Grand-Am Cup Announces Final Point Standings
Grand-Am Cup Announces Final Point Standings DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 7, 2001) - The Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series has announced its final point standings for the 2001 season team owner, driver and manufacturer championships. Powell Motorsports, Speedsource and Planet Earth Motorsports captured both the team owner and driver championships in their respective classes, while Villaconn International and King Motorsports split the Sport Touring class honors. Canadian-based Powell Motorsports #11 Corvette dominated the Super Grand Sport class in 2001, winning six of 10 races this season. The team's pair of drivers, Doug Goad, of Farmington Hills, Mich., and Devon Powell, of Port Perry, Ontario, will also share in the class driver championship after tying in the standings. The team's strong showing on the season also gave Chevrolet the manufacturer championship in SGS, topping Porsche by six points. Motorsport Technologies finished second in the SGS team standings, 28 points back, with team owner Dino Steiner, of Deland, Fla., taking third in the driver championship race. South Florida's Speedsource captured both the team owner and driver championships in the Grand Sport class. The team's pair of Porsche 911s scored seven class victories during the season. Team owner Sylvain Tremblay, of Pompano Beach, Fla., took the driver championship over teammate David Shep, of Toronto, who finished 39 points back. Porsche also took the top manufacturer honors in the class. The Sport Touring class held the tightest competition in the series. Both Villaconn International and King Motorsports were atop the team owner standings with 89 points. Both teams scored two victories during the season, as well as two second-place podium finishes. The tie between the two closely matched teams would come down to third-place podium finishes. Villaconn stood on the podium in third at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, but King had no other podium visits, with their next best finish coming over the weekend in Daytona with fourth place. That third-place finish broke the tie, giving Villaconn the team owner championship. However, King Motorsports will not end the season empty handed. King drivers Bob Endicott, of San Pedro, Calif., and Mike Van Sicklen, of Nashville, Tenn., earned the top-two spots in the ST driver standings, respectively. King, which races an Acura Integra R, also helped Acura earn the manufacturer championship, topping BMW by four points. Planet Earth Motorsports picked up the top team owner honors in the Compact 2000 class, as well as the driver championship for Will Nonnamaker, of North Canton, Ohio. The team's trio of Acuras, which picked up six wins this season, aided in Acura's second manufacturer championship of the season. With four race wins to its credit, the Honda of America Racing Team finished second in the Compact 2000 team owner standings, 15 points back. More information on the Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series is available online at www.grand-am.com/grandamcup. -30- For more information: Grand-Am Public Relations Christie Hyde (386) 681-4182 email: CHyde@grand-am.com Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series 2001 Final Point Standings Super Grand Sport Drivers Pos Name Total Diff 1 Doug Goad 350 1 Devon Powell 350 3 Dino Steiner 325 -25 4 Ian James 323 -27 5 Selby Wellman 260 -90 6 Mike DeFontes 259 -91 7 Dave Brown 241 -109 8 Gary Smith 239 -111 9 John Kohler 237 -113 10 David Lacey 223 -127 11 Greg Wilkins 221 -129 12 John Heinricy 161 -189 13 David Haskell 109 -241 14 Bill Lester 89 -261 15 Dave Russell Jr 84 -266 16 Sylvain Tremblay 84 -266 17 Tripp Goolsby 83 -267 18 Darren Law 66 -284 19 Rollie Stephenson 63 -287 20 Lance Stewart 61 -289 Grand Sport Drivers Pos Name Total Diff 1 Sylvain Tremblay 333 2 David Shep 294 -39 3 Paul Mears Jr 291 -42 4 David Haskell 272 -61 5 John Kohler 229 -104 6 Tom Houk 220 -113 7 Robert Julien 215 -118 8 Emil Assentato 208 -125 9 John Shriener 199 -134 10 John Lloyd 196 -137 11 Benoit Theetge 186 -147 12 Jocelyn Hebert 184 -149 13 Nick Longhi 181 -152 14 Howie Liebengood 176 -157 15 Tim Pappas 173 -160 16 Chuck Snipes 169 -164 17 Peter Sachs 166 -167 18 Jim Briody 166 -167 19 Mark MacLean 156 -177 20 Joe Danaher 143 -190 Sport Touring Drivers Pos Name Total Diff 1 Bob Endicott 305 2 Mike Van Sicklen 302 -3 3 Chuck Goldsborough 299 -6 4 Jason Potter 281 -24 5 Jason Piscelli 274 -31 6 Terry Borcheller 271 -34 7 Scott Schlesinger 270 -35 8 Rick Ellinger 270 -35 9 Bransen Patch 254 -51 10 Jeff Trask 248 -57 11 David Tuaty 240 -65 12 Mark Underwood 225 -80 13 Mike Keravich III 220 -85 14 Marc Bunting 219 -86 15 Arilio Lopez 165 -140 16 Matt Connolly 164 -141 17 Alan Gelfand 162 -143 18 Alex Ratcliffe 161 -144 19 Peter Schwartzott 156 -149 20 Andy Linder 152 -153 Compact 2000 Drivers Pos Name Total Diff 1 Will Nonnamaker 363 2 Pete Halsmer 330 -33 3 Bryan Johnson 326 -37 4 Wayne Nonnamaker 326 -37 5 John Schmitt 273 -90 6 Kevin Adams 259 -104 7 Toto Lassally 259 -104 8 Bob Beede 209 -154 9 Bill Roediger 206 -157 10 Marty Luffy 192 -171 11 Dennis Baglier 191 -172 12 Bill Pate 182 -181 13 Pat Kane 179 -184 14 Frank DelVecchio 173 -190 15 Mike Fitzgerald 146 -217 16 Bill Fenton 142 -221 17 Jim Lucas II 138 -225 18 Mike Mazziotti 135 -228 19 Elliot Coyle 133 -230 20 Roy Mitchell II 130 -233 Super Grand Sport Team Owners Pos No. Team Total Diff 1 11 Powell Motorsport 128 2 15,06 Motorsport Technologies 100 -28 3 65 Speedsource 80 -48 4 44,47 TF Racing 72 -56 5 7 Doncaster/Multimatic 49 -79 6 35,37 Phoenix American 47 -81 7 16 Mical Motorsports 21 -107 8 76 Team Hurricane Racing 17 -111 9 43 Planet Earth Motorsport 12 -116 10 02 Milestone Racing 12 -116 11 25 Gilbert Racing 9 -119 12 01 G&W Motorsports 5 -123 13 20 Team Matthew 4 -124 14 02 Bob Akin Motorsports 4 -124 15 93 KAC Technologies 4 -124 Compact 2000 Team Owners Pos No. Team Total Diff 1 41,42,43 Planet Earth Motorsport 141 2 69,00 Honda of America Racing Team 126 -15 3 21 Motorsport Technologies 65 -76 4 27 Bill Fenton Motorsports 61 -80 5 111,117,114 Lucas Motorsports 59 -82 6 51 Baglieracing 47 -94 7 6,8 Hyundai Motorsport 34 -107 8 48 WTF Engineering 23 -118 9 99 PCI Racing 11 -130 10 91 QRC Motorsports 10 -131 11 89 Red Line Motors 8 -133 12 188 Roadster Rage 5 -136 13 29 Speakman Racing 5 -136 14 26 RCP Motorsports 4 -137 Grand Sport Team Owners Pos No. Team Total Diff 1 66,70 Speedsource 127 2 19 Fiorano Racing 61 -66 3 46 Snipes Ford Motorsport 52 -75 4 73 Herbert/Theetge Motorsports 50 -77 5 17,74,75 TF Racing 50 -77 6 53 D.M.A. Racing 34 -93 7 87,88 DG Racing 28 -99 8 49 Competition Preparation 27 -100 9 23 Franz Blam Racing 23 -104 10 01 G&W Motorsports 20 -107 11 40 Wind River Racing 18 -109 12 81 Turbo Performance Center 16 -111 13 13 Bill Black Autosports 14 -113 14 30 Shreiner Racing 14 -113 15 112 Motorsport Technologies 13 -114 16 82,83 Century Racing 13 -114 17 59 JBS Motorsports 13 -114 18 71 RTG Ltd 11 -116 19 28 Jcomp 11 -116 20 45 Mike Baughman Racing 10 -117 21 03,04 Istook/Aines Motorsport 10 -117 22 32,33,39 Phoenix American Motorsports 9 -118 23 96,97 Kent Motorsports 8 -119 24 5 Alegra Motorsports 8 -119 25 78 Mostly Motorsports 4 -123 26 50,08 Jacobs Motorsports 4 -123 27 171 Jonak Brothers Racing 4 -123 28 79 Deleon Motorsports 1 -126 Sport Touring Team Owners Pos No. Team Total Diff 1 34,36 Villaconn International 89 2 64 King Motorsports 89 0 3 0,2 Team Lexus 86 -3 4 24,77 Power Team Racing 74 -15 5 9,90,09 The Spirit of Miami 74 -15 6 67,68 Speedsource 73 -16 7 85 RC Imports 52 -37 8 72,07 Team Spartanburg 35 -54 9 149 Competition Preparation 15 -74 10 86 Nissan Competition 13 -76 11 22 CSL Racing 12 -77 12 05 Alegra Motorsports 10 -79 13 94 Craftsman Motorsports 10 -79 14 60 J Pawley Motorsports 7 -82 15 84 Team Protosport 4 -85 16 91 JL Racing 4 -85 17 12 Carter Motorsports 3 -86 18 80 LM Racing 2 -87 Super Grand Sport Manufacturers Pos Name Total Diff 1 Chevrolet 127 2 Porsche 121 -6 3 Ford 71 -56 4 Dodge 3 -124 Grand Sport Manufacturers Pos Name Total Diff 1 Porsche 140 2 Ford 99 -41 3 BMW 44 -96 4 Acura 41 -99 5 Pontiac 33 -107 6 Chevrolet 8 -132 7 Audi 2 -138 Sport Touring Manufacturers Pos Name Total Diff 1 Acura 120 2 BMW 116 -4 3 Lexus 76 -44 4 Porsche 70 -50 5 Mercedes 41 -79 6 Nissan 7 -113 7 Honda 2 -118 8 Toyota 1 -119 Compact 2000 Manufacturers Pos Name Total Diff 1 Acura 136 2 Honda 126 -10 3 Mazda 33 -103 4 Chevrolet 17 -119 5 Hyundai 11 -125