2001 Miller Lite 200
Appearance
40°41′21.46″N 82°38′10.94″W / 40.6892944°N 82.6363722°W
The 2001 Miller Lite 200 was a
Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on August 12, 2001, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, USA. It was the 13th round of the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series season. Team Penske dominated the event, with Gil de Ferran taking pole position and Hélio Castroneves finishing ahead of de Ferran in the race itself. Patrick Carpentier
finished 3rd.
Castroneves had earned his third win of the season and the last of his CART career by taking advantage of a faster pitstop during the first half of the race and staying ahead the rest of the way. Castroneves was now within one point of championship leader
Forsythe Racing
.
The race hinged on pitstops and fuel strategy, as many drivers gambled on off-schedule stops to try to make up positions on a track that was notoriously difficult to pass on. Nevertheless, it was Team Penske's conventional strategy that allowed both drivers to finish 1–2.
Qualifying
August 11, 2001 - Qualifying Speeds | |||||
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Rank | Driver | Time | Leader | Speed (mph) | Team |
1 | ![]() |
1:05.442 | — | 124.214 | Team Penske |
2 | ![]() |
1:05.877 | +0.435 | 123.394 | Team Penske |
3 | ![]() |
1:05.905 | +0.463 | 123.341 | Forsythe Racing
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4 | ![]() |
1:05.931 | +0.489 | 123.293 | Patrick Racing |
5 | ![]() |
1:06.012 | +0.570 | 123.141 | Team Green
|
6 | ![]() |
1:06.093 | +0.651 | 122.990 | Forsythe Racing
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7 | ![]() |
1:06.196 | +0.754 | 122.799 | Mo Nunn Racing
|
8 | ![]() |
1:06.361 | +0.919 | 122.494 | Team Green
|
9 | ![]() |
1:06.364 | +0.922 | 122.488 | Newman-Haas Racing
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10 | ![]() |
1:06.395 | +0.953 | 122.431 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
11 | ![]() |
1:06.469 | +1.027 | 122.295 | Newman-Haas Racing
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12 | ![]() |
1:06.480 | +1.038 | 122.274 | PacWest Racing |
13 | ![]() |
1:06.494 | +1.052 | 122.249 | Team Rahal
|
14 | ![]() |
1:06.510 | +1.068 | 122.219 | Forsythe Racing
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15 | ![]() |
1:06.550 | +1.108 | 122.146 | Patrick Racing |
16 | Adrian Fernández
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1:06.649 | +1.207 | 121.964 | Fernandez Racing
|
17 | ![]() |
1:06.776 | +1.334 | 121.732 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
18 | ![]() |
1:06.806 | +1.364 | 121.678 | Team Motorola
|
19 | ![]() |
1:06.939 | +1.497 | 121.436 | Team Rahal
|
20 | ![]() |
1:07.068 | +1.626 | 121.202 | Mo Nunn Racing
|
21 | ![]() |
1:07.105 | +1.664 | 121.134 | PacWest Racing |
22 | Tora Takagi (R)
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1:07.168 | +1.726 | 121.022 | Walker Motorsport
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23 | ![]() |
1:07.235 | +1.793 | 120.901 | Fernandez Racing
|
24 | ![]() |
1:07.508 | +2.066 | 120.412 | Arciero Racing
|
25 | ![]() |
1:07.678 | +2.236 | 120.110 | Bettenhausen Racing
|
26 | ![]() |
1:08.364 | +2.922 | 120.110 | Sigma Autosport |
Source:[1]
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Race
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 3 | ![]() |
Team Penske | 83 | 1:44:54.931 | 2 | 211 |
2 | 1 | ![]() |
Team Penske | 83 | +1.568 | 1 | 172 |
3 | 32 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing
|
83 | +2.548 | 3 | 14 |
4 | 26 | ![]() |
Team Green
|
83 | +5.326 | 8 | 12 |
5 | 55 | ![]() |
Mo Nunn Racing
|
83 | +6.155 | 7 | 10 |
6 | 20 | ![]() |
Patrick Racing | 83 | +6.703 | 15 | 8 |
7 | 33 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing
|
83 | +7.537 | 6 | 6 |
8 | 11 | ![]() |
Newman-Haas Racing
|
83 | +11.322 | 9 | 5 |
9 | 22 | ![]() |
Sigma Autosport | 83 | +14.561 | 26 | 4 |
10 | 6 | ![]() |
Newman-Haas Racing
|
83 | +15.247 | 11 | 3 |
11 | 12 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 83 | +15.938 | 17 | 2 |
12 | 18 | ![]() |
PacWest Racing | 83 | +16.336 | 12 | 1 |
13 | 4 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 83 | +17.001 | 10 | — |
14 | 17 | ![]() |
PacWest Racing | 83 | +21.843 | 21 | — |
15 | 25 | ![]() |
Arciero Racing
|
83 | +23.739 | 24 | — |
16 | 27 | ![]() |
Team Green
|
83 | +49.669 | 5 | — |
17 | 16 | ![]() |
Bettenhausen Racing
|
82 | +1 Lap | 25 | — |
18 | 52 | ![]() |
Fernandez Racing
|
82 | +1 Lap | 23 | — |
19 | 66 | ![]() |
Mo Nunn Racing
|
80 | +3 Laps | 20 | — |
20 | 8 | ![]() |
Team Rahal
|
80 | +3 Laps | 13 | — |
21 | 5 | Tora Takagi (R)
|
Walker Motorsport
|
72 | Off course | 22 | — |
22 | 51 | Adrian Fernández
|
Fernandez Racing
|
50 | Contact | 16 | — |
23 | 40 | ![]() |
Patrick Racing | 34 | Contact | 4 | — |
24 | 7 | ![]() |
Team Rahal
|
30 | Contact | 19 | — |
25 | 77 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing
|
14 | Engine | 14 | — |
26 | 39 | ![]() |
Team Motorola
|
5 | Engine | 18 | — |
Source:[2]
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- Notes
- 1– Includes one bonus point for leading the most laps.[3]
- 2– Includes one bonus point for being the fastest qualifier.[3]
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers
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Standings after the race
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References
- ^ "2001 Miller Lite 200 Qualifying Results". Championship Auto Racing Teams. August 11, 2001. Archived from the original on July 2, 2003. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ "2001 Miller Lite 200 Race Results". Championship Auto Racing Teams. August 12, 2001. Archived from the original on May 4, 2003. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ a b Championship Auto Racing Teams (March 2001). "CART FedEx Championship Series - 2001 Rule Book". Archived from the original on 2016-05-28. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b c "2001 Miller Lite 200". Racing-Reference.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ "2001 Miller Lite 200 Sunday Press Notes". Championship Auto Racing Teams. August 12, 2001. Archived from the original on March 25, 2003. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ^ "Toyota Elkhart Lake Preview". Championship Auto Racing Teams. August 14, 2001. Archived from the original on March 25, 2003. Retrieved June 2, 2017.