2001 Atlantic Championship

2001 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
CART Toyota Atlantic Championship
Season
Races	12
Start date	April 7th
End date	October 13th
Awards
Drivers' champion	Hoover Orsi
Teams' champion	P-1 Racing
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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	Long Beach	California	April 7, 2001	32	3.167=101.344 km	0'46:38.049	130.390 km/h
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, Jr.
3	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	June 3, 2001	65	1.6607976=107.951844 km	0'40:48.223	158.738 km/h	Hoover Orsi		Hoover Orsi
4	Montréal	Canada	June 9, 2001	27	4.4207471=119.3601717 km	0'44:04.752	162.471 km/h				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				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
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
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
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
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.

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	Hoover Orsi	Brazil	Hylton Motorsports	187	16	16	21	-	21	16	22	22	22	1	16	14
2		Canada	PPI Motorsports	131	22	6	14	22	8	22	1	14	-	4	14	4
3	Joey Hand	United States		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		Canada		93	5	12	8	2	4	4	8	10	16	-	12	12
6	Tony Ave	United States		81	10	21	12	10	-	-	16	-	-	6	-	6
7	Rodolfo Lavín, Jr.	Mexico	Shank Racing	69	6	14	-	-	2	5	12	6	5	10	1	8
8	Michael Valiante	Canada		64	12	-	-	16	-	8	-	12	-	16	-	-
	Rocky Moran, Jr.	United States		64	3	8	4	4	10
										-	6	-	8	-	-	21
10		United States		61	-	2	17	5	-	14	5	4	-	1	8	5
11		United States		54	-	1	10	6	14	6	-	5	12	-	-	-
12		Canada		49	-	10	6	12	5	-	14	-	-	-
			Hylton Motorsports												2	-
13		United Kingdom		26	-	-	3	8	12	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
14		United States		20	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	1	4	8	-	2
15	Jason LaPoint	United States		19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	10	3
16		United States		17	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	4	-
17	Guy Cosmo	United States		16	4	-	-	3
									-	-	-	3	1	-	5	-
18	Kasey Kahne	United States		6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
19		Canada		4	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-
		United States		4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
		Canada		4	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
		United States		4	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
23		United States		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
	Matt Halliday	New Zealand		2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
25		Canada		2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
		United States		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[]

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		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		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		Canada		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		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, Jr.	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		6	4	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	7	6	-	-	4	4	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-
	Rocky Moran, Jr.	United States		8	10	11	6	6	9	10	9	6	5
														13	R19	3	7	11	R14	11	6	9	R15	-	-	3	1
10		United States		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		United States		11	R21	12	R12	10	5	11	7	9	3	6	7	7	14	9	8	6	4	11	R16	-	-	-	-
12		Canada		15	R17	4	5	12	7	13	4	7	8	9	15	5	3	8	R16			7	R13
																				15	15
			Hylton Motorsports																					9	R11	12	13
13		United Kingdom		-	-	-	-	11	10	9	6	12	4	11	10	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14		United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	10	9	12	12	10	9	13	6	11	R16	11	11
15	Jason LaPoint	United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	7	5	7	10
16		United States		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		12	9	-	-	-	-	21	10
												-	-	-	-	-	-	15	10	13	12	-	-	12	8	-	-
18	Kasey Kahne	United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	R18	-	-	10	7	14	R17
19		Canada		-	-	-	-	-	-	17	R21	-	-	16	11	-	-	16	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	10	-	-	-	-	18	15
		Canada		-	-	-	-	-	-	14	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	10	-	-	-	-
		United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	12
23		United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	10	-	-
	Matt Halliday	New Zealand		16	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
25		Canada		-	-	10	R13	8	R15	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		United States		20	R19	-	-	-	-	20	14	17	16	18	17	-	-	19	R15	18	14	16	R11	14	R13	20	16
-		United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	19	13	16	14	19	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-		United States		17	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Gary Peterson	United States		-	-	-	-	13	R13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-		United States		18	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-		Canada		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	14
-		Canada		19	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Eric Jensen	Canada	Jensen Motorsport	22	16	-	-	-	-	18	R19	-	-	17	R18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-		United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-		Canada		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	R17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-		United States		21	R18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-		United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	R19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-		United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	R19
-		United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	R20
-	Andrew Kirkaldy	United Kingdom		14	R22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-		United States		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	NS

See also[]

• 2001 CART season
• 2001 Indianapolis 500
• 2001 Indy Racing League season
• 2001 Indy Lights season

External links[]

• ChampCarStats.com