2001 Casino Magic 500

Race 5 of 13

Texas
200 laps
Time of race: 1:55:43.5775
Average speed of winner: 150.873 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 15 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 42 laps
Fastest lap: Eddie Cheever 218.697
Lap leaders: Dismore 1-2, Cheever 3-27, J. Lazier 28-31, Daré 32-36, Cheever 37-75, Ray 76-110, Hornish 111-115, Giaffone 116, Ray 117-158, Sharp 159-162, Ray 163-164, Sharp 165-169, Ray 170, Sharp 171-189, Ray 190-195, Sharp 196-200

Race notes: Last pole for Mark Dismore. Finale for Brandon Erwin.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Start), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11 (Finish), Part 12 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	215.065	200	4	33	running	125600	50
2	14	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	211.111	200	1	1	running	83750	40
3	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Panther	213.255	200	1	5	running	70050	35
4	13	Buddy Lazier	91	Tae-Bo/Coors Light/Delta Faucet	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	211.128	200	0	0	running	57650	32
5	10	Billy Boat	98	CURB Records	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Beck	211.579	200	0	0	running	52550	30
6	6	Donnie Beechler	11	Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	213.003	200	0	0	running	39650	28
7	9	Eliseo Salazar	14	Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	212.483	200	0	0	running	45650	26
8	11	Al Unser, Jr.	3	Galles Racing Starz SuperPak	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	211.426	200	0	0	running	44300	24
9	19	Jaques Lazier	77	Classmates.com/Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	209.571	199	1	4	running	39650	22
10	5	Shigeaki Hattori	55	EPSON	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Vertex-Cunningham	213.119	198	0	0	running	43200	20
11	20	Greg Ray	2	Johns Manville/Menards	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	209.252	195	5	86	accident	57000	21
12	3	Eddie Cheever	51	#51 Cheever Indy Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	214.926	195	2	64	accident	45900	18
13	24	Billy Roe	81	Zali Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Zali		195	0	0	running	17700	17
14	17	Robby McGehee	10	Cahill Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	210.290	188	0	0	accident	38500	16
15	16	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Bradley	210.743	188	0	0	running	37400	15
16	7	Jeff Ward	35	Heritage Motorsports/Firestone/Menards	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Heritage	212.642	184	0	0	half shaft	36300	14
17	21	Didier André	32	Galles Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	209.249	184	0	0	running	20450	13
18	18	Sarah Fisher	15	Walker Racing Kroger Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Walker	209.723	176	0	0	running	35100	12
19	12	Airton Daré	88	1-800-BAR-NONE	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	211.142	145	1	5	running	33900	11
20	1	Mark Dismore	28	Delphi Automotive Systems/Bryant Heating & Cooling	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	215.508	132	1	2	engine	45300	10
21	8	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Purex Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	212.594	116	0	0	electrical	34800	9
22	23	Brandon Erwin	30	McCormack Motorsports/Team Calcium	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	McCormack	202.555	72	0	0	handling	18150	8
23	15	Jeret Schroeder	6	Tri Star Motorsports Inc.	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	PDM	211.089	71	0	0	accident	18150	7
24	22	Davey Hamilton	99	Sam Schmidt Motorsports Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Schmidt	208.774	71	0	0	accident	32800	6

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	187	5	0	2	4	4
2	Eliseo Salazar	157	5	0	0	3	5
3	Scott Sharp	147	5	1	1	3	4
4	Felipe Giaffone	140	5	0	0	2	5
5	Buddy Lazier	117	5	0	0	2	3
6	Billy Boat	115	5	0	0	2	3
7	Buzz Calkins	104	5	0	0	1	2
8	Greg Ray	103	5	2	1	1	1
9	Jeff Ward	102	5	1	0	1	3
10	Robby McGehee	86	5	0	0	0	1
11	Sarah Fisher	85	5	0	0	1	1
12	Airton Daré	84	5	0	0	0	3
13	Shigeaki Hattori	76	4	0	0	0	2
14	Al Unser, Jr.	73	5	0	0	0	2
15	Hélio Castroneves	64	2	0	1	1	1
16	Eddie Cheever	61	5	0	0	0	1
17	Mark Dismore	59	5	1	0	0	1
18	Robbie Buhl	59	5	0	0	0	0
19	Davey Hamilton	54	5	0	0	0	0
20	Didier André	53	4	0	0	0	1
21	Jeret Schroeder	48	5	0	0	0	0
22	Gil de Ferran	46	2	0	0	1	1
23	Brandon Erwin	40	4	0	0	0	0
24	Casey Mears	36	3	0	0	0	0
25	Stan Wattles	36	3	0	0	0	0