American
LeMans Series
The hugely successful American Series takes the ultimate in sportscars
from the famed 24 hour race and sees them compete in endurace events
around America.
The Series runs four classes, two each for Prototypes and GT cars.
The front-runners are the LMP900 class for LeMans Prototypes weighing
a minimum of 900kgs with up to six litre engines. The LMP675 class
follows with minimum weights of 675kgs and 3.4 litres maximum engine
capacity. The remaining categories are for production based Grand
Touring cars in GTS and GT classes. GTS, the more powerful of the
two includes the mighty Dodge Viper GTS-R and all-new Saleen S7-R.
The lower power class features cars such as Porsches 911 GT3-R and
the latest BMW E46 M3-GTR
Events for the 2001 season...
