Northern Light IRL: Casino Magic 500 Entry List, Texas Motor Speedway

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

June 1, 2001

Indy Racing Northern Light Series
Casino Magic 500
At Texas Motor Speedway
June 9, 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 Dallara
D/O/F
Panther Racing
Simon Morley

6
Jon Herb (R)
Chicago
Tri Star Motorsports Inc.
D/O/F
Tri Star Motorsports
Bill Curry

7
TBA
TBA
Dick Simon Racing
D/O/F
Dick Simon Racing
Rich Simon

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

10
Robby McGehee
St. Louis
Cahill Racing
D/O/F
Cahill Racing
Kevin Hertle

11
Donnie Beechler
Springfield, Ill.
Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing
D/O/F
A.J. Foyt Enterprises
Dave Milby

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 Kroger 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
Team Purex Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
G/I/F
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
Brad Brewer

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

32
Didier André (R)
Lyon, France
Galles Racing
G/O/F
Galles Racing
Brian Heriza

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
Cheever Indy Racing
Owen Snyder III

55
Shigeaki Hattori
Okayama, Japan
EPSON
D/O/F
Vertex-Cunningham Racing
Mark Olson

77
Jaques Lazier
Vail, Colo.
Classmates.com/Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria
G/O/F
Jonathan Byrd TeamXtreme
Tommy O'Brien

81
Billy Roe
Indianapolis
Zali Racing
G/O/F
Zali Racing
Richard Moyer

88
Airton Daré
Bauru, Brazil
1-800-BAR-NONE
G/O/F
TeamXtreme Racing
Derrick Stepan

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

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

99
Davey Hamilton
Las Vegas
Sam Schmidt Motorsports Racing Special
D/O/F
Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Mark Killgo

Legend: Chassis: D=Dallara, G=G Force. Engine: O=Oldsmobile, I=Infiniti. Tire: F=Firestone. (R)=Rookie. Issued: 5/31/01

Text provided by Paul Kelly

Editors Note: To view hundreds of hot racing photos and art, visit The Racing Photo Museum and the Visions of Speed Art Gallery.