2001_Indy_Lights_season

2001 Indy Lights season
2001 Indy Lights season
PPG/Dayton Indy Lights Championship Powered by Buick
Season
Races	12
Start date	March 11
End date	November 4
Awards
Drivers' champion	Townsend Bell
Teams' champion	Dorricott Racing
Rookie of the Year	Dan Wheldon
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2001 Indy Lights season

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The 2001 CART PPG/Dayton Indy Lights Championship Powered By Buick consisted of 12 races. It was dominated by Townsend Bell who captured six victories on his way to the championship. It was the last Indy Lights season, as the series organizer, CART, decided to drop the Indy Lights series and concentrate its efforts on the Toyota Atlantic Championship.^[2] Most former Indy Lights teams that wished to stay in business went either to the Atlantic series, which replaced Indy Lights as the support race at most CART events, or the new Infiniti Pro Series, which ran in support of Indy Racing League events.

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[Q_Cancelled-5] Qualifying was cancelled due to rain. The grid was set by entrant points entering the race.

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"Jon Fogarty out for remainder of 2001". Press release. Dorricott Racing. August 13, 2001. Retrieved June 10, 2011.

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"Dorricott Racing season finale Fontana preview". Press release. Dorricott Racing. November 1, 2001. Retrieved June 10, 2011.

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Team	No.	Drivers	Round(s)
Brian Stewart Racing	2	Larry Mason	2
Brian Stewart Racing	3	Andy Booth	2
Conquest Racing	11	Kristian Kolby	1–8
	11	Matt Halliday	12
	21	Matt Halliday	4–11
	21	Nilton Rossoni	1
Dorricott Racing	30	Townsend Bell	All
	31	Damien Faulkner	All
	32	Jon Fogarty	1–4, 10–11^[3]^[4]
	32	Geoff Boss	7–8
Indy Regency Racing	12	Cory Witherill	1–2, 4–12
Mexpro Racing	15	Rudy Junco Jr.	1–6, 8–9, 11–12
Mexpro Racing	16	Derek Higgins	All
PacWest Lights	1	Dan Wheldon	All
PacWest Lights	17	Mario Domínguez	All
Roquin Motorsports	64	Rolando Quintanilla	All
Roquin Motorsports	65	Luis Díaz	All

Rd.	Date	Track	Location
1	March 11	R Fundidora Park	Monterrey, Mexico
2	April 8	R Long Beach street circuit	Long Beach, California
3	April 28	O Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, Texas
4	June 3	O Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin
5	June 24	R Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon
6	July 8	O Kansas Speedway	Kansas City, Kansas
7	July 15	R Exhibition Place	Toronto, Canada
8	August 12	R Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
9	August 26	O Gateway International Raceway	Madison, Illinois
10	October 5	R Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia
11	October 14	R Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California
12	November 4	O California Speedway	Fontana, California

Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Race winner
Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Driver	Team
1	Fundidora Park	Derek Higgins	Mario Domínguez	Derek Higgins	Derek Higgins	Mexpro Racing
2	Long Beach street circuit	Mario Domínguez	Townsend Bell	Dan Wheldon	Townsend Bell	Dorricott Racing
3	Texas Motor Speedway	Damien Faulkner	Jon Fogarty	Damien Faulkner	Damien Faulkner	Dorricott Racing
4	Milwaukee Mile	Townsend Bell^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Townsend Bell	Townsend Bell	Townsend Bell	Dorricott Racing
5	Portland International Raceway	Townsend Bell	Townsend Bell	Damien Faulkner	Damien Faulkner	Dorricott Racing
6	Kansas Speedway	Mario Domínguez	Damien Faulkner	Townsend Bell	Kristian Kolby	Conquest Racing
7	Exhibition Place	Townsend Bell	Townsend Bell	Townsend Bell	Townsend Bell	Dorricott Racing
8	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Townsend Bell	Townsend Bell	Townsend Bell	Townsend Bell	Dorricott Racing
9	Gateway International Raceway	Townsend Bell^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Dan Wheldon	Townsend Bell	Dan Wheldon	PacWest Lights
10	Road Atlanta	Townsend Bell	Jon Fogarty	Townsend Bell	Dan Wheldon	PacWest Lights
11	Laguna Seca Raceway	Townsend Bell	Luis Díaz	Townsend Bell	Townsend Bell	Dorricott Racing
12	California Speedway	Townsend Bell^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Mario Domínguez	Townsend Bell	Townsend Bell	Dorricott Racing

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	1	16	Derek Higgins	Mexpro Racing	35	54:48.128	35	22
2	3	30	Townsend Bell	Dorricott Racing	35	+0.179	0	16
3	5	32	Jon Fogarty	Dorricott Racing	35	+5.799	0	14
4	4	17	Mario Domínguez	PacWest Lights	35	+6.334	0	12
5	10	1	Dan Wheldon	PacWest Lights	35	+9.437	0	10
Race average speed: 80.625 mph (129.753 km/h)
Lead changes: 0
Cautions: 0

Top Five Finishers
Fin. Pos	St. Pos	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Laps Led	Points
1	6	30	Townsend Bell	Dorricott Racing	38	57:13.430	5	20
2	3	1	Dan Wheldon	PacWest Lights	38	+3.775	33	17
3	5	16	Derek Higgins	Mexpro Racing	38	+5.342	0	14
4	1	17	Mario Domínguez	PacWest Lights	38	+5.862	0	13
5	7	11	Kristian Kolby	Conquest Racing	38	+12.326	0	10
Race average speed: 78.412 mph (126.192 km/h)
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 11 laps

2001_Indy_Lights_season

2001 Indy Lights season

Team and driver chart

Schedule

Race results

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Long Beach

Texas

Milwaukee

Portland

Kansas

Toronto

Mid-Ohio

Gateway

Road Atlanta

Laguna Seca

Fontana

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

See also

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Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
Points	20	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1