2001 - FedEx Championship Series - Chevy 500 Race Results

The Champ Car World Series merged operations with the Indy Racing League (IRL) under the Indy Car Series name effective for the 2008 season. The owners of the Champ Car World Series filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2008.

The Champ Car was formed in 2004 after team owners Kevin Kalkhoven, Paul Gentilozzi and Gerald Forsythe bought the assets of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) after it had filed for bankruptcy.

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2001 - Chevy 500 Race Results

Race Name - Chevy 500
Date - 8/19/2001
Race Track - Texas Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 26
Laps Run - 45
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Kenny Brack / 117.969 mph
Cautions - 6 cautions for 21 laps
Average Race Speed - 90.721 mph
Lead Changes - 3 Leader(s) with 2 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Helio Castroneves
Race Number - 13

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	10	Bruno Junqueira	Target	Lola	Toyota	114.366
2	7	Michael Andretti	Motorola	Reynard	Honda	115.134
3	26	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Reynard	Honda	33.145
4	3	Scott Dixon	Powerware Panasonic	Reynard	Toyota	116.928
5	4	Gil de Ferran	Marlboro Team Penske	Reynard	Honda	116.667
6	5	Cristiano da Matta	Texaco/Havoline/Kmart	Lola	Toyota	115.656
7	6	Hlio Castroneves	Marlboro Team Penske	Reynard	Honda	115.619
8	2	Alex Tagliani	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	117.832
9	12	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	114.15
10	18	Oriol Servi	Sigma Autosport	Lola	Ford	112.572
11	14	Roberto Moreno	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	113.133
12	17	Tony Kanaan	Hollywood	Reynard	Honda	112.679
13	23	Alex Zanardi	Pioneer	Reynard	Honda	110.126
14	1	Kenny Brck	Shell	Lola	Ford	117.969
15	21	Shinji Nakano	Avex/Alpine	Reynard	Honda	110.622
16	22	Max Papis	Miller Lite	Lola	Ford	110.561
17	20	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez	Lola	Ford	111.191
18	9	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Lola	Toyota	114.671
19	25	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	101.923
20	8	Memo Gidley	Target	Lola	Toyota	114.869
21	11	Jimmy Vasser	Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	114.21
22	13	Tora Takagi	Pioneer/DENSO	Reynard	Toyota	114.035
23	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	Nextel PacWest	Reynard	Toyota	112.954
24	16	Bryan Herta	Forsythe Indeck	Reynard	Ford	112.904
25	19	Max Wilson	Driving 101	Lola	Ford	111.231
26	24	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	109.822