Northern Light IRL: Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200 Entry List

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

Indy Racing Northern Light Series
Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200
At Phoenix International Raceway
March 18, 2001

Car
Driver
Hometown
Car Name
C/E/T
Entrant
Chief Mechanic

2
Greg Ray
Plano, Texas
Johns Manville/Menards
D/O/F
Team Menard
Gary Neal

3
Al Unser Jr.
Albuquerque, N.M.
Galles Racing Starz SuperPak
G/O/F
Galles Racing
Donnie Miller

4
Sam Hornish Jr.
Defiance, Ohio
Pennzoil Panther Racing
D/O/F
Panther Racing
Kevin Blanch

6
TBA
TBA
Tri Star Motorsports Inc.
D/O/F
Tri Star Motorsports
Bill Curry

7
Stephan Gregoire
Vittel, France
Tokheim/Jack K. Elrod Co./Nada Guides
D/O/F
Dick Simon Racing
Rich Simon

8
Scott Sharp
Norwalk, Conn.
Delphi Automotive Systems
D/O/F
Kelley Racing
Robert Perez

9
Jeret Schroeder
Vineland, N.J.
TBA
D/O/F
PDM Racing
Paul Murphy

11
Robby McGehee
St. Louis
Olympus/Opalescence/Cahill Racing
D/O/F
Cahill Racing
Kevin Hertle

12
Buzz Calkins
Denver
Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat
D/O/F
Bradley Motorsports
Todd Tapply

14
Eliseo Salazar
Santiago, Chile
Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing
D/O/F
A.J. Foyt Enterprises
Bill Spencer

15
Sarah Fisher
Commercial Point, Ohio
Walker Racing Special
D/O/F
Walker Racing
Ron Catt

21
Felipe Giaffone (R)
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Hollywood
G/O/F
Treadway-Hubbard Racing
Phil McRobert

24
Robbie Buhl
Cleveland
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Team Purex
G/I/F
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
John O'Gara

28
Mark Dismore
Greenfield, Ind.
Delphi Automotive Systems/Bryant Heating & Cooling
D/O/F
Kelley Racing
Glenn Scott

30
Brandon Erwin (R)
Denton, Texas
WorldBestBuy.com/McCormack Motorsports
G/O/F
McCormack Motorsports
Larry Sisk

31
Casey Mears (R)
Bakersfield, Calif.
Galles Racing SportsLine.com
G/O/F
Galles Racing
John King

35
Jeff Ward
San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
Heritage Motorsports/Firestone/Menards
G/O/F
Heritage Motorsports
Tim Whiting

51
Eddie Cheever Jr.
Phoenix
#51 Excite@Home Indy Race Car
D/I/F
Team Cheever
Owen Snyder

55
Shigeaki Hattori
Okayama, Japan
EPSON
D/O/F
Vertex-Cunningham Racing
Jamie Nanny

66
Gil de Ferran
Paris
Penske Auto Center Special
D/O/F
Penske Racing
Matt Jonsson

68
Helio Castroneves
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Penske Auto Center Special
D/O/F
Penske Racing
Rick Rinaman

88
Airton Daré
Bauru, Brazil
TeamXtreme Racing
G/O/F
TeamXtreme Racing
Derrick Stepan

91
Buddy Lazier
Vail, Colo.
Tae-Bo/Coors Light/Delta Faucet/Hemelgarn Racing
D/O/F
Hemelgarn Racing
Dennis LaCava

92
Stan Wattles
Sewall's Point, Fla.
Hemelgarn Racing
D/O/F
Hemelgarn Racing
Ron Heck

98
Billy Boat
Phoenix
CURB Records/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports
D/O/F
Beck Motorsports
TBA

99
Davey Hamilton
Las Vegas
Sam Schmidt Motorsports Racing Special
D/O/F
Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Steve Dunlap

TBA
Didier Andre (R)
Lyon, France
Galles Racing
G/O/F
Galles Racing
Brian Heriza

Legend: Chassis: D=Dallara, G=G Force. Engine: O=Oldsmobile, I=Infiniti. Tire: F=Firestone. (R)=Rookie. Issued: 3/6/01

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