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.
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
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 |  #63 Downing Atlanta
|
#21 Archangel Motorsport Services
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#2 Corvette Racing
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#31 White Lightning Racing
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#11 Hamilton Safe Motorsports
|
| Howard Katz Chris Ronson A. J. Smith Jim Downing
|
Andy Lally Paul Macey Martin Henderson Peter Seldon
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Johnny O'Connell Ron Fellows Chris Kneifel Franck Fréon
|
 Christian Menzel Randy Pobst Mike Fitzgerald Lucas Luhr
|
Ken Bupp Dick Greer Doug Mills Simon Gregg
| ||
| 2 | Homestead | #16 Dyson Racing Team
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#22 Archangel Motorsport Services
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#5 Fordahl Motorsports
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#54 JET Motorsports
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#09 Team X1-R
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| James Weaver Butch Leitzinger
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Mike Durand Nigel Greensall
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Chris Bingham Ron Johnson
|
Toney Jennings Terry Borcheller
|
Craig Conway Doug Goad
| ||
| 3 | Phoenix | #37 Intersport Racing
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#89 PorscheHaus Racing
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#56 Muzzy Racing
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#15 Fordahl Motorsports
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#09 Team X1-R
|
| Jon Field Oliver Gavin
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Robert Julien Bruno St. Jacques
|
Ritch Marziale Erik Messley
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Randy Pobst Kimberly Hiskey
|
Craig Conway Doug Goad
| ||
| 4 | Watkins Glen | #27 Lista Doran Racing
|
#62 Team Spencer Motorsports
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#5 Fordahl Motorsports
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#81 G&W Motorsports
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#09 Team X1-R
|
 Didier Theys Mauro Baldi Fredy Lienhard Sr.
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Rich Grupp Ryan Hampton Barry Waddell
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Chris Bingham Ron Johnson
|
Darren Law David Murry Matt Drendel
|
Craig Conway Doug Goad
| ||
| 5† | Lime Rock | #16 Dyson Racing Team
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#22 Archangel Motorsport Services
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#99 Schumacher Racing
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#54 JET Motorsports
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#09 Team X1-R
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| James Weaver Butch Leitzinger
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Mike Durand Howard Katz
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Larry Schumacher Gunnar Jeannette
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Toney Jennings Terry Borcheller
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Craig Conway Doug Goad
| ||
| 6 | Mid-Ohio | #37 Intersport Racing
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#21 Archangel Motorsport Services
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#5 Fordahl Motorsports
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#54 JET Motorsports
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#09 Team X1-R
|
| Jon Field Oliver Gavin
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Andy Lally Paul Macey
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Chris Bingham Ron Johnson
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Toney Jennings Terry Borcheller
|
Craig Conway Doug Goad
| ||
| 7 | Road America | #27 Lista Doran Racing
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#21 Archangel Motorsport Services
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#5 Fordahl Motorsports
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#15 Fordahl Motorsports
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#11 Hamilton Safe Motorsports
|
| Didier Theys Mauro Baldi Fredy Lienhard Sr.
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Ben Devlin Larry Oberto David Sterenberg
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Chris Bingham Ron Johnson
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Randy Pobst Kimberly Hiskey
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Ken Bupp Jon Leavy
| ||
| 8† | Trois-Rivières | #16 Dyson Racing Team
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#88 PorscheHaus Racing
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#5 Fordahl Motorsports
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#34 Zip/Pumpelly Racing
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#09 Team X1-R
|
| James Weaver Butch Leitzinger
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Stephane Veilleux Jean-Francois Dumoulin Peter Overing
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Chris Bingham Ron Johnson
|
Spencer Pumpelly
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Craig Conway Doug Goad
| ||
| 9 | Watkins Glen | #16 Dyson Racing Team
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#21 Archangel Motorsport Services
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#5 Fordahl Motorsports
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#45 Orbit Racing
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#84 Comer Racing
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| James Weaver Butch Leitzinger
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Ben Devlin David Sterenberg
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Chris Bingham Ron Johnson
|
Kyle Petty John Andretti
|
Jack Willes
| ||
| 10 | Daytona | #16 Dyson Racing Team
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#8 Rand Racing LLC
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#5 Fordahl Motorsports
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#15 Fordahl Motorsports
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#09 Team X1-R
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| James Weaver Butch Leitzinger
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Terry Borcheller Anthony Lazzaro Bill Rand
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Chris Bingham Ron Johnson
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Randy Pobst Kimberly Hiskey
|
Craig Conway Doug Goad
|
† - Two separate individual races were held.
References
- ^ "2001 Grand American Road Racing Series Season Stats, Race Results". Racing-Reference.
External links
- The official website of Grand-Am
- World Sports Racing Prototypes - Rolex Sports Car Series 2001 results
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