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2001 Firestone Firehawk 500K Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 4 of 20 Saturday, May 19, 2001 at Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway, Motegi City, Japan 201 laps on a 1.548 mile paved track (311.148 miles) Time of race: 1:44:48 Average speed: 178.113 mph Pole speed: 215.591 mph Cautions: 2 for 13 laps Margin of victory: 3.650 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 9 Glossary    2001 CART results   /   2001 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 6 8   Kenny Brack Shell   (Bobby Rahal) Lola / Ford 201 100000 running 75 20 2 1 3   Helio Castroneves Marlboro   (Roger Penske) Reynard / Honda 201 60000 running 84 18 3 4 55   Tony Kanaan Hollywood Cigarettes   (Mo Nunn) Reynard / Honda 200 50000 running 40 14 4 14 11   Christian Fittipaldi Kmart Blue Light Special   (Newman Haas Racing) Lola / Toyota 200 35000 running 0 12 5 21 40   Jimmy Vasser Patrick Racing   (Pat Patrick) Reynard / Toyota 200 30000 running 0 10 6 17 7   Max Papis Miller Genuine Draft   (Bobby Rahal) Lola / Ford 200 25000 running 0 8 7 8 66   Alex Zanardi Pioneer   (Mo Nunn) Reynard / Honda 199 22500 running 0 6 8 13 52   Shinji Nakano Avex / Alpine   (Adrian Fernandez) Reynard / Honda 199 20000 running 0 5 9 20 18   Scott Dixon Powerware / Panasonic   (Bruce McCaw) Reynard / Toyota 198 17500 running 1 4 10 23 20   Roberto Moreno Visteon   (Pat Patrick) Reynard / Toyota 198 16500 running 0 3 11 7 16   Michel Jourdain, Jr. Herdez   (Keith Wiggins) Lola / Ford 197 15250 running 0 2 12 25 17   Mauricio Gugelmin Nextel / PacWest   (Bruce McCaw) Reynard / Toyota 197 14250 running 0 1 13 3 1   Gil de Ferran Marlboro   (Roger Penske) Reynard / Honda 194 13250 oil line 0   14 18 22   Oriol Servia Sigma Autosport   (Paul Cherry) Lola / Ford 191 12500 running 0   15 15 12   Nicolas Minassian Target   (Chip Ganassi) Lola / Toyota 190 12000 crash 0   16 9 51   Adrian Fernandez Tecate Beer / Quaker State   (Adrian Fernandez) Reynard / Honda 148 11750 electrical 0   17 2 27   Dario Franchitti Kool   (Team Green) Reynard / Honda 126 11500 header 1   18 16 26   Paul Tracy Kool   (Team Green) Reynard / Honda 77 11250 gearbox 0   19 10 32   Patrick Carpentier Player's / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Ford 54 11000 oil tank 0   20 24 5   Tora Takagi Pioneer / Denso   (Derrick Walker) Reynard / Toyota 51 10750 throttle 0   21 22 77   Bryan Herta Zakspeed   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Ford 50   header 0   22 19 33   Alex Tagliani Player's / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Ford 40   gearbox 0   23 11 39   Michael Andretti Motorola   (Team Motorola) Reynard / Honda 33   gearbox 0   24 5 4   Bruno Junqueira Target   (Chip Ganassi) Lola / Toyota 1   crash 0   25 12 6   Cristiano da Matta Texaco-Havoline / Kmart   (Newman Haas Racing) Lola / Toyota 0   crash 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Helio Castroneves 1 50 50   Kenny Brack 51 54 4   Scott Dixon 55 55 1   Helio Castroneves 56 84 29   Kenny Brack 85 96 12   Dario Franchitti 97 97 1   Kenny Brack 98 104 7   Tony Kanaan 105 144 40   Helio Castroneves 145 149 5   Kenny Brack 150 201 52 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Kenny Brack 48     2   Helio Castroneves 47   -1   3   Cristiano da Matta 40   -8   3   Paul Tracy 40   -8   3   Jimmy Vasser 40   -8   6   Gil de Ferran 30   -18   7   Tony Kanaan 26   -22   8   Scott Dixon 24   -24   9   Christian Fittipaldi 22   -26   10   Michael Andretti 20   -28   11   Dario Franchitti 17   -31   12   Bruno Junqueira 11   -37   13   Max Papis 9   -39   14   Nicolas Minassian 7   -41   15   Shinji Nakano 6   -42   15   Alex Zanardi 6   -42   15   Roberto Moreno 6   -42   18   Oriol Servia 4   -44   19   Bryan Herta 3   -45   20   Michel Jourdain, Jr. 2   -46   21   Mauricio Gugelmin 1   -47