2001 The 500 Presented by Toyota
Race 20 of 20
Fontana
220 laps
Time of race: 2:59:39.716
Average speed of winner: 149.073 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 73 among 19 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 57 laps
Fastest lap: Max Papis 225.814
Lap leaders: Tagliani pole, Herta 1-5, Papis 6-9, da Matta 10-12, Tracy 13, Gidley 14-15, Castroneves 16-17, Papis 18-19, Castroneves 20-21, Gidley 22-24, Castroneves 25, da Matta 26, Castroneves 27-30, Papis 31-49, Kanaan 50, Papis 51, Gidley 52-55, da Matta 56-59, Gidley 60-63, Papis 64-71, Vasser 72-77, Castroneves 78-79, da Matta 80-84, Vasser 85, Papis 86, Vasser 87, Mears 88, Papis 89-90, da Matta 91-93, Papis 94-95, da Matta 96, Papis 97, da Matta 98, Tagliani 99, Papis 100-102, da Matta 103, Papis 104, Carpentier 105, Papis 106, da Matta 107, Mears 108, Papis 109, Andretti 110, Papis 111, da Matta 112, Andretti 113, Papis 114, Fernández 115-117, da Matta 118, Barron 119, da Matta 120, Barron 121-122, Carpentier 123, Servià 124-125, Takagi 126-128, Fernández 129-132, Fittipaldi 133-136, Fernández 137-138, Papis 139, Moreno 140-146, da Matta 147, Papis 148-149, Fernández 150-156, da Matta 157-168, Papis 169-170, Kanaan 171, Junqueira 172-180, Moreno 181-183, Junqueira 184-185, Carpentier 186-189, Junqueira 190-202, da Matta 203-212, Papis 213, da Matta 214-220
Race notes: Finale for Alex Barron, Hélio Castroneves, Gil de Ferran, Mauricio Gugelmin, and Casey Mears.
Video links: Entire race
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor | Chassis | Engine | Tire | Owner | Qualifying Speed | Laps | X Led | Laps Led | Status | Points |
| 1 | 2 | Cristiano da Matta | 6 | Texaco/Havoline/Kmart | Lola | Toyota | Firestone | Newman-Haas | 228.198 | 220 | 16 | 53 | flagged | 20 |
| 2 | 6 | Max Papis | 7 | Miller Lite | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Rahal | 227.381 | 220 | 19 | 54 | flagged | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | Alex Tagliani | 33 | Player's/Indeck | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Forsythe | 228.727 | 220 | 1 | 1 | flagged | 15 |
| 4 | 8 | Bruno Junqueira | 4 | Target | Lola | Toyota | Firestone | Ganassi | 226.353 | 220 | 3 | 24 | flagged | 12 |
| 5 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | 55 | Hollywood | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Nunn | 225.222 | 220 | 2 | 2 | flagged | 10 |
| 6 | 16 | Gil de Ferran | 1 | Marlboro Team Penske | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Penske | 225.173 | 220 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 8 |
| 7 | 13 | Michael Andretti | 39 | Motorola | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Green | 225.465 | 220 | 2 | 2 | flagged | 6 |
| 8 | 21 | Casey Mears | 66 | Pioneer | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Nunn | 224.013 | 220 | 2 | 2 | flagged | 5 |
| 9 | 19 | Alex Barron | 25 | Driving 101 | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Arciero | 224.806 | 220 | 2 | 3 | flagged | 4 |
| 10 | 25 | Patrick Carpentier | 32 | Player's/Indeck | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Forsythe | 208.787 | 220 | 3 | 6 | flagged | 3 |
| 11 | 17 | Oriol Servià | 22 | Sigma Autosport | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Sigma (2000s) | 224.972 | 220 | 1 | 2 | flagged | 2 |
| 12 | 9 | Jimmy Vasser | 40 | Patrick Racing | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | Patrick | 226.170 | 220 | 3 | 8 | flagged | 1 |
| 13 | 5 | Christian Fittipaldi | 11 | Kmart | Lola | Toyota | Firestone | Newman-Haas | 227.431 | 220 | 1 | 4 | flagged | 0 |
| 14 | 11 | Memo Gidley | 12 | Target | Lola | Toyota | Firestone | Ganassi | 225.800 | 220 | 4 | 13 | flagged | 0 |
| 15 | 20 | Tora Takagi | 5 | Pioneer/DENSO | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | Walker | 224.178 | 220 | 1 | 3 | flagged | 0 |
| 16 | 7 | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 16 | Herdez | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Bettenhausen | 226.704 | 219 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 0 |
| 17 | 10 | Scott Dixon | 18 | Powerware Panasonic | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | PacWest | 225.933 | 215 | 0 | 0 | contact | 0 |
| 18 | 26 | Adrián Fernández | 51 | Tecate/Quaker State | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Fernandez | 195 | 4 | 16 | contact | 0 | |
| 19 | 23 | Roberto Moreno | 20 | Visteon Patrick Racing | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | Patrick | 223.622 | 188 | 2 | 10 | mechanical | 0 |
| 20 | 15 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 17 | Nextel PacWest | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | PacWest | 225.180 | 154 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 21 | 12 | Shinji Nakano | 52 | Avex/Alpine | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Fernandez | 225.751 | 119 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 22 | 24 | Hélio Castroneves | 3 | Marlboro Team Penske | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Penske | 222.817 | 86 | 5 | 11 | mechanical | 0 |
| 23 | 22 | Dario Franchitti | 27 | KOOL | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Green | 223.698 | 74 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 24 | 18 | Paul Tracy | 26 | KOOL | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Green | 224.951 | 64 | 1 | 1 | mechanical | 0 |
| 25 | 4 | Bryan Herta | 77 | Forsythe Indeck | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Forsythe | 227.551 | 54 | 1 | 5 | electrical | 0 |
| 26 | 3 | Kenny Bräck | 8 | Shell | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Rahal | 227.835 | 31 | 0 | 0 | contact | 0 |
Points standings
| Rank | Driver | Points | Starts | Poles | Wins | Podiums |
| 1 | Gil de Ferran | 199 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Kenny Bräck | 163 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Michael Andretti | 147 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Hélio Castroneves | 141 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Cristiano da Matta | 140 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Max Papis | 107 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Dario Franchitti | 105 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Scott Dixon | 98 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Tony Kanaan | 93 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Patrick Carpentier | 91 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Alex Tagliani | 80 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Jimmy Vasser | 77 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Roberto Moreno | 76 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Paul Tracy | 73 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Christian Fittipaldi | 70 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Bruno Junqueira | 68 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Memo Gidley | 65 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Adrián Fernández | 45 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Oriol Servià | 42 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 30 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Tora Takagi | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Bryan Herta | 28 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Alex Zanardi | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 17 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Max Wilson | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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