2001 Motorola 220
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Race details | |
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Race 14 of 21 in the 2001 CART season | |
Date | August 19, 2001 |
Official name | Motorola 220 |
Location | Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
Course | Permanent racing facility 4.048 mi / 6.515 km |
Distance | 45 laps 182.160 mi / 293.158 km |
Pole position | |
Driver | Kenny Bräck (Team Rahal) |
Time | 2:03.531 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Bruno Junqueira (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Time | 1:43.606 (on lap 40 of 45) |
Podium | |
First | Bruno Junqueira (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Second | Michael Andretti (Team Motorola) |
Third | Adrian Fernández (Fernández Racing) |
The 2001 Motorola 220 was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on August 19, 2001, at the Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. It was the 14th race of the 2001 CART season, and the 19th annual edition of the event. Chip Ganassi Racing's Bruno Junqueira who started from tenth position won the 45-lap race. Michael Andretti finished second for Team Green and Fernández Racing driver Adrian Fernández was third.
Kenny Bräck took pole position by posting the fastest lap in qualifying, and held the lead until the race was stopped because of a flooded track on the backstraight. After a 47-minute delay to address the problem, the race restarted with Hélio Castroneves leading after a switch onto slick tires at his first pit stop before it was stopped. Castroneves led a race-high 24 laps until his final pit stop for fuel to reach the end of the race. Christian Fittipaldi assumed the lead, keeping it until he and Michael Andretti made contact, allowing Junqueira into first. Junqueira maintained the lead for the rest of the race to achieve his first CART victory. There were six cautions and two lead changes among three different drivers.
The result of the race left Castroneves as the new Drivers' Championship leader; Bräck fell to the second position with five points separating him and Castroneves. Gil de Ferran maintained the third position, Andretti's second-place result advanced him from fifth to fourth, and Scott Dixon took fifth from Dario Franchitti. Honda increased their advantage over Toyota in the Manufacturers' Championship to 35 points while Ford Cosworth dropped to third. Lola lowered Reynard's advantage at the top of the Constructors' Championship to 37 points with seven races left in the season.