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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">08/06/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">No Australian Event</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">In 2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/ventIn%202AME.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">After all the fun and success of Adleiade, there will not be a race in Australia this year for the American and European Le Mans Series.<BR> <BR> "We've simply run out of time," said Don Panoz, who had spent the majority of the last week in Australia trying to finalize arrangements for an event. "We can't keep the stakeholders of our series waiting any longer because it is not fair to them. We've elected at this time to not hold an Australian event in 2001."<BR> <BR> 140 000 spectators wasn't enough to ensure the continuation of the race for this year, amid a political minefield in South Australia.<BR> <BR> The Nov. 11 Asia Pacific Le Mans Series race will go ahead at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. <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>