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2001 SunTrust Indy Challenge Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post Indy Racing Northern Light Series race number 7 of 13 Saturday, June 30, 2001 at Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA 250 laps on a 0.750 mile paved track (187.500 miles) Time of race: 1:55:27 Average speed: 97.435 mph Pole speed: 160.417 mph Cautions: 9 for 89 laps Margin of victory: 4.883 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 2 Glossary    2001 Indy Racing Northern Light Series results   /   2001 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 91   Buddy Lazier Tae-Bo / Coors Light / Delta Faucet   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/A/F 250 156300 running 224 52 2 6 4   Sam Hornish, Jr. Pennzoil   (Panther Racing) D/A/F 250 86350 running 0 40 3 11 3   Al Unser, Jr. Starz SuperPak   (Rick Galles) G/A/F 250 72900 running 0 35 4 14 32   Didier Andre PlayStation2   (Rick Galles) G/A/F 250 69150 running 0 32 5 10 8   Scott Sharp Delphi Automotive Systems   (Tom Kelley) D/A/F 249 54350 running 0 30 6 13 28   Mark Dismore Delphi Automotive Systems / Bryant H & C   (Tom Kelley) D/A/F 249 48450 running 0 28 7 15 11   Donnie Beechler Harrah's   (A.J. Foyt) D/A/F 247 46900 running 0 26 8 19 35   Jeff Ward Heritage Motorsports   (Heritage Motorsports) G/A/F 247 45800 running 0 24 9 9 24   Robbie Buhl Team Purex   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) G/I/F 247 50800 running 0 22 10 16 12   Buzz Calkins Bradley Food Marts / Save-O-Mat   (Brad Calkins) D/A/F 239 44600 running 0 20 11 8 21   Felipe Giaffone Hollywood Cigarettes   (Treadway / Hubbard Racing) G/A/F 215 43400 running 0 19 12 7 14   Eliseo Salazar Harrah's   (A.J. Foyt) D/A/F 213 42200 crash 26 18 13 3 51   Eddie Cheever, Jr. #51 Cheever Indy Racing   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/I/F 213 41100 crash 0 17 14 18 55   Shigeaki Hattori Epson   (Vertex-Cunningham Racing) D/A/F 199 39800 crash 0 16 15 5 88   Airton Dare 1-800-BAR-NONE   (Team Xtreme Racing) G/A/F 182 38700 crash 0 15 16 12 6   Jeret Schroeder Tri Star Motorsports   (Paul Diatlovich) D/A/F 126 37500 crash 0 14 17 2 15   Sarah Fisher Kroger   (Derrick Walker) D/A/F 107 36300 crash 0 13 18 20 98   Billy Boat Curb Records   (Greg Beck / Curb-Agajanian) D/A/F 31 36300 oil pressure 0 12 19 1 99   Jaques Lazier Sam Schmidt Motorsports   (Sam Schmidt) D/A/F 13 47600 crash 0 11 20 17 81   Billy Roe Zali Racing   (Zali Racing) G/A/F 9 12000 handling 0 10 21 21 2   Greg Ray Johns Manville / Menards   (John Menard) D/A/F 0 34000 did not start 0 9 C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes   Chassis: D - Dallara; G - G Force   Engine: A - Oldsmobile Aurora; I - Nissan Infiniti   Tires: F - Firestone

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 14 14     15 21 7   #99 accident turn 4   22 64 43     65 72 8   debris   73 91 19     92 99 8   moisture   100 110 11     111 125 15   #15 accident turn 4   126 127 2     128 132 5   #6 stalled frontstretch   133 138 6     139 149 11   #6 accident pit exit   150 182 33     183 196 14   #88,21 accident turn 2   197 205 9     206 212 7   #55 accident turn 3   213 213 1     214 227 14   #14,51 accident turn 3   228 250 23       Percent of race run under caution: 35.6%             Average green flag run: 16.1 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Lazier 1 187 187   Eliseo Salazar 188 213 26   Buddy Lazier 214 250 37 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Sam Hornish, Jr. 269     2   Buddy Lazier 219   -50   3   Scott Sharp 201   -68   4   Eliseo Salazar 191   -78   5   Felipe Giaffone 185   -84   6   Billy Boat 159   -110   7   Jeff Ward 144   -125   8   Buzz Calkins 139   -130   9   Airton Dare 129   -140   10   Al Unser, Jr. 127   -142   11   Greg Ray 124   -145   12   Sarah Fisher 118   -151   13   Robbie Buhl 116   -153   14   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 106   -163   15   Mark Dismore 104   -165   16   Shigeaki Hattori 101   -168   17   Didier Andre 96   -173   18   Robby McGehee 86   -183   19   Donnie Beechler 73   -196   20   Helio Castroneves 64   -205   21   Jeret Schroeder 62   -207