2001 - FedEx Championship Series - Indianapolis 500 Race Results

The Champ Car World Series merged operations with the Indy Racing League (IRL) under the Indy Car Series name effective for the 2008 season. The owners of the Champ Car World Series filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2008.

The Champ Car was formed in 2004 after team owners Kevin Kalkhoven, Paul Gentilozzi and Gerald Forsythe bought the assets of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) after it had filed for bankruptcy.

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2001 - Indianapolis 500 Race Results

Race Name - Indianapolis 500
Date - 5/19/2001
Race Track - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 25
Laps Run - 201
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Helio Castroneves / 215.591 mph
Cautions - 2 cautions for 13 laps
Average Race Speed - 178.113 mph
Lead Changes - 5 Leader(s) with 9 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Helio Castroneves
Race Number - 4

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	6	Kenny Brck	Shell	Lola	Ford	213.976
2	1	Hlio Castroneves	Marlboro Team Penske	Reynard	Honda	215.591
3	4	Tony Kanaan	Hollywood	Reynard	Honda	214.157
4	14	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Lola	Toyota	211.363
5	21	Jimmy Vasser	Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	209.504
6	17	Max Papis	Miller Lite	Lola	Ford	210.676
7	8	Alex Zanardi	Pioneer	Reynard	Honda	213.615
8	13	Shinji Nakano	Avex/Alpine	Reynard	Honda	212.055
9	20	Scott Dixon	Powerware Panasonic	Reynard	Toyota	209.606
10	23	Roberto Moreno	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	207.94
11	7	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez	Lola	Ford	213.87
12	25	Mauricio Gugelmin	Nextel PacWest	Reynard	Toyota	207.476
13	3	Gil de Ferran	Marlboro Team Penske	Reynard	Honda	214.396
14	18	Oriol Servi	Sigma Autosport	Lola	Ford	210.072
15	15	Nicolas Minassian	Target	Lola	Toyota	211.267
16	9	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Reynard	Honda	213.542
17	2	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	214.413
18	16	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	210.835
19	10	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	213.133
20	24	Tora Takagi	Pioneer/DENSO	Reynard	Toyota	207.63
21	22	Bryan Herta	Zakspeed/Forsythe Racing	Reynard	Ford	208.049
22	19	Alex Tagliani	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	210.057
23	11	Michael Andretti	Motorola	Reynard	Honda	212.581
24	5	Bruno Junqueira	Target	Lola	Toyota	214.05
25	12	Cristiano da Matta	Texaco/Havoline/Kmart	Lola	Toyota	212.103