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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">ELSEWHERE AROUND THE WORLD</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">04/08/2000</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Triple Crown</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">To Oreca drivers </FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/rowners%20ELS.jpg"></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">Readers of Janos Wimpffen's "Time And Two Seats" will know of the mythical "Triple Crown," the notion of linking the three most important sports car endurance races (Daytona, Sebring, and Le Mans) and arriving at an annual winner. Janos explains... <BR> <BR> Readers of "Time and Two Seats" will have noted that we have attributed a "Can-Am" style points system, i.e., 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 for overall finishers in 1st - 10th. To be eligible for the unofficial award, a driver or a marque must score within the top 10 overall at each of the three races. These fairly stringent requirements mean that it is not awarded every year. This year we do have winners.<BR> <BR> Olivier Beretta / Karl Wendlinger / Dominique Dupuy scored 28 points; 20 for their spectactular win at Daytona and 4 points each for their class winning seventh overall at both Sebring and Le Mans. Similarly, we'll give the marque's award to Dodge / Chrysler, even though the Viper was badged differently on the two sides of the Atlantic.<BR> <BR> The above trio was actually outscored by several of the Audi drivers, with Le Mans and Sebring winners Biela / Kristensen / Pirro garnering 40 points. However, none of them participated at Daytona. Of the Audi contingent, only Allan McNish drove in all three events and was able to score 30 points thanks to his second place finishes at both Sebring and Le Mans. However, his appearance in the Risi Ferrari at Daytona came to a very early end, making him ineligible for the big prize.<BR> <BR> Audi's 40 points from winning Sebring and Le Mans place them well ahead of the pack, but their non-entry at Daytona disallows them. Other than the Vipers, only four other marques (regardless of entrants and car types), participated in all three; Chevrolet, BMW, Cadillac, and Porsche. <BR> <BR> The disjointed nature of this year's schedule, with Daytona being again under a different sanction and different rules, precluded Audi and its drivers from running away with this prize as well. Despite this difference in racing philosophies, a surprisingly high number of 41 drivers participated in all 3 events.</FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>