2001 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race

Race 4 of 13

Indianapolis
200 laps
Time of race: 3:31:54.1800
Average speed of winner: 141.574 mph
Margin of victory: 1.7373 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 56 laps
Fastest lap: Sam Hornish, Jr. 219.830
Lap leaders: Sharp pole, Gordon 1-22, Ray 23-45, Stewart 46, Luyendyk 47, Andretti 48-52, Dismore 53-74, Ray 75-80, Andretti 81-84, Dismore 85-91, Ray 92-102, Andretti 103-109, de Ferran 110-136, Stewart 137-148, Castroneves 149-200

Race notes: First win for Hélio Castroneves. Debut for Michael Andretti and Bruno Junqueira. Finale for Scott Goodyear, Tony Stewart, and Cory Witherill. Only start for Nicolas Minassian.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	11	Hélio Castroneves	68	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Penske	224.142	200	1	52	running	1270475	52
2	5	Gil de Ferran	66	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Penske	224.406	200	1	27	running	482775	40
3	21	Michael Andretti	39	Motorola/Archipelago	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Green	223.441	200	3	16	running	346225	35
4	12	Jimmy Vasser	44	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Ganassi	223.455	200	0	0	running	233325	32
5	20	Bruno Junqueira	50	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Ganassi	224.208	200	0	0	running	255825	30
6	7	Tony Stewart	33	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Ganassi	224.248	200	2	13	running	218850	28
7	28	Eliseo Salazar	14	Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	223.740	199	0	0	running	356300	26
8	30	Airton Daré	88	1-800-BAR-NONE TeamXtreme	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	222.236	199	0	0	running	320325	24
9	32	Billy Boat	98	Curb Records	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Beck	221.528	199	0	0	running	337325	22
10	33	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	221.879	199	0	0	running	211575	20
11	14	Robby McGehee	10	Cahill Racing Cure Autism Now	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	222.607	199	0	0	running	290825	19
12	24	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Bradley	222.467	198	0	0	running	286025	18
13	6	Arie Luyendyk	5	Meijer	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	224.257	198	1	1	running	182275	17
14	13	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Panther	223.333	196	0	0	running	308825	16
15	9	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Purex Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	224.213	196	0	0	running	300325	15
16	4	Mark Dismore	28	Delphi Automotive Systems/Bryant Heating & Cooling	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	224.964	195	2	29	running	287375	14
17	2	Greg Ray	2	Johns Manville/Menards	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	225.194	192	3	40	running	335325	13
18	10	Buddy Lazier	91	Tae-Bo/Coors Light/Life Fitness/Delta Faucet	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	224.190	192	0	0	running	262325	12
19	31	Cory Witherill	16	Radio Shack	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Indy Regency	221.621	187	0	0	running	159575	11
20	23	Jeret Schroeder	9	Purity Products	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	PDM	222.786	187	0	0	running	256325	10
21	3	Robby Gordon	41	Team Conseco/Foyt Racing/RCR Childress Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	224.994	184	1	22	running	173225	9
22	17	Jaques Lazier	77	Classmates.com/Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Byrd	222.145	183	0	0	running	161325	8
23	26	Davey Hamilton	99	Sam Schmidt Motorsports Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Schmidt	221.696	182	0	0	engine	280325	7
24	8	Jeff Ward	35	Aerosmith/Heritage Motorsports/Firestone/Menards	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Heritage	224.222	168	0	0	running	248325	6
25	27	Donnie Beechler	84	Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	224.449	160	0	0	running	172325	5
26	25	Eddie Cheever	51	Excite@Home Indy Race Car	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	222.152	108	0	0	electrical	247325	4
27	18	Jon Herb	6	Tri Star Motorsports Inc.	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Tri-Star	222.015	104	0	0	accident	245575	3
28	29	Stéphan Grégoire	36	Heritage Motorsports/Delco Remy/Firestone/Menards	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Heritage	222.288	86	0	0	oil leak	154325	2
29	22	Nicolas Minassian	49	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Ganassi	223.006	74	0	0	gearbox	149575	1
30	19	Al Unser, Jr.	3	Galles Racing Starz SuperPak Budweiser	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	221.615	16	0	0	accident	255825	1
31	15	Sarah Fisher	15	Walker Racing Kroger Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Walker	222.548	7	0	0	accident	247325	1
32	16	Scott Goodyear	52	Thermos Grill2Go Cheever Indy Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	222.529	7	0	0	accident	143325	1
33	1	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	226.037	0	0	0	accident	427325	1

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	152	4	0	2	3	3
2	Eliseo Salazar	131	4	0	0	3	4
3	Felipe Giaffone	100	4	0	0	1	4
4	Scott Sharp	97	4	1	0	2	3
5	Buzz Calkins	89	4	0	0	1	2
6	Jeff Ward	88	4	1	0	1	3
7	Buddy Lazier	85	4	0	0	1	2
8	Billy Boat	85	4	0	0	1	2
9	Greg Ray	82	4	2	1	1	1
10	Sarah Fisher	73	4	0	0	1	1
11	Airton Daré	73	4	0	0	0	3
12	Robby McGehee	70	4	0	0	0	1
13	Hélio Castroneves	64	2	0	1	1	1
14	Shigeaki Hattori	56	3	0	0	0	1
15	Robbie Buhl	50	4	0	0	0	0
16	Al Unser, Jr.	49	4	0	0	0	1
17	Mark Dismore	49	4	0	0	0	1
18	Davey Hamilton	48	4	0	0	0	0
19	Gil de Ferran	46	2	0	0	1	1
20	Eddie Cheever	43	4	0	0	0	1
21	Jeret Schroeder	41	4	0	0	0	0
22	Didier André	40	3	0	0	0	1
23	Casey Mears	36	3	0	0	0	0
24	Stan Wattles	36	3	0	0	0	0
25	Michael Andretti	35	1	0	0	1	1