Off the track, the 2001 season was an unmitigated disaster for CART, featuring two race cancellations, a disastrous European tour that coincided with the September 11 attacks, infighting amongst engine manufacturers that saw litigation and the announced future departure of Honda and Toyota, the loss of the series' television contract, the loss of longtime tracks Michigan and Nazareth, and the withdrawal of Team Penske at the conclusion of the season.
O Oval/Speedway R Dedicated road course S Temporary street circuit
The original calendar called for 22 races on five continents, by far the most ambitious calendar CART had ever attempted. With the race at Texas being canceled and the Rio 200 being dropped, the 2001 season ultimately had the same number of races as the previous year.
For the first time, CART would race in the United Kingdom and Germany and also return to Mexico for the first time in almost twenty years.
The original calendar released on August 5, 2000, had the first round of the season at Jacarepaguá in Brazil, but disagreements with the track owners several months later led to the event being dropped.
The removal of Gateway from the calendar meant that Memorial Day weekend would be empty, allowing several teams and drivers the opportunity to compete at the Indianapolis 500.
^Alex Zanardi's car was impacted from the side by Alex Tagliani's car at EuroSpeedway Lausitz. He lost both of his lower legs in the impact. This signaled the end of his open-wheel racing career.
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The 2001 FedEx Championship Series season the twenty third in the CART era of U S open wheel racing consisted of 20 of the 22 originally scheduled races beginning in Monterrey Mexico on March 11 and concluding in Fontana California on November 4 What would have been the third race in the season the Firestone Firehawk 600 in Fort Worth Texas was canceled after qualifying due to safety concerns The FedEx Championship Series Drivers Champion was Gil de Ferran while the Rookie of the Year was Scott Dixon 2001 CART seasonFedEx Championship SeriesSeasonRaces20 22 planned Start dateMarch 11End dateNovember 4AwardsDrivers championGil de FerranConstructors CupReynardManufacturers CupHondaNations CupBrazilRookie of the YearScott Dixon 20002002 Bryan Herta s 77 Forsythe Reynard at Rockingham Motor Speedway in 2001 Off the track the 2001 season was an unmitigated disaster for CART featuring two race cancellations a disastrous European tour that coincided with the September 11 attacks infighting amongst engine manufacturers that saw litigation and the announced future departure of Honda and Toyota the loss of the series television contract the loss of longtime tracks Michigan and Nazareth and the withdrawal of Team Penske at the conclusion of the season Team Penske and Team Motorola joined Chip Ganassi Racing in having concurrent IRL teams to run in the 2001 Indianapolis 500 with Penske s Castroneves winning the race In an unusual move CART sanctioned the participation of teams in the race This was an attempt to allow Penske s primary sponsor Marlboro to appear on cars in the 500 as they were prohibited from being in more than one racing series by the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement This legal maneuver was not successful and Penske s cars ran without advertising DaimlerChrysler shut down their CART program as an engine manufacturer via Mercedes Benz brand as DaimlerChrysler decided to move to NASCAR Winston Cup Series via Dodge brand in the same year Contents 1 Drivers and constructors 2 Season summary 2 1 Schedule 2 2 Race results 2 3 Final driver standings 2 4 Nation s Cup 2 5 Chassis Constructor s Cup 2 6 Engine Manufacturer s Cup 3 References 4 See alsoDrivers and constructors EditThe following teams and drivers competed in the 2001 CART Championship Series season All cars ran on Firestone Tires 1 2 Team Chassis Engine No Drivers Races Primary Sponsors Team Penske Reynard 01i Honda HR 1 1 Gil de Ferran All Marlboro 19Penske Racing 23 Helio Castroneves All Chip Ganassi Racing Lola B01 00 Toyota RV8E 4 Bruno Junqueira R All Target12 Nicolas Minassian R 1 7 Memo Gidley 8 21 Walker Motorsport Reynard 01i Toyota RV8E 5 Toranosuke Takagi R All Pioneer 20Walker Racing 1 Newman Haas Racing Lola B01 00 Toyota RV8E 6 Cristiano da Matta All Texaco Havoline11 Christian Fittipaldi All Kmart Team Rahal Lola B01 00 Ford Cosworth XF 7 Max Papis All Miller Lite 17Miller Genuine Draft 48 Kenny Brack All Shell Bettenhausen Racing Lola B01 00 Ford Cosworth XF 16 Michel Jourdain Jr All Herdez PacWest Racing Reynard 01i Toyota RV8E 17 Mauricio Gugelmin All Nextel18 Scott Dixon R All Powerware 19Nextel 2 Patrick Racing Reynard 01i Toyota RV8E 19 Townsend Bell 16 17 Visteon20 Roberto Moreno All40 Jimmy Vasser All OXXO 1Patrick Racing 4Visteon 15 Dale Coyne Racing Lola B2K 00 Ford Cosworth XF 19 Michael Krumm 1 2 The Dark Dog21 Luiz Garcia Jr 1 2 Embratel Sigma Autosport Lola B01 00 Ford Cosworth XF 22 Oriol Servia All Sigma Autosport Arciero Blair Racing Lola B2K 00 Phoenix 25 Max Wilson R 1 4 winnerB2B com 9Driving 101 10Ford Cosworth XF 6 10 13 19 Alex Barron 20 21 Team Green Reynard 01i Honda HR 1 26 Paul Tracy All KOOL 19Team Green 227 Dario Franchitti All Forsythe Racing Reynard 01i Ford Cosworth XF 32 Patrick Carpentier All Player s 19Racing Since 1961 233 Alex Tagliani All77 Bryan Herta All Indeck Team Motorola Reynard 01i Honda HR 1 39 Michael Andretti All Motorola Fernandez Racing Reynard 01i Honda HR 1 51 Adrian Fernandez All Tecate52 Shinji Nakano All Avex Mo Nunn Racing Reynard 01i Honda HR 1 55 Tony Kanaan All Hollywood Cigarettes 19No Limits 266 Alex Zanardi 1 16 Pioneer 19Mo Nunn Racing 1 Casey Mears R 18 21R Eligible for Rookie of the YearSeason summary EditSchedule Edit Rnd Race Name Circuit City Location Date1 Tecate Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey S Fundidora Park Monterrey Mexico March 11 Rio 200 Cancelled O Autodromo de Jacarepagua Rio de Janeiro Brazil March 252 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach S Streets of Long Beach Long Beach California April 8 Firestone Firehawk 600 Cancelled O Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth Texas April 293 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix O Nazareth Speedway Nazareth Pennsylvania May 64 Firestone Firehawk 500 O Twin Ring Motegi Motegi Japan May 195 Miller Lite 225 O Milwaukee Mile West Allis Wisconsin June 36 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit S The Raceway on Belle Isle Park Detroit Michigan June 177 Freightliner G I Joe s 200 R Portland International Raceway Portland Oregon June 248 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland S Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland Ohio July 19 Molson Indy Toronto S Exhibition Place Toronto Ontario July 1510 Harrah s 500 O Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn Michigan July 2211 Target Grand Prix of Chicago O Chicago Motor Speedway Cicero Illinois July 2912 Miller Lite 200 R Mid Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington Ohio August 1213 Motorola 220 R Road America Elkhart Lake Wisconsin August 1914 Molson Indy Vancouver S Concord Pacific Place Vancouver British Columbia September 215 The American Memorial O EuroSpeedway Lausitz Klettwitz Germany September 1516 Rockingham 500 O Rockingham Motor Speedway Corby United Kingdom September 2217 Texaco Havoline Grand Prix of Houston S George R Brown Convention Center Houston Texas October 718 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey R Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey California October 1419 Honda Indy 300 S Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise Australia October 2820 Marlboro 500 O California Speedway Fontana California November 4 O Oval Speedway R Dedicated road course S Temporary street circuit The original calendar called for 22 races on five continents by far the most ambitious calendar CART had ever attempted With the race at Texas being canceled and the Rio 200 being dropped the 2001 season ultimately had the same number of races as the previous year For the first time CART would race in the United Kingdom and Germany and also return to Mexico for the first time in almost twenty years The original calendar released on August 5 2000 had the first round of the season at Jacarepagua in Brazil but disagreements with the track owners several months later led to the event being dropped The events at Homestead Miami and Gateway were dropped after negotiations with the owners of the track rival series Indy Racing League secured the contracts instead and both tracks were featured in the 2001 Indy Racing League season The removal of Gateway from the calendar meant that Memorial Day weekend would be empty allowing several teams and drivers the opportunity to compete at the Indianapolis 500 Race results Edit Rnd Race Name Pole position Fastest lap Lead most laps Winning driver Winning team Report1 Tecate Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey Kenny Brack Dario Franchitti Cristiano da Matta Cristiano da Matta Newman Haas Racing Report2 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Helio Castroneves Helio Castroneves Helio Castroneves Helio Castroneves Team Penske Report3 Firestone Firehawk 600 Kenny Brack Race cancelled Report4 Lehigh Valley Grand Prix Bruno Junqueira R Tony Kanaan Kenny Brack Scott Dixon R PacWest Racing Report5 Firestone Firehawk 500 Helio Castroneves Alex Zanardi Helio Castroneves Kenny Brack Team Rahal ReportNC Indianapolis 500 Scott Sharp Sam Hornish Jr Helio Castroneves Helio Castroneves Team Penske Report6 Miller Lite 225 Kenny Brack Dario Franchitti Kenny Brack Kenny Brack Team Rahal Report7 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit Helio Castroneves Michael Andretti Helio Castroneves Helio Castroneves Team Penske Report8 Freightliner G I Joe s 200 Max Papis Max Papis Max Papis Max Papis Team Rahal Report9 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland Mauricio Gugelmin Roberto Moreno Memo Gidley Dario Franchitti Team Green Report10 Molson Indy Toronto Gil de Ferran Helio Castroneves Gil de Ferran Michael Andretti Team Motorola Report11 Harrah s 500 Kenny Brack Patrick Carpentier Max Papis Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing Report12 Target Grand Prix of Chicago Tony Kanaan Kenny Brack Helio Castroneves Kenny Brack Team Rahal Report13 Miller Lite 200 Gil de Ferran Helio Castroneves Helio Castroneves Helio Castroneves Team Penske Report14 Motorola 220 Kenny Brack Bruno Junqueira R Helio Castroneves Bruno Junqueira R Chip Ganassi Racing Report15 Molson Indy Vancouver Alex Tagliani Helio Castroneves Alex Tagliani Roberto Moreno Patrick Racing Report16 The American Memorial Gil de Ferran Tony Kanaan Kenny Brack Kenny Brack Team Rahal Report17 Rockingham 500 Kenny Brack Patrick Carpentier Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Team Penske Report18 Texaco Havoline Grand Prix of Houston Gil de Ferran Jimmy Vasser Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Team Penske Report19 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Gil de Ferran Helio Castroneves Gil de Ferran Max Papis Team Rahal Report20 Honda Indy 300 Roberto Moreno Jimmy Vasser Roberto Moreno Cristiano da Matta Newman Haas Racing Report21 Marlboro 500 Alex Tagliani Max Papis Max Papis Cristiano da Matta Newman Haas Racing ReportFinal driver standings Edit Further information List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver MTY LBH TXS NAZ MOT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIC CHI MDO ROA VAN LAU ROC HOU LAG SUR FON Pts1 Gil de Ferran 2 3 C 23 13 7 6 13 4 14 24 3 2 5 2 8 1 1 3 4 6 1992 Kenny Brack1 5 25 C 2 1 1 9 11 6 20 17 1 20 14 8 1 2 7 25 5 26 1633 Michael Andretti 4 28 C 6 23 2 4 8 15 1 19 24 26 2 3 4 5 21 14 2 7 1474 Helio Castroneves 8 1 C 11 2 26 1 17 12 19 8 7 1 7 18 12 4 5 6 20 22 1415 Cristiano da Matta 1 2 C 10 25 25 7 10 7 15 4 19 10 6 20 26 3 6 20 1 1 1406 Max Papis 12 17 C 24 6 8 11 1 18 8 16 13 24 16 22 2 11 9 1 9 2 1077 Dario Franchitti 9 6 C 8 17 9 2 6 1 24 2 15 16 19 9 25 9 2 19 23 23 1058 Scott Dixon RY 13 19 C 1 9 3 22 7 20 5 10 4 12 4 13 9 22 18 4 15 17 989 Tony Kanaan 7 7 C 16 3 6 DNS 24 16 10 21 8 5 12 4 7 8 12 8 17 5 9310 Patrick Carpentier 25 23 C 25 19 17 8 5 26 21 1 2 3 9 16 3 16 10 26 11 10 9111 Alex Tagliani 21 18 C 22 22 12 21 12 9 2 6 6 7 8 23 21 14 19 15 3 3 8012 Jimmy Vasser 6 5 C 4 5 21 18 16 5 26 23 14 23 21 19 15 7 11 5 6 12 7713 Roberto Moreno 27 11 C 12 10 15 3 2 8 11 12 20 6 11 1 23 13 22 22 22 19 7614 Paul Tracy 3 4 C 3 18 24 14 21 24 6 7 12 4 26 26 10 6 24 18 14 24 7315 Christian Fittipaldi 20 24 C 5 4 18 5 3 11 12 18 25 8 18 11 19 24 8 9 8 13 7016 Bruno Junqueira R 22 9 C 7 24 4 19 23 23 13 9 17 13 1 12 11 25 23 7 21 4 6817 Memo Gidley 25 2 17 14 5 11 20 10 14 18 3 2 10 14 6518 Adrian Fernandez 19 16 C 19 16 5 12 19 21 3 25 10 22 3 21 24 23 14 10 19 18 4519 Oriol Servia 14 14 C 9 14 14 16 9 17 23 11 18 9 10 5 5 10 26 17 25 11 4220 Michel Jourdain Jr 17 13 C 13 11 13 25 15 25 16 3 23 17 17 6 17 19 25 23 7 16 3021 Toranosuke Takagi R 10 20 C 14 20 DSQ 20 18 14 222 13 11 21 22 7 6 26 4 13 16 15 2922 Bryan Herta 16 10 C 21 21 22 15 14 3 18 5 21 25 24 17 27 15 13 12 18 25 2823 Alex Zanardi 24 26 C 20 7 11 24 26 13 4 20 9 19 13 24 203 2424 Mauricio Gugelmin 15 22 Wth 12 10 10 20 10 7 15 22 14 23 15 16 20 20 16 24 20 1725 Max Wilson R 28 21 C 17 23 23 4 19 25 Wth 15 25 25 18 21 16 24 1226 Shinji Nakano 18 12 C 15 8 16 13 22 22 9 22 16 18 15 14 22 17 15 21 12 21 1127 Nicolas Minassian R 11 8 C 18 15 19 17 728 Casey Mears R 17 11 26 8 729 Alex Barron 13 9 430 Townsend Bell R 13 12 131 Michael Krumm R 23 15 032 Luiz Garcia Jr 26 27 0Pos Driver MTY LBH TXS NAZ MOT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIC CHI MDO ROA VAN LAU ROC HOU LAG SUR FON Pts Color ResultGold WinnerSilver 2nd placeBronze 3rd placeGreen 4th 6th placeLight Blue 7th 12th placeDark Blue Finished Outside Top 12 Purple Did not finishRed Did not qualify DNQ Brown Withdrawn Wth Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Blank Did notparticipate DNP Not competingIn line notationBold Pole positionItalics Ran fastest race lap Led most race laps RY Rookie of the Year R Rookie Kenny Brack also awarded 1 point for his pole position in Fort Worth The race was canceled after qualifying due to excessively high speeds Toranosuke Takagi was penalized 2 points for rough driving in Toronto Alex Zanardi s car was impacted from the side by Alex Tagliani s car at EuroSpeedway Lausitz He lost both of his lower legs in the impact This signaled the end of his open wheel racing career Nation s Cup Edit Top result per race counts towards Nation s Cup Pos Country MTY LBH NAZ MOT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIC CHI MDO ROA VAN LAU ROC HOU LAG SUR FON Pts1 Brazil 1 1 5 2 4 1 2 4 7 5 3 1 1 1 7 1 1 3 1 1 3412 United States 4 5 4 5 2 4 8 2 1 4 5 11 2 3 4 5 3 2 2 7 2403 Canada 3 4 3 18 12 8 5 9 2 1 2 3 8 16 3 6 10 15 3 3 1874 Sweden 5 25 2 1 1 9 11 6 20 17 1 20 14 8 1 2 7 25 5 26 1635 Italy 12 17 20 6 8 11 1 18 4 16 9 19 13 22 2 11 9 1 9 2 1186 United Kingdom 9 6 8 17 9 2 6 1 24 2 15 16 19 9 25 9 2 19 23 23 1057 New Zealand 13 19 1 9 3 22 7 20 5 10 4 12 4 13 9 22 18 4 15 17 988 Mexico 17 13 9 11 5 12 15 21 3 3 10 17 3 6 17 19 14 10 7 16 759 Japan 10 12 14 8 16 13 18 14 9 13 11 18 15 7 6 17 4 13 12 15 4210 Spain 14 14 9 14 14 16 9 17 23 11 18 9 10 5 5 10 26 17 25 11 4211 France 11 8 18 15 19 17 712 Germany 23 15 0Pos Country MTY LBH NAZ MOT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIC CHI MDO ROA VAN LAU ROC HOU LAG SUR FON PtsChassis Constructor s Cup Edit Pos Chassis Pts1 Reynard 01i 3782 Lola B1 00 amp B2K 00 335Pos Chassis PtsEngine Manufacturer s Cup Edit Pos Engine Pts1 Honda 3422 Toyota 3093 amp Ford Cosworth 2974 Phoenix 0Pos Engine PtsReferences Edit Honda Championship Auto Racing Highlights April 2002 2002 Toyota RV8F CART engine Aberg Andreas CART FedEx Champ Car World Series 2001 Driver Database Archived from the original on 2008 12 31 Retrieved 2009 05 19 2001 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series Champ Car Stats Archived from the original on 2008 11 22 Retrieved 2009 05 19 CART Postpones Firestone Firehawk 600 Presented by Pioneer Due to Unprecedented Physical Demands on Drivers Press release CART PR Newswire 2001 04 30 Standings after Fontana Champ Car World Series Archived from the original on 2008 10 22 Retrieved 2009 05 19 See also Edit2001 Toyota Atlantic Championship season 2001 Indianapolis 500 2001 Indy Racing League 2001 Indy Lights season Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2001 CART season amp oldid 1126999382, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
