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2001 FedEx CART ChampCar World Series
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| Marlboro Team Penske |
| Reynard 01I, Honda HRK V8, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Marlboro, Mobil, Hugo Boss |
| 1 |
Gil de Ferran (BR) |
| Wins: |
7 |
| Pole positions: |
16 |
| Championship titles: |
GBF3 1992, CART 2000 & 2001 |
| Number of CART starts: |
129 |
| 3 |
Hélio Castroneves (BR) |
| Wins: |
6 |
| Pole positions: |
7 |
| Number of CART starts: |
80 |
| Target/Chip Ganassi Racing |
| Reynard 01I, Toyota RVA V8, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Target, TDK, Energizer, Coca-Cola, Fuji Film, Kleenex, First Alert, Life Savers, Hanes |
| 4 |
Bruno Junqueira (BR) |
| Wins: |
1 |
| Pole positions: |
1 |
| Championship titles: |
SudAm F3 1997, Int F3000 2000 |
| Number of CART starts: |
20 |
| 12 |
Nicolas Minassian (F) |
| Best result: |
8th Long Beach 2001 |
| Number of CART starts: |
6 |
| Memo Gidley (USA) |
| Best result: |
2nd Cleveland 2001 |
| Number of CART starts: |
37 |
| Derrick Walker Racing |
| Reynard 2KI, Toyota RVA V8, Goodyear |
| Sponsors: Valvoline, Cummins, Alpine |
| 5 |
Toranosuke Takagi (J) |
| Best result: |
4th Houston 2001 |
| Championship titles: |
F Nippon 2000 |
| Number of CART starts: |
20 |
| Newman/Haas Racing |
| Lola B01/00, Toyota RVA V8, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Kmart, Texaco, Duracell, Blue Light, Coca-Cola, Kodak |
| 6 |
Cristiano da Matta (BR) |
| Wins: |
5 |
| Championship titles: |
Indy L 1998 |
| Number of CART starts: |
60 |
| 11 |
Christian Fittipaldi (BR) |
| Wins: |
2 |
| Pole positions: |
1 |
| Championship titles: |
Int F3000 1991 |
| Number of CART starts: |
115 |
| Team Rahal |
| Lola B01/00, Ford XF V8, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Miller Lite, Shell, Textron |
| 7 |
Massimiliano Papis (I) |
| Wins: |
3 |
| Pole positions: |
2 |
| Number of CART starts: |
99 |
| 8 |
Kenny Bräck (S) |
| Wins: |
4 |
| Pole positions: |
5 |
| Championship titles: |
IRL 1998 |
| Number of CART starts: |
40 |
| Herdez Bettenhausen Motorsports |
| Lola B01/00, Ford XF V8, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Herdez, EPSON |
| 16 |
Michel Jourdain Jr (MEX) |
| Best result: |
3rd Michigan 2001 |
| Number of CART starts: |
101 |
| PacWest Racing Group |
| Reynard 2KI, Toyota RVA V8, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Nextel, Motorola, Haas |
| 17 |
Maurício Gugelmin (BR) |
| Wins: |
1 |
| Pole positions: |
4 |
| Championship titles: |
GBF3 1985 |
| Number of CART starts: |
147 |
| 18 |
Scott Dixon (NZ) |
| Wins: |
1 |
| Championship titles: |
Indy L 2000, CART Rookie 2001 |
| Number of CART starts: |
20 |
| Dale Coyne Racing & Project Racing Group |
| Lola B01/00, Ford XF V8, Firestone |
| Sponsors: MTCI |
| 19 |
Michael Krumm (D) |
| Best result: |
15th Long Beach 2001 |
| Number of CART starts: |
2 |
| 21 |
Luiz Garcia Jr (BR) |
| Best result: |
11th Michigan 2000 |
| Number of CART starts: |
32 |
| Patrick Racing |
| Reynard 01I, Toyota RVA V8, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Visteon, Futaba, ABB, UTLX |
| 19 |
Townsend Bell (USA) |
| Best result: |
12th Lausitzring & Rockingham 2001 |
| Number of CART starts: |
5 |
| 20 |
Roberto Moreno (BR) |
| Wins: |
1 |
| Poles: |
2 |
| Championship titles: |
Int F3000 1988 |
| Number of CART starts: |
92 |
| 40 |
Jimmy Vasser (USA) |
| Wins: |
9 |
| Pole positions: |
7 |
| Championship titles: |
IndyCar 1996 |
| Number of CART starts: |
167 |
| Sigma Motorsports |
| Lola B01/00, Ford XF V8, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Telefonica |
| 22 |
Oriol Serviá (E) |
| Best result: |
3rd Detroit 2000 |
| Championship titles: |
Indy L 1999 |
| Number of CART starts: |
40 |
| Arciero-Brooke Racing |
| Renamed to Arciero-Blair Racing from Milwaukee on |
| Lola B2K/00, Phoenix Ilmor IC108E V8/Ford XF V8, Firestone |
| Sponsor: Redback Networks, B2B.com |
| 25 |
Max Wilson (BR) |
| Best result: |
4th Portland 2001 |
| Number of CART starts: |
15 |
| Alex Barron (USA) |
| Best result: |
8th Fontana 2000 |
| Championship titles: |
T Atl 1997 |
| Number of CART starts: |
33 |
| Team KOOL Green |
| Reynard 01I, Honda HRK V8, Firestone |
| Sponsors: KOOL, Klein Tools |
| 26 |
Paul Tracy (CDN) |
| Wins: |
18 |
| Pole positions: |
13 |
| Championship titles: |
Indy L 1990 |
| Number of CART starts: |
172 |
| 27 |
Dario Franchitti (GB) |
| Wins: |
8 |
| Pole positions: |
10 |
| Number of CART starts: |
95 |
| Player's Forsythe Racing |
| Reynard 01I, Ford XF V8, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Player's, Indeck |
| 32 |
Alexandre Tagliani (CDN) |
| Best result: |
4th Long Beach 2000 |
| Pole positions: |
2 |
| Number of CART starts: |
40 |
| 33 |
Patrick Carpentier (CDN) |
| Wins: |
1 |
| Pole positions: |
2 |
| Championship titles: |
Indy Rookie 1997, T Atl 1996 |
| Number of CART starts: |
89 |
| Team Motorola |
| Reynard 01I, Honda HRK V8, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Motorola |
| 39 |
Michael Andretti (USA) |
| Wins: |
41 |
| Pole positions: |
32 |
| Championship titles: |
IndyCar 1991 |
| Number of CART starts: |
290 |
| Fernandez Motorsports |
| Reynard 01I, Honda HRK V8, Firestone |
| Sponsors: Tecate, Quaker State, Telmex, Duralast |
| 51 |
Adrián Fernández (MEX) |
| Wins: |
7 |
| Poles: |
1 |
| Championship titles: |
Indy L 1992 |
| Number of CART starts: |
145 |
| 52 |
Shinji Nakano (J) |
| Best result: |
8th Homestead & Houston 2000, Motegi 2001 |
| Number of CART starts: |
37 |
| Nunn Motorsports |
| Reynard 2KI, Honda HRK V8, Goodyear |
| Sponsors: Hollywood, Pioneer, MCIWorldCom |
| 55 |
Tony Kanaan (BR) |
| Wins: |
1 |
| Pole positions: |
2 |
| Championship titles: |
Indy L 1997, Rookie of the Year 1998 |
| Number of CART starts: |
74 |
| 66 |
Alessandro Zanardi (I) |
| Wins: |
15 |
| Pole positions: |
10 |
| Championship titles: |
CART 1997, 1998 |
| Number of CART starts: |
65 |
| Casey Mears (USA) |
| Best result: |
4th Fontana 2000 |
| Number of CART starts: |
5 |
| Zakspeed Forsythe Racing |
| Reynard 01I, Ford XF V8, Firestone |
| Sponsors: ? |
| 77 |
Bryan Herta (USA) |
| Wins: |
2 |
| Pole positions: |
7 |
| Championship titles: |
Indy L 1993 |
| Number of CART starts: |
119 |
