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 Sepp Koster 4 Matt Plumb 8 Roger Yasukawa 9 Alexandre Sperafico 11 Jon Morley "Big Scholarship" winner 12 Keith Dusko 14 David Wieringa 16 Davy Cook 17 Giandomenico Brusatin 18 Peter Boss 19 Sara Senske 20 Daynom Templeman 21 Rafael Sperafico "Big Scholarship" winner 22 Jay Ricci 23 Brian Rivera 24 Nicolas Rondet 26 Rhonda Trammell 27 Akihira Okamoto 28 Juan Manuel Polar 31 Ryan Hunter-Reay 2000 Barber Dodge Pro Series Rookie of the Year 32 John Hall 33 Jon Vannini 66 Tom Fogarty 94 Marc Breuers Christian Szymczak Rene Bauer German Quiroga Ron van Toren
Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Headline event 1 Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 17 Alexandre Sperafico Alexandre Sperafico Alexandre Sperafico 12 Hours of Sebring 2 Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix, Arizona April 21 Nicolas Rondet Nicolas Rondet Nicolas Rondet Rolex Sports Car Series 3 Lime Rock Park Lime Rock, Connecticut May 26 Sepp Koster Ryan Hunter-Reay Ryan Hunter-ReayLime Rock Grand Prix 4 May 28 Davy Cook Nicolas Rondet Sepp Koster 5 Raceway at Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan June 17 Matt Plumb Matt Plumb Matt Plumb Grand Prix of Detroit 6 Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio June 30 Sepp Koster Sepp Koster Sepp Koster Grand Prix of Cleveland 7 Toronto Street Circuit Toronto July 15 Matt Plumb Matt Plumb Ryan Hunter-Reay Molson Indy Toronto 8 Chicago Motor Speedway Cicero, Illinois July 28 Nicolas Rondet Sepp Koster Nicolas Rondet Target Grand Prix 9 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 12 Matt Plumb Sepp Koster Nicolas Rondet Miller Lite 250 10 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 19 Sepp Koster Nicolas Rondet Sepp Koster Motorola 220 11 BC Place Vancouver September 1 Nicolas Rondet Sepp Koster Roger Yasukawa Molson Indy Vancouver 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 SEB PIR LRP1 LRP2 DET CLE TOR CHI MOH ROA VAN LAG Points 1 Nicolas Rondet 3 1 10 5 5 7 5 1 1 3 2 4 155 2 Sepp Koster 22 2 18 1 16 1 2 6 3 1 4 2 151 3 Matt Plumb 20 21 2 6 1 2 3 5 2 6 5 1 151 4 Roger Yasukawa 4 7 3 10 2 6 4 8 5 2 1 128 5 Ryan Hunter-Reay 2 9 1 2 15 19 1 20 4 9 3 18 114 6 Marc Breuers 9 6 9 9 7 3 6 13 7 11 16 6 91 7 Rafael Sperafico 6 3 4 7 14 16 18 10 12 12 8 3 84 8 Jon Morley 7 4 7 19 17 4 14 3 11 10 12 8 81 9 Davy Cook 8 5 20 4 19 10 7 7 20 4 17 5 79 10 Akihira Okamoto 10 12 8 8 4 11 20 9 9 18 9 10 70 11 Christian Szymczak 11 8 13 18 18 5 16 14 6 5 10 7 65 12 Alexandre Sperafico 1 13 11 3 3 17 15 19 21 23 58 13 Peter Boss 5 10 5 14 6 8 8 12 58 14 Sara Senske 12 15 6 11 9 18 12 2 10 19 13 14 58 15 David Wieringa 21 17 12 13 11 9 17 4 16 21 11 9 43 16 Tom Fogarty 10 15 13 20 7 12 23 17 Rene Bauer 23 20 19 20 8 15 9 11 18 16 15 22 18 A. J. Allmendinger 22 7 6 19 19 Jon Vannini 13 14 16 16 20 14 13 17 15 15 14 11 19 20 Leonardo Maia 8 8 16 21 Jay Ricci 16 19 12 12 18 19 13 13 14 22 Giandomenico Brusatin 14 11 10 13 23 Rhonda Trammel 15 16 15 15 13 13 19 16 17 17 18 17 9 24 Daniel Di Leo 11 5 25 Brian Rivera 17 12 4 26 Keith Dusko 17 18 14 17 2 27 Ricardo Imery 14 2 28 Tophie Stewart 14 2 29 Brian Johnson 15 1 30 John Hall 18 0 31 Juan Manuel Polar 19 0 32 Tim Traver 22 16 0
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.
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