2001 Suntrust Indy Challenge

Race 7 of 13

Richmond
250 laps
Time of race: 1:55:27.7300
Average speed of winner: 97.435 mph
Margin of victory: 4.8828 sec.
Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 89 laps
Fastest lap: Buddy Lazier 154.896
Lap leaders: J. Lazier pole, B. Lazier 1-187, Salazar 188-213, B. Lazier 214-250

Race notes: First pole for Jaques Lazier.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Buddy Lazier	91	Tae-Bo/Coors Light/Delta Faucet	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	159.199	250	2	224	running	156300	52
2	6	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Panther	158.288	250	0	0	running	86350	40
3	11	Al Unser, Jr.	3	Galles Racing Starz SuperPak	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	155.859	250	0	0	running	72900	35
4	14	Didier André	32	Galles Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	154.946	250	0	0	running	69150	32
5	10	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	156.663	249	0	0	running	54350	30
6	13	Mark Dismore	28	Delphi Automotive Systems/Bryant Heating & Cooling	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	155.196	249	0	0	running	48450	28
7	15	Donnie Beechler	11	A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	154.553	247	0	0	running	46900	26
8	19	Jeff Ward	35	Heritage Motorsports/Firestone/Menards	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Heritage		247	0	0	running	45800	24
9	9	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Purex Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	156.672	247	0	0	running	50800	22
10	16	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Bradley	151.601	239	0	0	running	44600	20
11	8	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	158.091	215	0	0	running	43400	19
12	7	Eliseo Salazar	14	Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	158.261	213	1	26	accident	42200	18
13	3	Eddie Cheever	51	#51 Cheever Indy Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	159.202	213	0	0	accident	41100	17
14	18	Shigeaki Hattori	55	EPSON	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Vertex-Cunningham	139.796	199	0	0	accident	39800	16
15	5	Airton Daré	88	1-800-BAR-NONE	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	158.772	182	0	0	accident	38700	15
16	12	Jeret Schroeder	6	Tri Star Motorsports Inc.	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	PDM	155.197	126	0	0	accident	37500	14
17	2	Sarah Fisher	15	Walker Racing Kroger Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Walker	159.891	107	0	0	accident	36300	13
18	20	Billy Boat	98	CURB Records	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Beck		31	0	0	oil pressure	36300	12
19	1	Jaques Lazier	99	Sam Schmidt Motorsports Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	160.417	13	0	0	accident	47600	11
20	17	Billy Roe	81	Zali Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Zali	148.558	9	0	0	handling	12000	10
21	21	Greg Ray	2	Johns Manville/Menards	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard		0	0	0	did not start	34000	9

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	269	7	0	2	6	6
2	Buddy Lazier	219	7	0	2	4	5
3	Scott Sharp	201	7	1	1	4	6
4	Eliseo Salazar	191	7	0	0	3	5
5	Felipe Giaffone	185	7	0	0	2	6
6	Billy Boat	159	7	0	0	3	4
7	Jeff Ward	144	7	1	0	1	4
8	Buzz Calkins	139	7	0	0	1	3
9	Airton Daré	129	7	0	0	1	4
10	Al Unser, Jr.	127	7	0	0	1	3
11	Greg Ray	124	7	3	1	1	1
12	Sarah Fisher	118	7	0	0	1	2
13	Robbie Buhl	116	7	0	0	1	2
14	Eddie Cheever	106	7	0	0	0	2
15	Mark Dismore	104	7	1	0	0	2
16	Shigeaki Hattori	101	6	0	0	0	2
17	Didier André	96	6	0	0	1	2
18	Robby McGehee	86	5	0	0	0	1
19	Donnie Beechler	73	4	0	0	0	2
20	Hélio Castroneves	64	2	0	1	1	1
21	Jeret Schroeder	62	6	0	0	0	0
22	Jaques Lazier	54	4	1	0	0	1
23	Davey Hamilton	54	5	0	0	0	0
24	Gil de Ferran	46	2	0	0	1	1
25	Brandon Erwin	40	4	0	0	0	0