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2001
AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES EVENT FACT SHEET
EVENT: Audi presents Petit Le Mans (Fourth Annual)
American Le Mans Series Round 8 of 8
LOCATION: Road Atlanta
Braselton, Georgia
2.54-mile road racing circuit (12 turns)
WHEN: Saturday, October 6, 2001 - 12 noon (ET)
LENGTH: 10 hours or 1,000 miles
CARS: Four classes of American Le Mans Series sports cars: Le Mans
Prototype (LMP) 900; LMP 675; Grand Touring Sport (GTS); Grand Touring
(GT).
SANCTION: Professional Sports Car Racing, Inc.
CONTACTS: Andy Hall, American Le Mans Series (317) 295-3500; Earl Fannin,
Road Atlanta (770) 967-6143
TELEVISION: Speedvision (Live)
Airtime: 11:30 a.m. (ET)
Eurosport (Tape delay)
Airtime: 20:45 (Central European Time), Oct. 14, 2001
RADIO: American Le Mans Series Radio Web (Live) http://www.americanlemans.com
TICKET INFO: Online: www.roadatlanta.com.
Telephone: 1-800-849-7223.
SUPPORT RACES: Historic IMSA GTP Series; Panoz GT Pro Series;
SPEEDVISION World Challenge; Star Mazda Series; CART Dayton Indy Lights.
SCHEDULE: Wednesday, October 3
12:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Sanctioned ALMS Testing
Thursday, October 4
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. ALMS Practice (all four classes)
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ALMS Practice (all four classes)
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ALMS Practice (all four classes)
Friday, October 5
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. ALMS Practice (all
four classes)
4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. ALMS Qualifying (GTS
& GT)
5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. ALMS Qualifying (LMP 900 & 675)
Saturday, October 6
8:25 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. ALMS Warm-up
12 noon Start of race
QUAL. RECORDS: LMP 900: 1:10.379 (129.925 mph) by Allan McNish, Audi R8,
9/00.
LMP 675: To be established (2001 event will be first at Road Atlanta for
LMP 675 class)
GTS: 1:18.632 (116.289 mph) by Ron Fellows, Chevrolet Corvette C5-R,
9/00.
GT: 1:23.922 (108.958 mph) by Dirk Muller, Porsche 911 GT3 R,
9/99.
2000 TOP 10 AT AUDI PRESENTS PETIT LE MANS
1. Allan McNish/Rinaldo Capello/Michele Alboreto, Audi R8
2. Frank Biela/Emanuele Pirro/Tom Kristensen, Audi R8
3. David Brabham/Jan Magnussen, Panoz LMP-1
4. Klaus Graf/Johnny O'Connell/Hiroki Katoh, Panoz LMP-1
5. JJ Lehto/Jorg Muller, BMW V12 LMR
6. Eric Bernard/Emmanuel Collard, Cadillac Northstar LMP
7. Wayne Taylor/Max Angelelli/Eric van de Poele, Cadillac Northstar LMP
8. Andy Wallace/Butch Leitzinger/Franck Lagorce, Cadillac Northstar LMP
9. Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins/Franck Freon, Chevrolet Corvette C5-R
10. Tommy Archer/Patrick Huisman/Boris Derichebourg, Dodge Viper GTS-R
2000 CLASS WINNERS AT AUDI PRESENTS PETIT LE MANS
LMP 900: Allan McNish/Rinaldo Capello/Michele Alboreto, Audi R8 (1st
overall)
GTS: Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins/Franck Freon, Chevrolet Corvette C5-R
(9th overall)
GT: Sascha Maassen/Bob Wollek, Porsche 911 GT3 R (15th overall)
2000 AUDI PETIT LE MANS RACE STATS
TIME OF RACE: 9 hours, 8 minutes, 40.619 seconds
LAPS COMPLETED BY WINNER: 394 for 1,000.76 miles
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 3 LAPS
LMP 900 AVERAGE SPEED: 109.437 mph
GTS AVERAGE SPEED: 99.425 mph
GT AVERAGE SPEED: 95.266 mph
NOTES OF INTEREST
The final event of the 2001 American Le Mans Series season, Audi
presents Petit Le Mans will determine many driving, team and
manufacturer titles for the season. It is also a qualifying event for
the 2002 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the class winners
receiving automatic invitations to compete in the French classic. The
first Petit Le Mans in 1998 was the race that became the model for the
American Le Mans Series, which started the following year. The race was
designed to be a smaller version of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In its
three previous runnings, the 1,000-mile mark has been reached by the
race winner before the 10-hour maximum time was completed. The fastest
was in 1999 at eight hours, 56 minutes, while the inaugural event in
1998 came within 11 minutes of reaching 10 hours. In only four years,
Audi presents Petit Le Mans has become one of the most important sports
car races in the world, and a stellar field of cars and drivers is
expected to compete in this year's version.
WEBSITES: The official website of the American Le Mans Series is located
at www.americanlemans.com.
Professional Sports Car Racing's website is www.professionalsportscar.com.
The website for Road Atlanta is www.roadatlanta.com.
For Further Information, Contact: Andy Hall, ALMS Director of Media
& Communications (317) 295-3500, ext. 31; andyhall58@hotmail.com