The American Le Mans Series for sports prototypes and GT racers made their annual visit to Mosport August 17-19, 2001. A larger field of LMP900 class prototypes was present, with two entries each from the Le Mans winning Joest Audi team, Cadillac, and Panoz, while the Champion Audi and Dyson Racing teams each provided singleton entries. Panoz once again ran their trusty old LMP1 roadsters, and Dyson elected to run the new Riley & Scott Mk.IIIC, not seen since Sebring. The all time track record was lowered by two tenths of a second on pole day, as Rinaldo Capello put the #1 Joest Audi R8 in the top spot. A large crowd was on hand to witness many of the front runners hit trouble in the slick and changing conditions on race day, including Formula 1 refugee Johnny Herbert in the privately entered Champion Audi, who pounded the turn two wall mightily while running down the eventual winning works Audi R8 of Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro.

Shot on Friday, a practice only day, all photos, save three, are static paddock shots, as my little digital cam simply wasn't up to the task of high speed action. The photos are displayed here in a reduced quality setting, to preserve dwindling webspace, and to enhance load times. Enjoy 'em!

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