2001 Miller Lite 225

March 2026 July 2017 43.02 -88.01 region:US_type:landmark title United States Miller Lite 225 The Milwaukee Mile.svg June 3 2001 CART 2001 Miller Lite 225 6 21 Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin, United States Oval 1 1.6 225 225 362.102 Kenny Bräck Team Rahal No time Sweden Dario Franchitti Team Green 23.277 201 Scotland Kenny Bräck Team Rahal Sweden Michael Andretti Team Motorola USA Scott Dixon PacWest Racing New Zealand 2000 2002 The 2001 Miller Lite 225 was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on June 3, 2001, at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin, USA. It was the 6th round of the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series season. Team Rahal's Kenny Bräck scored his second career and second consecutive CART race win ahead of a resurgent Michael Andretti and rookie Scott Dixon. Bräck's second win in a row cemented his status at the top of the drivers' standings, now thirty points ahead of 2nd place Hélio Castroneves. This was Andretti's first podium of the year and his first after leaving Newman/Haas Racing; he was the only car that seemed capable of challenging Bräck for the win as the race went on. Dixon, who had won at Nazareth earlier in the season, picked up his second career podium and PacWest Racing's final podium in the series. The race saw multiple crashes take out several championship contenders, as Cristiano da Matta, in a repeat of the previous race at Motegi, crashed on Lap 1 with Castroneves; Paul Tracy then crashed a few laps later. Jimmy Vasser, who was running 3rd, was taken out by Tora Takagi while trying to lap him on Lap 132; Takagi would be disqualified two laps later for his role in the accident. Finally, Christian Fittipaldi and Nicolas Minassian collided near the end of the race, which would prompt Chip Ganassi Racing to drop the latter after the next race in Detroit. Qualifying Qualifying was rained out; the lineup was determined by points standings.CART Saturday Qualifying Summary Championship Auto Racing Teams June 2, 2001 http://www.cart.com:80/News/Article.asp?ID=778 June 1, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20030328025401/http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=778 March 28, 2003 dead Qualifying not held — Starting lineup Rank Driver Team1Sweden Kenny BräckTeam Rahal2Brazil Hélio CastronevesTeam Penske3Brazil Cristiano da MattaNewman-Haas Racing4Canada Paul TracyTeam Green5USA Jimmy VasserPatrick Racing6Brazil Gil de FerranTeam Penske7Brazil Tony KanaanMo Nunn Racing8New Zealand Scott Dixon (R)PacWest Racing9Brazil Christian FittipaldiNewman-Haas Racing10USA Michael AndrettiTeam Motorola11Scotland Dario FranchittiTeam Green12Brazil Bruno Junqueira (R)Chip Ganassi Racing13Italy Max PapisTeam Rahal14France Nicolas Minassian (R)Chip Ganassi Racing15Italy Alex ZanardiMo Nunn Racing16Japan Shinji NakanoFernandez Racing17Brazil Roberto MorenoPatrick Racing18Spain Oriol ServiàSigma Autosport19Japan Tora Takagi (R)Walker Motorsport20USA Bryan HertaForsythe Racing21Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr.Bettenhausen Racing22Brazil Maurício GugelminPacWest Racing23Mexico Adrian FernándezFernandez Racing24Brazil Max Wilson (R)Arciero Racing25Canada Alex TaglianiForsythe Racing26Canada Patrick CarpentierForsythe RacingSource:2001 Miller Lite 225 Race Results Championship Auto Racing Teams June 3, 2001 http://www.cart.com:80/Results/SessionResults.asp?ID=153 June 1, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20030110142159/http://www.cart.com/Results/SessionResults.asp?ID=153 January 10, 2003 dead Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points18Sweden Kenny BräckTeam Rahal2251:54:08.0971211 1239USA Michael AndrettiTeam Motorola225 +1.3071016318New Zealand Scott Dixon (R)PacWest Racing225 +3.00181444Brazil Bruno Junqueira (R)Chip Ganassi Racing225 +6.7141212551Mexico Adrian FernándezFernandez Racing225 +9.7022310655Brazil Tony KanaanMo Nunn Racing225 +10.2917871Brazil Gil de FerranTeam Penske225 +12.8216687Italy Max PapisTeam Rahal225 +17.780135927Scotland Dario FranchittiTeam Green224 +1 Lap1141017Brazil Maurício GugelminPacWest Racing224 +1 Lap2231166Italy Alex ZanardiMo Nunn Racing224 +1 Lap1521233Canada Alex TaglianiForsythe Racing224 +1 Lap2511316Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr.Bettenhausen Racing224 +1 Lap21—1422Spain Oriol ServiàSigma Autosport224 +1 Lap18—1520Brazil Roberto MorenoPatrick Racing224 +1 Lap17—1652Japan Shinji NakanoFernandez Racing224 +1 Lap16—1732Canada Patrick CarpentierForsythe Racing223 +2 Laps26—1811Brazil Christian FittipaldiNewman-Haas Racing204Contact9—1912France Nicolas Minassian (R)Chip Ganassi Racing203Contact14—205Japan Tora Takagi (R)Walker Motorsport134DisqualifiedWalker Racing Report Championship Auto Racing Teams June 4, 2001 http://www.cart.com:80/News/Article.asp?ID=803 June 1, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20030125190808/http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=803 January 25, 2003 dead 19—2140USA Jimmy VasserPatrick Racing132Contact5—2277USA Bryan HertaForsythe Racing73Spark plug20—2325Brazil Max Wilson (R)Arciero Racing43Electrical24—2426Canada Paul TracyTeam Green11Contact4—256Brazil Cristiano da MattaNewman-Haas Racing1Contact3—263Brazil Hélio CastronevesTeam Penske0Contact2—Source: 1 1– Includes one bonus point for leading the most laps.http://pdfsr.com/pdf/cart-2001-rule-book-electronic-version-1 CART FedEx Championship Series – 2001 Rule Book Championship Auto Racing Teams March 2001 https://web.archive.org/web/20160528174124/http://pdfsr.com/pdf/cart-2001-rule-book-electronic-version-1 May 28, 2016 bot: unknown May 22, 2017 *The bonus point for pole position was not awarded as qualifying was rained out. Race statistics Lead changes: 12 among 9 drivers Lap Leaders2001 Miller Lite 225 Racing-Reference.info http://racing-reference.info/race/2001_Miller_Lite_225/R June 1, 2017 Laps Leader1–80 Kenny Bräck81–90 Michael Andretti91–92 Jimmy Vasser93–100 Tony Kanaan101–102 Scott Dixon103 Alex Tagliani104 Patrick Carpentier105 Michel Jourdain Jr.106–110 Adrian Fernández111–128 Michael Andretti129–135 Kenny Bräck136–182 Michael Andretti183–225 Kenny Bräck Total laps led Leader Laps Kenny Bräck 130 Michael Andretti 75 Tony Kanaan 8 Adrian Fernández 5 Scott Dixon 2 Jimmy Vasser 2 Alex Tagliani 1 Patrick Carpentier 1 Michel Jourdain Jr. 1 Cautions: 5 for 48 lapsMiller Lite 225 Sunday Press Notes Championship Auto Racing Teams June 3, 2001 http://www.cart.com:80/News/Article.asp?ID=792 June 1, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20030125190655/http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=792 January 25, 2003 dead Laps Reason0–11 da Matta and Castroneves crash11–20 Paul Tracy crashes108–120 Zanardi crashes in Turn 4132–142 Jimmy Vasser crashes205–218 Fittipaldi and Minassian crash Standings after the race Drivers' standings Ford Racing Detroit Preview Motorsport.com https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-ford-racing-detroit-preview/?s=1 June 1, 2017December 2023 InternetArchiveBot yes Pos+/-DriverPoints1 10pxSweden Kenny Bräck702 10pxBrazil Hélio Castroneves473 10pxBrazil Cristiano da Matta40— 10pxCanada Paul Tracy40— 10pxUSA Jimmy Vasser40 Constructors' standings Pos +/– Constructor Points 1 10pxUK Lola 98 2 10px 1UK Reynard 93 Manufacturer's Standings Pos +/- Manufacturer Points 1 10pxJPN Honda 86 2 10pxJPN Toyota 84 3 10pxUK Ford-Cosworth 73 4 10pxUK Phoenix 0 References Milwaukee Mile 2001 2001 Firestone Firehawk 500 2001 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit 2000 Miller Lite 225 2002 Miller Lite 250 Miller Lite 225 Miller Lite 225 Category:Motorsport in Wisconsin