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2001 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Indy Racing Northern Light Series race number 4 of 13 Sunday, May 27, 2001 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:31:54 Average speed: 141.574 mph Pole speed: 226.037 mph Cautions: 8 for 57 laps Margin of victory: 1.737 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 13 Glossary    2001 Indy Racing Northern Light Series results   /   2001 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 11 68   Helio Castroneves Team Penske   (Roger Penske) D/A/F 200 1270475 running 52 52 2 5 66   Gil de Ferran Team Penske   (Roger Penske) D/A/F 200 482775 running 27 40 3 21 39   Michael Andretti Motorola / Archipelago   (Team KOOL Green) D/A/F 200 346225 running 16 35 4 12 44   Jimmy Vasser Target   (Chip Ganassi) G/A/F 200 233325 running 0 32 5 20 50   Bruno Junqueira Target   (Chip Ganassi) G/A/F 200 255825 running 0 30 6 7 33   Tony Stewart Target   (Chip Ganassi) G/A/F 200 218850 running 13 28 7 28 14   Eliseo Salazar Harrah's   (A.J. Foyt) D/A/F 199 356300 running 0 26 8 30 88   Airton Dare 1-800-BAR-NONE   (Team Xtreme Racing) G/A/F 199 320325 running 0 24 9 32 98   Billy Boat Curb Records   (Greg Beck / Curb-Agajanian) D/A/F 199 337325 running 0 22 10 33 21   Felipe Giaffone Hollywood Cigarettes   (Treadway / Hubbard Racing) G/A/F 199 211575 running 0 20 11 14 10   Robby McGehee Olympus Cameras / Cure Autism Now   (Larry Cahill) D/A/F 199 290825 running 0 19 12 24 12   Buzz Calkins Bradley Food Marts / Save-O-Mat   (Brad Calkins) D/A/F 198 286025 running 0 18 13 6 5   Arie Luyendyk Meijer   (Treadway / Hubbard Racing) G/A/F 198 182275 running 1 17 14 13 4   Sam Hornish, Jr. Pennzoil   (Panther Racing) D/A/F 196 308825 running 0 16 15 9 24   Robbie Buhl Team Purex   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) G/I/F 196 300325 running 0 15 16 4 28   Mark Dismore Delphi Automotive Systems / Bryant H & C   (Tom Kelley) D/A/F 195 287375 running 29 14 17 2 2   Greg Ray Johns Manville / Menards   (John Menard) D/A/F 192 335325 running 40 13 18 10 91   Buddy Lazier Tae-Bo / Coors Light / Life Fitness / Delta   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/A/F 192 262325 running 0 12 19 31 16   Cory Witherill Radio Shack   (Sal Incandela) G/A/F 187 159575 running 0 11 20 23 9   Jeret Schroeder Amvets   (Paul Diatlovich) D/A/F 187 256325 running 0 10 21 3 41   Robby Gordon Team Conseco   (A.J. Foyt / Richard Childress) D/A/F 184 173225 running 22 9 22 17 77   Jaques Lazier Classmates.com / Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria   (Byrd Motorsports) G/A/F 183 161325 running 0 8 23 26 99   Davey Hamilton Mi-Jack   (Sam Schmidt) D/A/F 182 280325 valve 0 7 24 8 35   Jeff Ward Aerosmith   (Heritage Motorsports) G/A/F 168 248325 running 0 6 25 27 84   Donnie Beechler Harrah's   (A.J. Foyt) D/A/F 160 154325 oil leak 0 5 26 25 51   Eddie Cheever, Jr. #51 Excite@Home Indy Race Car   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/I/F 108 247325 alternator 0 4 27 18 6   Jon Herb Epson   (Tri-Star Motorsports) D/A/F 104 245575 crash 0 3 28 29 36   Stephan Gregoire Delco Remy   (Heritage Motorsports) G/A/F 86 154325 oil leak 0 2 29 22 49   Nicolas Minassian Target   (Chip Ganassi) G/A/F 74 149575 gearbox 0 1 30 19 3   Al Unser, Jr. Starz SuperPak / Budweiser   (Rick Galles) G/A/F 16 255825 crash 0 1 31 15 15   Sarah Fisher Kroger   (Derrick Walker) D/A/F 7 247325 crash 0 1 32 16 52   Scott Goodyear #52 Thermos / Grill2Go / Cheever Indy Racing   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/I/F 7 143325 crash 0 1 33 1 8   Scott Sharp Delphi Automotive Systems   (Tom Kelley) D/A/F 0 427325 crash 0 1 C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes   Chassis: D - Dallara; G - G Force   Engine: A - Oldsmobile Aurora; I - Nissan Infiniti   Tires: F - Firestone

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Stephan Gregoire 7 Yellow Transportation Dick Simon Roberto Guerrero 7 Yellow Transportation Dick Simon Jim Guthrie 27 Blueprint Racing Blueprint Racing Brandon Erwin 30 WorldBestBuy.com Dennis McCormack Jimmy Kite 30 WorldBestBuy.com Dennis McCormack Casey Mears 31 Sportsline.com Rick Galles Didier Andre 32 PlayStation2 Rick Galles Steve Knapp 37 Brayton Engineering Lee Brayton Shigeaki Hattori 55 Epson Vertex-Cunningham Racing Tyce Carlson 60 Tri-Star Racing Tri-Star Racing Richie Hearn 60 Tri-Star Racing Tri-Star Racing Memo Gidley 61 Cure Autism Now Lee Brayton John Paul, Jr. 81 Zali Racing Zali Racing Steve Knapp 93 Hemelgarn Racing Ron Hemelgarn Stan Wattles 94 Hemelgarn Racing Ron Hemelgarn WD Jack Miller 11 Olympus / Opalescence Larry Cahill WD Roberto Guerrero 17 Dick Simon Racing Dick Simon WD Johnny Unser 18 Truscelli Racing Truscelli Team Racing WD ? 20 Kelley Racing WD ? 23 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing WD ? 25 Walker Racing Special Derrick Walker WD ? 38 Nienhouse Motorsports Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 5 5   #8 accident turn 1   6 7 2     8 16 9   #15,52 accident turn 2   17 17 1     18 21 4   #3 accident turn 4   22 89 68     90 95 6   oil on track   96 106 11     107 118 12   rain   119 133 15     134 138 5   #16 accident turn 4   139 147 9     148 157 10   rain   158 165 8     166 170 5   #24 accident turn 2   171 200 30       Percent of race run under caution: 28.0%             Average green flag run: 18.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Robby Gordon 1 22 22   Greg Ray 23 45 23   Tony Stewart 46 46 1   Arie Luyendyk 47 47 1   Michael Andretti 48 52 5   Mark Dismore 53 74 22   Greg Ray 75 80 6   Michael Andretti 81 84 4   Mark Dismore 85 91 7   Greg Ray 92 102 11   Michael Andretti 103 109 7   Gil de Ferran 110 136 27   Tony Stewart 137 148 12   Helio Castroneves 149 200 52 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Sam Hornish, Jr. 152     2   Eliseo Salazar 131   -21   3   Felipe Giaffone 100   -52   4   Scott Sharp 97   -55   5   Buzz Calkins 89   -63   6   Jeff Ward 88   -64   7   Billy Boat 85   -67   7   Buddy Lazier 85   -67   9   Greg Ray 82   -70   10   Airton Dare 73   -79   10   Sarah Fisher 73   -79   12   Robby McGehee 70   -82   13   Helio Castroneves 64   -88   14   Shigeaki Hattori 56   -96   15   Robbie Buhl 50   -102   16   Mark Dismore 49   -103   16   Al Unser, Jr. 49   -103   18   Davey Hamilton 48   -104   19   Gil de Ferran 46   -106   20   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 43   -109   21   Jeret Schroeder 41   -111