2001 Miller Lite 225
The 2001 Miller Lite 225 was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on June 3, 2001 at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin, USA. It was the 6th round of the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series season. Team Rahal's Kenny Bräck scored his second career and second consecutive CART race win ahead of a resurgent Michael Andretti and rookie Scott Dixon.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 6 of 21 in the 2001 CART season | |
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| Date | June 3, 2001 |
| Official name | 2001 Miller Lite 225 |
| Location | Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin, United States |
| Course | Oval 1 mi / 1.6 km |
| Distance | 225 laps 225 mi / 362.102 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver |  |
| Time | No time |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver |  |
| Time | 23.277 (on lap 201 of 225) |
| Podium | |
| First | |
| Second |  |
| Third |  |
Bräck's second win in a row cemented his status at the top of the drivers' standings, now thirty points ahead of 2nd place Hélio Castroneves. This was Andretti's first podium of the year and his first after leaving Newman/Haas Racing; his was the only car that seemed capable of challenging Bräck for the win as the race went on. Dixon, who had won at Nazareth earlier in the season, picked up his second career podium and PacWest Racing's final podium in the series.
The race saw multiple crashes take out several championship contenders, as Cristiano da Matta, in a repeat of the previous race at Motegi, crashed on Lap 1 with Castroneves; Paul Tracy then crashed a few laps later. Jimmy Vasser, who was running 3rd, was taken out by Tora Takagi while trying to lap him on Lap 132; Takagi would be disqualified two laps later for his role in the accident. Finally, Christian Fittipaldi and Nicolas Minassian collided near the end of the race, which would prompt Chip Ganassi Racing to drop the latter after the next race in Detroit.
Qualifying
Qualifying was rained out; the lineup was determined by points standings.[1]
| Qualifying not held — Starting lineup | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Driver | Team |
| 1 | |
Team Rahal |
| 2 |  |
Team Penske |
| 3 | |
Newman-Haas Racing |
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Team Green |
| 5 | |
Patrick Racing |
| 6 | |
Team Penske |
| 7 | |
Mo Nunn Racing |
| 8 | |
PacWest Racing |
| 9 | |
Newman-Haas Racing |
| 10 | |
Team Motorola |
| 11 | |
Team Green |
| 12 | |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 13 |  |
Team Rahal |
| 14 |  |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 15 | |
Mo Nunn Racing |
| 16 |  |
Fernandez Racing |
| 17 | |
Patrick Racing |
| 18 |  |
Sigma Autosport |
| 19 | |
Walker Motorsport |
| 20 | |
Forsythe Racing |
| 21 |  |
Bettenhausen Racing |
| 22 | |
PacWest Racing |
| 23 | |
Fernandez Racing |
| 24 | |
Arciero Racing |
| 25 | |
Forsythe Racing |
| 26 | |
Forsythe Racing |
Source:[2] | ||
Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | |
Team Rahal | 225 | 1:54:08.097 | 1 | 211 |
| 2 | 39 | |
Team Motorola | 225 | +1.307 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | 18 | |
PacWest Racing | 225 | +3.001 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | 4 | |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 225 | +6.714 | 12 | 12 |
| 5 | 51 | |
Fernandez Racing | 225 | +9.702 | 23 | 10 |
| 6 | 55 | |
Mo Nunn Racing | 225 | +10.291 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | |
Team Penske | 225 | +12.821 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | 7 | |
Team Rahal | 225 | +17.780 | 13 | 5 |
| 9 | 27 | |
Team Green | 224 | +1 Lap | 11 | 4 |
| 10 | 17 | |
PacWest Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 22 | 3 |
| 11 | 66 | |
Mo Nunn Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 15 | 2 |
| 12 | 33 | |
Forsythe Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 25 | 1 |
| 13 | 16 | |
Bettenhausen Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 21 | — |
| 14 | 22 | |
Sigma Autosport | 224 | +1 Lap | 18 | — |
| 15 | 20 | |
Patrick Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 17 | — |
| 16 | 52 | |
Fernandez Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 16 | — |
| 17 | 32 | |
Forsythe Racing | 223 | +2 Laps | 26 | — |
| 18 | 11 | |
Newman-Haas Racing | 204 | Contact | 9 | — |
| 19 | 12 | |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 203 | Contact | 14 | — |
| 20 | 5 | |
Walker Motorsport | 134 | Disqualified[3] | 19 | — |
| 21 | 40 | |
Patrick Racing | 132 | Contact | 5 | — |
| 22 | 77 | |
Forsythe Racing | 73 | Spark plug | 20 | — |
| 23 | 25 | |
Arciero Racing | 43 | Electrical | 24 | — |
| 24 | 26 | |
Team Green | 11 | Contact | 4 | — |
| 25 | 6 | |
Newman-Haas Racing | 1 | Contact | 3 | — |
| 26 | 3 | |
Team Penske | 0 | Contact | 2 | — |
Source:[2] | |||||||
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 12 among 9 drivers
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Standings after the race
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References
- "CART Saturday Qualifying Summary". Championship Auto Racing Teams. June 2, 2001. Archived from the original on March 28, 2003. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- "2001 Miller Lite 225 Race Results". Championship Auto Racing Teams. June 3, 2001. Archived from the original on January 10, 2003. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- "Walker Racing Report". Championship Auto Racing Teams. June 4, 2001. Archived from the original on January 25, 2003. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- Championship Auto Racing Teams (March 2001). "CART FedEx Championship Series – 2001 Rule Book". Archived from the original on May 28, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- "2001 Miller Lite 225". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- "Miller Lite 225 Sunday Press Notes". Championship Auto Racing Teams. June 3, 2001. Archived from the original on January 25, 2003. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- "Ford Racing Detroit Preview". Motorsport.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
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