2001 - FedEx Championship Series - Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Race Results

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2001 - Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Race Results

Race Name - Honda Grand Prix of Monterey
Date - 10/14/2001
Race Track - Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Number of Starting Cars - 26
Laps Run - 76
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Gil de Ferran / 117.453 mph
Cautions - 8 cautions for 29 laps
Average Race Speed - 84.919 mph
Lead Changes - 5 Leader(s) with 4 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Gil de Ferran
Race Number - 18

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	25	Max Papis	Miller Lite	Lola	Ford	95.189
2	23	Memo Gidley	Target	Lola	Toyota	113.731
3	1	Gil de Ferran	Marlboro Team Penske	Reynard	Honda	117.453
4	3	Scott Dixon	Powerware Panasonic	Reynard	Toyota	116.813
5	11	Jimmy Vasser	Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	115.359
6	2	Hlio Castroneves	Marlboro Team Penske	Reynard	Honda	117.313
7	12	Bruno Junqueira	Target	Lola	Toyota	115.153
8	6	Tony Kanaan	Hollywood	Reynard	Honda	115.9
9	19	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Lola	Toyota	114.403
10	17	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Reynard	Honda	114.626
11	18	Casey Mears	Pioneer	Reynard	Honda	114.403
12	26	Bryan Herta	Forsythe Indeck	Reynard	Ford	116.106
13	10	Tora Takagi	Pioneer/DENSO	Reynard	Toyota	115.404
14	16	Michael Andretti	Motorola	Reynard	Honda	114.67
15	8	Alex Tagliani	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	115.825
16	13	Mauricio Gugelmin	Nextel PacWest	Reynard	Toyota	115.095
17	21	Oriol Servi	Sigma Autosport	Lola	Ford	114.216
18	5	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	115.964
19	22	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	113.789
20	7	Cristiano da Matta	Texaco/Havoline/Kmart	Lola	Toyota	115.834
21	20	Shinji Nakano	Avex/Alpine	Reynard	Honda	114.234
22	4	Roberto Moreno	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	116.669
23	15	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez	Lola	Ford	114.706
24	24	Max Wilson	Driving 101	Lola	Ford	111.878
25	14	Kenny Brck	Shell	Lola	Ford	115.059
26	9	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	115.782