2001 Atlantic Championship

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.

2001 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
CART Toyota Atlantic Championship
Season
Races12
Start dateApril 7th
End dateOctober 13th
Awards
Drivers' championBrazil Hoover Orsi
Teams' championUnited States P-1 Racing
← 2000
2002 →

Calendar

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

Final points standings

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Driver

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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 Hoover Orsi   Brazil Hylton Motorsports 187 16 16 21 - 21 16 22 22 22 1 16 14
2 David Rutledge   Canada PPI Motorsports 131 22 6 14 22 8 22 1 14 - 4 14 4
3 Joey Hand   United States DSTP Motorsports 129 14 4 1 - 16 10 3 8 14 21 21 17
4 Martín Basso   Argentina Shank Racing 110 8 5 5 14 7 12 10 16 10 12 1 10
5 Jonathan Macri   Canada P-1 Racing 93 5 12 8 2 4 4 8 10 16 - 12 12
6 Tony Ave   United States P-1 Racing 81 10 21 12 10 - - 16 - - 6 - 6
7 Rodolfo Lavín   Mexico Shank Racing 69 6 14 - - 2 5 12 6 5 10 1 8
8 Michael Valiante   Canada Lynx Racing 64 12 - - 16 - 8 - 12 - 16 - -
Rocky Moran Jr.   United States Condor Motorsports 64 3 8 4 4 10
Cobb Racing - 6 - 8 - - 21
10 Grant Ryley   United States World Speed Motorsports 61 - 2 17 5 - 14 5 4 - 1 8 5
11 Tim J. Bell   United States Cobb Racing 54 - 1 10 6 14 6 - 5 12 - - -
12 Stéphan Roy   Canada P-1 Racing 49 - 10 6 12 5 - 14 - - -
Hylton Motorsports 2 -
13 Charles Hall   United Kingdom Duesenberg Brothers 26 - - 3 8 12 3 - - - - - -
14 Case Montgomery   United States Condor Motorsports 20 - - - - - 1 4 1 4 8 - 2
15 Jason LaPoint   United States Lynx Racing 19 - - - - - - - - 6 - 10 3
16 Frank Dancs   United States Condor Motorsports 17 1 3 2 - - - - - 2 5 4 -
17 Guy Cosmo   United States World Speed Motorsports 16 4 - - 3
Duesenberg Brothers - - - 3 1 - 5 -
18 Kasey Kahne   United States P-1 Racing 6 - - - - - - - - - - 6 -
19 Christophe Beauvais   Canada BBGP Racing 4 - - - - - 2 - 2 - - - -
Ross Fonferko   United States BBGP Racing 4 - - - - 1 - - - 3 - - -
Cam Binder   Canada Binder Racing 4 - - - 1 - - - - - 3 - -
Mike Miller   United States World Speed Motorsports 4 - - - - 3 - - - - - - 1
23 Scott Wood   United States Cobb Racing 3 - - - - - - - - - - 3 -
Matt Halliday   New Zealand Duesenberg Brothers 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - -
25 Tom Wood   Canada World Speed Motorsports 2 - - - - - - 2 - - - - -
Bob Siska   United States RJS Motorsport 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

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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 Hoover Orsi   Brazil Hylton Motorsports 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 David Rutledge   Canada PPI Motorsports 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 Joey Hand   United States DSTP Motorsports 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   Argentina Shank Racing 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 Jonathan Macri   Canada P-1 Racing 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 Tony Ave   United States P-1 Racing 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 Rodolfo Lavín   Mexico Shank Racing 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 Michael Valiante   Canada Lynx Racing 6 4 - - - - 2 2 - - 7 6 - - 4 4 - - 4 2 - - - -
Rocky Moran Jr.   United States Condor Motorsports 8 10 11 6 6 9 10 9 6 5
Cobb Racing 13 R19 3 7 11 R14 11 6 9 R15 - - 3 1
10 Grant Ryley   United States World Speed Motorsports 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 Tim J. Bell   United States Cobb Racing 11 R21 12 R12 10 5 11 7 9 3 6 7 7 14 9 8 6 4 11 R16 - - - -
12 Stéphan Roy   Canada P-1 Racing 15 R17 4 5 12 7 13 4 7 8 9 15 5 3 8 R16 7 R13
Duesenberg Brothers 15 15
Hylton Motorsports 9 R11 12 13
13 Charles Hall   United Kingdom Duesenberg Brothers - - - - 11 10 9 6 12 4 11 10 14 13 - - - - - - - - - -
14 Case Montgomery   United States Condor Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - 12 12 10 9 12 12 10 9 13 6 11 R16 11 11
15 Jason LaPoint   United States Lynx Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 7 - - 7 5 7 10
16 Frank Dancs   United States Condor Motorsports 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 Guy Cosmo   United States World Speed Motorsports 12 9 - - - - 21 10
Duesenberg Brothers - - - - - - 15 10 13 12 - - 12 8 - -
18 Kasey Kahne   United States P-1 Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 R18 - - 10 7 14 R17
19 Christophe Beauvais   Canada BBGP Racing - - - - - - 17 R21 - - 16 11 - - 16 11 - - - - - - - -
Ross Fonferko   United States BBGP Racing - - - - - - - - 15 12 - - - - - - 17 10 - - - - 18 15
Cam Binder   Canada Binder Racing - - - - - - 14 12 - - - - - - - - - - 15 10 - - - -
Mike Miller   United States World Speed Motorsports - - - - - - - - 14 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 12
23 Scott Wood   United States Cobb Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 10 - -
Matt Halliday   New Zealand Duesenberg Brothers 16 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 Tom Wood   Canada World Speed Motorsports - - 10 R13 8 R15 - - - - - - 15 11 - - - - - - - - - -
Bob Siska   United States RJS Motorsport 20 R19 - - - - 20 14 17 16 18 17 - - 19 R15 18 14 16 R11 14 R13 20 16
- Sergei Szortyka   United States J&J Racing - - - - - - 19 13 16 14 19 18 - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Hawk Mazzotta   United States Margraf Racing 17 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Gary Peterson   United States Automatic Fire Sprinklers - - - - 13 R13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Zac Mazzotta   United States Margraf Racing 18 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Billy Ascaro   Canada Duesenberg Brothers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 14
- Anthony Simone   Canada Philips Motorsports 19 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Eric Jensen   Canada Jensen Motorsport 22 16 - - - - 18 R19 - - 17 R18 - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Cemal Yelkin   United States Everclear Motorsports - - - - - - 15 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Marc-Antoine Camirand   Canada Duesenberg Brothers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 R17 - - - - - - - -
- Steve Lorenzen   United States BBGP Racing 21 R18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- David Wieringa   United States Hollander Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 R19 - - - - - - - -
- Scott Jenkins   United States Duesenberg Brothers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 R19
- Bakir Begovic   United States Begovic Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 R20
- Andrew Kirkaldy   United Kingdom BBGP Racing 14 R22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- DeWayne Cassel   United States Margraf Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 NS

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