The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) is comprised of three different classes of racing cars - the Prototype category features open cockpit prototype World Sports Cars (WSC) and Le Mans Prototypes (LMP), GT2/GTS cars as well as Grand Touring (GT) formerly known as GT3. Classes feature purpose-built racing cars with an emphasis on spectator car identification. There are twelve races in the ALMS series as shown below:
| Date | Circuit name | State / Country | coverage on TV |
| 18 March | Sebring (12 hours) | Florida, USA | Eurosport |
| 01 April | Charlotte | North Carolina, USA | Eurosport |
| 13 May | Silverstone (500 kms) | UK | Eurosport |
| 09 July | Nurburgring (1000 kms) | Germany | Eurosport |
| 23 July | Sears Point | California, USA | Eurosport |
| 06 Aug | Mosport | Ontario, Canada | Eurosport |
| 02 Sept | Texas | Texas, USA | Eurosport |
| 10 Sept | Portland | Oregon, USA | Eurosport |
| 30 Sept | Road Atlanta (10 hours) | Georgia, USA | Eurosport |
| 15 Oct | Laguna Seca | California, USA | Eurosport |
| 29 Oct | Las Vegas | Nevada, USA | Eurosport |
| 31 Dec | Adelaide | Australia | Eurosport |
The Nurburgring, Road Atlanta and Adelaide events are pre-qualifying events for the 2001 Le Mans 24 Hour Race.