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2001 Indianapolis 500 in IRL at the Indianapolis circuit. Full information

2001 Indianapolis 500

2001 Indianapolis 500 is 48th IRL race. Passed at the Indianapolis circuit. Scott Sharp won the pole position, Helio Castroneves won this race. Gil de Ferran and Michael Andretti also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (805 km).

Previous race: 2001 Atlanta Indycars
Next race: 2001 Texas Indycars
Race Start: 27th May 2001

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2001 Indianapolis 500

1st victory for the Marlboro Team Penske team
1st victory for the Helio Castroneves
1st podium for the Helio Castroneves
1st podium for the Gil de Ferran
1st podium for the Michael Andretti

2001 Indianapolis 500

Dallara IR0 #68 - 2001 Indianapolis 500 winner

2001 Indianapolis 500 results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Helio Castroneves	Dallara IR0, #68	52	3h 31m 54.18s	Marlboro Team Penske
2	Gil de Ferran	Dallara IR0, #66	40	3h 31m 55.9173s	Marlboro Team Penske
3	Michael Andretti	Dallara IR0, #39	35	3h 31m 59.916s	Team Green
4	Jimmy Vasser	G-Force GF05, #44	32	3h 32m 8.165s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
5	Bruno Junqueira	G-Force GF05, #50	30	3h 32m 21.436s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
6	Tony Stewart	G-Force GF05, #33	28	3h 32m 31.741s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
7	Eliseo Salazar	Dallara IR0, #14	26	199 laps	AJ Foyt Racing
8	Airton Dare	G-Force GF05, #88	24	199 laps	Team Xtreme
9	Billy Boat	Dallara IR0, #98	22	199 laps	Beck Motorsports
10	Felipe Giaffone	G-Force GF05, #21	20	199 laps	Treadway-Hubbard Racing
11	Robby McGehee	Dallara IR0, #10	19	199 laps	Cahill Racing
12	Buzz Calkins	Dallara IR0, #12	18	198 laps	Bradley Motorsports
13	Arie Luyendyk	G-Force GF05, #5	17	198 laps	Treadway-Hubbard Racing
14	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Dallara IR0, #4	16	196 laps	Panther Racing
15	Robbie Buhl	G-Force GF05, #24	15	196 laps	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
16	Mark Dismore	Dallara IR0, #28	14	195 laps	Kelley Racing
17	Greg Ray	Dallara IR0, #2	13	192 laps	Team Menard
18	Buddy Lazier	Dallara IR0, #91	12	192 laps	Hemelgarn Racing
19	Cory Witherill	G-Force GF05, #16	11	187 laps	Indy Regency Racing
20	Jeret Schroeder	Dallara IR0, #9	10	187 laps	PDM Racing
21	Robby Gordon	Dallara IR0, #41	9	184 laps	AJ Foyt/Richard Childress Racing
22	Jaques Lazier	G-Force GF05, #77	8	183 laps	Team Xtreme
23	Davey Hamilton	Dallara IR0, #99	7	182 laps Engine	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
24	Jeff Ward	G-Force GF05, #35	6	168 laps	Heritage Motorsports
25	Donnie Beechler	Dallara IR0, #84	5	160 laps Oil leak	AJ Foyt Enterprises
26	Eddie Cheever	Dallara IR0, #51	4	108 laps Electrics	Cheever Indy Racing
27	Jon Herb	Dallara IR0, #6	3	104 laps Accident	Tri Star Motorsports
28	Stephan Gregoire	G-Force GF05, #36	2	86 laps Oil leak	Heritage Motorsports
29	Nicolas Minassian	G-Force GF05, #49	1	74 laps Gearbox	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
30	Al Unser, Jr.	G-Force GF05, #3	1	16 laps Accident	Galles Racing
31	Sarah Fisher	Dallara IR0, #15	1	7 laps Accident	Walker Racing
32	Scott Goodyear	Dallara IR0, #52	1	7 laps Accident	Cheever Indy Racing
33	Scott Sharp	Dallara IR0, #8	1	Accident	Kelley Racing
0	Tyce Carlson	Dallara IR0, #60	0		Tri Star Motorsports
0	Shigeaki Hattori	Dallara IR0, #55	0		Vertex-Cunningham Racing
0	Roberto Guerrero	Dallara IR0, #7	0		Dick Simon Racing
0	Raul Boesel	G-Force GF05, #21	0		Treadway-Hubbard Racing
0	Jimmy Kite	G-Force GF05, #30	0		McCormack Motorsports
0	Didier Andre, Memo Gidley	G-Force GF05, #32	0		Galles Racing

Qualifying Results for the 2001 Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Scott Sharp	Dallara IR0, #8	2m 39.2658s	Kelley Racing
2	Greg Ray	Dallara IR0, #2	2m 39.8619s	Team Menard
3	Robby Gordon	Dallara IR0, #41	2m 40.0043s	AJ Foyt/Richard Childress Racing
4	Mark Dismore	Dallara IR0, #28	2m 40.0255s	Kelley Racing
5	Gil de Ferran	Dallara IR0, #66	2m 40.4235s	Marlboro Team Penske
6	Arie Luyendyk	G-Force GF05, #5	2m 40.5304s	Treadway-Hubbard Racing
7	Tony Stewart	G-Force GF05, #33	2m 40.5365s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
8	Jeff Ward	G-Force GF05, #35	2m 40.5554s	Heritage Motorsports
9	Robbie Buhl	G-Force GF05, #24	2m 40.5613s	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
10	Buddy Lazier	Dallara IR0, #91	2m 40.5778s	Hemelgarn Racing
11	Helio Castroneves	Dallara IR0, #68	2m 40.6124s	Marlboro Team Penske
12	Jimmy Vasser	G-Force GF05, #44	2m 41.1065s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
13	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Dallara IR0, #4	2m 41.1941s	Panther Racing
14	Robby McGehee	Dallara IR0, #10	2m 41.7199s	Cahill Racing
15	Sarah Fisher	Dallara IR0, #15	2m 41.7632s	Walker Racing
16	Scott Goodyear	Dallara IR0, #52	2m 41.7768s	Cheever Indy Racing
17	Jaques Lazier	G-Force GF05, #77	2m 42.0562s	Team Xtreme
18	Jon Herb	Dallara IR0, #6	2m 42.1515s	Tri Star Motorsports
19	Al Unser, Jr.	G-Force GF05, #3	2m 42.4436s	Galles Racing
20	Bruno Junqueira	G-Force GF05, #50	2m 40.5651s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
21	Michael Andretti	Dallara IR0, #39	2m 41.1161s	Team Green
22	Nicolas Minassian	G-Force GF05, #49	2m 41.4307s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
23	Jeret Schroeder	Dallara IR0, #9	2m 41.5903s	PDM Racing
24	Buzz Calkins	Dallara IR0, #12	2m 41.8215s	Bradley Motorsports
25	Eddie Cheever	Dallara IR0, #51	2m 42.0514s	Cheever Indy Racing
26	Davey Hamilton	Dallara IR0, #99	2m 42.3847s	Sam Schmidt Motorsports
27	Donnie Beechler	Dallara IR0, #84	2m 40.3927s	AJ Foyt Enterprises
28	Eliseo Salazar	Dallara IR0, #14	2m 40.9008s	AJ Foyt Racing
29	Stephan Gregoire	G-Force GF05, #36	2m 41.5162s	Heritage Motorsports
30	Airton Dare	G-Force GF05, #88	2m 41.9899s	Team Xtreme
31	Cory Witherill	G-Force GF05, #16	2m 42.4392s	Indy Regency Racing
32	Billy Boat	Dallara IR0, #98	2m 42.508s	Beck Motorsports
33	Felipe Giaffone, Raul Boesel	G-Force GF05, #21	2m 42.2507s	Treadway-Hubbard Racing
34	Shigeaki Hattori	Dallara IR0, #55	2m 42.5528s	Vertex-Cunningham Racing
35	Memo Gidley	Dallara IR0, #37	2m 42.7498s	Brayton Racing
37	Jimmy Kite	G-Force GF05, #30	2m 42.8606s	McCormack Motorsports
38	Didier Andre	G-Force GF05, #32		Galles Racing
39	Tyce Carlson, Roberto Guerrero	Dallara IR0, #60		Tri Star Motorsports

List of all cars for the 2001 Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis circuit

Aurora

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Aurora

Infiniti

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