2001 Delphi Indy 300

Race 12 of 13

Chicagoland
200 laps
Time of race: 1:45:57.4030
Average speed of winner: 172.146 mph
Margin of victory: 1.4609 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 25 laps
Fastest lap: Robbie Buhl 222.137
Lap leaders: J. Lazier 1-32, Hornish 33-45, Giaffone 46-58, Buhl 59-86, Giaffone 87-90, Dismore 91-95, Buhl 96-99, J. Lazier 100-114, Giaffone 115-116, J. Lazier 117-126, Giaffone 127-132, J. Lazier 133-165, Giaffone 166-174, J. Lazier 175-200

Race notes: Only win for Jaques Lazier. Last pole for Jaques Lazier. Debut for Laurent Redon. Finale for Donnie Beechler.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start)< Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Jaques Lazier	2	Johns Manville/Menards	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	221.740	200	5	116	running	137700	52
2	8	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Panther	217.900	200	1	13	running	107550	40
3	2	Eddie Cheever	51	#51 Cheever Indy Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	221.105	200	0	0	running	74550	35
4	10	Jeff Ward	35	Heritage Motorsports Firestone Menards	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Heritage	217.057	200	0	0	running	56650	32
5	17	Donnie Beechler	11	A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	215.916	200	0	0	running	52050	30
6	20	Richie Hearn	99	Sam Schmidt Motorsports Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Schmidt	214.937	199	0	0	running	46450	28
7	13	Laurent Rédon	34	Mi-Jack	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Conquest	216.631	199	0	0	running	23000	26
8	12	Al Unser, Jr.	3	Galles Racing Starz SuperPak	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	216.814	199	0	0	running	44150	24
9	18	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Bradley	215.484	199	0	0	running	43900	22
10	6	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	218.958	198	5	34	engine	44800	20
11	9	Buddy Lazier	91	Tae-Bo/Coors Light/Delta Faucet	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	217.279	198	0	0	running	41600	19
12	11	Billy Boat	98	CURB Records	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Beck	216.896	198	0	0	running	40500	18
13	21	Didier André	32	Galles Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	214.653	198	0	0	running	39400	17
14	15	Rick Treadway	5	Meijer	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	216.468	198	0	0	running	16200	16
15	24	Jon Herb	18	Star Registry	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Racing Professionals	212.039	192	0	0	running	15100	15
16	23	Chris Menninga	92	Hemelgarn/Metro Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	213.966	191	0	0	running	14000	14
17	5	Mark Dismore	28	Delphi Automotive Systems/ Bryant Heating & Cooling	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	220.363	164	1	5	accident	34800	13
18	7	Eliseo Salazar	14	Harrah’s A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	218.061	162	0	0	accident	34800	12
19	19	Airton Daré	88	1-800-BAR-NONE/TeamXtreme	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	215.447	147	0	0	bell housing	33700	11
20	16	Robby McGehee	10	Cahill Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	216.102	108	0	0	suspension	32600	10
21	14	Shigeaki Hattori	55	EPSON	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Vertex-Cunningham	216.474	104	0	0	gearbox	32600	9
22	4	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Purex Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	220.631	102	2	32	gearbox	32600	8
23	25	Billy Roe	81	Juno Online Services/Blair.com/Zali Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Zali	211.137	89	0	0	gearbox	10600	7
24	22	Sarah Fisher	15	Walker Racing Kroger Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Walker	214.054	37	0	0	electrical	32600	6
25	3	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	220.970	29	0	0	accident	32600	5

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	451	12	0	2	10	11
2	Buddy Lazier	385	12	0	4	7	8
3	Scott Sharp	315	12	3	1	6	9
4	Billy Boat	295	12	0	0	4	8
5	Felipe Giaffone	295	12	0	0	3	10
6	Eliseo Salazar	276	12	0	0	3	6
7	Al Unser, Jr.	259	12	0	1	3	6
8	Eddie Cheever	249	12	0	1	3	5
9	Jeff Ward	232	11	1	0	2	7
10	Buzz Calkins	222	12	0	0	1	5
11	Airton Daré	213	12	0	0	1	6
12	Donnie Beechler	204	9	0	0	3	6
13	Robbie Buhl	202	12	0	0	2	4
14	Shigeaki Hattori	201	11	0	0	0	5
15	Mark Dismore	198	12	1	0	1	3
16	Jaques Lazier	185	9	2	1	2	3
17	Sarah Fisher	183	12	0	0	1	2
18	Robby McGehee	180	10	0	0	1	4
19	Didier André	173	11	0	0	1	2
20	Greg Ray	169	10	4	1	1	1
21	Billy Roe	93	8	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	Richie Hearn	50	2	0	0	0	2