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 |
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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 |
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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 |