2001 Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200

Race 1 of 13

Phoenix
200 laps
Time of race: 1:36:56.7051
Average speed of winner: 125.072 mph
Margin of victory: 1.3786 sec.
Lead changes: 8 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 37 laps
Fastest lap: Billy Boat 168.769
Lap leaders: Ray pole, Hornish 1-67, Ray 68-73, de Ferran 74-76, Castroneves 77-80, Sharp 81, Ray 82-118, Grégoire 119-127, Hornish 128-200

Race notes: First win for Sam Hornish, Jr. Debut for Didier André, Hélio Castroneves, Gil de Ferran, Brandon Erwin, Felipe Giaffone, and Casey Mears.

Video links: First half, Second half

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Panther	176.801	200	2	140	running	124300	52
2	13	Eliseo Salazar	14	Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Foyt	172.612	200	0	0	running	89650	40
3	6	Buddy Lazier	91	Tae-Bo/Coors Light/Delta Faucet/Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	173.942	200	0	0	running	67650	35
4	10	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	172.996	200	1	1	running	55600	32
5	7	Billy Boat	98	CURB Records/Ash Kicker Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Beck	173.162	200	0	0	running	51150	30
6	9	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	173.049	199	0	0	running	45950	28
7	3	Jeff Ward	35	Heritage Motorsports/Firestone/Menards	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Heritage	175.716	199	0	0	running	44350	26
8	16	Robby McGehee	10	Olympus/Opalescence/Cahill Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	172.014	198	0	0	running	43350	24
9	11	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Bradley	172.785	197	0	0	running	43100	22
10	18	Airton Daré	88	1-800-BAR-NONE TeamXtreme	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	169.661	197	0	0	running	42100	20
11	8	Robbie Buhl	24	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Team Purex	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	173.114	196	0	0	running	46000	19
12	20	Davey Hamilton	99	Sam Schmidt Motorsports Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Schmidt	169.318	192	0	0	running	39900	18
13	24	Shigeaki Hattori	55	EPSON	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Vertex-Cunningham	165.413	192	0	0	running	16900	17
14	26	Brandon Erwin	30	WorldBestBuy.com/McCormack Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	McCormack	160.864	185	0	0	running	15800	16
15	19	Tyce Carlson	6	Tri Star Motorsports Inc.	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Tri-Star	169.568	162	0	0	mechanical	36800	15
16	14	Stan Wattles	92	Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	172.525	157	0	0	accident	35800	14
17	21	Sarah Fisher	15	Walker Racing/Kroger Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Walker	168.848	145	0	0	engine	12600	13
18	17	Hélio Castroneves	68	Penske Auto Center Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Penske	171.623	142	1	4	engine	34600	12
19	12	Eddie Cheever	51	#51 Excite@Home Indy Race Car	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	172.661	133	0	0	throttle	33600	11
20	25	Casey Mears	31	Galles Racing SportsLine.com	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	164.696	133	0	0	electrical	10600	10
21	4	Stéphan Grégoire	7	Tokheim/Jack K. Elrod Co./Nada Guides	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Simon	174.442	131	1	9	accident	34600	9
22	1	Greg Ray	2	Johns Manville/Menards	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	177.663	121	2	43	engine	55100	8
23	23	Al Unser, Jr.	3	Galles Racing Starz SuperPak	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	165.988	104	0	0	engine	10600	7
24	5	Gil de Ferran	66	Penske Auto Center Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Penske	174.000	76	1	3	accident	32600	6
25	15	Mark Dismore	28	Delphi Automotive Systems/Bryant Heating & Cooling	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	172.196	75	0	0	accident	32600	5
26	22	Jeret Schroeder	9	Summit Packaging	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	PDM	168.594	74	0	0	accident	10600	4
27	27	Didier André	32	Galles Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	157.749	53	0	0	handling	10600	3

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	52	1	0	1	1	1
2	Eliseo Salazar	40	1	0	0	1	1
3	Buddy Lazier	35	1	0	0	1	1
4	Scott Sharp	32	1	0	0	1	1
5	Billy Boat	30	1	0	0	1	1
6	Felipe Giaffone	28	1	0	0	0	1
7	Jeff Ward	26	1	0	0	0	1
8	Robby McGehee	24	1	0	0	0	1
9	Buzz Calkins	22	1	0	0	0	1
10	Airton Daré	20	1	0	0	0	1
11	Robbie Buhl	19	1	0	0	0	0
12	Davey Hamilton	18	1	0	0	0	0
13	Shigeaki Hattori	17	1	0	0	0	0
14	Brandon Erwin	16	1	0	0	0	0
15	Tyce Carlson	15	1	0	0	0	0
16	Stan Wattles	14	1	0	0	0	0
17	Sarah Fisher	13	1	0	0	0	0
18	Hélio Castroneves	12	1	0	0	0	0
19	Eddie Cheever	11	1	0	0	0	0
20	Casey Mears	10	1	0	0	0	0
21	Stéphan Grégoire	9	1	0	0	0	0
22	Greg Ray	8	1	1	0	0	0
23	Al Unser, Jr.	7	1	0	0	0	0
24	Gil de Ferran	6	1	0	0	0	0
25	Mark Dismore	5	1	0	0	0	0