Rolex Series Announces Final Point Standings
Rolex Series Announces Final Point Standings DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 6, 2001) - The Rolex Sports Car Series announced its final point standings for the 2001 team owner, driver and manufacturer championships. Dyson Racing Team and Archangel Motorsport Services were the big winners in the prototype classes, while G&W Motorsports and Flis Motorsports Team X-1R took the top honors in the GT ranks today. The Dyson Racing Team swept the SportsRacing Prototype driver and team owner championships for the second-straight year. Englishman James Weaver earned his second driver championship for the team, and Riley & Scott and Ford garnered top honors in the class' chassis and engine manufacturer standings. Dyson's #16 entry won five races this season, including last weekend's Grand-Am Finale. Doran Lista Racing came in second in the team owner standings, 27 points behind the champion, while Robinson Racing was third, 47 points back. Atlanta-based Archangel Motorsport Services saw its two Nissan Lolas race their way into the top two in the SportsRacing Prototype II team owner standings, while driver Andy Lally, of Northpoint, N.Y., picked up the driver championship for Archangel. "To do this with my best friend is just incredible. I can't say enough about the team. My teammates, my crew, my team owner, my engineer, my crew chief - I hold them in the highest regard and they helped me achieve so much. It's been a lifelong dream," Lally said after securing his first driver championship with a second-place finish in the Grand-Am Finale. Nissan and Lola dominated the SRPII engine and chassis manufacturer standings throughout the year. G&W Motorsports, of Danville, Va., earned the team owner championship in both the GT and GTS classes. Darren Law, of Phoenix, piloted the team's #81 Porsche GT3 R to the GT class championship, while the #07 Porsche GT2 earned the GTS team owner honors. "Really the biggest goal we had this year was to get Darren the driver championship," G&W team owner Cole Scrogham said. "To have Darren and Matt (Drendel) finish one-two is really, in some ways, more pleasing than winning the team owner championships." In his rookie year, Chris Bingham, of Bellevue, Wash., earned his first driver championship in the GTS class. Bingham drove the Park Place Racing #5 Saleen S7R to seven class wins this season. The team finished second in the team owner championship race due to starting the season late. Porsche earned the top manufacturer honors in both the GT and GTS classes, with Saleen finishing only one point behind in the GTS standings. Flis Motorsports Team X-1R earned its second American GT team owner championship with its #09 Corvette. After narrowly missing the driver championship last season, Team X-1R's Doug Goad, of Farmington, Mich., and Craig Conway, of Daytona Beach, managed to tie atop the AGT driver standings in 2001. This year's Rolex 24 At Daytona class winner, the Hamilton Safe Motorsports #11 Camaro, finished second in the AGT team owner standings, 24 points back. The Corvette and Camaro's strong showings ensured Chevrolet the top manufacturer honors in the class. More information on the Rolex Sports Car Series is available online at www.grand-am.com. -30- For more information: Grand-Am Public Relations Christie Hyde (386) 681-4182 email: CHyde@grand-am.com Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series 2001 Final Point Standings SportsRacing Prototype Top-20 Drivers Pos Name Total Diff 1 James Weaver 401 2 Butch Leitzinger 389 -12 3 Didier Theys 363 -38 4 Jon Field 349 -52 5 Jack Baldwin 344 -57 6 George Robinson 301 -100 7 E Forbes-Robinson 290 -111 8 Mauro Baldi 267 -134 9 Patrice Roussel 246 -155 10 Clint Field 229 -172 11 Edouard Sezionale 222 -179 12 Oliver Gavin 206 -195 13 Joel Field 175 -226 14 Andy Wallace 170 -231 15 Fredy Lienhard 151 -250 16 Ross Bentley 133 -268 17 Dorsey Schroeder 123 -278 18 Rob Dyson 117 -284 19 Brent Sherman 112 -289 20 John Mirro 89 -312 SportsRacing Prototype II Top-20 Drivers Pos Name Total Diff 1 Andy Lally 390 2 Bruno St Jacques 353 -37 3 Robert Julien 345 -45 4 Mike Durand 328 -62 5 Paul Macey 245 -145 6 Ben Devlin 147 -243 7 Rich Grupp 139 -251 8 Scott Maxwell 126 -264 9 Howard Katz 103 -287 10 Larry Oberto 99 -291 11 Dennis Spencer 98 -292 12 Peter Czapka 95 -295 13 Jeff Clinton 94 -296 14 David Sterenberg 73 -317 15 Ryan Hampton 73 -317 16 Stephane Veilleux 70 -320 17 Jean Francious Dumoulin 68 -322 18 Greg Pootman 65 -325 19 Bob Woodman 63 -327 20 Jeff Bucknum 55 -335 GTS Top-20 Drivers Pos Name Total Diff 1 Chris Bingham 358 2 Ron Johnson 328 -30 3 Steve Marshall 313 -45 4 Larry Schumacher 243 -115 5 Cort Wagner 171 -187 6 Gunnar Jeannette 122 -236 7 Martin Snow 103 -255 8 Rick Marzielle 69 -289 9 Chris Thompson 67 -291 10 Jacques Guenette Sr 64 -294 11 Steven Bartkiw 64 -294 12 Danny Marshall 57 -301 13 Ron Fellows 38 -320 13 Eric Messley 38 -320 15 Chris Kneifel 37 -321 16 Johnny O'Connell 36 -322 17 Andy Pilgrim 36 -322 17 Jacques Guenette Jr 36 -322 17 Keith Alexander 36 -322 20 Frank Freon 35 -323 GT Top-20 Drivers Pos Name Total Diff 1 Darren Law 330 2 Matt Drendel 316 -14 3 Terry Borcheller 301 -29 4 Toney Jennings 260 -70 5 Spencer Pumpelly 254 -76 6 Adam Merzon 250 -80 7 Randy Pobst 238 -92 8 Kim Hiskey 212 -118 9 Leo Hindery 202 -128 10 David Murry 188 -142 11 Steve Ivankovich 180 -150 12 Baron Peter 173 -157 13 Tommy Byrne 166 -164 14 Andy Hajducky 165 -165 15 Mark Bunting 160 -170 16 Craig Stanton 159 -171 17 Stefano Buttiero 139 -191 18 Rick Fairbanks 138 -192 19 Joe Policastro Jr 136 -194 20 Joe Policastro Sr 133 -197 American GT Top-20 Drivers Pos Name Total Diff 1 Craig Conway 369 1 Doug Goad 369 3 Kenny Bupp 335 -34 4 Jon Leavy 286 -83 5 Kerry Hitt 262 -107 6 Dick Greer 206 -163 7 Jack Willes 154 -215 8 Ron Fariss 73 -296 9 John Finger 2b James Weaver 401 2 72 -297 10 Doug Mills 69 -300 11 Bill Beilharz 63 -306 11 Steve Lisa 63 -306 13 Bruce Dewey 58 -311 14 Simon Gregg 36 -333 15 Gary Smith 35 -334 16 Joe Varde 35 -334 17 Eric Messley 34 -335 17 Andy Pilgrim 34 -335 19 John Fergus 34 -335 19 Tom Patton 34 -335 19 Jim King 34 -335 SportsRacing Prototype Team Owner Pos No. Team Total Diff 1 16 Dyson Racing Team 368 2 27 Doran Lista Racing 341 -27 3 74 Robinson Racing 321 -47 4 37 Intersport Racing 296 -72 5 20 Dyson Racing Team 275 -93 6 78 Sezio Florida Racing 243 -125 7 6 Miracle Motorsports 130 -238 8 06 Jacobs Motorsports 49 -319 9 4 Philip Creighton Motorsports 29 -339 SportsRacing Prototype II Team Owner Pos No. Team Total Diff 1 21 Archangel Motorsport Services 369 2 22 Archangel Motorsport Services 343 -26 3 89 Porschehaus Racing 295 -74 4 62 Team Spencer Motorsports 130 -239 5 88 Porschehaus Racing 64 -305 6 26 Northstar Racing 31 -338 7 6 TRP Racing 27 -342 GTS Team Owner Pos No. Team Total Diff 1 07 G&W Motorsports 324 2 5 Fordahl Motorsports 311 -13 3 99 Schumacher Racing 198 -126 4 75 Gunnar Racing 31 -293 GT Team Owner Pos No. Team Total Diff 1 81 G&W Motorsports 312 2 54 JET Motorsports 297 15 3 34 Zip / Pumpelly Racing 220 92 4 15 Fordahl / Crazy Redhead 209 103 5 43 Orbit Racing 192 120 6 42 Orbit Racing 177 135 7 50 AASCO Performance 168 144 8 10 Genesis Racing 165 147 9 02 Morrison Mosler Racing 164 148 10 57 Seikel Motorsport 139 173 11 75 Gunnar Racing 137 175 12 66 The Racer's Group 128 184 13 80 G&W Motorsports 93 219 14 39 Autosport Race Teams 79 233 15 7 Broadfoot Racing 79 233 16 32 Phoenix American Motorsports 48 264 17 98 Swedish Racing 19 293 American GT Team Owner Pos No. Team Total Diff 1 09 Flis Motorsports 342 2 11 Hamilton Safe Motorsports 318 24 3 46 ACP Motorsports 267 75 4 84 Comer Racing 215 127 5 82 Dick Greer Racing 128 214 6 44 Team Amick Motorsports 31 311 SportsRacing Prototype Engine Manufacturer Pos Engines Total Diff 1 Ford 340 2 Judd 328 -12 3 BMW 198 -142 4 Chevrolet 63 -277 5 Mazda 62 -278 6 Porsche 56 -284 7 Ferrari 56 -284 SportsRacing Prototype Chassis Manufacturer Pos Chassis Total Diff 1 Riley & Scott 340 2 Lola 300 -40 3 Norma 198 -142 4 Ferrari 190 -150 5 Crawford 82 -258 6 Kudzu 62 -278 7 Dallara 24 -316 SportsRacing Prototype II Engine Manufacturer Pos Engines2b James Weaver 401 2 Total Diff 1 Nissan 348 2 Mazda 128 -220 SportsRacing Prototype II Chassis Manufacturer Pos Chassis Total Diff 1 Lola 348 2 Kudzu 128 -220 3 Pilbeam 78 -270 GTS Manufacturer Pos Name Total Diff 1 Porsche 328 2 Saleen 327 -1 3 Chevrolet 97 -231 4 Dodge 89 -239 5 Marcos 29 -299 6 Ferrari 24 -304 GT Manufacturer Pos Name Total Diff 1 Porsche 342 2 BMW 301 -41 3 Mosler 99 -243 4 Mazda 93 -249 5 Chevrolet 74 -268 6 Ferrari 14 -328 American GT Manufacturer Pos Name Total Diff 1 Chevrolet 350 2 Olds 118 -232 3 Ford 108 -242