2001 Firestone FIREHAWK 500

Race 4 of 20

Motegi
201 laps
Time of race: 1:44:48.888
Average speed of winner: 178.113 mph
Margin of victory: 3.650 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 13 laps
Fastest lap: Alex Zanardi 208.602
Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-50, Bräck 51-54, Dixon 55, Castroneves 56-84, Bräck 85-96, Franchitti 97, Bräck 98-104, Kanaan 105-144, Castroneves 145-149, Bräck 150-201

Race notes: First win for Kenny Bräck. Kenny Bräck took the points lead from Cristiano da Matta.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	6	Kenny Bräck	8	Shell	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Rahal	213.976	201	4	75	flagged	20
2	1	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Penske	215.591	201	3	84	flagged	18
3	4	Tony Kanaan	55	Hollywood	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Nunn	214.157	200	1	40	flagged	14
4	14	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart	Lola	Toyota	Firestone	Newman-Haas	211.363	200	0	0	flagged	12
5	21	Jimmy Vasser	40	Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Patrick	209.504	200	0	0	flagged	10
6	17	Max Papis	7	Miller Lite	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Rahal	210.676	200	0	0	flagged	8
7	8	Alex Zanardi	66	Pioneer	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Nunn	213.615	199	0	0	flagged	6
8	13	Shinji Nakano	52	Avex/Alpine	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	212.055	199	0	0	flagged	5
9	20	Scott Dixon	18	Powerware Panasonic	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	PacWest	209.606	198	1	1	flagged	4
10	23	Roberto Moreno	20	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Patrick	207.940	198	0	0	flagged	3
11	7	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	16	Herdez	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Bettenhausen	213.870	197	0	0	flagged	2
12	25	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Nextel PacWest	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	PacWest	207.476	197	0	0	flagged	1
13	3	Gil de Ferran	1	Marlboro Team Penske	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Penske	214.396	194	0	0	mechanical	0
14	18	Oriol Servià	22	Sigma Autosport	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Sigma (2000s)	210.072	191	0	0	flagged	0
15	15	Nicolas Minassian	12	Target	Lola	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	211.267	190	0	0	contact	0
16	9	Adrián Fernández	51	Tecate/Quaker State	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	213.542	148	0	0	mechanical	0
17	2	Dario Franchitti	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	214.413	126	1	1	mechanical	0
18	16	Paul Tracy	26	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	210.835	77	0	0	mechanical	0
19	10	Patrick Carpentier	32	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Forsythe	213.133	54	0	0	mechanical	0
20	24	Tora Takagi	5	Pioneer/DENSO	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Walker	207.630	51	0	0	mechanical	0
21	22	Bryan Herta	77	Zakspeed/Forsythe Racing	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Forsythe	208.049	50	0	0	mechanical	0
22	19	Alex Tagliani	33	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Forsythe	210.057	40	0	0	mechanical	0
23	11	Michael Andretti	39	Motorola	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	212.581	33	0	0	mechanical	0
24	5	Bruno Junqueira	4	Target	Lola	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	214.050	1	0	0	contact	0
25	12	Cristiano da Matta	6	Texaco/Havoline/Kmart	Lola	Toyota	Firestone	Newman-Haas	212.103	0	0	0	contact	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Kenny Bräck	48	4	1	1	2
2	Hélio Castroneves	47	4	2	1	2
3	Cristiano da Matta	40	4	0	1	2
4	Paul Tracy	40	4	0	0	2
5	Jimmy Vasser	40	4	0	0	0
6	Gil de Ferran	30	4	0	0	2
7	Tony Kanaan	26	4	0	0	1
8	Scott Dixon	24	4	0	1	1
9	Christian Fittipaldi	22	4	0	0	0
10	Michael Andretti	20	4	0	0	0
11	Dario Franchitti	17	4	0	0	0
12	Bruno Junqueira	11	4	1	0	0
13	Max Papis	9	4	0	0	0
14	Nicolas Minassian	7	4	0	0	0
15	Alex Zanardi	6	4	0	0	0
16	Shinji Nakano	6	4	0	0	0
17	Roberto Moreno	6	4	0	0	0
18	Oriol Servià	4	4	0	0	0
19	Tora Takagi	3	4	0	0	0
20	Bryan Herta	3	4	0	0	0
21	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	2	4	0	0	0
22	Mauricio Gugelmin	1	3	0	0	0
23	Michael Krumm	0	2	0	0	0
24	Adrián Fernández	0	4	0	0	0
25	Max Wilson	0	3	0	0	0