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2001 IRL & IROC

2001 IRL Schedule

March
Date Time EST City Track Size TV Channel Winner
18 4 pm Phoenix 1-mile oval ABC Sam Hornish, Jr.
April
Date Time EST City Track Size TV Channel Winner
8 1 p.m. Homestead FLA 1.5 mile ESPN Sam Hornish, Jr.
* 28 7 pm Atlanta GA 1.5 mile ESPN2 Greg Ray
May
Date Time EST City Track Size TV Channel Winner
27 Noon Indianapolis IN 2.5 mile ABC Helio Castroneves
June
Date Time EST City Track Size TV Channel Winner
* 9 8:30 Fort Worth TX 1.5 mile ESPN Scott Sharp
17 2 pm Pikes Peak 1 mile ABC Buddy Lazier
* 30 7:30 Richmond VA .75 mile ESPN Buddy Lazier
July
Date Time EST City Track Size TV Channel Winner
8 Noon Kansas 1.5 mile ABC Eddie Cheever
* 21 8:30 p.m. Nashville 1.3 mile ESPN Buddy Lazier
August
Date Time EST City Track Size TV Channel Winner
12 2 p.m. Kentucky 1.5 mile ABC Buddy Lazier
26 2 p.m. St. Louis 1.25 mile ESPN Al Unser Jr.
September
Date Time EST City Track Size TV Channel Winner
2 2 p.m. Chicago 1.5 mile ABC Jaques Lazier
16 4:30 p.m. Fort Worth Tx 1.5 mile ABC Sam Hornish, Jr.


* -- Saturday night race; all other races on Sunday

2001 Indy Racing Northern Light Series Point Standings

1. Sam Hornish Jr. 503
2. Buddy Lazier 398
3. Scott Sharp 355
4. Billy Boat 313
5. Eliseo Salazar 308
6. Felipe Giaffone (R) 304
7. Al Unser Jr. 287
8. Eddie Cheever Jr. 261
9. Buzz Calkins 242
10. Airton Dare 239
11. Jeff Ward 238
12. Robbie Buhl 237
13. Shigeaki Hattori 215
14. Mark Dismore 205
15. Donnie Beechler 204
16. Robby McGehee 196
17. Jaques Lazier 195
18. Greg Ray 193
19. Sarah Fisher 188
20. Didier Andre (R) 188
21. Billy Roe 101
22. Jeret Schroeder 77
23. Jon Herb (R) 70
24. Helio Castroneves 64
25. Rick Treadway (R) 59
26. Davey Hamilton 54
27. Richie Hearn 50
28. Gil de Ferran 46
29. Laurent Redon (R) 45
30. Brandon Erwin (R) 40
31. Casey Mears (R) 36
32. Stan Wattles 36
33. Chris Menninga (R) 36
34. Michael Andretti 35
35. Stephan Gregoire 34
36. Jimmy Vasser 32
37. Bruno Junqueira (R) 30
38. Anthony Lazzaro (R) 29
39. Tony Stewart 28
40. Cory Witherill (R) 19
41. Arie Luyendyk 17
42. Tyce Carlson 15
43. John Hollansworth Jr. 12
44. Robby Gordon 9
45. Alex Barron 9
46. Jack Miller 5
47. Scott Goodyear 1
48. Nicolas Minassian (R) 1
(R) -- Series rookie

IROC - 2001

Bobby Labonte the 2000 and 2001 IROC Champion

Drivers competing in 2001 IROC: (Series' Champions in bold)


IRL:         Buddy Lazier, Scott Goodyear, Eddie Cheever, Mark Dismore

Winston Cup: Bobby Labonte, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Burton, Dale Jarrett,
             Ricky Rudd

Busch:       Jeff Green

CART:        Gil de Ferran, Kenny Brack

Note: IROC is not going to attempt to fill the gap left behind by the death of Dale Earnhardt, in other words there will only be 11 drivers competing this year. Also, Al Unser Jr filled in for a injured Scott Goodyear after Scott was injured in the Indy 500.

Race One:

  • February 16, 2001, 2 p.m.
  • Daytona International Speedway
  • 100 Miles (40 laps on 2.5-mile high-banked tri-oval
  • Won by Dale Jarrett

Race Two:

  • Race day - April 21, 2001
  • Broadcast on ABC - April 27 @ 4:30pm
  • Talladega Speedway
  • 101 miles(38 laps) on 2.66 mile high-banked oval
  • Won by Bobby Labonte

Race Three:

  • June 9, 2001
  • Broadcast on ESPN sameday @ 5pm
  • Michigan International Speedway
  • 100 miles (50 laps) on 2.0 mile high-banked oval
  • Won by Tony Stewart

Race Four:

  • Friday, Aug 4, 2000 @ 2:45pm
  • Broadcast on ESPN on Aug 10 @ 7pm
  • Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • 100 miles (40 laps) on 2.5 mile low-banked oval
  • Won by Bobby Labonte