2001 zMAX 500

Race 3 of 13

Atlanta
200 laps
Time of race: 2:14:40.9890
Average speed of winner: 133.647 mph
Margin of victory: 19.8570 sec.
Lead changes: 8 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 55 laps
Fastest lap: Greg Ray 215.714
Lap leaders: Ray pole, Ward 1-2, Ray 3-47, Hornish 48, Ray 49-82, Ward 83-90, Ray 91-146, Sharp 147-151, Ray 152-200

Race notes: Last win for Greg Ray. Debut for Cory Witherill. Finale for Casey Mears, Dr. Jack Miller, and Stan Wattles.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Greg Ray	2	Johns Manville/Menards	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	218.265	200	4	184	running	124100	52
2	13	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	212.414	200	1	5	running	95600	40
3	8	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Bradley	213.339	200	0	0	running	68600	35
4	6	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Panther	213.596	199	1	1	running	55350	32
5	7	Eliseo Salazar	14	Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	213.372	199	0	0	running	50700	30
6	9	Buddy Lazier	91	Tae-Bo/Coors Light/Delta Faucet	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	213.316	199	0	0	running	45550	28
7	2	Jeff Ward	35	Heritage Motorsports/Firestone/Menards	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Heritage	216.144	199	2	10	running	46450	26
8	5	Shigeaki Hattori	55	EPSON	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Vertex-Cunningham	213.870	198	0	0	running	43350	24
9	11	Airton Daré	88	1-800-BAR-NONE	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	212.497	197	0	0	running	43100	22
10	15	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	212.051	182	0	0	running	42000	20
11	18	Sarah Fisher	15	Walker Racing/Kroger Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Walker	211.946	178	0	0	running	40900	19
12	16	Stan Wattles	92	Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	212.044	147	0	0	running	17800	18
13	20	Didier André	32	Galles Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	210.586	139	0	0	clutch	38800	17
14	17	Billy Boat	98	CURB Records	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Beck	212.031	109	0	0	running	37600	16
15	21	Stéphan Grégoire	7	Tokheim/Jack K. Elrod Co./NADA Guides	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Simon	210.084	95	0	0	mechanical	14600	15
16	25	Jon Herb	6	Tri Star Motorsports Inc.	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Tri-Star	209.310	77	0	0	engine	13500	14
17	14	Al Unser, Jr.	3	Galles Racing Starz SuperPak	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	212.105	52	0	0	accident	34300	13
18	12	Davey Hamilton	99	Sam Schmidt Motorsports Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Schmidt	212.482	52	0	0	accident	34300	12
19	22	Jeret Schroeder	9	Purity Products Summit Packaging	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	PDM	209.396	52	0	0	accident	11300	11
20	19	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Purex Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	211.549	52	0	0	accident	37200	10
21	10	Robby McGehee	10	Cahill Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	212.510	52	0	0	accident	32200	9
22	24	Cory Witherill	16	WSA/MOTORS/Indy Regency Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Indy Regency	209.358	51	0	0	accident	10200	8
23	27	Casey Mears	31	Galles Racing SportsLine.com	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	205.943	51	0	0	accident	32200	7
24	3	Eddie Cheever	51	#51 Excite@Home Indy Race Car	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	215.776	34	0	0	engine	32200	6
25	23	Dr. Jack Miller	11	Olympus/Opalescence/Cahill Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	209.369	28	0	0	accident	10200	5
26	4	Mark Dismore	28	Delphi Automotive Systems/Bryant Heating & Cooling	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	215.061	15	0	0	engine	32200	4
27	26	Brandon Erwin	30	WorldBestBuy.com/McCormack Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	McCormack	207.166	3	0	0	accident	32200	3

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	136	3	0	2	3	3
2	Eliseo Salazar	105	3	0	0	3	3
3	Scott Sharp	96	3	0	0	2	3
4	Jeff Ward	82	3	1	0	1	3
5	Felipe Giaffone	80	3	0	0	1	3
6	Buddy Lazier	73	3	0	0	1	2
7	Sarah Fisher	72	3	0	0	1	1
8	Buzz Calkins	71	3	0	0	1	2
9	Greg Ray	69	3	2	1	1	1
10	Billy Boat	63	3	0	0	1	1
11	Shigeaki Hattori	56	3	0	0	0	1
12	Robby McGehee	51	3	0	0	0	1
13	Airton Daré	49	3	0	0	0	2
14	Al Unser, Jr.	48	3	0	0	0	1
15	Davey Hamilton	41	3	0	0	0	0
16	Didier André	40	3	0	0	0	1
17	Eddie Cheever	39	3	0	0	0	1
18	Casey Mears	36	3	0	0	0	0
19	Stan Wattles	36	3	0	0	0	0
20	Mark Dismore	35	3	0	0	0	1
21	Robbie Buhl	35	3	0	0	0	0
22	Brandon Erwin	32	3	0	0	0	0
23	Stéphan Grégoire	32	3	0	0	0	0
24	Jeret Schroeder	31	3	0	0	0	0
25	Jon Herb	19	2	0	0	0	0