2001 Harrah's 500

Background

Michigan International Speedway, where the race was held.

The Harrah's 500 was confirmed as part of CART's 2001 schedule for the series in August 2000.^[1] It was the 32nd consecutive year that Michigan International Speedway had held a race in the series, and the eighth round of the season to be held in the United States.^[2] The Harrah's 500 was the eleventh of 21 scheduled races for 2001 by CART, and was held on July 22.^[3] Prior to the race, Team Rahal driver Kenny Bräck led the Drivers' Championship with 83 points, ten ahead of Michael Andretti in second and a further three in front of Hélio Castroneves in third. Dario Franchitti was fourth on 65 points, ahead of fifth-placed Gil de Ferran with 58 points.^[4] Honda led the Manufacturers' Championship with 158 points; Toyota was second on 142 points, twelve ahead of Ford Cosworth in third.^[4]

It was announced in June 2001 that Michigan International Speedway would not hold a CART race for the 2002 season. The track's president Brett Shelton stated the circuit and its parent company International Speedway Corporation (ISC) sought to pursue other alternatives.^[5] It was later reported that Michigan International Speedway asked for relief from the event's sanctioning fee, estimated to be around $2 to $2.5 million, to alleviate the financial losses from decreasing track attendance figures.^[6] Other reasons included the lack of promotion of the event by the ISC and CART in comparison to the ARCA stock car race held to support the race.^[7] Andretti had mixed feelings on not returning to the track, saying from a spectator viewpoint, it would be a loss for television. However, he spoke of his relief of CART not returning to Michigan International Speedway, citing series regulations on top speeds.^[8] Michigan International Speedway went on to hold a race in the rival Indy Racing League (IRL) (later IndyCar Series) from 2002 to 2007.^[9]

For the Harrah's 500 and the season-ending Marlboro 500 in November, a reduction of permissible manifold pressure from 37 in (940 mm) to 36 in (910 mm) was mandated by CART after the series and its engine manufacturers reached an agreement over how the problem should be dealt with when it was first raised at the Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit the month before.^[10] CART also instructed all teams to run a new version of the Handford device, which had a 3 in (76 mm) extension to the backboard below the rear wing to lower the overall top speed of all cars by adding drag. Another alteration to the cars was the introduction of an extended "pop-off" value case extension of ³⁄₄ in (19 mm) to the base of the manifold pressure relief valve.^[11] CART chairman and CEO Joseph Heitzler said he was pleased the issue had been resolved but regretted what position it all series partners in, "CART's position that it is our duty as a sanctioning body to provide strong leadership to our members, under the rule book, while maintaining a process enabling them to make informed decisions. Our conversations over the past three weeks have strengthened our determination in both these regards."^[10]

Practice and qualifying

Roberto Moreno (pictured in 1997) emerged uninjured after a heavy accident in the first practice session.

Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race: two on Friday and one on Saturday. The first session ran for 105 minutes, the second 75 minutes, and the third 60 minutes.^[2] A half hour test session for rookie drivers scheduled for mid-morning on Friday was delayed twice; firstly for thick fog that later lifted, and a major technical problem with the communication loop in race control that prevented direct contact with teams needed rectifying. The delays shortened the test session from half an hour to ten minutes.^[12] Alex Zanardi topped the session with a time of 34.563 seconds, followed by Bruno Junqueira and Scott Dixon.^[13] In the first practice session, Bräck was fastest with a lap time of 31.809 seconds. The Canadian duo of Patrick Carpentier, Alex Tagliani were second and third, and Roberto Moreno placed fourth. Cristiano da Matta, Castroneves, Oriol Servià, Junqueira, Maurício Gugelmin, and Max Papis rounded out the top ten drivers.^[14] 45 minutes in, the first caution was waved to enable officials to inspect the track because several teams reported cut tires on their cars after examining them on pit road.^[13]

As he was being overtaken by Carpentier on the outside line, Moreno lost control of his car on the exit of turn two due to turbulence that removed downforce from his car, and made contact with Franchitti's front-right wheel with his front-left tire. This sent Moreno broadside down the track, and heavily into the inside tyre barrier with the left-front corner of his car at approximately 175 mph (282 km/h).^[13][15] The impact cracked the interior of Moreno's helmet, but he was wearing a HANS device at the time, stopping him from sustaining more serious injuries, and from being rendered unconscious.^[15] Moreno's car ricocheted off the wall, and stopped around halfway down the back stretch. The session ended early with 17 minutes to go because of the heavy damage to the tire barrier, which was repaired by course officials.^[13] Moreno was transported to the infield care center via stretcher, and was declared fit for participation in the second practice session.^[12]

Kenny Bräck (pictured in 2011) was awarded his fourth pole position of the season as the fastest driver in the third practice session.

Papis paced the second practice session with a lap time of 31.853 seconds, followed by Tagliani, Bräck, Paul Tracy, Bryan Herta, Tora Takagi, Tony Kanaan, Christian Fittipaldi, Memo Gidley, and Andretti.^[16] The first caution after seven minutes when course observers located a loose bolt in the groove of turn one, since the track was inspected and cleaned. Gugelmin's right-front tire was cut by debris on the track, prompting a second caution for a track inspection and clean-up.^[17] With a time of 31.330 seconds, Bräck was quickest in the final practice session. Second to fifth went to Papis, Takagi, Tracy, and Kanaan. Michel Jourdain Jr., Herta, Shinji Nakano, Fittipaldi, and Gugelmin completed the top ten ahead of qualifying.^[18]

During the session, Max Wilson spun leaving turn one at approximately 219 mph (352 km/h), and slid below the white line denoting the boundaries of the track. The transition from the banked turn to a flat surface removed his front wing, and he crashed heavily against the outside concrete barrier before stopping in the centre of turn two. Wilson was transported via helicopter to Foote Memorial Hospital, complaining of pains to his left rib.^[19][20] Although X-ray examinations found that Wilson was not injured, his team Arciero-Blair Racing withdrew from the race because his car could not be repaired, and they had no spare vehicle after a crash at the preceding week's Molson Indy Toronto.^[19][21] Franchitti caused the second caution after the plenum flew off his the top of his car, and got lodged in his rear wing in turn two. He stopped at the bottom of the third corner with smoke bellowing from his car, and it was removed from the track by the trackside safety crew who then cleaned the circuit.^[20]

Saturday afternoon's qualifying session was due to last two hours.^[2] Plans were made to start the session with the slowest driver in the weekend's combined practice sessions going out first with the quickest competitor heading out last. Rules stipulated that each driver was restricted to two timed laps, and the competitor who won the pole position earned one point towards the Drivers' Championship.^[22] Seven drivers ventured onto the track to set a lap time before rain stopped all on-track activity at 12:28 p.m. EDT (UTC+04:00).^[23] It stopped raining for about half an hour before it returned to the area.^[24] The session was officially cancelled by CART chief steward Chris Kneifel at 3:00 p.m. local time after attempts to make the track driveable again came to nothing. Kneifel elected to use the lap times from the third practice session and not the drivers' order in the season points standings to set the starting order for the race.^[25] This was the second time in the 2001 season that qualifying was cancelled due to inclement weather conditions,^[26] The decision gave Bräck his fourth pole position of the season,^[24] though due to the lack of qualifying, he was not awarded a point in the standings as was customary for pole winners.^[26] He was joined on the front row of the grid by his teammate Papis. Takagi started third, Tracy fourth, and Kanaan fifth. Jourdain, Herta, Nakano, Fittipaldi, and Gugelmin rounded out the top ten.^[25]

Warm-up

The drivers took to the track at 09:30 local time for a half hour warm-up session in warm, dry and sunny weather conditions that went incident-free.^[27] Vasser was driving faster than he had done over the weekend and set the fastest time of the warm-up session with a lap of 32.404 seconds. He was 0.029 seconds faster than Papis in second position, and Tracy was third-quickest. Takagi was fourth-fastest, Kanaan placed fifth, and Bräck sixth. Herta, Andretti, Fittipaldi, and Castroneves followed in the time sheets to round out the top ten fastest drivers.^[28]

Race

Weather conditions at the start of the race were partly cloudy.^[29] The air temperature throughout the race ranged between 92 to 93 °F (33 to 34 °C) and the track temperature was from 120 and 129 °F (49 and 54 °C).^[30] An estimated 40,000 spectators visited the track to observe the action.^[7] The race began with the waving of the green flag at 1:46 p.m. Bräck steered left to the bottom grove with his teammate Papis behind him. Papis overtook Bräck for the lead on the back stretch. On lap three, Takagi lost third place to Kanaan. Bräck retook the first position from his teammate Papis three laps later. The two exchanged the lead for the next seven laps after that until Bräck assumed his hold on the position.^[31] On the 15th lap, Adrián Fernández's engine suddenly lost power, and he went to pit road. Changes to some of the components on his car failed to rectify the problem, making him the first retirement of the race.^[32] Papis returned to first place after passing his teammate Bräck on the following lap. He enlarged his small lead to 0.533 seconds by lap 20. Herta got ahead of Bräck to move into second place two laps later. He kept the position until Kanaan assumed it on the 26th lap. In the meantime, Bräck was at this point running in sixth place, while Andretti moved to third by lap 28.^[31]

Max Papis (pictured in 2008) led more laps than any other driver (83) but was eliminated from contention after his crash with his teammate Bräck.

Through laps 31 to 34, Kanaan tried to get past Papis to become the new leader, but he was not able to do as he was not registered in first place at the start/finish line. Green flag pit stops began on the 35th lap when Papis went to pit road. Kanaan took over the lead but he lost it to Gidley on lap 36.^[31] A malfunctioning fuel nozzle for Tracy on lap 38 dropped him three laps behind the leader.^[29] Herta took the lead on lap 39, only to lose it to Fittipaldi on the next lap. As Fittipaldi was going to make his first pit stop on the 41st lap, he spun and stalled his car on the entry to pit road. Trackside workers could not restart Fittipaldi's car, and he was pushed to his pit stall. Gidley regained the first position when Herta went down pit road on the next lap. Gidley extended his advantage over Papis to 1.047 seconds by the start of lap 50. Six laps later, Papis reduced the gap to nothing and overtook Gidley to reclaim the lead. On lap 60, Gidley returned to the first position. Papis retook the lead on the 63rd lap, but lost it to Gidley two laps later. The leaders began the second round of pit stops on lap 75 when Papis and Andretti made their stops. Gidley made his stop on the next lap, giving the first position to Bräck who held it until the 81st lap, when Herta got three laps more fuel mileage to get back to first.^[31]

After the pit stops, Bräck returned to the first position.^[31] Carpentier had fluctuating turbocharger boost pressure in the opening laps of the race, losing him as much as 1.5 in (38 mm) of turbocharger boost and top speed down the circuit's two straights. He later fell two laps adrift of the leaders because of this mechanical problem.^[33] On lap 97, de Ferran pulled off the track at turn one to become the second retiree with a loss of power in his vehicle's engine, caused by an electrical fault.^[31][34] Bräck's lead of 0.172 seconds was reduced to nothing when the first caution was prompted on the 100th lap for debris on the back stretch. On the following lap, CART race control determined that Gidley moved past Bräck before the caution came out. All drivers elected to make pit stops during the caution. Racing resumed on lap 112 with Gidley leading. Kanaan turned to the inside line on the front sretch, and moved from fourth to first on the run to the first corner. However, Gidley retook the lead by overtaking Kanaan on the back stretch. Kanaan subsequently fell to fifth by the 121st lap as Papis got by Bräck for second on the lap. Six laps later, Papis returned to the first position. He led for one lap as Gidley regained the position. Papis did overtake Gidley to lead lap 129, and Gidley did the same to Papis on the following lap.^[31]

On lap 130, the lapped Vasser drove to the side of the track on the back stretch to retire with an unspecified mechanical problem.^[31][32] Bräck got back to the front of the field on lap 139, but he was passed by Gidley who led the next lap with a gap of 0.038 seconds over Papis. On lap 142, Franchitti got ahead of Gidley to take over the lead. Gidley moved back past Franchitti to retake the first position on the next lap. On lap 147, Gidley made a pit stop, promoting Franchitti back to the lead. Gidley emerged in sixth place. He, however, was shown a black flag on the 148th lap, instructing him to serve a drive-through penalty because he was observed speeding on pit road. Gidley took the penalty immediately. On lap 150, Papis lost the lead to his teammate Bräck. The second caution was prompted when debris was located on the track two laps later. Papis had just re-passed his teammate Bräck for the first position.^[31] Nakano became the fourth retirement when his engine failed on that lap.^[32] Papis led the field at the restart on lap 160. Jourdain got into second as Bräck fell to fourth by the 171st lap. However, Bräck got back to second five laps later.^[31] In the meantime, Kanaan retired with an alternator failure after three pit stops did not result in a successful repair.^[32]

His teammate Zanardi lost engine power because of a voltage issue. He slowed before retiring on lap 180.^[32] Papis drove back to first on the lap. On lap 181, Andretti passed Jourdain to move into the third position.^[31] Four laps later, Andretti went to pit road to retire with an engine problem.^[32] Franchitti took over third place because of Andretti's retirement. He moved to second on lap 189. On the next lap, Franchitti got ahead of Papis to reclaim first place. Bräck returned to the lead on the 196th lap. He held it for the next six laps until Papis passed him when he made a pit stop on lap 202. On the following lap, Franchitti took back the lead when Papis made his pit stop. Jourdain took the lead on the 205th lap, and held it until Franchitti overtook him. Two laps later, the lead went to Bräck. He maintained it for four laps until Franchitti passed him.^[31] Carpentier got back onto the same lap as Franchitti by overtaking him on lap 213.^[33] On lap 215, the fourth caution was given; a mechanical failure at the rear of Fittipaldi's car sent him up the banking of turn four, and into the concrete wall heavily. He slid down the banking and into the infield grass as a plume of flames erupted from his car.^[31][32] Fittipaldi was uninjured.^[35] During the caution, all cars on the same lap as the leader, including Franchitti, chose to make pit stops on lap 219.^[31]

Patrick Carpentier (pictured in 2011) received drafting assistance from his teammate Alex Tagliani to win his maiden CART race.

Bräck won the race off pit road and was leader at the restart on lap 225. Jourdain got past Bräck at the bottom of turn one to assume the lead, but he was passed by Papis on the back stretch. On the 231st lap, Herta drove to the inside of the track to get by Papis for the first position with Bräck gaining positions on the middle lane. A two-car crash on lap 233 triggered the fifth (and final) caution.^[31] Bräck got ahead of his teammate Papis on the outside line leaving turn four.^[31] As Bräck was about to complete the pass, he appeared to slide in wake of the turbulent air being created, and his left-hand side wheels came into contact with the right-hand side wheels of Papis' car.^[31][34] Bräck careened into the outside concrete barrier, and Papis spun sideways at about 220 mph (350 km/h) through turn four after he could not correct the slide. Papis crashed heavily into the wall at the entry to pit road. Both cars came to a rest beside each other at the entry to pit lane. Both Bräck and Papis clambered out of their cars uninjured.^[34][35] Seven laps later, racing got back underway with Herta leading Carpentier.^[31] Herta drew clear to lead by two-tenths of a second but had the risk of being drafted by other drivers with more momentum.^[36]

Two laps later, Franchitti drove to the outside of the track to retake the lead as Herta's pace lessened and he fell to fourth.^[31][37] Until the 248th lap, Franchitti and Jourdain exchanged the first position twice every lap; Franchitti drew clear in turns one and two, while Jourdain led in turn three. But, it was Franchitti who held the advantage by the time the duo crossed the start/finish line. Carpentier got ahead of Franchitti and Jourdain at the first turn to become the new leader on lap 248.^[38] He only held the position for a short amount of time as Franchitii and Jourdain moved back into first and second but Carpentier got the lead each time at the start/finish line.^[36] On the final lap, Carpentier led Franchitti and Jourdain on the exit of turn one and onto the back stretch.^[34] Franchtti drafted Carpentier and overtook him entering turn three. The lapped Tagliani drafted all three cars to move ahead on the inside line before going up the track.^[36][38][39] That meant Jourdain went up the banking, and Franchitti slowed in the turbulent air to avoid hitting him.^[36][38][40] Carpentier glimpsed space to drive through and steered to the outside of the track in turns three and four.^[38]

Leaving the final corner, his teammate Tagliani provided Carpentier with drafting help,^[34][38] allowing him to pull way and claim the first win of his career in his 79th CART race by 0.243 seconds.^[39] It was Carpentier's racing victory since the 1996 Atlantic Championship roimd at Laguna Seca.^[34] Both Franchitti and Jourdain were separated by a photo finish over the duel for second.^[38] Since the official scoring system which rounded out to three decimal places proved inconclusive, series officials looked at photographic evidence to determine the finishing order.^[34][35][36] Franchitti was found to have beat Jourdain by 2 in (51 mm).^[37] A malfunctioning air jack system dropped Da Matta off the lead lap but good fuel mileage enabled him to finish fourth. Fifth-placed Herta got back into the draft but he could not use it to move up the field.^[36] Tagliani, Tracy, Castroneves, Junqueira, Dixon, Servià, Moreno, Takagi, Gidley, and Gugelmin were the last of the classified finishers.^[37] There were 60 lead changes among 10 drivers during the course of the race. Papis' total of 83 laps led was the most of any competitor. Carpentier led once for a total of three laps.^[41]

Post-race

Carpentier appeared in victory lane to celebrate the first win of his career in front of the crowd; the win earned him $100,000.^[41] He spoke of his delight with the win and was crying on his way to pit road, "It's been a long time coming and today we were a lap down, were struggling at the beginning of the race and I never thought I would win this one. There were some races (in the past) that we thought we had a serious chance of winning and today for awhile we didn't think so. You need everything to win a race. You need yellow flags to work for you and you need to have a good car, a car that lasts and good pit stops with the team. Then with good luck and good timing, everything worked out for us today."^[36] Franchitti congratulated Carpentier on his win and was generous over coming second, "It was an eventful day. For the first time in my career I started last because of the way they decided qualifying. I was really lucky to not go a lap down. It's not last to first, but last to second isn't too bad, and we picked up some good points."^[39] Jourdain said of his third-place finish, "What an unbelievable race. My team did a great job, and we gained positions in the pits. On the last lap, I was sure it was going to be Dario and I. Pat was there the whole time, but then Alex appeared from nowhere. I think Dario and I should both get points for second."^[38]

Dario Franchitti (pictured in 2007) was awarded second place by CART after a photo finish with Michel Jourdain Jr.

Tagliani's manoevure on the last lap that led to him providing Carpentier with drafting assistance attracted criticism from Franchitti and Jourdain but both refused to voice their anger towards him.^[42] Franchitti stated his belief that in the event any driver went a lap down, it was up to that person to attempt to remain in front of the competitor by having sufficient driving standards, "It's different at a superspeedway than it is at a smaller oval like Chicago, but at that point, at the end of the race when there are five guys on the lead lap, I think it would be nice to fight it out amongst ourselves. But it's very difficult to police something like that."^[42] Jourdain spoke of his feeling that the manoevure was "pretty dangerous" because it had the potential to create a multi-car accident, "I was sure we were both gone. I was really scared at that point because I thought the four of us (Tagliani, Jourdain, Franchitti and Carpentier) were going to crash. It was an eight or a nine on a 10 scale - very dangerous."^[42] Carpentier responded by noting that while the manoevure was dangerous, it aided in his victory, "I think it was a risky move, but in a series as competitive as we have today, one point or two points can make a huge difference at the end of the year. If he was racing for points with Paul, hey, it's racing."^[42]

Media and series reactions to the race were positive. Autoweek's Bill McGuire wrote, "It might have been the last 500 mile CART race at Michigan International Speedway, but it was certainly one of the best."^[37] Charles Googe of The Albuquerque Tribune spoke of a "thrilling" race in his first half of the season awards for the newspaper,^[43] and the Daily Herald's Mike Spellman opined that the round was a good way of attracting people back to open-wheel racing. Spellman reported Bräck lobbied CART to visit more high-banked circuits because of the excitement it provides for the fans with continuous side-by-side racing, and the driver noted the large amount of passing, something that is not seen in IRL or Formula One.^[44] The reporter for the Associated Press said that the high level of competition witnessed (167 unofficial lead changes) was atypical of all CART races held at the track since the introduction of the Handford device in 1998.^[35] In his report for Knight Ridder/Tribune, Steve Crowe wrote, "More than 100,000 empty seats seemed to scream, "Good riddance." But the 25,000 or so who braved the sweltering Sunday farewell party had reason to rave, "Good show."^[45] Former CART chief steward Wally Dallenbach Sr. said of the event, "it was the darnedest race I've ever seen."^[33]

The consequence of the final positions left Bräck still in the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 84 points but his gap was lowered to three points due to Franchitti's strong finish advancing him to the second. Castroneves' eighth place result enabled him to advance to third position, while Andretti's engine failure dropped him from second to fourth. Da Matta rounded out the top five in the standings.^[37] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Honda (with 174 points) enlarged their lead at the top of the standings to 20 points over Toyota. Ford Cosworth continued to maintain third place with 148 points with ten races left in the season.^[33]

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Speed	Gap
1	8	Kenny Bräck	Team Rahal	31.330	229.812	—
2	7	Max Papis	Team Rahal	31.483	228.695	+0.153
3	5	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	31.591	227.913	+0.261
4	26	Paul Tracy	Team Green	31.609	227.783	+0.279
5	55	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	31.626	227.661	+0.296
6	16	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Bettenhausen Racing	31.676	227.301	+0.346
7	77	Bryan Herta	Forsythe Racing	31.726	226.943	+0.396
8	52	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	31.752	226.757	+0.422
9	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	31.766	226.657	+0.436
10	17	Mauricio Gugelmin	PacWest Racing	31.784	226.529	+0.454
11	1	Gil de Ferran	Team Penske	31.789	226.493	+0.459
12	18	Scott Dixon	PacWest Racing	31.877	225.868	+0.547
13	6	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	31.890	225.776	+0.560
14	66	Alex Zanardi	Mo Nunn Racing	31.893	225.755	+0.563
15	40	Jimmy Vasser	Patrick Racing	31.896	225.734	+0.566
16	12	Memo Gidley	Chip Ganassi Racing	31.949	225.359	+0.619
17	20	Roberto Moreno	Patrick Racing	31.950	225.352	+0.620
18	39	Michael Andretti	Team Green	31.976	225.169	+0.646
19	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	32.041	224.712	+0.711
20	51	Adrián Fernández	Fernández Racing	32.170	223.811	+0.840
21	32	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	32.218	223.478	+0.888
22	4	Bruno Junqueira	Chip Ganassi Racing	32.244	223.297	+0.914
23	22	Oriol Servià	Sigma Autosport	32.260	223.187	+0.930
24	33	Alex Tagliani	Forsythe Racing	32.261	223.180	+0.931
25	27	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	32.660	220.453	+1.330
WD	25	Max Wilson	Arciero-Blair Racing	No time	No Speed	—1
The starting order was determined the fastest laps in the third practice session after rain cancelled qualifying.
Source:[25]

Notes

• ^1 — Max Wilson was withdrawn following a heavy accident in the third practice session.^[19]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	32	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	250	2:54.55.757	21	20
2	27	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	250	+0.243	25	16
3	16	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Bettenhausen Racing	250	+0.243	6	14
4	6	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	250	+0.445	13	12
5	77	Bryan Herta	Forsythe Racing	250	+0.516	7	10
6	33	Alex Tagliani	Forsythe Racing	249	+1 Lap	24	8
7	26	Paul Tracy	Team Green	249	+1 Lap	4	6
8	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	249	+1 Lap	19	5
9	4	Bruno Junqueira	Chip Ganassi Racing	249	+1 Lap	22	4
10	18	Scott Dixon	PacWest Racing	248	+2 Laps	12	3
11	22	Oriol Servià	Sigma Autosport	248	+2 Laps	23	2
12	20	Roberto Moreno	Patrick Racing	248	+2 Laps	17	1
13	5	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	248	+2 Laps	17	—
14	12	Memo Gidley	Chip Ganassi Racing	246	+4 Laps	16	—
15	17	Mauricio Gugelmin	PacWest Racing	246	+4 Laps	10	—
16	7	Max Papis	Team Rahal	232	Crash	2	12
17	8	Kenny Bräck	Team Rahal	232	Crash	1	—
18	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	204	Crash	9	—
19	39	Michael Andretti	Team Green	185	Engine	18	—
20	66	Alex Zanardi	Mo Nunn Racing	179	Electrical	14	—
21	55	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	174	Electrical	5	—
22	52	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	151	Engine	8	—
23	40	Jimmy Vasser	Patrick Racing	129	Engine	15	—
24	1	Gil de Ferran	Team Penske	97	Electrical	11	—
25	51	Adrián Fernández	Fernández Racing	15	Engine	20	—
Source:[34][41]

Notes

• ^2 —Includes one bonus point for leading the most laps.^[22]