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2001 Target Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 21 in the 2001 CART season
Date
July 29, 2001
Official name
2001 Target Grand Prix Presented by Energizer
Location
Chicago Motor Speedway, Cicero, Illinois, United States
Course
Oval 1.029 mi / 1.656 km
Distance
225 laps 231.525 mi / 372.6 km
Pole position
Driver
Tony Kanaan (Mo Nunn Racing)
Time
23.145
Fastest lap
Driver
Kenny Bräck (Team Rahal)
Time
24.687 (on lap 164 of 225)
Podium
First
Kenny Bräck (Team Rahal)
Second
Patrick Carpentier (Forsythe Racing)
Third
Gil de Ferran (Team Penske)
Motor car race
The 2001 Target Grand Prix, known informally as the 2001 Grand Prix of Chicago, was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on July 29, 2001 at Chicago Motor Speedway in Cicero, Illinois, USA. It was the 12th round of the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series season. Kenny Bräck won his third race of the season and of his CART career for Team Rahal ahead of Patrick Carpentier and Gil de Ferran.
Bräck's quick pace allowed him to make up ground in the second half of the race and ultimately win the race itself, further distancing himself from second place Hélio Castroneves in the drivers' standings. Carpentier and Forsythe Racing were in the middle of a powerful surge in form, with teammates earning podiums at Cleveland and Toronto and Carpentier taking his first career win just a week earlier at the Michigan 500. de Ferran was also beginning an improvement in form and consistency that would make him a championship contender at the end of the season.
The race saw much clean on-track action and multiple lead changes, something that was not common for open-wheel cars on oval tracks. Only three cars retired from the race, and only one was a result of contact with the barriers.
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Global Information
Tony Kanaan (Mo Nunn Racing)
Kenny Bräck (Team Rahal)
Patrick Carpentier (Forsythe Racing)