2001 Grand American Road Racing Championship
2nd season of the racing series organized by Grand-American From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2001 Grand American Road Racing Championship was the second season of the Grand American Road Racing Championship run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. The season involved five classes: Sports Racing Prototype I and II (SRP-I and SRP-II), Grand Touring Sport (GTS), Grand Touring (GT), and American GT (AGT). 10 races were run from February 3, 2001, to November 3, 2001, with Watkins Glen International gaining a date in August.
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Schedule
Some events featured two races of different length, with a break-up of the five competing classes.
| Rnd | Race | Length/Duration | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rolex 24 at Daytona | 24 Hours | Daytona International Speedway | February 2 February 3 |
| 2 | Nextel 250 | 250 Miles | Homestead-Miami Speedway | March 3 |
| 3 | Sun Automotive 200 | 200 Miles | Phoenix International Raceway | April 21 |
| 4 | Six Hours of the Glen | 6 Hours | Watkins Glen International | May 20 |
| 5 | Dodge Dealers Grand Prix | 125 Miles (GT classes) | Lime Rock Park | May 26 |
| 2 Sprints (SRP classes) | May 28 | |||
| 6 | U.S. Road Racing Classic | 250 Miles | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | June 10 |
| 7 | Road America 500 | 500 Miles | Road America | July 8 |
| 8 | Le Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières | 200 km (GT+AGT) | Circuit Trois-Rivières | August 4 |
| 225 km (SRPs+GTS) | August 5 | |||
| 9 | Bully Hill Vineyards 250 | 250 Miles | Watkins Glen International | August 10 |
| 10 | Grand-Am Finale | 3 Hours | Daytona International Speedway | November 3 |
| Source:[1] | ||||
Results
Summarize
Perspective
Overall winners in bold.
| Rnd | Circuit | SRP Winning Teams | SRPII Winning Teams | GTS Winning Teams | GT Winning Teams | AGT Winning Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRP Winning Drivers | SRPII Winning Drivers | GTS Winning Drivers | GT Winning Drivers | AGT Winning Drivers | ||
| 1 | Daytona |  USA #63 Downing Atlanta |
USA #21 Archangel Motorsport Services |
USA #2 Corvette Racing |
USA #31 White Lightning Racing |
USA #11 Hamilton Safe Motorsports |
| USA Howard Katz USA Chris Ronson USA A. J. Smith USA Jim Downing |
USA Andy Lally Canada Paul Macey United Kingdom Martin Henderson United Kingdom Peter Seldon |
USA Johnny O'Connell Canada Ron Fellows USA Chris Kneifel France Franck Fréon |
 Germany Christian Menzel USA Randy Pobst USA Mike Fitzgerald Germany Lucas Luhr |
USA Ken Bupp USA Dick Greer USA Doug Mills USA Simon Gregg | ||
| 2 | Homestead | USA #16 Dyson Racing Team |
USA #22 Archangel Motorsport Services |
USA #5 Fordahl Motorsports |
USA #54 JET Motorsports |
USA #09 Team X1-R |
| United Kingdom James Weaver USA Butch Leitzinger |
USA Mike Durand United Kingdom Nigel Greensall |
USA Chris Bingham USA Ron Johnson |
USA Toney Jennings USA Terry Borcheller |
USA Craig Conway USA Doug Goad | ||
| 3 | Phoenix | USA #37 Intersport Racing |
Canada #89 PorscheHaus Racing |
USA #56 Muzzy Racing |
USA #15 Fordahl Motorsports |
USA #09 Team X1-R |
| USA Jon Field United Kingdom Oliver Gavin |
Canada Robert Julien Canada Bruno St. Jacques |
USA Ritch Marziale USA Erik Messley |
USA Randy Pobst USA Kimberly Hiskey |
USA Craig Conway USA Doug Goad | ||
| 4 | Watkins Glen | USA #27 Lista Doran Racing |
USA #62 Team Spencer Motorsports |
USA #5 Fordahl Motorsports |
USA #81 G&W Motorsports |
USA #09 Team X1-R |
 Belgium Didier Theys Italy Mauro Baldi Switzerland Fredy Lienhard Sr. |
USA Rich Grupp USA Ryan Hampton USA Barry Waddell |
USA Chris Bingham USA Ron Johnson |
USA Darren Law USA David Murry USA Matt Drendel |
USA Craig Conway USA Doug Goad | ||
| 5† | Lime Rock | USA #16 Dyson Racing Team |
USA #22 Archangel Motorsport Services |
USA #99 Schumacher Racing |
USA #54 JET Motorsports |
USA #09 Team X1-R |
| United Kingdom James Weaver USA Butch Leitzinger |
USA Mike Durand USA Howard Katz |
USA Larry Schumacher USA Gunnar Jeannette |
USA Toney Jennings USA Terry Borcheller |
USA Craig Conway USA Doug Goad | ||
| 6 | Mid-Ohio | USA #37 Intersport Racing |
USA #21 Archangel Motorsport Services |
USA #5 Fordahl Motorsports |
USA #54 JET Motorsports |
USA #09 Team X1-R |
| USA Jon Field United Kingdom Oliver Gavin |
USA Andy Lally Canada Paul Macey |
USA Chris Bingham USA Ron Johnson |
USA Toney Jennings USA Terry Borcheller |
USA Craig Conway USA Doug Goad | ||
| 7 | Road America | USA #27 Lista Doran Racing |
USA #21 Archangel Motorsport Services |
USA #5 Fordahl Motorsports |
USA #15 Fordahl Motorsports |
USA #11 Hamilton Safe Motorsports |
| Belgium Didier Theys Italy Mauro Baldi Switzerland Fredy Lienhard Sr. |
United Kingdom Ben Devlin USA Larry Oberto USA David Sterenberg |
USA Chris Bingham USA Ron Johnson |
USA Randy Pobst USA Kimberly Hiskey |
USA Ken Bupp USA Jon Leavy | ||
| 8† | Trois-Rivières | USA #16 Dyson Racing Team |
Canada #88 PorscheHaus Racing |
USA #5 Fordahl Motorsports |
USA #34 Zip/Pumpelly Racing |
USA #09 Team X1-R |
| United Kingdom James Weaver USA Butch Leitzinger |
Canada Stephane Veilleux Canada Jean-Francois Dumoulin Canada Peter Overing |
USA Chris Bingham USA Ron Johnson |
USA Spencer Pumpelly |
USA Craig Conway USA Doug Goad | ||
| 9 | Watkins Glen | USA #16 Dyson Racing Team |
USA #21 Archangel Motorsport Services |
USA #5 Fordahl Motorsports |
USA #45 Orbit Racing |
USA #84 Comer Racing |
| United Kingdom James Weaver USA Butch Leitzinger |
United Kingdom Ben Devlin USA David Sterenberg |
USA Chris Bingham USA Ron Johnson |
USA Kyle Petty USA John Andretti |
USA Jack Willes | ||
| 10 | Daytona | USA #16 Dyson Racing Team |
USA #8 Rand Racing LLC |
USA #5 Fordahl Motorsports |
USA #15 Fordahl Motorsports |
USA #09 Team X1-R |
| United Kingdom James Weaver USA Butch Leitzinger |
USA Terry Borcheller USA Anthony Lazzaro USA Bill Rand |
USA Chris Bingham USA Ron Johnson |
USA Randy Pobst USA Kimberly Hiskey |
USA Craig Conway USA Doug Goad |
† - Two separate individual races were held.
References
External links
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