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2001 Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200

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Indy Racing Northern Lights Series race number 1 of 13
Sunday, March 18, 2001 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ
200 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (200.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:35:57
Average Speed: 125.072 mph
Pole Speed: 177.663 mph

Cautions: 5 for 37 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.379 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 2001 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series results / 2001 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	C/E/T	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	2	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Pennzoil (Panther Racing)	D/A/F	200	124,300	running	140	52
2	13	14	Eliseo Salazar	Harrah's (A.J. Foyt)	D/A/F	200	89,650	running	0	40
3	6	91	Buddy Lazier	Tae-Bo / Coors Light / Delta Faucet (Ron Hemelgarn)	D/A/F	200	67,650	running	0	35
4	10	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi Automotive Systems (Tom Kelley)	D/A/F	200	55,600	running	1	32
5	7	98	Billy Boat	Curb Records / Ash Kicker Racing (Greg Beck / Curb-Agajanian)	D/A/F	200	51,150	running	0	30
6	9	21	Felipe Giaffone	Hollywood Cigarettes (Treadway / Hubbard Racing)	G/A/F	199	45,950	running	0	28
7	3	35	Jeff Ward	Heritage Motorsports (Heritage Motorsports)	G/A/F	199	44,350	running	0	26
8	16	10	Robby McGehee	Olympus / Opalescence (Larry Cahill)	D/A/F	198	43,350	running	0	24
9	11	12	Buzz Calkins	Bradley Food Marts / Save-O-Mat (Brad Calkins)	D/A/F	197	43,100	running	0	22
10	18	88	Airton Dare	1-800-BAR-NONE (Team Xtreme Racing)	G/A/F	197	42,100	running	0	20
11	8	24	Robbie Buhl	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Team Purex (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	G/I/F	196	46,000	running	0	19
12	20	99	Davey Hamilton	Sam Schmidt Motorsports (Sam Schmidt)	D/A/F	192	39,900	running	0	18
13	24	55	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson (Vertex-Cunningham Racing)	D/A/F	192	16,900	running	0	17
14	26	30	Brandon Erwin	WorldBestBuy.com (Dennis McCormack)	G/A/F	185	15,800	running	0	16
15	19	6	Tyce Carlson	Tri Star Motorsports (Tri-Star Motorsports)	D/A/F	162	36,800	handling	0	15
16	14	92	Stan Wattles	Hemelgarn Racing (Ron Hemelgarn)	D/A/F	157	35,800	crash	0	14
17	21	15	Sarah Fisher	Kroger (Derrick Walker)	D/A/F	145	12,600	engine	0	13
18	17	68	Helio Castroneves	Penske Auto Center (Roger Penske)	D/A/F	142	34,600	engine	4	12
19	12	51	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	#51 Excite@Home Indy Race Car (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/I/F	133	33,600	throttle link	0	11
20	25	31	Casey Mears	Sportsline.com (Rick Galles)	G/A/F	133	10,600	electrical	0	10
21	4	7	Stephan Gregoire	Tokheim / Jack K. Elrod Co. / NADA Guides (Dick Simon)	D/A/F	131	34,600	crash	9	9
22	1	2	Greg Ray	Johns Manville / Menards (John Menard)	D/A/F	121	55,100	engine	43	8
23	23	3	Al Unser, Jr.	Starz SuperPak (Rick Galles)	G/A/F	101	10,600	engine	0	7
24	5	66	Gil de Ferran	Penske Auto Center (Roger Penske)	D/A/F	76	32,600	crash	3	6
25	15	28	Mark Dismore	Delphi Automotive Systems / Bryant H & C (Tom Kelley)	D/A/F	75	32,600	crash	0	5
26	22	9	Jeret Schroeder	Summit Packaging (Paul Diatlovich)	D/A/F	74	10,600	crash	0	4
27	27	32	Didier Andre	Galles Racing (Rick Galles)	G/A/F	53	10,600	handling	0	3

C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes
Chassis: D - Dallara; G - G Force
Engine: A - Oldsmobile Aurora; I - Nissan Infiniti
Tires: F - Firestone

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	19	19
	20	23	4	#30 spun
	24	76	53
	77	89	13	#9,66,28 accident turn 4
	90	124	35
	125	130	6	debris
	131	131	1
	132	137	6	#7 accident turn 2
	138	158	21
	159	166	8	#92 accident turn 2
	167	200	34
Percent of race run under caution: 18.5% Average green flag run: 27.2 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Sam Hornish, Jr.	1	67	67
Greg Ray	68	73	6
Gil de Ferran	74	76	3
Helio Castroneves	77	80	4
Scott Sharp	81	81	1
Greg Ray	82	118	37
Stephan Gregoire	119	127	9
Sam Hornish, Jr.	128	200	73

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	52
2	Eliseo Salazar	40	-12
3	Buddy Lazier	35	-17
4	Scott Sharp	32	-20
5	Billy Boat	30	-22
6	Felipe Giaffone	28	-24
7	Jeff Ward	26	-26
8	Robby McGehee	24	-28
9	Buzz Calkins	22	-30
10	Airton Dare	20	-32
11	Robbie Buhl	19	-33
12	Davey Hamilton	18	-34
13	Shigeaki Hattori	17	-35
14	Brandon Erwin	16	-36
15	Tyce Carlson	15	-37
16	Stan Wattles	14	-38
17	Sarah Fisher	13	-39
18	Helio Castroneves	12	-40
19	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	11	-41
20	Casey Mears	10	-42

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