2001 Harrah's 500
Qualifying
Notes — Max Wilson was withdrawn following a heavy accident in the third practice session.

2001 Harrah's 500

Section Title: Qualifying
Table Section Text: Notes — Max Wilson was withdrawn following a heavy accident in the third practice session.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Speed	Gap

1	8	Sweden Kenny Bräck	Team Rahal	31.330	229.812	—

2	7	Italy Max Papis	Team Rahal	31.483	228.695	+0.153

3	5	Japan Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	31.591	227.913	+0.261

4	26	Canada Paul Tracy	Team Green	31.609	227.783	+0.279

5	55	Brazil Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	31.626	227.661	+0.296

6	16	Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr.	Bettenhausen Racing	31.676	227.301	+0.346

7	77	United States Bryan Herta	Forsythe Racing	31.726	226.943	+0.396

8	52	Japan Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	31.752	226.757	+0.422

9	11	Brazil Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	31.766	226.657	+0.436

10	17	Brazil Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing	31.784	226.529	+0.454

11	1	Brazil Gil de Ferran	Team Penske	31.789	226.493	+0.459

12	18	New Zealand Scott Dixon	PacWest Racing	31.877	225.868	+0.547

13	6	Brazil Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	31.890	225.776	+0.560

14	66	Italy Alex Zanardi	Mo Nunn Racing	31.893	225.755	+0.563

15	40	United States Jimmy Vasser	Patrick Racing	31.896	225.734	+0.566

16	12	United States Memo Gidley	Chip Ganassi Racing	31.949	225.359	+0.619

17	20	Brazil Roberto Moreno	Patrick Racing	31.950	225.352	+0.620

18	39	United States Michael Andretti	Team Green	31.976	225.169	+0.646

19	3	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	32.041	224.712	+0.711

20	51	Mexico Adrián Fernández	Fernández Racing	32.170	223.811	+0.840

21	32	Canada Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	32.218	223.478	+0.888

22	4	Brazil Bruno Junqueira	Chip Ganassi Racing	32.244	223.297	+0.914

23	22	Spain Oriol Servià	Sigma Autosport	32.260	223.187	+0.930

24	33	Canada Alex Tagliani	Forsythe Racing	32.261	223.180	+0.931

25	27	United Kingdom Dario Franchitti	Team Green	32.660	220.453	+1.330

WD	25	Brazil Max Wilson	Arciero-Blair Racing	No time	No Speed	—

The starting order was determined the fastest laps in the third practice session after rain cancelled qualifying.

Source:

Sentence(s)

In the 2001 Harrah's 500, Bräck was quickest in the practice session with a time of 31.330.

final_sentence: In the 2001 Harrah's 500, Bräck was quickest in the practice session with a time of 31.330.