2001 Atlantic Championship Explained

The 2001 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was contested over 12 rounds. The CART Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was Hoover Orsi driving for Hylton Motorsports. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Swift chassis and Toyota engines. 20 different teams and 41 different drivers competed.

Calendar

Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Most Leading Laps Fastest Race Lap
1 April 7, 2001 32 3.167=101.344 km 0'46:38.049 130.390 km/h David Rutledge
2 May 6, 2001 65 1.5223978=98.955857 km 0'36:55.517 160.794 km/h Rodolfo Lavín
3 June 3, 2001 65 1.6607976=107.951844 km 0'40:48.223 158.738 km/h Grant Ryley
4 June 9, 2001 27 4.4207471=119.3601717 km 0'44:04.752 162.471 km/h Michael Valiante
5 July 1, 2001 32 3.3891858=108.4539456 km 1'00:08.041 108.212 km/h Martín Basso Joey Hand
6 July 14, 2001 35 2.825=98.875 km 0'43:36.256 136.053 km/h Martín Basso
7 July 29, 2001 65 1.6559697=107.6380305 km 0'31:20.652 206.044 km/h Tony Ave
8 August 5, 2001 45 2.4477453=110.1485385 km 0'46:28.841 142.186 km/h David Rutledge
9 August 19, 2001 17 6.4372=109.4324 km 0'36:52.047 178.096 km/h Jonathan Macri
10 September 2, 2001 38 2.8661633=108.9142054 km 0'47:51.305 136.555 km/h David Rutledge
11 October 7, 2001 43 2.4574011=105.6682473 km 0'54:27.015 116.438 km/h Martín Basso Joey hand
12 October 13, 2001 30 3.6016134=108.048402 km 0'49:06.031 132.033 km/h Jonathan Macri

Final points standings

Driver

For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 point for 12th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point).

Place Name Country Team Total Points
1 187 16 16 21 - 21 16 22 22 22 1 16 14
2 131 22 6 14 22 8 22 1 14 - 4 14 4
3 129 14 4 1 - 16 10 3 8 14 21 21 17
4 Martín Basso 110 8 5 5 14 7 12 10 16 10 12 1 10
5 93 5 12 8 2 4 4 8 10 16 - 12 12
6 81 10 21 12 10 - - 16 - - 6 - 6
7 69 6 14 - - 2 5 12 6 5 10 1 8
8 64 12 - - 16 - 8 - 12 - 16 - -
64 3 8 4 4 10
- 6 - 8 - - 21
10 61 - 2 17 5 - 14 5 4 - 1 8 5
11 54 - 1 10 6 14 6 - 5 12 - - -
12 49 - 10 6 12 5 - 14 - - -
2 -
13 26 - - 3 8 12 3 - - - - - -
14 20 - - - - - 1 4 1 4 8 - 2
15 19 - - - - - - - - 6 - 10 3
16 17 1 3 2 - - - - - 2 5 4 -
17 16 4 - - 3
- - - 3 1 - 5 -
18 6 - - - - - - - - - - 6 -
19 4 - - - - - 2 - 2 - - - -
4 - - - - 1 - - - 3 - - -
4 - - - 1 - - - - - 3 - -
4 - - - - 3 - - - - - - 1
23 3 - - - - - - - - - - 3 -
2 2 - - - - - - - - - - -
25 2 - - - - - - 2 - - - - -
2 - - - - - - - - - 2 - -

Note:

Race 2 no additional point for the qualifying were awarded due to rain, starting lineup based on combined practice times.

Race 10 Hoover Orsi had 14 points deduction (all points for his third place, but not the additional point for the pole) due to taking unjustifiable risk.

Complete Overview

first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R20=retired, but classified NS=did not start

Place Name Country Team
1 3 2 2 2 2 1 4 R20 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 4 3
2 1 1 9 7 5 3 1 1 5 6 1 1 12 12 3 3 2 13 3 9 4 3 6 9
3 2 3 5 9 7 12 3 R15 3 2 3 5 8 10 7 6 5 3 2 1 3 1 1 2
4 Martín Basso 4 6 7 8 14 8 5 3 1 7 4 4 6 5 2 2 8 5 5 4 1 R15 8 5
5 9 8 6 4 15 6 7 R11 11 9 8 9 4 6 5 5 4 2 8 R14 5 4 2 4
6 7 5 1 1 3 4 6 5 4 15 5 14 2 2 6 R18 7 R17 12 7 6 R14 5 7
7 10 7 3 3 4 R14 8 R17 10 11 14 8 9 4 14 7 12 8 6 5 8 R12 9 6
8 6 4 - - - - 2 2 - - 7 6 - - 4 4 - - 4 2 - - - -
8 10 11 6 6 9 10 9 6 5
13 R19 3 7 11 R14 11 6 9 R15 - - 3 1
10 5 R20 8 R11 1 2 12 8 8 R17 10 3 11 8 13 9 9 R16 10 R12 16 6 10 8
11 11 R21 12 R12 10 5 11 7 9 3 6 7 7 14 9 8 6 4 11 R16 - - - -
12 15 R17 4 5 12 7 13 4 7 8 9 15 5 3 8 R16 7 R13
15 15
9 R11 12 13
13 - - - - 11 10 9 6 12 4 11 10 14 13 - - - - - - - - - -
14 - - - - - - - - - - 12 12 10 9 12 12 10 9 13 6 11 R16 11 11
15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 7 - - 7 5 7 10
16 13 12 13 10 9 R11 16 R18 13 13 15 13 13 R15 17 13 16 11 14 8 13 9 16 R18
17 12 9 - - - - 21 10
- - - - - - 15 10 13 12 - - 12 8 - -
18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 R18 - - 10 7 14 R17
19 - - - - - - 17 R21 - - 16 11 - - 16 11 - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - 15 12 - - - - - - 17 10 - - - - 18 15
- - - - - - 14 12 - - - - - - - - - - 15 10 - - - -
- - - - - - - - 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 12
23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 10 - -
16 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 - - 10 R13 8 R15 - - - - - - 15 11 - - - - - - - - - -
20 R19 - - - - 20 14 17 16 18 17 - - 19 R15 18 14 16 R11 14 R13 20 16
- - - - - - - 19 13 16 14 19 18 - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Gary Peterson - - - - 13 R13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 18 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 14
- 19 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 22 16 - - - - 18 R19 - - 17 R18 - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - 15 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 R17 - - - - - - - -
- 21 R18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 R19 - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 R19
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 R20
- 14 R22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 NS

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