2001 - FedEx Championship Series - Texaco-Havoline Grand Prix of Houston Race Results

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2001 - Texaco-Havoline Grand Prix of Houston Race Results

Race Name - Texaco-Havoline Grand Prix of Houston
Date - 10/7/2001
Race Track - Streets of Houston
Number of Starting Cars - 26
Laps Run - 100
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Gil de Ferran / 92.513 mph
Cautions - 4 cautions for 16 laps
Average Race Speed - 79.521 mph
Lead Changes - 1 Leader(s) with 0 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Gil de Ferran
Race Number - 17

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Gil de Ferran	Marlboro Team Penske	Reynard	Honda	92.513
2	6	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	90.964
3	23	Memo Gidley	Target	Lola	Toyota	89.224
4	14	Tora Takagi	Pioneer/DENSO	Reynard	Toyota	90.425
5	4	Hlio Castroneves	Marlboro Team Penske	Reynard	Honda	91.524
6	8	Cristiano da Matta	Texaco/Havoline/Kmart	Lola	Toyota	90.876
7	3	Kenny Brck	Shell	Lola	Ford	91.701
8	13	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Lola	Toyota	90.592
9	19	Max Papis	Miller Lite	Lola	Ford	89.693
10	20	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	89.662
11	24	Jimmy Vasser	Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	88.48
12	10	Tony Kanaan	Hollywood	Reynard	Honda	90.791
13	22	Bryan Herta	Forsythe Indeck	Reynard	Ford	89.505
14	15	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Reynard	Honda	90.324
15	16	Shinji Nakano	Avex/Alpine	Reynard	Honda	90.193
16	26	Max Wilson	Driving 101	Lola	Ford	87.379
17	25	Casey Mears	Pioneer	Reynard	Honda	87.536
18	7	Scott Dixon	Enron Powerware Panasonic	Reynard	Toyota	90.944
19	5	Alex Tagliani	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	91.329
20	9	Mauricio Gugelmin	Nextel PacWest	Reynard	Toyota	90.86
21	12	Michael Andretti	Motorola	Reynard	Honda	90.675
22	11	Roberto Moreno	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	90.695
23	2	Bruno Junqueira	Target	Lola	Toyota	91.707
24	21	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	89.557
25	18	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez	Lola	Ford	89.835
26	17	Oriol Servi	Sigma Autosport	Lola	Ford	89.85