The 2001 American Le Mans Series season was the third season for the IMSA American Le Mans Series, and the 31st overall season of the IMSA GT Championship. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP900, LMP675, GTS, and GT. It began March 4, 2001 and ended October 6, 2001 after 10 races.
This season shared events with the new European Le Mans Series, with two events being held in Europe.
Schedule
| Rd. | Race | Length | Circuit | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Hours 45 Minutes | Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth, Texas | March 4 | |
| 2 | 12 hours | Sebring International Raceway | Sebring, Florida | March 17 | |
| 3 | 2 Hours 45 Minutes | Donington Park | Castle Donington, Leicestershire | April 14 | |
| 4 | 2 Hours 45 Minutes | Circuito Permanente Del Jarama | San Sebastián de los Reyes | May 20 | |
| 5 | 2 Hours 45 Minutes | Sears Point Raceway | Sonoma, California | July 22 | |
| 6 | 2 Hours 45 Minutes | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon | August 5 | |
| 7 | 2 Hours 45 Minutes | Mosport | Bowmanville, Ontario | August 19 | |
| 8 | 2 Hours 45 Minutes | Mid-Ohio | Lexington, Ohio | August 25 | |
| 9 | 2 Hours 45 Minutes | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | Monterey, California | September 9 | |
| 10 | 1000 Miles or 10 Hours | Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | October 6 | |
| Sources:[1][2] | |||||
† - Joint event with ELMS.
The following rounds were included on the original calendar but were later cancelled.
| Race | Length | Circuit | Location | Date | Cancellation reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Hours 45 Minutes | Circuit Mont-Tremblant | Mont-Tremblant, Quebec | August 25 | Contractual issues | |
| 2 Hours 45 Minutes | Lowe's Motor Speedway | Concord, North Carolina | October 21 | Series lost interest | |
| 4/6 hours | Sepang International Circuit | Sepang, Selangor | November 11 | Logistical issues | |
| 6 hours | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | December 2 | Government withdrawal |
Schedule changes
The ALMS initially announced a 13 race schedule for the 2001 season in September 2000.[3] For the only time in ALMS history, the season opener was not held at Sebring International Raceway but instead being preceded by the Grand Prix of Texas.[4] After Sebring, two European races were held in collaboration with the ELMS and were optional for ALMS teams as the next North American event was not until after Le Mans. The British round was held at Donington Park after Silverstone and Brands Hatch's plans fell through due to scheduling issues.[5][6] The second European round would be held at Circuito Permanente Del Jarama in Spain.
A second Canadian round was planned to be held at Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Quebec on August 25.[7] This was cancelled after circuit owner Lawrence Stroll communicated to the ALMS “an inability to comply with the terms of the event agreement”.[8] Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course would replace the event, marking the first time the ALMS would visit the Midwest.[9]
Three races were planned after Petit Le Mans but all were cancelled and not replaced. Charlotte Motor Speedway planned to host a race on October 21st but was cancelled in August.[10]
The final two rounds were to be exhibition events for the planned Asia-Pacific Le Mans Series (APLMS) with races at Sepang International Circuit on November 11th and the Adelaide Street Circuit on December 2nd. The South Australian government cancelled the Adelaide event in early 2001 and while the ALMS received offers from several locations around Australia to hold a replacement event, with the most likely candidate being a street circuit in Sydney, however the series ran out of time for a replacement.[11][12] The Malaysian round was increased from 4 to 6 hours to compensate.[13] This event would also be cancelled after logistical issues caused by the September 11th Terrorist attacks.[14]
the Nürburgring and Las Vegas Motor Speedway were both dropped from the schedule after 2000 with no reason given. This was the last season to feature events held on road courses at oval circuits.
There had also been plans to hold the season opener on the Island of Aruba at the Palo Marga International Raceway but this failed to materialize.[15]
Entry list
Le Mans Prototype 900 (LMP900)
Le Mans Prototype 675 (LMP675)
Grand Touring Sport (GTS)
Grand Touring (GT)
* Was on the entry list but did not participate in the event.
Season results
Overall winner in bold.
Championship results
Points are awarded to the finishers in the following order:[19]
- 25-21-19-17-15-14-13-12-11-10-...
Exceptions being for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which awarded in the following order:[19]
- 30-26-24-22-20-19-18-17-16-15-...
Points were awarded in two separate ways. Only the best finish out of the two European rounds (3 and 4) was included. In addition to this, only the top eight finishes for the entire season were included. Points earned but not counting towards the team's total are listed in italics.
Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.
| Race | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | FL | lap lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | 25 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1000+ km | 30 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
LMP900 Drivers' Championship
Bold - Pole position. F - Fastest lap. L - led a lap. M - led the most laps. * - Not awarded points.
LMP900 Teams Championship
Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.
| Pos. | Team | No. | TEX |
SEB |
DON |
JAR |
SON |
POR |
MOS |
MOH |
LAG |
ATL |
Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 206 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 49 | 6 | 162 | ||||||||||
| 50 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 51 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 3 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 151 | |||
| 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 86 | ||||||
| 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| 4 | 7/18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 86 | ||||||
| 6 | 36 | DNP | 73 | ||||||||||
| 37 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | DSQ | ||||||||
| 7 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 71 | |||||||
| 8 | 72 | 7 | 4 | 35 | |||||||||
| - | 8 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| - | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| - | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4 | DNS | ||||||||||||
| Pos. | Team | TEX |
SEB |
DON |
JAR |
SON |
POR |
MOS |
MOH |
LAG |
ATL |
Pts. | |
| Source:[20] | |||||||||||||
LMP675 Drivers' Championship
Bold - Pole position. F - Fastest lap. L - led a lap. M - led the most laps. * - Not awarded points.
LMP675 Teams Championship
Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.
| Pos. | Team | No. | TEX |
SEB |
DON |
JAR |
SON |
POR |
MOS |
MOH |
LAG |
ATL |
Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 180 | |||||
| 57 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 178 | |||
| 3 | 21 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 31 | 5 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 48 | 3 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 39 | 6 | 19 | ||||||||||
| - | 21 | 1* | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pos. | Team | No. | TEX |
SEB |
DON |
JAR |
SON |
POR |
MOS |
MOH |
LAG |
ATL |
Pts. |
| Source:[21] | |||||||||||||
GTS Drivers' Championship
Bold - Pole position. F - Fastest lap. L - led a lap. M - led the most laps. * - Not awarded points.
GTS Teams Championship
Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.
| Pos. | Team | No. | TEX |
SEB |
DON |
JAR |
SON |
POR |
MOS |
MOH |
LAG |
ATL |
Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | DSQ | 202 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | DSQ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 184 | ||
| 3 | 44 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 156 | |||
| 45 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 4 | 05 | 4 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 44/25 | 2* | 6 | 19 | |||||||||
| 6 | 88 | 7 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 19 | 8 | 17 | ||||||||||
| - | 41 | 1* | 3* | 0 | |||||||||
| Pos. | Team | No. | TEX |
SEB |
DON |
JAR |
SON |
POR |
MOS |
MOH |
LAG |
ATL |
Pts. |
| Source:[22] | |||||||||||||
GT Drivers' Championship
Bold - Pole position. F - Fastest lap. L - led a lap. M - led the most laps. * - Not awarded points.
GT Teams' Championship
Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.
| Pos. | Team | No. | TEX |
SEB |
DON |
JAR |
SON |
POR |
MOS |
MOH |
LAG |
ATL |
Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 194 | |
| 43 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 180 | |
| 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 170 | |||
| 10 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |||||
| 4 | 52 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 112 | ||
| 53 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 69 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 106 | |||
| 6 | 30 | 4 | WD | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 104 | |||
| 7 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 76 | ||||
| 8 | 66 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 39 | ||||||||
| 67 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 9 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 22 | ||||||||
| 10 | 00 | 5 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 11 | 36 | 8 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 57 | 11R | 16 | ||||||||||
| 58 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | 29/64 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 16 | ||||||||
| 14 | 09 | 10 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 14 | 32 | 10 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 34 | DSQ | 13 | |||||||||||
| 35 | WD | ||||||||||||
| 16 | 98 | 10 | 17 | 14 | |||||||||
| 99 | 6 | 21 | |||||||||||
| 16 | 75 | 11 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 18 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 11 | |||||||||
| 18 | 07 | 14 | 11 | ||||||||||
| - | 60 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 61 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||||
| - | 65 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| - | 63 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| - | 66 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| - | 47 | DSQ | WD | 0 | |||||||||
| - | 33 | DSQ | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pos. | Team | No. | TEX |
SEB |
DON |
JAR |
SON |
POR |
MOS |
MOH |
LAG |
ATL |
Pts. |
| Source:[23] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "American LeMans Series - 2001: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ↑ "ALMS Announces 2001 schedule". Motorsport.com. September 29, 2000. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ↑ "ALMS Announces 2001 schedule". Motorsport.com. September 29, 2000. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ↑ "GP of Texas to begin 2001 season". Motorsport.com. September 1, 2000. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ↑ "British event completes 2001 ALMS schedule". Motorsport.com. December 11, 2000. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Dodge Viper update 2000-10-18". Motorsport.com. October 18, 2000. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Mon-Tremblant on 2001 schedule". Motorsport.com. April 16, 2002. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Mont-Tremblant race tentative". Motorsport.com. February 27, 2001. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Mid-Ohio replaces Mont-Tremblant". Motorsport.com. April 13, 2001. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ↑ "ALMS cancels Charlotte, close to 2002 schedule". Motorsport.com. August 14, 2001. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ↑ "APLMS: Australia out as site of season-ending event". Motorsport.com. June 7, 2001. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Australian ALMS race finally canned". Autosport. June 11, 2001. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
- ↑ "APLMS: Malaysia Sepang International Circuit pre-event news". Motorsport.com. December 22, 2003. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ↑ "APLMS: Malaysian 'Race of Champions' officially cancelled". Motorsport.com. October 31, 2001. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
- ↑ "New Aruba Track To Host American Le Mans Series 2001 Season Opener". americanlemans.com. September 28, 1999. Archived from the original on January 24, 2000. Retrieved April 18, 2026.
- ↑ "American Le Mans Series 2001 - Championships". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
- ↑ "ALMS 2001". World Sports Racing Prototypes. October 2, 2005. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
- ↑ "American LeMans Series - Season 2001: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- 1 2 "American LeMans Series - 2001: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- 1 2 "2001 American Le Mans Series P900 Points". imsaracing.net. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
- 1 2 "2001 American Le Mans Series P675 Points". imsaracing.net. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- 1 2 "2001 American Le Mans Series GTS Points". imsaracing.net. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
- 1 2 "2001 Final American Le Mans Series GT Points". imsaracing.net. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2026.