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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">AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">09/02/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Privateer Points Fund</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">Doubled For Texas</FONT></B></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"> Professional Sports Car Racing, Inc. (SPORTS CAR) has announced that the points awards for the Privateer Points Fund for the first AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES race at Texas will be doubled. <BR> <BR> SPORTS CAR managing director, Doug Robinson explained that, "we are taking this step in recognition of the special effort required by ALMS Teams to complete early preparation necessary to compete in the season-opening Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas on March 4."<BR> <BR> The Privateer Points Fund totalled $1.6 million in 2000. A percentage of each race purse goes into the fund as does any prize money that is not paid in each race. <BR> <BR> To be eligible to receive year-end award payment from the Privateer Points Fund, an Entrant must enter an eligible car which is invited to and competes in at least eight American Le Mans Series races. Donington and Jarama (ELMS races) are optional for ALMS Entrants and while participation in both is permitted, only one may be counted toward the ALMS Privateer Points Fund and ALMS Driver, Team and Manufacturer Championships.<BR> <BR> Some teams that didn’t enter enough races to qualify last year were disappointed to find out the size of the sums they had missed out on. This decision for Texas is clearly aimed at boosting the grid for the first race, at a time when numbers are looking rather shaky. It should benefit those who can make the extra push to be ready.<BR> <BR> An entry at Texas and Sebring could also be a deciding factor when Le Mans entries are decided…..<BR> </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>