 pit stop).
At 3:09, car #22-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS has moved ahead of #42-GT BMW M3
for second in GT class.
At 3:09, car #44-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R into the pits. Tires and fuel, no
driver change.
Kelly Collins (#4-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R) "The right rear tire
blew and I hit the wall. I remember hitting the wall, then looking down
at the ground and going backwards. The car felt really good. It wasn't
as fast as our other car (#3-GTS). I couldn't get through the corners
without heating up the tires, so I just settled into a rhythm. I was
just catching up with Terry Borcheller, setting up for a pass, when the
tire blew."
At 3:12, car #42-GT BMW M3 into the pits. Front tires only, no driver
change.
At 3:12, car #10-GT BMW M3 has moved ahead of the #42-GT BMW M3
for third in GT class.
At 3:15, car #52-GT Porsche 911 GT3 RS into the pits. Tires and fuel, no
driver change.
At 3:16, car #44-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R spun and continued at turn 3.
At 3:19, car #2-P Audi R8 into the pits. Fuel only, no driver change.
Car #50-P Panoz LMP07 moves into second overall.
At 3:20, car #1-P Audi R8 into the pits. Fuel only, no driver change.
Car #50-P Panoz LMP07 takes the overall lead.
At 3:28, car #3-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (class leader) into the
pits.
Tires and fuel, no driver change. Car #23-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS is ahead
of the GTS leader at this point.
At 3:28, car #17-GT Chevrolet Corvette C5-R into the pits. Right front
tire and fuel, no driver change.
At 3:33, car #2-P Audi R8 has moved ahead of #38-P Audi R8 for third
overall.
At 3:38, car #17-GT Chevrolet Corvette C5-R into the pits. Fuel only, no
driver change.
At 3:39, car #10-GT BMW M3 has shredded the right rear tire and is
driving slowly on course, losing the third place in class to the #42-GT
BMW M3.
At 3:40, car #49-P Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S into the pits. Fuel only, no
driver change.
At 3:42, car #10-GT BMW M3 into the pits. Rear tires only, no driver
change.
At 3:43, car #50-P Panoz LMP07 (overall leader) into the pits. Fuel
only, no driver change, losing the overall lead to #1-P Audi R8, coming
around in third place.
At 3:43, car #3-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R has passed the GT leader,
#23-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS for seventh overall.
At 3:45, car #51-P Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S into the pits. Fuel only, no
driver change.
At 3:46, car #51-P Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S into the pits, timed penalty.
At 3:52, checkered flag.
Unofficial order of finish: #1-P Audi R8 (117 laps), #2-P Audi R8,
#50-P Panoz LMP07; #3-GTS Chevrolet Corvette C5-R (109 laps), #45-GTS
Dodge Viper GTS-R (106 laps), #44-GTS Dodge Viper GTS-R (96 laps);
#23-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS (109 laps), #22-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS (107
laps), #6-GT BMW M3 (107 laps).
Team Audi wins its ninth race in a row, Rinaldo Capello's seventh win,
second consecutive and Tom Kristensen's third. In the GTS class, this is
Ron Fellows' second ALMS victory, both at TMS, and Johnny O'Connell's
first in GTS (with one prototype win). In the GT class, Lucas Luhr wins
for the fifth time, the second consecutive. For Sascha Maassen it is his
seventh career win. |
