2001 Indianapolis 500
The 2001 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis on Sunday, May 27, 2001.
Recap
Team Penske is among several CART teams to break ranks and race at Indianapolis. Rain plays a role on race day, halting the event twice, once under lengthy yellow, and again for a red flag. When the race restarts, rookie Hélio Castroneves breaks away for the win, marking the third occasion of consecutive rookie victories, and then proceeds to engage in his CART-career customary celebration of climbing the catchfence, an action which, when witnessed, begins to be emulated thereafter throughout American stock car racing. After finishing 6th, Tony Stewart flys to Charlotte and finishes 3rd in the Coca-Cola 600, the best-ever combined result for a driver attempting the "Indy-Charlotte Double Duty."
Results
| Finish | Start | No | Name | Qual | Rank | Laps | Led | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 68 |  Hélio Castroneves (R)
|
224.142 | 13 | 200 | 52 | Running |
| 2 | 5 | 66 | Gil de Ferran
|
224.406 | 6 | 200 | 27 | Running |
| 3 | 21 | 39 |  Michael Andretti
|
223.441 | 16 | 200 | 16 | Running |
| 4 | 12 | 44 | Jimmy Vasser
|
223.455 | 15 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 5 | 20 | 50 | Bruno Junqueira (R)
|
224.209 | 11 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 6 | 7 | 33 | Tony Stewart
|
224.248 | 8 | 200 | 13 | Running |
| 7 | 28 | 14 |  Eliseo Salazar
|
223.740 | 14 | 199 | 0 | Running |
| 8 | 30 | 88 | Airton Daré
|
222.236 | 25 | 199 | 0 | Running |
| 9 | 32 | 98 | Billy Boat
|
221.528 | 33 | 199 | 0 | Running |
| 10 | 33 | 21 | Felipe Giaffone (R)
|
221.879 | 29 | 199 | 0 | Running |
| 11 | 14 | 10 | Robby McGehee
|
222.607 | 21 | 199 | 0 | Running |
| 12 | 24 | 12 | Buzz Calkins
|
222.467 | 24 | 198 | 0 | Running |
| 13 | 6 | 5 |  Arie Luyendyk (W)
|
224.257 | 7 | 198 | 1 | Running |
| 14 | 13 | 4 | Sam Hornish, Jr.
|
223.333 | 17 | 196 | 0 | Running |
| 15 | 9 | 24 | Robbie Buhl
|
224.213 | 10 | 196 | 0 | Running |
| 16 | 4 | 28 | Mark Dismore
|
224.964 | 4 | 195 | 29 | Running |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Greg Ray
|
225.194 | 2 | 192 | 40 | Running |
| 18 | 10 | 91 | Buddy Lazier (W)
|
224.190 | 12 | 192 | 0 | Running |
| 19 | 31 | 16 | Cory Witherill (R)
|
221.621 | 31 | 187 | 0 | Running |
| 20 | 23 | 9 | Jeret Schroeder
|
222.785 | 20 | 187 | 0 | Running |
| 21 | 3 | 41 | Robby Gordon
|
224.994 | 3 | 184 | 22 | Running |
| 22 | 17 | 77 | Jaques Lazier
|
222.145 | 27 | 183 | 0 | Running |
| 23 | 26 | 99 | Davey Hamilton
|
221.696 | 30 | 182 | 0 | Engine |
| 24 | 8 | 35 | Jeff Ward
|
224.222 | 9 | 168 | 0 | Running |
| 25 | 27 | 84 | Donnie Beechler
|
224.449 | 5 | 160 | 0 | Running |
| 26 | 25 | 51 | Eddie Cheever (W)
|
222.152 | 26 | 108 | 0 | Electrical |
| 27 | 18 | 6 | Jon Herb (R)
|
222.015 | 28 | 104 | 0 | Accident |
| 28 | 29 | 36 |  Stéphane Grégoire
|
222.888 | 19 | 86 | 0 | Oil Leak |
| 29 | 22 | 49 | Nicolas Minassian (R)
|
223.006 | 18 | 74 | 0 | Gearbox |
| 30 | 19 | 3 | Al Unser, Jr. (W)
|
221.615 | 32 | 16 | 0 | Accident |
| 31 | 15 | 15 | Sarah Fisher
|
222.548 | 22 | 7 | 0 | Accident |
| 32 | 16 | 52 |  Scott Goodyear
|
222.529 | 23 | 7 | 0 | Accident |
| 33 | 1 | 8 | Scott Sharp
|
226.037 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Accident |
(W) = Former Indianapolis 500 winner; (R) = Indianapolis 500 rookie
Failed to Qualify: Roberto Guerrero (#7), Didier Andre (#32), Stan Wattles (#94), Tyce Carlson (#60), Jimmy Kite (#30), Shigeaki Hattori (#55), Casey Mears (#25), Memo Gidley (#37)