2001 Indy Racing League

The 2001 Indy Racing League consisted of 13 races, held at 12 circuits across the United States of America. Sam Hornish Jr. won the Drivers’ Championship.

2001 Races

Round	Date	Event	Circuit	Track Type	Winner	Car/Engine	Avg. Speed
1	18 March 2001	Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200	Phoenix Raceway	Oval	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dallara/Oldsmobile	125.072
2	8 April 2001	Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Oval	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dallara/Oldsmobile	148.508
3	28 April 2001	zMAX 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Oval	Greg Ray	Dallara/Oldsmobile	133.647
4	27 May 2001	85th Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Oval	Helio Castroneves	Dallara/Oldsmobile	141.574
5	9 June 2001	Casino Magic 500	Texas Motor Speedway	Oval	Scott Sharp	Dallara/Oldsmobile	150.873
6	17 June 2001	Radisson Indy 200	Pikes Peak International Raceway	Oval	Buddy Lazier	Dallara/Oldsmobile	142.987
7	30 June 2001	SunTrust Indy Challenge	Richmond Raceway	Oval	Buddy Lazier	Dallara/Oldsmobile	97.435
8	8 July 2001	Ameristar Casino Indy 200	Kansas Speedway	Oval	Eddie Cheever Jr.	Dallara/Infiniti	148.914
9	21 July 2001	Harrah's 200	Nashville Superspeedway	Oval	Buddy Lazier	Dallara/Oldsmobile	144.809
10	12 August 2001	Belterra Resort Indy 300	Kentucky Speedway	Oval	Buddy Lazier	Dallara/Oldsmobile	174.91
11	26 August 2001	Gateway Indy 250	World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway	Oval	Al Unser Jr.	G-Force/Oldsmobile	136.379
12	2 September 2001	Delphi Indy 300	Chicagoland Speedway	Oval	Jaques Lazier	Dallara/Oldsmobile	-
13	6 October 2001	Chevy 500	Texas Motor Speedway	Oval	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dallara/Oldsmobile	168.523

2001 Driver Standings

Pos.	Driver	PHX	MIA	ATL	IND	TEX	PIK	RICH	KAN	NAS	KEN	GAT	CHI	TEX	Points
1	Sam Hornish Jr.	52	52	32	16	35	42	40	40	30	35	37	40	52	503
2	Buddy Lazier	35	10	28	12	32	50	52	30	50	50	17	19	13	398
3	Scott Sharp	32	24	40	1	50	24	30	13	30	42	24	5	40	355
4	Billy Boat	30	17	16	22	30	32	12	22	40	28	28	18	18	313
5	Eliseo Salazar	40	35	30	26	26	16	18	26	19	15	13	12	32	308
6	Felipe Giaffone	28	32	20	20	40	26	19	32	24	24	10	20	9	304
7	Al Unser Jr.	7	28	13	1	24	19	35	10	16	32	50	24	28	287
8	Eddie Cheever Jr.	11	22	6	4	18	28	17	52	15	9	32	35	12	261
9	Buzz Calkins	22	14	35	18	15	15	20	17	22	14	8	22	20	242
10	Airton Dare	20	7	22	24	11	30	15	28	13	10	22	11	26	239
11	Jeff Ward	26	30	26	6	14	18	24	0	10	20	26	32	6	238
12	Robbie Buhl	19	6	10	15	9	35	22	9	17	22	30	8	35	237
13	Shigeaki Hattori	17	15	24	0	20	9	16	24	26	26	15	9	14	215
14	Mark Dismore	5	26	4	14	10	17	28	19	14	8	40	13	7	205
15	Donnie Beechler	0	0	0	5	28	14	26	35	20	30	16	30	0	204
16	Robby McGehee	24	18	9	19	16	0	0	20	32	12	20	10	16	196
17	Jaques Lazier	0	0	0	8	22	13	11	12	35	18	14	52	10	195
18	Greg Ray	8	9	52	13	21	12	9	16	12	17	0	0	24	193
19	Didier Andre	3	20	17	0	13	11	32	14	9	19	18	17	15	188
20	Sarah Fisher	13	40	19	1	12	20	13	18	11	11	19	6	5	188
21	Billy Roe	0	0	0	0	17	10	10	8	18	16	7	7	8	101
22	Jeret Schroeder	4	16	11	10	7	0	14	15	0	0	0	0	0	77
23	Jon Herb	0	5	14	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	15	22	70
24	Helio Castroneves	12	0	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64
25	Rick Treadway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	16	30	59
26	Davey Hamilton	18	11	12	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54
27	Richie Hearn	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	50
28	Gil de Ferran	6	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46
29	Laurent Redon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	19	45
30	Brandon Erwin	16	13	3	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40
31	Casey Mears	10	19	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36
32	Chris Menninga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	14	11	36
33	Stan Wattles	14	4	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36
34	Michael Andretti	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35
35	Stephan Gregoire	9	8	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34
36	Jimmy Vasser	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
37	Bruno Junqueira	0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30
38	Anthony Lazzaro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	17	29
39	Tony Stewart	0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
40	Cory Witherill	0	0	8	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19
41	Arie Luyendyk	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
42	Tyce Carlson	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
43	John Hollansworth Jr.	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
44	Alex Barron	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	9
45	Robby Gordon	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
46	Jack Miller	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
47	Scott Goodyear	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
48	Nicolas Minassian	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2001 Indy Racing League

2001 Indy Racing League

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