2001 - Indy Racing Northern Light - Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200 Race Results
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The NTT IndyCar Series is the premier North American open wheel racing series. The Indy Racing League (IRL) series was started by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George in 1996 as a competitor to the CART Series League. In 2008, the IndyCar Series merged with the Champ Car World Series (formerly CART). The series is now sanctioned by INDYCAR.
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2001 - Indy Racing Northern Light - Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200
Race Name - Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200Date - 3/18/2001Race Track - Phoenix International RacewayNumber of Starting Cars - 27Laps Run - 200 Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Greg Ray / 177.663 mphCautions - 5 cautions for 37 laps Average Race Speed - 125.072 mphLead Changes - 6 Leader(s) with 8 Lead ChangesLap Leader - Sam Hornish, Jr. Race Number - 1Finish | Start | Driver | Sponsor (Owner) | Chassis | Engine | Qualify Speed |
1 | 2 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | Pennzoil Panther Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 176.801 |
2 | 13 | Eliseo Salazar | Harrahs AJ Foyt Racing | Dallara | Infiniti | 172.612 |
3 | 6 | Buddy Lazier | TaeBo/Coors Light/Delta Faucet/Hemelgarn Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 173.942 |
4 | 10 | Scott Sharp | Delphi Automotive Systems | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 172.996 |
5 | 7 | Billy Boat | CURB Records/Ash Kicker Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 173.162 |
6 | 9 | Felipe Giaffone | Hollywood | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 173.049 |
7 | 3 | Jeff Ward | Heritage Motorsports/Firestone/Menards | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 175.716 |
8 | 16 | Robby McGehee | Olympus/Opalescence/Cahill Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 172.014 |
9 | 11 | Buzz Calkins | Bradley Food Marts/SavOMat | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 172.785 |
10 | 18 | Airton Dare | 1800BARNONE TeamXtreme | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 169.661 |
11 | 8 | Robbie Buhl | Dreyer Reinbold Racing Team Purex | G-Force | Infiniti | 173.114 |
12 | 20 | Davey Hamilton | Sam Schmidt Motorsports Racing Special | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 169.318 |
13 | 24 | Shigeaki Hattori | EPSON | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 165.413 |
14 | 26 | Brandon Erwin | WorldBestBuycom/McCormack Motorsports | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 160.864 |
15 | 19 | Tyce Carlson | Tri Star Motorsports Inc | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 169.568 |
16 | 14 | Stan Wattles | Hemelgarn Racing | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 172.525 |
17 | 21 | Sarah Fisher | Walker Racing/Kroger Special | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 168.848 |
18 | 17 | Helio Castroneves | Penske Auto Center Special | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 171.623 |
19 | 12 | Eddie Cheever | 51 ExciteHome Indy Race Car | Dallara | Infiniti | 172.661 |
20 | 25 | Casey Mears | Galles Racing SportsLinecom | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 164.696 |
21 | 4 | Stephan Gregoire | Tokheim/Jack K Elrod Co/Nada Guides | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 174.442 |
22 | 1 | Greg Ray | Johns Manville/Menards | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 177.663 |
23 | 23 | Al Unser, Jr. | Galles Racing Starz SuperPak | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 165.988 |
24 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Penske Auto Center Special | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 174 |
25 | 15 | Mark Dismore | Delphi Automotive Systems/Bryant Heating Cooling | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 172.196 |
26 | 22 | Jeret Schroeder | Summit Packaging | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 168.594 |
27 | 27 | Didier Andre | Galles Racing | G-Force | Oldsmobile | 157.749 |