2001 - FedEx Championship Series - Gateway Indy 250 Race Results

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2001 - Gateway Indy 250 Race Results

Race Name - Gateway Indy 250
Date - 7/29/2001
Race Track - Gateway International Raceway
Number of Starting Cars - 25
Laps Run - 225
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Tony Kanaan / 160.052 mph
Cautions - 2 cautions for 20 laps
Average Race Speed - 132.031 mph
Lead Changes - 9 Leader(s) with 14 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Helio Castroneves
Race Number - 11

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	8	Kenny Brck	Shell	Lola	Ford	158.715
2	9	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	158.504
3	12	Gil de Ferran	Marlboro Team Penske	Reynard	Honda	157.916
4	19	Scott Dixon	Powerware Panasonic	Reynard	Toyota	157.179
5	4	Memo Gidley	Target	Lola	Toyota	159.528
6	14	Alex Tagliani	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	157.829
7	2	Hlio Castroneves	Marlboro Team Penske	Reynard	Honda	160.031
8	1	Tony Kanaan	Hollywood	Reynard	Honda	160.052
9	5	Alex Zanardi	Pioneer	Reynard	Honda	158.885
10	3	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Reynard	Honda	159.652
11	18	Tora Takagi	Pioneer/DENSO	Reynard	Toyota	157.373
12	22	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	156.027
13	25	Max Papis	Miller Lite	Lola	Ford	154.453
14	6	Jimmy Vasser	Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	158.871
15	10	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	158.342
16	16	Shinji Nakano	Avex/Alpine	Reynard	Honda	157.627
17	11	Bruno Junqueira	Target	Lola	Toyota	158.247
18	21	Oriol Servi	Sigma Autosport	Lola	Ford	156.449
19	20	Cristiano da Matta	Texaco/Havoline/Kmart	Lola	Toyota	157.019
20	7	Roberto Moreno	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	158.803
21	15	Bryan Herta	Forsythe Indeck	Reynard	Ford	157.657
22	13	Mauricio Gugelmin	Nextel PacWest	Reynard	Toyota	157.91
23	23	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez	Lola	Ford	155.614
24	17	Michael Andretti	Motorola	Reynard	Honda	157.547
25	24	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Lola	Toyota	154.627