2001 Gateway Indy 250

Race 11 of 13

Gateway
200 laps
Time of race: 1:49:59.2682
Average speed of winner: 136.379 mph
Margin of victory: 1.1834 sec.
Lead changes: 8 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 29 laps
Fastest lap: Robbie Buhl 166.487
Lap leaders: Hornish 1-58, Unser, Jr. 59-107, Daré 108, Dismore 109-116, Unser, Jr. 117-132, Hornish 133, Buhl 134-168, Hornish 169-190, Unser, Jr. 191-200

Race notes: First pole for Sam Hornish, Jr. Debut for Alex Barron, Anthony Lazzaro, and Chris Menninga.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	8	Al Unser, Jr.	3	Galles Racing Starz SuperPak	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles		200	3	75	running	134200	50
2	19	Mark Dismore	28	Delphi Automotive Systems/Bryant Heating & Cooling	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley		200	1	8	running	99600	40
3	1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Panther		200	3	81	running	75950	37
4	9	Eddie Cheever	51	#51 Cheever Indy Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever		200	0	0	running	63450	32
5	14	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Purex Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold		199	1	35	running	55250	30
6	5	Billy Boat	98	CURB Records	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Beck		199	0	0	running	47850	28
7	12	Jeff Ward	35	Heritage Motorsports Firestone Menards	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Heritage		199	0	0	running	46150	26
8	3	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley		199	0	0	running	44800	24
9	10	Airton Daré	88	1-800-BAR-NONE/TeamXtreme	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme		199	1	1	running	44800	22
10	18	Robby McGehee	10	Cahill Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill		197	0	0	running	43600	20
11	15	Sarah Fisher	15	Walker Racing Kroger Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Walker		195	0	0	running	42400	19
12	20	Didier André	32	Galles Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles		193	0	0	running	41200	18
13	2	Buddy Lazier	91	Tae-Bo/Coors Light/Delta Faucet	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn		190	0	0	running	40100	17
14	16	Donnie Beechler	11	A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt		186	0	0	accident	38800	16
15	11	Shigeaki Hattori	55	EPSON	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Vertex-Cunningham		185	0	0	running	37700	15
16	13	Jaques Lazier	2	Johns Manville/Menards	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard		139	0	0	engine	36600	14
17	4	Eliseo Salazar	14	Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt		127	0	0	engine	35300	13
18	23	Anthony Lazzaro	44	Parsons' Project	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TWC		77	0	0	engine	13300	12
19	22	Chris Menninga	92	Hemelgarn/Metro Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn		50	0	0	accident	12200	11
20	6	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway		44	0	0	handling	33000	10
21	17	Alex Barron	99	Sam Schmidt Motorsports Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Schmidt		41	0	0	accident	33000	9
22	7	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Bradley		40	0	0	suspension	33000	8
23	21	Billy Roe	81	Juno Online Services/Blair.com/Zali Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Zali		32	0	0	handling	11000	7

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	411	11	0	2	9	10
2	Buddy Lazier	366	11	0	4	7	8
3	Scott Sharp	310	11	3	1	6	9
4	Billy Boat	277	11	0	0	4	8
5	Felipe Giaffone	275	11	0	0	3	9
6	Eliseo Salazar	264	11	0	0	3	6
7	Al Unser, Jr.	235	11	0	1	3	5
8	Eddie Cheever	214	11	0	1	2	4
9	Airton Daré	202	11	0	0	1	6
10	Buzz Calkins	200	11	0	0	1	4
11	Jeff Ward	200	10	1	0	1	6
12	Robbie Buhl	194	11	0	0	2	4
13	Shigeaki Hattori	192	10	0	0	0	5
14	Mark Dismore	185	11	1	0	1	3
15	Sarah Fisher	177	11	0	0	1	2
16	Donnie Beechler	174	8	0	0	2	5
17	Robby McGehee	170	9	0	0	1	4
18	Greg Ray	169	10	4	1	1	1
19	Didier André	156	10	0	0	1	2
20	Jaques Lazier	133	8	1	0	1	2
21	Billy Roe	86	7	0	0	0	0
22	Jeret Schroeder	77	7	0	0	0	0
23	Hélio Castroneves	64	2	0	1	1	1
24	Davey Hamilton	54	5	0	0	0	0
25	Gil de Ferran	46	2	0	0	1	1