2001 - FedEx Championship Series - Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota Race Results

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2001 - Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota Race Results

Race Name - Marlboro 500 Presented by Toyota
Date - 11/4/2001
Race Track - California Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 26
Laps Run - 220
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Alex Tagliani / 228.727 mph
Cautions - 8 cautions for 57 laps
Average Race Speed - 149.073 mph
Lead Changes - 19 Leader(s) with 73 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Max Papis
Race Number - 20

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	2	Cristiano da Matta	Texaco/Havoline/Kmart	Lola	Toyota	228.198
2	6	Max Papis	Miller Lite	Lola	Ford	227.381
3	1	Alex Tagliani	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	228.727
4	8	Bruno Junqueira	Target	Lola	Toyota	226.353
5	14	Tony Kanaan	Hollywood	Reynard	Honda	225.222
6	16	Gil de Ferran	Marlboro Team Penske	Reynard	Honda	225.173
7	13	Michael Andretti	Motorola	Reynard	Honda	225.465
8	21	Casey Mears	Pioneer	Reynard	Honda	224.013
9	19	Alex Barron	Driving 101	Lola	Ford	224.806
10	25	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	208.787
11	17	Oriol Servi	Sigma Autosport	Lola	Ford	224.972
12	9	Jimmy Vasser	Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	226.17
13	5	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart	Lola	Toyota	227.431
14	11	Memo Gidley	Target	Lola	Toyota	225.8
15	20	Tora Takagi	Pioneer/DENSO	Reynard	Toyota	224.178
16	7	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez	Lola	Ford	226.704
17	10	Scott Dixon	Powerware Panasonic	Reynard	Toyota	225.933
18	26	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Reynard	Honda
19	23	Roberto Moreno	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	223.622
20	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	Nextel PacWest	Reynard	Toyota	225.18
21	12	Shinji Nakano	Avex/Alpine	Reynard	Honda	225.751
22	24	Hlio Castroneves	Marlboro Team Penske	Reynard	Honda	222.817
23	22	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	223.698
24	18	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	224.951
25	4	Bryan Herta	Forsythe Indeck	Reynard	Ford	227.551
26	3	Kenny Brck	Shell	Lola	Ford	227.835