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The 2001 Indy Racing
Indy Racing League

The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel Auto racing.The League sanctions two series, the premier IndyCar Series , whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and Firestone Indy Lights, the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League....
 Northern Lights
Northern Lights

Northern Lights is a common name for the Aurora in the Northern Hemisphere.Northern Lights may also refer to:...
 Series season saw the addition of five races and loss of one to bring the total to 13. Chip Ganassi Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing

Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series and Rolex Sports Car Series....
 returned to the Indy 500 with four cars and were joined on the grid by Penske Racing
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
 and Team Kool Green
Andretti Green Racing

Andretti Green Racing is an auto racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series, the American Le Mans Series, and A1 Grand Prix....
. Many other CART
Cart

A cart is a vehicle or device designed for transport, using two or four wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people....
 teams made clear their intention to enter the IRL given their series' financial difficulties. Sam Hornish, Jr.
Sam Hornish, Jr.

Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
 won 3 races on his way to the championship while the less consistent Buddy Lazier
Buddy Lazier

Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....
 won four races on his way to second place in his title defense.

Race summaries
race was held March 18 at Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway

Phoenix International Raceway, or just PIR, is a one mile tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It opened in 1964, as the new home of major open-wheel racing in the Phoenix area, replacing the track at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum as an automobile racing venue....
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The 2001 Indy Racing
Indy Racing League

The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel Auto racing.The League sanctions two series, the premier IndyCar Series , whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and Firestone Indy Lights, the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League....
 Northern Lights
Northern Lights

Northern Lights is a common name for the Aurora in the Northern Hemisphere.Northern Lights may also refer to:...
 Series season saw the addition of five races and loss of one to bring the total to 13. Chip Ganassi Racing
Chip Ganassi Racing

Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates is an automotive racing organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series and Rolex Sports Car Series....
 returned to the Indy 500 with four cars and were joined on the grid by Penske Racing
Penske Racing

Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....
 and Team Kool Green
Andretti Green Racing

Andretti Green Racing is an auto racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series, the American Le Mans Series, and A1 Grand Prix....
. Many other CART
Cart

A cart is a vehicle or device designed for transport, using two or four wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people....
 teams made clear their intention to enter the IRL given their series' financial difficulties. Sam Hornish, Jr.
Sam Hornish, Jr.

Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
 won 3 races on his way to the championship while the less consistent Buddy Lazier
Buddy Lazier

Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....
 won four races on his way to second place in his title defense.

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Race summaries


Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200

This race was held March 18 at Phoenix International Raceway
Phoenix International Raceway

Phoenix International Raceway, or just PIR, is a one mile tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It opened in 1964, as the new home of major open-wheel racing in the Phoenix area, replacing the track at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum as an automobile racing venue....
. Greg Ray
Greg Ray

Greg Ray is a former Indy Racing League IndyCar Series driver.After winning the SCCA national Formula Atlantic championship in 1993, he moved up to the CART-sanctioned Toyota Atlantic series in 1994....
 won the pole.

Top ten results
  1. Sam Hornish, Jr.
    Sam Hornish, Jr.

    Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
  2. Eliseo Salazar
    Eliseo Salazar

    Eliseo Salazar Valenzuela is a racing driver from Chile and the only one of his countrymen to compete in Formula One. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix scoring a total of 3 championship points....
  3. Buddy Lazier
    Buddy Lazier

    Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....
  4. Scott Sharp
    Scott Sharp

    Scott Sharp is an American race car driver in the American Le Mans Series. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Scott Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing League....
  5. Billy Boat
    Billy Boat

    William "Billy" Leonard Boat is a former American open wheel driver who raced in the Indy Racing League.Boat is a graduate of Arizona State University....
  6. Felipe Giaffone
    Felipe Giaffone

    Felipe Giaffone is a race car driver from Brazil. He competed in the Indy Racing League between 2001 and 2006. His father, "Zeca" Giaffone is the 1987 Stock Car Brasil champion and Mil Milhas Brasil five times winner in the 1980s....
  7. Jeff Ward
    Jeff Ward (motocross)

    Jeff Ward is the first motocross rider in history to win every major American Motorcyclist Association motocross List of AMA Motocross Champions....
  8. Robby McGehee
    Robby McGehee

    Robby McGehee is a former Indy Racing League driver from St. Louis, Missouri. He won the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award in 1999 after finishing 5th and raced for veteran owner Fred Treadway the next few seasons....
  9. Buzz Calkins
    Buzz Calkins

    Bradley "Buzz" Calkins is a former Indy Racing League driver. After a successful run in Indy Lights from 1993 to 1995 where he finished 11th, 10th, and 6th in his three seasons, he and his Bradley Motorsports team purchased a 1995 Reynard Motorsport chassis to compete in the inaugural season of the IRL....
  10. Airton Daré
    Airton Daré

    Airton Dar? is a race car driver who has competed in the Indy Racing League. He made his first IRL start in 2000 and was a long-time driver for A.J....


Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami

This race was held April 8 at Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead-Miami Speedway

Homestead-Miami Speedway is a race track in Homestead, Florida southwest of Miami, Florida. It plays host to Ford Championship Weekend, the final races of the season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and the Camping World Truck Series....
. Jeff Ward
Jeff Ward (motocross)

Jeff Ward is the first motocross rider in history to win every major American Motorcyclist Association motocross List of AMA Motocross Champions....
 won the pole.

Top ten results
  1. Sam Hornish, Jr.
    Sam Hornish, Jr.

    Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
  2. Sarah Fisher
    Sarah Fisher

    Sarah Marie Fisher...
  3. Eliseo Salazar
    Eliseo Salazar

    Eliseo Salazar Valenzuela is a racing driver from Chile and the only one of his countrymen to compete in Formula One. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix scoring a total of 3 championship points....
  4. Felipe Giaffone
    Felipe Giaffone

    Felipe Giaffone is a race car driver from Brazil. He competed in the Indy Racing League between 2001 and 2006. His father, "Zeca" Giaffone is the 1987 Stock Car Brasil champion and Mil Milhas Brasil five times winner in the 1980s....
  5. Jeff Ward
    Jeff Ward (motocross)

    Jeff Ward is the first motocross rider in history to win every major American Motorcyclist Association motocross List of AMA Motocross Champions....
  6. Al Unser, Jr.
    Al Unser, Jr.

    Alfred Unser, Jr. , nicknamed "Little Al", "Al Junior" or simply "Junior" is an United States race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner....
  7. Mark Dismore
    Mark Dismore

    Mark Dismore is a former driver in the Indy Racing League and the 1990 Champ Car Atlantic Championship champion as well as the winner of the 1993 24 Hours of Daytona with Dan Gurney's All American Racers in a Toyota GTP car with co-drivers Rocky Moran and P....
  8. Scott Sharp
    Scott Sharp

    Scott Sharp is an American race car driver in the American Le Mans Series. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Scott Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing League....
  9. Eddie Cheever
    Eddie Cheever

    Edward "Eddie" McKay Cheever, Jr. is an United States racing driver who raced for almost thirty years in Formula One, Sports car racing, CART and the Indy Racing League....
  10. Didier André
    Didier Andre

    Didier Andre is a race car driving born in Lyon, France. In the late 1990s he competed in Indy Lights, driving in the Indy Racing League in 2001 and World Series by Nissan from 2003 until the present day....


zMax 500

This race was held April 28 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway

Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta, Georgia. It is a 1.54-mile quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000....
. Greg Ray
Greg Ray

Greg Ray is a former Indy Racing League IndyCar Series driver.After winning the SCCA national Formula Atlantic championship in 1993, he moved up to the CART-sanctioned Toyota Atlantic series in 1994....
 won the pole.

Top ten results
  1. Greg Ray
    Greg Ray

    Greg Ray is a former Indy Racing League IndyCar Series driver.After winning the SCCA national Formula Atlantic championship in 1993, he moved up to the CART-sanctioned Toyota Atlantic series in 1994....
  2. Scott Sharp
    Scott Sharp

    Scott Sharp is an American race car driver in the American Le Mans Series. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Scott Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing League....
  3. Buzz Calkins
    Buzz Calkins

    Bradley "Buzz" Calkins is a former Indy Racing League driver. After a successful run in Indy Lights from 1993 to 1995 where he finished 11th, 10th, and 6th in his three seasons, he and his Bradley Motorsports team purchased a 1995 Reynard Motorsport chassis to compete in the inaugural season of the IRL....
  4. Sam Hornish, Jr.
    Sam Hornish, Jr.

    Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
  5. Eliseo Salazar
    Eliseo Salazar

    Eliseo Salazar Valenzuela is a racing driver from Chile and the only one of his countrymen to compete in Formula One. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix scoring a total of 3 championship points....
  6. Buddy Lazier
    Buddy Lazier

    Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....
  7. Jeff Ward
    Jeff Ward (motocross)

    Jeff Ward is the first motocross rider in history to win every major American Motorcyclist Association motocross List of AMA Motocross Champions....
  8. Shigeaki Hattori
    Shigeaki Hattori

    Shigeaki Hattori is a Japanese race car driver currently based in the United States. He is not related to Naoki Hattori, whom he briefly raced against in CART....
  9. Airton Daré
    Airton Daré

    Airton Dar? is a race car driver who has competed in the Indy Racing League. He made his first IRL start in 2000 and was a long-time driver for A.J....
  10. Felipe Giaffone
    Felipe Giaffone

    Felipe Giaffone is a race car driver from Brazil. He competed in the Indy Racing League between 2001 and 2006. His father, "Zeca" Giaffone is the 1987 Stock Car Brasil champion and Mil Milhas Brasil five times winner in the 1980s....


85th Indianapolis 500
2001 Indianapolis 500

The 85th Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 27, 2001. Race rookie H?lio Castroneves led the final 52 laps and won his first Indianapolis 500....
 

The Indy 500 was held May 27 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 race.It has existed since 1909, and is the original "Speedway," the first racing facility historically to incorporate the word....
. Scott Sharp
Scott Sharp

Scott Sharp is an American race car driver in the American Le Mans Series. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Scott Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing League....
 sat on pole.

Top ten results
  1. Hélio Castroneves
    Hélio Castroneves

    H?lio Castroneves is a Brazilian auto racing driver currently competing in the North American IndyCar Series. In IndyCar competition, Castroneves has 12 wins and 25 poles, and has championship point finishes ranging from second to sixth in a complete season of racing....
  2. Gil de Ferran
    Gil de Ferran

    Gil de Ferran , is a professional racing driver and team owner. De Ferran was the 2000 and 2001 Champ Car champion driving for the Penske Honda Team and the winner of the 2003 Indianapolis 500....
  3. Michael Andretti
    Michael Andretti

    Michael Mario Andretti is an United States retired Champ Car and Formula One driver with Italy heritage. He now co-owns the Andretti Green Racing team in the Indy Racing League....
  4. Jimmy Vasser
    Jimmy Vasser

    Jimmy Vasser is an United States racing driver and current race team owner. Vasser won the 1996 Champ Car champion with Chip Ganassi Racing, and scored ten victories in the series....
  5. Bruno Junqueira
    Bruno Junqueira

    Bruno Junqueira is a Brazilian racecar driver, currently competing in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. He is a former International Formula 3000 champion and three-time runner-up in the Champ Car World Series....
  6. Tony Stewart
    Tony Stewart

    Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
  7. Eliseo Salazar
    Eliseo Salazar

    Eliseo Salazar Valenzuela is a racing driver from Chile and the only one of his countrymen to compete in Formula One. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix scoring a total of 3 championship points....
  8. Airton Daré
    Airton Daré

    Airton Dar? is a race car driver who has competed in the Indy Racing League. He made his first IRL start in 2000 and was a long-time driver for A.J....
  9. Billy Boat
    Billy Boat

    William "Billy" Leonard Boat is a former American open wheel driver who raced in the Indy Racing League.Boat is a graduate of Arizona State University....
  10. Felipe Giaffone
    Felipe Giaffone

    Felipe Giaffone is a race car driver from Brazil. He competed in the Indy Racing League between 2001 and 2006. His father, "Zeca" Giaffone is the 1987 Stock Car Brasil champion and Mil Milhas Brasil five times winner in the 1980s....


Casino Magic 500

This race was held June 9 at Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway is a Oval track racing located in the northernmost portion of the United States city of Fort Worth, Texas -- the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
. Mark Dismore
Mark Dismore

Mark Dismore is a former driver in the Indy Racing League and the 1990 Champ Car Atlantic Championship champion as well as the winner of the 1993 24 Hours of Daytona with Dan Gurney's All American Racers in a Toyota GTP car with co-drivers Rocky Moran and P....
 won the pole.

Top ten results
  1. Scott Sharp
    Scott Sharp

    Scott Sharp is an American race car driver in the American Le Mans Series. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Scott Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing League....
  2. Felipe Giaffone
    Felipe Giaffone

    Felipe Giaffone is a race car driver from Brazil. He competed in the Indy Racing League between 2001 and 2006. His father, "Zeca" Giaffone is the 1987 Stock Car Brasil champion and Mil Milhas Brasil five times winner in the 1980s....
  3. Sam Hornish, Jr.
    Sam Hornish, Jr.

    Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
  4. Buddy Lazier
    Buddy Lazier

    Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....
  5. Billy Boat
    Billy Boat

    William "Billy" Leonard Boat is a former American open wheel driver who raced in the Indy Racing League.Boat is a graduate of Arizona State University....
  6. Donnie Beechler
    Donnie Beechler

    Donnie Beechler , is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1998-2001 seasons with 36 career starts, including 4 Indianapolis 500 showings....
  7. Eliseo Salazar
    Eliseo Salazar

    Eliseo Salazar Valenzuela is a racing driver from Chile and the only one of his countrymen to compete in Formula One. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix scoring a total of 3 championship points....
  8. Al Unser, Jr.
    Al Unser, Jr.

    Alfred Unser, Jr. , nicknamed "Little Al", "Al Junior" or simply "Junior" is an United States race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner....
  9. Jaques Lazier
    Jaques Lazier

    Jaques Lazier is an Indy Racing League driver born January 25, 1971 in Denver, Colorado and is the younger brother of 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Lazier and son of former Indy racer Bob Lazier....
  10. Shigeaki Hattori
    Shigeaki Hattori

    Shigeaki Hattori is a Japanese race car driver currently based in the United States. He is not related to Naoki Hattori, whom he briefly raced against in CART....


Radisson Indy 200

This race was held June 17 at Pikes Peak International Raceway
Pikes Peak International Raceway

Pikes Peak International Raceway, also known as PPIR, is a racetrack located in Fountain, Colorado, south of Colorado Springs, Colorado and north of Pueblo, Colorado....
. Greg Ray
Greg Ray

Greg Ray is a former Indy Racing League IndyCar Series driver.After winning the SCCA national Formula Atlantic championship in 1993, he moved up to the CART-sanctioned Toyota Atlantic series in 1994....
 won the pole.

Top ten results
  1. Buddy Lazier
    Buddy Lazier

    Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....
  2. Sam Hornish, Jr.
    Sam Hornish, Jr.

    Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
  3. Robbie Buhl
    Robbie Buhl

    Robbie Buhl is a former Indy Racing League competitor and current team-owner, with the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing team in the IRL's IndyCar Series....
  4. Billy Boat
    Billy Boat

    William "Billy" Leonard Boat is a former American open wheel driver who raced in the Indy Racing League.Boat is a graduate of Arizona State University....
  5. Airton Daré
    Airton Daré

    Airton Dar? is a race car driver who has competed in the Indy Racing League. He made his first IRL start in 2000 and was a long-time driver for A.J....
  6. Eddie Cheever
    Eddie Cheever

    Edward "Eddie" McKay Cheever, Jr. is an United States racing driver who raced for almost thirty years in Formula One, Sports car racing, CART and the Indy Racing League....
  7. Felipe Giaffone
    Felipe Giaffone

    Felipe Giaffone is a race car driver from Brazil. He competed in the Indy Racing League between 2001 and 2006. His father, "Zeca" Giaffone is the 1987 Stock Car Brasil champion and Mil Milhas Brasil five times winner in the 1980s....
  8. Scott Sharp
    Scott Sharp

    Scott Sharp is an American race car driver in the American Le Mans Series. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Scott Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing League....
  9. Richie Hearn
    Richie Hearn

    Richie Hearn is an American auto racing driver born January 4, 1971 in Glendale, California, California.He ran in the Toyota Atlantic championship for two seasons, winning the title in 1995....
  10. Sarah Fisher
    Sarah Fisher

    Sarah Marie Fisher...


SunTrust Indy Challenge

This race was held June 30 at Richmond International Raceway
Richmond International Raceway

Richmond International Raceway is a 3/4-mile , D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County, Virginia....
. Jaques Lazier
Jaques Lazier

Jaques Lazier is an Indy Racing League driver born January 25, 1971 in Denver, Colorado and is the younger brother of 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Lazier and son of former Indy racer Bob Lazier....
 won the pole.

Top ten results
  1. Buddy Lazier
    Buddy Lazier

    Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....
  2. Sam Hornish, Jr.
    Sam Hornish, Jr.

    Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
  3. Al Unser, Jr.
    Al Unser, Jr.

    Alfred Unser, Jr. , nicknamed "Little Al", "Al Junior" or simply "Junior" is an United States race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner....
  4. Didier Andre
    Didier Andre

    Didier Andre is a race car driving born in Lyon, France. In the late 1990s he competed in Indy Lights, driving in the Indy Racing League in 2001 and World Series by Nissan from 2003 until the present day....
  5. Scott Sharp
    Scott Sharp

    Scott Sharp is an American race car driver in the American Le Mans Series. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Scott Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing League....
  6. Mark Dismore
    Mark Dismore

    Mark Dismore is a former driver in the Indy Racing League and the 1990 Champ Car Atlantic Championship champion as well as the winner of the 1993 24 Hours of Daytona with Dan Gurney's All American Racers in a Toyota GTP car with co-drivers Rocky Moran and P....
  7. Donnie Beechler
    Donnie Beechler

    Donnie Beechler , is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1998-2001 seasons with 36 career starts, including 4 Indianapolis 500 showings....
  8. Jeff Ward
    Jeff Ward (motocross)

    Jeff Ward is the first motocross rider in history to win every major American Motorcyclist Association motocross List of AMA Motocross Champions....
  9. Robbie Buhl
    Robbie Buhl

    Robbie Buhl is a former Indy Racing League competitor and current team-owner, with the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing team in the IRL's IndyCar Series....
  10. Buzz Calkins
    Buzz Calkins

    Bradley "Buzz" Calkins is a former Indy Racing League driver. After a successful run in Indy Lights from 1993 to 1995 where he finished 11th, 10th, and 6th in his three seasons, he and his Bradley Motorsports team purchased a 1995 Reynard Motorsport chassis to compete in the inaugural season of the IRL....


Ameristar Casino Indy 200

This race was held July 8 at Kansas Speedway
Kansas Speedway

Kansas Speedway is a speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, adjacent to the Village West area. The speedway is a tri-oval with 15 degree banking in the turns....
. Scott Sharp
Scott Sharp

Scott Sharp is an American race car driver in the American Le Mans Series. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Scott Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing League....
 won the pole.

Top ten results
  1. Eddie Cheever
    Eddie Cheever

    Edward "Eddie" McKay Cheever, Jr. is an United States racing driver who raced for almost thirty years in Formula One, Sports car racing, CART and the Indy Racing League....
  2. Sam Hornish, Jr.
    Sam Hornish, Jr.

    Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
  3. Donnie Beechler
    Donnie Beechler

    Donnie Beechler , is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1998-2001 seasons with 36 career starts, including 4 Indianapolis 500 showings....
  4. Felipe Giaffone
    Felipe Giaffone

    Felipe Giaffone is a race car driver from Brazil. He competed in the Indy Racing League between 2001 and 2006. His father, "Zeca" Giaffone is the 1987 Stock Car Brasil champion and Mil Milhas Brasil five times winner in the 1980s....
  5. Buddy Lazier
    Buddy Lazier

    Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....
  6. Airton Daré
    Airton Daré

    Airton Dar? is a race car driver who has competed in the Indy Racing League. He made his first IRL start in 2000 and was a long-time driver for A.J....
  7. Eliseo Salazar
    Eliseo Salazar

    Eliseo Salazar Valenzuela is a racing driver from Chile and the only one of his countrymen to compete in Formula One. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix scoring a total of 3 championship points....
  8. Shigeaki Hattori
    Shigeaki Hattori

    Shigeaki Hattori is a Japanese race car driver currently based in the United States. He is not related to Naoki Hattori, whom he briefly raced against in CART....
  9. Billy Boat
    Billy Boat

    William "Billy" Leonard Boat is a former American open wheel driver who raced in the Indy Racing League.Boat is a graduate of Arizona State University....
  10. Robby McGehee
    Robby McGehee

    Robby McGehee is a former Indy Racing League driver from St. Louis, Missouri. He won the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award in 1999 after finishing 5th and raced for veteran owner Fred Treadway the next few seasons....


Harrah's 200

This race was held July 21 at Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville Superspeedway

Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Gladeville, Tennessee , United States, about 30 miles east of Nashville, Tennessee....
. Greg Ray
Greg Ray

Greg Ray is a former Indy Racing League IndyCar Series driver.After winning the SCCA national Formula Atlantic championship in 1993, he moved up to the CART-sanctioned Toyota Atlantic series in 1994....
 won the pole.

Top ten results
  1. Buddy Lazier
    Buddy Lazier

    Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....
  2. Billy Boat
    Billy Boat

    William "Billy" Leonard Boat is a former American open wheel driver who raced in the Indy Racing League.Boat is a graduate of Arizona State University....
  3. Jaques Lazier
    Jaques Lazier

    Jaques Lazier is an Indy Racing League driver born January 25, 1971 in Denver, Colorado and is the younger brother of 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Lazier and son of former Indy racer Bob Lazier....
  4. Robby McGehee
    Robby McGehee

    Robby McGehee is a former Indy Racing League driver from St. Louis, Missouri. He won the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award in 1999 after finishing 5th and raced for veteran owner Fred Treadway the next few seasons....
  5. Scott Sharp
    Scott Sharp

    Scott Sharp is an American race car driver in the American Le Mans Series. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Scott Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing League....
  6. Sam Hornish, Jr.
    Sam Hornish, Jr.

    Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
  7. Shigeaki Hattori
    Shigeaki Hattori

    Shigeaki Hattori is a Japanese race car driver currently based in the United States. He is not related to Naoki Hattori, whom he briefly raced against in CART....
  8. Felipe Giaffone
    Felipe Giaffone

    Felipe Giaffone is a race car driver from Brazil. He competed in the Indy Racing League between 2001 and 2006. His father, "Zeca" Giaffone is the 1987 Stock Car Brasil champion and Mil Milhas Brasil five times winner in the 1980s....
  9. Buzz Calkins
    Buzz Calkins

    Bradley "Buzz" Calkins is a former Indy Racing League driver. After a successful run in Indy Lights from 1993 to 1995 where he finished 11th, 10th, and 6th in his three seasons, he and his Bradley Motorsports team purchased a 1995 Reynard Motorsport chassis to compete in the inaugural season of the IRL....
  10. Donnie Beechler
    Donnie Beechler

    Donnie Beechler , is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1998-2001 seasons with 36 career starts, including 4 Indianapolis 500 showings....


Belterra Resort Indy 300

This race was held August 12 at Kentucky Speedway
Kentucky Speedway

Kentucky Speedway is a motor speedway located in north-central Kentucky, near the community of Sparta, Kentucky; approximately halfway between Louisville, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio, and is additionally from another fairly sizable market, Lexington, Kentucky....
. Scott Sharp
Scott Sharp

Scott Sharp is an American race car driver in the American Le Mans Series. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Scott Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing League....
 won the pole.

Top ten results
  1. Buddy Lazier
    Buddy Lazier

    Robert Buddy Lazier is an United States of America open-wheel racecar driver. He won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and has finished in the Top Ten in that race six times....
  2. Scott Sharp
    Scott Sharp

    Scott Sharp is an American race car driver in the American Le Mans Series. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Scott Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing League....
  3. Sam Hornish, Jr.
    Sam Hornish, Jr.

    Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
  4. Al Unser, Jr.
    Al Unser, Jr.

    Alfred Unser, Jr. , nicknamed "Little Al", "Al Junior" or simply "Junior" is an United States race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner....
  5. Donnie Beechler
    Donnie Beechler

    Donnie Beechler , is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1998-2001 seasons with 36 career starts, including 4 Indianapolis 500 showings....
  6. Billy Boat
    Billy Boat

    William "Billy" Leonard Boat is a former American open wheel driver who raced in the Indy Racing League.Boat is a graduate of Arizona State University....
  7. Shigeaki Hattori
    Shigeaki Hattori

    Shigeaki Hattori is a Japanese race car driver currently based in the United States. He is not related to Naoki Hattori, whom he briefly raced against in CART....
  8. Felipe Giaffone
    Felipe Giaffone

    Felipe Giaffone is a race car driver from Brazil. He competed in the Indy Racing League between 2001 and 2006. His father, "Zeca" Giaffone is the 1987 Stock Car Brasil champion and Mil Milhas Brasil five times winner in the 1980s....
  9. Robbie Buhl
    Robbie Buhl

    Robbie Buhl is a former Indy Racing League competitor and current team-owner, with the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing team in the IRL's IndyCar Series....
  10. Jeff Ward
    Jeff Ward (motocross)

    Jeff Ward is the first motocross rider in history to win every major American Motorcyclist Association motocross List of AMA Motocross Champions....


Gateway Indy 250

This race was held August 26 at Gateway International Raceway
Gateway International Raceway

Gateway International Raceway is a race track in Madison, Illinois, USA, just minutes from Downtown St. Louis, Missouri. It hosts a NASCAR Nationwide Series event and a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on a 1.25 mile oval, a 1.5 mile infield Road Course used by SCCA and various car clubs, and also has a quarter-mile drag strip that hos...
. Sam Hornish, Jr.
Sam Hornish, Jr.

Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
 won the pole.

Top ten results
  1. Al Unser, Jr.
    Al Unser, Jr.

    Alfred Unser, Jr. , nicknamed "Little Al", "Al Junior" or simply "Junior" is an United States race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner....
  2. Mark Dismore
    Mark Dismore

    Mark Dismore is a former driver in the Indy Racing League and the 1990 Champ Car Atlantic Championship champion as well as the winner of the 1993 24 Hours of Daytona with Dan Gurney's All American Racers in a Toyota GTP car with co-drivers Rocky Moran and P....
  3. Sam Hornish, Jr.
    Sam Hornish, Jr.

    Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
  4. Eddie Cheever
    Eddie Cheever

    Edward "Eddie" McKay Cheever, Jr. is an United States racing driver who raced for almost thirty years in Formula One, Sports car racing, CART and the Indy Racing League....
  5. Robbie Buhl
    Robbie Buhl

    Robbie Buhl is a former Indy Racing League competitor and current team-owner, with the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing team in the IRL's IndyCar Series....
  6. Billy Boat
    Billy Boat

    William "Billy" Leonard Boat is a former American open wheel driver who raced in the Indy Racing League.Boat is a graduate of Arizona State University....
  7. Jeff Ward
    Jeff Ward (motocross)

    Jeff Ward is the first motocross rider in history to win every major American Motorcyclist Association motocross List of AMA Motocross Champions....
  8. Scott Sharp
    Scott Sharp

    Scott Sharp is an American race car driver in the American Le Mans Series. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Scott Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing League....
  9. Airton Daré
    Airton Daré

    Airton Dar? is a race car driver who has competed in the Indy Racing League. He made his first IRL start in 2000 and was a long-time driver for A.J....
  10. Robby McGehee
    Robby McGehee

    Robby McGehee is a former Indy Racing League driver from St. Louis, Missouri. He won the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award in 1999 after finishing 5th and raced for veteran owner Fred Treadway the next few seasons....


Delphi Indy 300

This race was held September 2 at Chicagoland Speedway
Chicagoland Speedway

Chicagoland Speedway is a speedway in Joliet, Illinois, USA, southwest of Chicago, Illinois. The speedway is actually located several miles south of Joliet proper, just off Illinois Route 53 between Joliet and Wilmington, Illinois....
. Jaques Lazier
Jaques Lazier

Jaques Lazier is an Indy Racing League driver born January 25, 1971 in Denver, Colorado and is the younger brother of 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Lazier and son of former Indy racer Bob Lazier....
 won the pole.

Top ten results
  1. Jaques Lazier
    Jaques Lazier

    Jaques Lazier is an Indy Racing League driver born January 25, 1971 in Denver, Colorado and is the younger brother of 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Lazier and son of former Indy racer Bob Lazier....
  2. Sam Hornish, Jr.
    Sam Hornish, Jr.

    Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
  3. Eddie Cheever
    Eddie Cheever

    Edward "Eddie" McKay Cheever, Jr. is an United States racing driver who raced for almost thirty years in Formula One, Sports car racing, CART and the Indy Racing League....
  4. Jeff Ward
    Jeff Ward (motocross)

    Jeff Ward is the first motocross rider in history to win every major American Motorcyclist Association motocross List of AMA Motocross Champions....
  5. Donnie Beechler
    Donnie Beechler

    Donnie Beechler , is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1998-2001 seasons with 36 career starts, including 4 Indianapolis 500 showings....
  6. Richie Hearn
    Richie Hearn

    Richie Hearn is an American auto racing driver born January 4, 1971 in Glendale, California, California.He ran in the Toyota Atlantic championship for two seasons, winning the title in 1995....
  7. Laurent Rédon
    Laurent Redon

    Laurent Redon is a former race car driver from Loire, France.Redon began his professional racing career in the French Formula Three Championship, winning it in 1995....
  8. Al Unser, Jr.
    Al Unser, Jr.

    Alfred Unser, Jr. , nicknamed "Little Al", "Al Junior" or simply "Junior" is an United States race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner....
  9. Buzz Calkins
    Buzz Calkins

    Bradley "Buzz" Calkins is a former Indy Racing League driver. After a successful run in Indy Lights from 1993 to 1995 where he finished 11th, 10th, and 6th in his three seasons, he and his Bradley Motorsports team purchased a 1995 Reynard Motorsport chassis to compete in the inaugural season of the IRL....
  10. Felipe Giaffone
    Felipe Giaffone

    Felipe Giaffone is a race car driver from Brazil. He competed in the Indy Racing League between 2001 and 2006. His father, "Zeca" Giaffone is the 1987 Stock Car Brasil champion and Mil Milhas Brasil five times winner in the 1980s....


Chevy 500

This race was held October 6 at Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway is a Oval track racing located in the northernmost portion of the United States city of Fort Worth, Texas -- the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
. Sam Hornish, Jr.
Sam Hornish, Jr.

Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
 won the pole.

Top ten results
  1. Sam Hornish, Jr.
    Sam Hornish, Jr.

    Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. is an United States race car driver. He is best known for his open wheel accomplishments, which include an 2006 Indianapolis 500 victory and three Indy Racing League championships....
  2. Scott Sharp
    Scott Sharp

    Scott Sharp is an American race car driver in the American Le Mans Series. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Scott Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing League....
  3. Robbie Buhl
    Robbie Buhl

    Robbie Buhl is a former Indy Racing League competitor and current team-owner, with the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing team in the IRL's IndyCar Series....
  4. Eliseo Salazar
    Eliseo Salazar

    Eliseo Salazar Valenzuela is a racing driver from Chile and the only one of his countrymen to compete in Formula One. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix scoring a total of 3 championship points....
  5. Rick Treadway
    Rick Treadway

    Rick Treadway , is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 2001 and 2002 seasons with 11 career starts, including the 2002 Indianapolis 500....
  6. Al Unser, Jr.
    Al Unser, Jr.

    Alfred Unser, Jr. , nicknamed "Little Al", "Al Junior" or simply "Junior" is an United States race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner....
  7. Airton Daré
    Airton Daré

    Airton Dar? is a race car driver who has competed in the Indy Racing League. He made his first IRL start in 2000 and was a long-time driver for A.J....
  8. Greg Ray
    Greg Ray

    Greg Ray is a former Indy Racing League IndyCar Series driver.After winning the SCCA national Formula Atlantic championship in 1993, he moved up to the CART-sanctioned Toyota Atlantic series in 1994....
  9. Jon Herb
    Jon Herb

    Jon Herb is an United States professional race car owner and driver in the Indy Racing League.Herb made his IRL debut in the first race of the 2000 in IRL in Orlando, but drove most of the races in the ARCA stock car series....
  10. Buzz Calkins
    Buzz Calkins

    Bradley "Buzz" Calkins is a former Indy Racing League driver. After a successful run in Indy Lights from 1993 to 1995 where he finished 11th, 10th, and 6th in his three seasons, he and his Bradley Motorsports team purchased a 1995 Reynard Motorsport chassis to compete in the inaugural season of the IRL....


Final point standings


Driver


For every race points were awarded to all starters: 50 points to the winner, 40 for runner up, 35 for third place, 32 for fourth place, 30 for fifth place, 28 for sixth place, 26 seventh place, 24 eighth place, 22 for ninth place, 20 for tenth place, winding down to 1 points for 29th place. Every lower placed driver also was awarded with 1 point. Additional points were awarded to the driver leading the most laps (2 point). No additional points were awarded for the qualifying.

No points (did not start/did not qualify):

  • Raul Boesel
    Raul Boesel

    Raul de Mesquita Boesel is a former racing driver who raced for the March Engineering and Ligier Formula One teams and later raced in Champ Car and the Indy Racing League....
  • Memo Gidley
    Memo Gidley

    Jos? Guillermo "Memo" Gidley is a Mexican-American racing driver, of Germany and Canada ancestry, born in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico in 1970....
  • Jimmy Kite
    Jimmy Kite

    Jimmy Kite is an United States race car driver. He debuted in the Indy Racing League in 1997 and has competed in over 30 IRL races, including 4 Indianapolis 500s....
  • Roberto Guerrero
    Roberto Guerrero

    Roberto Jos? Guerrero Isaza is a former racing driver from Colombia. He participated in 29 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on January 23, 1982....
  • Jim Guthrie
    Jim Guthrie (driver)

    Jim Guthrie is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He debuted in the Indy Racing League in 1996 with moderately successful results. When the IRL moved to purpose-built chassis in 1997, Guthrie was forced to take out a second mortgage to purchase a new chassis....
  • Steve Knapp
    Steve Knapp

    Steve Knapp , is a former driver in the Indy Racing League. He raced in the 1998-2000 seasons with 13 career starts, including 3 at the Indianapolis 500....
  • John Paul, Jr.
    John Paul, Jr.

    John Lee Paul, Jr. is a former race car driver in CART and the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series and winner of the 1982 12 Hours of Sebring while co-driving with his father John Paul, Sr....
  • Lyn St. James
    Lyn St. James

    Lyn St. James is a retired professional IndyCar driver with 8 CART and 5 Indy Racing League starts to her name. She is just one of five women who successfully qualified for the Indianapolis 500, and became the first woman to win the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year award....