Monterey Sports Car Championships Presented by Mazda
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca / Salinas, California
September 7 - 9, 2001


Official American Le Mans Series Race Results

 2001 RACE RESULTS

LAGUNA SECA

ROUND 7
MONTEREY SPORTS CAR CHAMPIONSHIPS
PRESENTED BY MAZDA
MAZDA RACEWAY LAGUNA SECA / SALINAS, CALIFORNIA

SEPTEMBER 9, 2001

OFFICIAL RESULTS 

Length of Race:                                         120 laps for 268.56 miles
Time of Race:                                            2 hours 45 minutes 20.303 seconds
Margin of Victory:                                       1.602 seconds
LMP900 Average Speed:                              97.458 mph
LMP675 Average Speed:                              38.703 mph                                                

GTS Average Speed:                                   90.421 mph                

GT Average Speed:                                     89.187 mph 

FASTEST QUALIFIERS:

LMP900:                    #  1  Rinaldo Capello                   1:15.238    107.084  mph 
LMP675:                    #  5  Didier de Radigues              1:19.706    101.081  mph REC

GTS:                         #26  Terry Borcheller                  1:22.986      97.086  mph REC
GT:                           #42  J.J. Lehto                           1:26.265      93.396  mph REC 

FASTEST LAP:

LMP900:                    #  1  Rinaldo Capello                   Lap #    8   1:17.011        104.619 mph
LMP675:                    #  5  Didier de Radigues              Lap #  38   1:21.488           98.871 mph REC

GTS:                         #26  Terry Borcheller                  Lap #    5   1:24.101           95.799 mph REC
GT:                           #43  Fredrik Ekblom                    Lap #    8   1:26.566           93.071 mph REC

LAP LEADER(S)

DRIVER                            CAR #          LAP

Jan Magnussen                  #50           1 -   14
Frank Biela                        #  2         15 -   29
Jan Magnussen                  #50         30 -   37
Frank Biela                        #  2         38 -   60
Johnny Herbert                  #38          61 -   83
Emanuele Pirro                   #  2         84 - 120  

Total Purse:  $99,100 including contingency awards from Air Products, Bosch and Pi Research.

Privateer Points Fund After 7 Rounds of the American Le Mans Series:  $999,400 ($117,000 from Laguna Seca)

 

FN.

PS.

ST.

PS.

CAR

NO.

 

CL

CL

PS.

 

DRIVER/HOMETOWN/STATE

 

SPONSOR/CAR

 

PURSE

LAPS

COMP

 

STAT.

1

3

2

P900

1

Frank Biela/Monte Carlo, Monaco
Emanuele Pirro/Monte Carlo, Monaco

Infineon/Audi R8

**$0

120

 

2

6

38

P900

2

Johnny Herbert/Essex, U.K.
Andy Wallace/Oxford, U.K.

Champion Audi/Michelin/Audi R8

$27,000

120

 

3

2

18

P900

3

Patrick LeMarié/Monaco
Stefan Johansson/Indianapolis/IN

Gulf Oil/Audi R8

$17,500

119

 

4

7

8

P900

4

Max Angelelli/Monaco
Wayne Taylor/Orlando/FL

Toshiba/America Business Systems/ACDelco/Northstar/Mobil 1/Cadillac LMP 01

**$0

117

 

5

8

7

P900

5

Emmanuel Collard/London, England
Christophe Tinseau/Mont-Pres-Chambord

Toshiba/America Business Systems/ACDelco/Northstar/Mobil 1/Cadillac LMP 01

**$0

116

 

6

13

26

GTS

1

Terry Borcheller/Phoenix/AZ
Franz Konrad/Gütersloh, Germany

Saleen S7R

$14,300

112

 

7

14

3

GTS

2

Ron Fellows/Mississauga, Ontario
Johnny O’Connell/Flowery Branch/GA

GM Goodwrench Services/GMAC/Chevrolet Corvette C5-R

**$0

111

 

8

15

4

GTS

3

Andy Pilgrim/Aventura/FL 
Kelly Collins/Corona del Mar/CA

GM Goodwrench Services/GMAC/Chevrolet Corvette C5-R

**$0

111

 

9

16

42

GT

1

J.J. Lehto/Monaco
Jörg Müller/Monaco

BMW M3 GTR

**$0

110

 

10

17

43

GT

2

Fredrik Ekblom/Orebro, Sweden
Dirk Müller/Monaco

BMW M3 GTR

**$0

110

 

11

18

23

GT

3

Sascha Maassen/Aachen, Germany
Lucas Luhr/Monte Carlo, Monaco

McKenna Porsche/Mobil 1/Michelin/Porsche 911 GT3 RS

$4,600

110

 

12

19

10

GT

4

Boris Said/Carlsbad/CA
Bill Auberlen/Hermosa Beach/CA

Yokohama/BMW/BMW M3 GTR

$3,000

109

 

13

22

30

GT

5

Timo Bernhard/Miesau, Germany
Johnny Mowlem/London, England

Westward Ho Hotel & Casino/M.P.I.E./Mobil 1/PAWS/Elf/Hella/Michelin/Justice Bros./Porsche 911 GT3 RS

$2,000

109

 

14

21

22

GT

6

Christian Menzel/Germany
Randy Pobst/Melbourne/FL

McKenna Porsche/Mobil 1/Michelin/Porsche 911 GT3 RS

$2,000

108

 

15

23

66

GT

7

Kevin Buckler/Sonoma/CA
Tyler McQuarrie/Walnut Creek/CA

The Racers Group/Yokohama/

Porsche 911 GT3 RS

$2,000

105

 

16

25

67

GT

8

Robert Orcutt/Santa Cruz/CA
Tony Colicchio/Berkley/CA

The Racers Group/Yokohama/Porsche 911 GT3 R

$2,000

103

 

17

24

69

GT

9

Kye Wankum/Toronto, Canada
Joe Foster/Atlanta/GA

Pfaff/Porsche 911 GT3 R

$2,000

102

 

18

27

44

GTS

4

Tom Weickardt/Whitefish Bay/WI
Mike Silcox/Indianapolis/IN

ESP/Unisys/Dodge Viper GTS-R

$3,000

100

 

19

26

15

GT

10

Mark Neuhaus/Sun Valley/ID
Randy Wars/Mexico City, Mexico

Porsche 911 GT3 R

$2,000

99

 

20

28

45

GTS

5

Shane Lewis/Jupiter/FL
Darren Law/Phoeniz/AZ

ESP/Unisys/Dodge Viper GTS-R

$2,000

*83

MECH.

21

5

51

P900

6

Franck Lagorce/Ballainvilliers, France
Klaus Graf/Dornstetten, Germany

Michelin/Panoz Racing Schools/Panoz LMP1 - Roadster S

**$0

*78

ACC.

22

9

37

P900

7

Jon Field/Dublin/OH
Rick Sutherland/Los Gatos/CA

Banana Joe’s/Lola B2K/10B/Judd

$0

*74

MECH.

23

20

6

GT

11

Niclas Jönsson/Aliso Viejo/CA
Hans Stuck/Ellmau, Austria

Yokohama/BMW/BMW M3 GTR

$0

*74

ACC.

24

1

1

P900

8

Rinaldo Capello/Canelli, Italy
Tom Kristensen/Monte Carlo, Monaco

Infineon/Audi R8

**$0

*58

MECH.

25

4

50

P900

9

Jan Magnussen/Gainesville/GA

Michelin/Spirit of Sebring/
Panoz LMP1 - Roadster S

**$0

*57

ACC.

26

10

5

P675

1

Milka Duno/Caracas, Venezuela
Didier de Radigues/Monaco

Reynard 01Q/Judd

$7,900

48

 

27

11

57

P675

2

Scott Maxwell/Toronto, Ontario

Reynard 01Q/Judd

$5,300

*41

ACC.

28

29

52

GT

12

Tony Burgess/Toronto, Ontario
Andrew Bagnall/Auckland, New Zealand

TDM Technical Services/Team Avia New Media/Yokohama/Porsche 911 GT3 RS

$0

*40

MECH.

29

12

11

P675

3

Claudia Huertgen/Aachen, Germany

DNTLworks/Oral Health America/Lola B2K/40/Nissan

$2,500

*20

MECH.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Not Running at the Finish

                     **Full Factory Team (not eligible for per race prize money)

 


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