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


American Le Mans Series Official Race Results
Saturday, March 17, 2001


2001 RACE RESULTS

SEBRING

ROUND 2
49TH ANNUAL EXXON SUPERFLO 12 HOURS AT SEBRING
PRESENTED BY DODGE
SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY / SEBRING, FL
MARCH 17, 2001

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Length of Race: 370 laps for 1369 miles
Time of Race: 12 hours 38.122 seconds
Margin of Victory: .482 seconds

LMP900 Average Speed: 113.983 mph
LMP675 Average Speed: 81.674 mph
GTS Average Speed: 102.093 mph
GT Average Speed: 100.330 mph

FASTEST QUALIFIERS:
LMP900: #2 Emanuele Pirro 1:49.110 122.079 mph
LMP675: #11 Claudia Huertgen 2:01.074 110.015 mph REC
GTS: #26 Oliver Gavin 2:00.426 110.607 mph
GT: #23 Sascha Maassen 2:06.764 105.077 mph REC

FASTEST LAP:
LMP900: #2 Tom Kristensen Lap #237 1:49.666 121.460 mph REC
LMP675: #11 Claudia Huertgen Lap #94 2:01.365 109.752 mph REC
GTS: #26 Terry Borcheller Lap #215 2:01.043 110.044 mph REC
GT: #42 Jörg Müller Lap #32 2:06.682 105.145 mph REC

LAP LEADER(S)
DRIVER: CAR #: LAP(S):
Frank Biela #2 1 - 5
Rinaldo Capello #1 6 - 54
Michele Alboreto #1 55 - 92
Tom Kristensen #2 93 - 107
Michele Alboreto #1 108 - 110
Emanuele Pirro #2 111 - 116
Laurent Aiello #1 117 - 166
Rinaldo Capello #1 167 - 222
Michele Alboreto #1 223 - 228
Guy Smith #18 229 - 230
Michele Alboreto #1 231 - 234
Tom Kristensen #2 235 - 251
Michele Alboreto #1 252 - 254
Tom Kristensen #2 255 - 278
Laurent Aiello #1 279 - 282
Emanuele Pirro #2 283 - 296
Rinaldo Capello #1 297 - 321
Emanuele Pirro #2 322 - 322
Rinaldo Capello #1 323 - 345
Tom Kristensen #2 346 - 350
Rinaldo Capello #1 351 - 370

Total Purse:  $161,900 including contingency awards from Air Products and Bosch.  

Privateer Points Fund After 2 Rounds of the American Le Mans Series:  $290,300 ($150,700 from Sebring)  

FN.
PS.
ST.
PS.
CAR
NO.
 
CL
CL
PS.
 
DRIVER/HOMETOWN/STATE
 
SPONSOR/CAR
 
PURSE
LAPS
COMP
 
STAT.
1 2 1 P900 1 Rinaldo Capello/Canelli, Italy
Michele Alboreto/Monte Carlo, Monaco
Laurent Aiello/Verrieres, France
Infineon/Audi R8 **$0 370  

 

2 1 2 P900 2 Frank Biela/Monte Carlo, Monaco
Tom Kristensen/Monte Carlo, Monaco
Emanuele Pirro/Rome, Italy
Infineon/Audi R8 **$0 370  

 

3 3 38 P900 3 Andy Wallace/Oxford, U.K.
Dorsey Schroeder/Little Torch Key, FL
Ralf Kelleners/Moers, Germany
Audi R8 $23,000 366  

 

4 4 18 P900 4 Stefan Johansson/Indianapolis/IN
Guy Smith/Hull, England
Gulf Oil/Audi R8 $14,500 362  

 

5 5 37 P900 5 Jon Field/Dublin/OH
Duncan Dayton/North Salem/NY
Rick Sutherland/Los Gatos/CA
Banana Joe’s/Lola B2K/10/Judd $9,000 332  

 

6 9 26 GTS 1 Oliver Gavin/North Hampton, U.K.
Terry Borcheller/Phoenix/AZ
Franz Konrad/Gütersloh, Germany
Saleen S7R $24,300 332  

 

7 12 4 GTS 2 Andy Pilgrim/Aventura/FL
Kelly Collins/Corona del Mar/CA
Franck Freon/Linwood/NJ
Goodwrench Service Plus/GMAC/

Chevrolet Corvette C5-R

**$0 331  

 

8 13 23 GT 1 Sascha Maassen/Aachen, Germany
Lucas Luhr/Monte Carlo, Monaco
Emmanuel Collard/France
McKenna Porsche/Mobil 1/Michelin/

Porsche 911 GT3 RS

$22,300 326  

 

9 14 22 GT 2 Randy Pobst/Melbourne/FL
Christian Menzel/Germany
Timo Bernhard/Germany
Michelin/Mobil 1/Porsche 911 GT3 RS $11,500 326  

 

10 15 42 GT 3 J.J. Lehto/Monaco
Jörg Müller/Monaco
BMW M3 **$0 324  

 

11 10 3 GTS 3 Ron Fellows/Mississauga, Ontario
Johnny O’Connell/Flowery Branch/GA
Chris Kneifel/Cave Creek/AZ
GM Goodwrench Services/GMAC/

Chevrolet Corvette C5-R

**$0 322  

 

 12 17 6  GT 4 Boris Said/Carlsbad/CA
Hans Stuck/Ellmau, Austria
Peter Cunningham/West Bend/WI
Yokohama/BMW/BMW M3 $5,250  318
13 19 00 GT 5 Christophe Bouchut/Fontaines,France
Patrice Goueslard/Caen, France
Sebastien Dumez/Le Raincy, France
Thermo King/Chereau/Porsche 911 GT3 RS $2,700 317  
14 25 53 GT 6 Alex Caffi/Monaco
Gabrio Rosa/Bergamo, Italy
Fabio Babini/Italy
Rosa S.A./Yokohama/Pagid/

Porsche 911 GT3 RS

$2,600 312  
15 27 69 GT 7 Joe Foster/Atlanta/GA
Kye Wankum/Toronto, Canada
Jeff Pabst/Toronto, Canada
Pfaff Porsche/Hypertainment/Hop-A-Jet/Porsche 911 GT3 R $2,500 306  
16 28 36 GT 8 Jürgen Alzen/Betzdorf, Germany
Uli Richter/Essen, Germany
H&R/AMS/A-Tech/Yokohama/RS Tuning/Porsche 911 GT3 R $2,250 306  
17 26 58 GT 9 Wolfgang Kaufman/Molsberg, Germany
Stephane Ortelli/Monaco
Yokohama/ATS/Porsche 911 GT3 RS $2,250 300  
18 37 45 GTS 4 Erik Messley/Huntington Beach/CA
Jeff Altenburg/Cantonsville/MD
Stu Hayner/Yorba Linda/CA
ESP/yseek.com/Dodge Viper GTS-R $4,750 298  
19 33 09 GT 10 Keith Alexander/New York/NY
Gavin Pickering/Sutton, U.K.
Chris Gleason/Johnstown/PA
Porsche 911 GT3 R $2,250 293  
20 30 57 GT 11 Nigel Smith/Landau, Germany
Klaus Horn/London, England
Yokohama/ATS/Porsche 911 GT3 RS $2,250 *276 MECH.
21 22 66 GT 12 Kevin Buckler/Sonoma/CA
Tom McGlynn/Orono/MN
Stephen Earle/Garden Ridge/TX
The Racers Group/Porsche 911 GT3 RS $2,000 *271 MECH.
22 36 44 GTS 5 Andy Pardoe/Lutterworth, England
Tom Weikardt/Whitefish Bay/WI
Joe Ellis/Dayton/OH
ESP/Dodge Viper GTS-R $2,000 235  
23 7 16 P900 6 Butch Leitzinger/State College/PA
Elliott Forbes-Robinson/Sherrill’s Ford/NC
James Weaver/Wiltshire/England
Goodyear/Norcold/Thetford/

Riley & Scott Mk 111C/Lincoln

$2,000 *205 MECH.
24 18 43 GT 13 Dirk Müller/Monaco
Fredrik Ekblom/Orebro, Sweden
BMW M3 **$0 *168 ENGINE
25 8 72 P900 7 Jean-Christophe Boullion/Plaisir, France
Sebastien Bourdais/Le Mans, France
Laurent Redon/L’Horme, France
Peugeot/Courage C60/Peugeot $2,000 *167 ENGINE
26 23 07 GT 14 Philipp Peter/Monaco
Dieter Quester/Vienna, Austria
Norman Simon/Wiesbaden, Germany
Red Bull/Castrol/KTM/Remus/Porsche 911 GT3 R $2,000 *127 MECH.
27 31 15 GT 15 Grady Willingham/Birmingham/AL
Randy Wars/Mexico City, Mexico
Mark Neuhaus/New York/NY
Porsche 911 GT3 R $2,000 *121 MECH.
28 6 50 P900 8 David Brabham/Maidenhead, England
Jan Magnussen/Gainesville/GA
Sebring 50th Anniversary/Michelin/Panoz LMP07 **$0 *109 MECH.
29 20 17 GT 16 Owen Trinkler/Nashville/TN
Andy Lally/Northport/NY
BJ Zacharias/Cincinnati/OH
BirdsongLodge.com/proadj.com/Chevrolet Corvette C5-R $2,000 *108 MECH.
30 11 11 P675 1 Claudia Huertgen/Aachen, Germany
Mel Hawkins/Scottsdale/AZ
Steven Knight/Castle Rock/CO
Lola B2K/40/Nissan $16,500 *105 MECH.
31 24 98 GT 17 Cort Wagner/Santa Monica/CA
Darren Law/Phoenix/AZ
Kelly-Moss Motorsports/Porsche 911 GT3 R $0 *68 MECH.
32 32 52 GT 18 Tony Burgess/Toronto, Ontario
Andrew Bagnall/New Zealand
TDM Technical Services/Team Avia New Media/Yokohama/Pagid/Porsche 911 GT3 RS $0 *60 ACC.
33 16 10 GT 19 Bill Auberlen/Redondo Beach/CA
Niclas Jönsson/Aliso Viejo/CA
Yokohama/BMW/BMW M3 $0 *57 MECH.
34 38 12 GT 20 Shane Lewis/Jupiter/FL
Vic Rice/San Rafel/CA
Aspen Knolls/Callaway C-12R $0 *50 MECH.
35 21 99 GT 21 David Murry/Atlanta/GA
Anthony Lazzaro/Atlanta/GA
Kelly-Moss Motorsports/Porsche 911 GT3 R $0 *47 MECH.
36 35 51 P900 9 Klaus Graf/Dornstetten, Germany
Gaulter Salles/Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Michelin/Panoz Racing Schools/Panoz LMP07 **$0 *28 MECH.
# 29 34 GT 22 Peter Baron/Sunnyvale, CA
Gian Luigi Buitoni/Purchase/NY
Leo Hindery/Hillsborough/CA
Orbit/Porsche 911 GT3 R $0 84  
# 34 47 GT 23 John Warner/Southport/CT
Paco Orti/Spain
Allen Ziegleman/Boca Raton/FL
Broadfoot Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R $0 64  

# - Cars 34 & 47 by decision of the Stewards of the Meet were excluded for violation of Article 18.1.1 of the ACO 2001 Sporting Regulations.
                      
 *Not Running at the Finish
 **Full Factory Team (not eligible for per race prize money)

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