2001 Barber Dodge Pro Series Explained

The 2001 Barber Dodge Pro Series season was the sixteenth season of this racing series. The championship was decided in the final round. Nicolas Rondet won the championship over Sepp Koster and Matt Plumb. Rafael Sperafico won the Rookie of the Year title.

Drivers

All driver use Dodge powered Michelin shod Reynard 98E chassis.

No.	Driver	Note
3
4
8
9
11		"Big Scholarship" winner
12
14
16
17
18
19
20
21		"Big Scholarship" winner
22
23
24
26
27
28
31		2000 Barber Dodge Pro Series Rookie of the Year
32
33
66
94
	Christian Szymczak
	Ron van Toren

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Headline event
1^[1]	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 17	Alexandre Sperafico	Alexandre Sperafico	Alexandre Sperafico	12 Hours of Sebring
2^[2]	Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona	April 21	Nicolas Rondet	Nicolas Rondet		Rolex Sports Car Series
3^[3]	Lime Rock Park	Lime Rock, Connecticut	May 26	Sepp Koster	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Lime Rock Grand Prix
4^[4]			May 28	Davy Cook	Nicolas Rondet	Sepp Koster
5^[5]	Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix	Detroit, Michigan	June 17	Matt Plumb	Matt Plumb	Matt Plumb	Grand Prix of Detroit
6^[6]	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	June 30	Sepp Koster	Sepp Koster	Sepp Koster	Grand Prix of Cleveland
7^[7]	Exhibition Place	Toronto	July 15		Matt Plumb	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Molson Indy Toronto
8^[8]	Chicago Motor Speedway	Cicero, Illinois	July 28	Nicolas Rondet	Sepp Koster	Nicolas Rondet	Target Grand Prix
9^[9]	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 12	Matt Plumb	Sepp Koster	Nicolas Rondet	Miller Lite 250
10^[10]	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 19	Sepp Koster	Nicolas Rondet	Sepp Koster	Motorola 220
11^[11]	BC Place	Vancouver	September 1	Nicolas Rondet	Sepp Koster	Roger Yasukawa	Molson Indy Vancouver
12^[12]	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey County, California	October 13	Matt Plumb	Tim Traver	Matt Plumb	Grand Prix of Monterey

Final standings

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	4th & 5th place
Light Blue	6th–10th place
Dark Blue	11th place or lower
Purple	Did not finish
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown	Withdrawn (Wth)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Driver replacement (Rpl)
	Injured (Inj)
	No race held (NH)

Rank	Driver													Points
1		3	1	10	5	5	7	5	1	1	3	2	4	155
2		22	2	18	1	16	1	2	6	3	1	4	2	151
3		20	21	2	6	1	2	3	5	2	6	5	1	151
4		4	7	3	10	2	6	4	8	5	2	1		128
5		2	9	1	2	15	19	1	20	4	9	3	18	114
6		9	6	9	9	7	3	6	13	7	11	16	6	91
7		6	3	4	7	14	16	18	10	12	12	8	3	84
8		7	4	7	19	17	4	14	3	11	10	12	8	81
9		8	5	20	4	19	10	7	7	20	4	17	5	79
10		10	12	8	8	4	11	20	9	9	18	9	10	70
11		11	8	13	18	18	5	16	14	6	5	10	7	65
12		1	13	11	3	3	17	15	19	21	23			58
13		5	10	5	14	6	8	8	12					58
14		12	15	6	11	9	18	12	2	10	19	13	14	58
15		21	17	12	13	11	9	17	4	16	21	11	9	43
16								10	15	13	20	7	12	23
17		23	20	19	20	8	15	9	11	18	16	15		22
18										22	7	6		19
19		13	14	16	16	20	14	13	17	15	15	14	11	19
20										8	8			16
21		16	19			12	12		18	19	13		13	14
22		14	11			10								13
23		15	16	15	15	13	13	19	16	17	17	18	17	9
24								11						5
25				17	12									4
26		17	18	14	17									2
27	Ricardo Imery										14			2
28										14				2
29													15	1
30		18												0
31		19												0
32											22		16	0

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Notes

Sepp Koster exceeded track limits after he had puncture. As he broke the rules by exceeding track limits he was classified in last place.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sperafico Takes First Victory . Barber Dodge Pro Series . 4 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20011231025851/http://www.barberdodge.com/news/2001/articles/proNews486.shtml . December 31, 2001 .
2. Web site: 2001 BARBER DODGE PRO SERIES RACE . Barber Dodge Pro Series . 4 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010831095215/http://www.barberdodge.com/events/2001events/2ndEvent/results.shtml . August 31, 2001 .
3. Web site: 2001 BARBER DODGE PRO SERIES RACE . Barber Dodge Pro Series . 4 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010809062145/http://www.barberdodge.com/events/2001events/3rdEvent/results.shtml . August 9, 2001 .
4. Web site: 2001 BARBER DODGE PRO SERIES RACE . Barber Dodge Pro Series . 5 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010628050200/http://www.barberdodge.com/events/2001events/4thEvent/results.shtml . June 28, 2001 .
5. Web site: 2001 BARBER DODGE PRO SERIES RACE . Barber Dodge Pro Series . 5 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010807153739/http://www.barberdodge.com/events/2001events/5thEvent/results.shtml . August 7, 2001 .
6. Web site: Cleveland results. motorsport.com. 5 March 2014.
7. Web site: 2001 BARBER DODGE PRO SERIES RACE . Barber Dodge Pro Series . 5 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010825193937/http://www.barberdodge.com/events/2001events/7thEvent/results.shtml . August 25, 2001 .
8. Web site: 2001 BARBER DODGE PRO SERIES RACE . Barber Dodge Pro Series . 5 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010807153454/http://www.barberdodge.com/events/2001events/8thEvent/results.shtml . August 7, 2001 .
9. Web site: 2001 BARBER DODGE PRO SERIES RACE . Barber Dodge Pro Series . 5 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010831095117/http://www.barberdodge.com/events/2001events/9thEvent/results.shtml . August 31, 2001 .
10. Web site: Road America results. motorsport.com. 5 March 2014.
11. Web site: Vancouver results. motorsport.com. 5 March 2014.
12. Web site: Laguna Seca results. motorsport.com. 5 March 2014.
13. Web site: Final points standing. motorsport.com. 5 March 2014.