| The grid sits on the front straight at Mid Ohio as they prepare for the pace lap. On the pole is Paul Gentilozzi in the No. 3 Rocketsports Jaguar XKR. Next to him is Tommy Archer in a Dodge Viper. The second row is occupied by Brian Simo in a Qvale Mangusta and the Chevrolet Corvette of Justin Bell. |
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Mike Lewis started eighth and finished fifth at Mid Ohio. The 2001 Trans Am season was very good for Lewis. In the previous round at Road America he scored his first Trans Am victory after sixty-two starts in the series. His fellow competitors also voted him the Most Improved Driver of 2001. |
| Randy Ruhlman finished fourteenth in the Jim Derhaag prepared Chevrolet Corvette. |
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Paul Gentilozzi started from the pole, led every lap and recorded the fastest race lap in round nine at Mid Ohio. The victory clinched the Manufacturer's title for Jaguar. Gentilozzi's win combined with the penalty received by Brian Simo made it difficult for any competitor to catch him for the Driver's championship. |
| Johnny Miller's Jaguar XKR goes through tech after qualifying. Miller started seventh and finished on the lead lap in sixth. |
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2000 Trans Am champion Brian Simo received an unwarranted stop-and-go penalty when officials confused his car with John Baucom's Mustang. Baucom jumped the flag on a restart. The ensuing penalty dropped Simo to twenty-ninth, however, he was able to move up to twelfth at the checker. |
| By the end of the 2001 season Justin Bell was on a roll. He finished second at Mid Ohio and won the final two rounds at Laguna Seca and Houston. |
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The Trans Am podium at Mid Ohio. On the right is second place finisher Justin Bell and at the left Boris Said who captured third. Between these two is the winner Paul Gentilozzi. This was Gentilozzi's fourth and final victory of the 2001 season. However, he would take the series title by a comfortable margin. |
