# 2001 Miller Lite 225

43°01′N 88°01′W﻿ / ﻿43.02°N 88.01°W﻿ / 43.02; -88.01
The 2001 Miller Lite 225 was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on June 3, 2001, at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin, USA. It was the 6th round of the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series season. Team Rahal's Kenny Bräck scored his second career and second consecutive CART race win ahead of a resurgent Michael Andretti and rookie Scott Dixon.
Bräck's second win in a row cemented his status at the top of the drivers' standings, now thirty points ahead of 2nd place Hélio Castroneves. This was Andretti's first podium of the year and his first after leaving Newman/Haas Racing; he was the only car that seemed capable of challenging Bräck for the win as the race went on. Dixon, who had won at Nazareth earlier in the season, picked up his second career podium and PacWest Racing's final podium in the series.
The race saw multiple crashes take out several championship contenders, as Cristiano da Matta, in a repeat of the previous race at Motegi, crashed on Lap 1 with Castroneves; Paul Tracy then crashed a few laps later. Jimmy Vasser, who was running 3rd, was taken out by Tora Takagi while trying to lap him on Lap 132; Takagi would be disqualified two laps later for his role in the accident. Finally, Christian Fittipaldi and Nicolas Minassian collided near the end of the race, which would prompt Chip Ganassi Racing to drop the latter after the next race in Detroit.

## Qualifying

Qualifying was rained out; the lineup was determined by points standings.
Qualifying not held — Starting lineup :
| Rank | Driver | Team |
| 1 | Kenny Bräck | Team Rahal |
| 2 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske |
| 3 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman-Haas Racing |
| 4 | Paul Tracy | Team Green |
| 5 | Jimmy Vasser | Patrick Racing |
| 6 | Gil de Ferran | Team Penske |
| 7 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing |
| 8 | Scott Dixon (R) | PacWest Racing |
| 9 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing |
| 10 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola |
| 11 | Dario Franchitti | Team Green |
| 12 | Bruno Junqueira (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 13 | Max Papis | Team Rahal |
| 14 | Nicolas Minassian (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 15 | Alex Zanardi | Mo Nunn Racing |
| 16 | Shinji Nakano | Fernandez Racing |
| 17 | Roberto Moreno | Patrick Racing |
| 18 | Oriol Servià | Sigma Autosport |
| 19 | Tora Takagi (R) | Walker Motorsport |
| 20 | Bryan Herta | Forsythe Racing |
| 21 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Bettenhausen Racing |
| 22 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing |
| 23 | Adrian Fernández | Fernandez Racing |
| 24 | Max Wilson (R) | Arciero Racing |
| 25 | Alex Tagliani | Forsythe Racing |
| 26 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing |
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## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 8 | Kenny Bräck | Team Rahal | 225 | 1:54:08.097 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 39 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 225 | +1.307 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | 18 | Scott Dixon (R) | PacWest Racing | 225 | +3.001 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | 4 | Bruno Junqueira (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing | 225 | +6.714 | 12 | 12 |
| 5 | 51 | Adrian Fernández | Fernandez Racing | 225 | +9.702 | 23 | 10 |
| 6 | 55 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 225 | +10.291 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | Gil de Ferran | Team Penske | 225 | +12.821 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | 7 | Max Papis | Team Rahal | 225 | +17.780 | 13 | 5 |
| 9 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 224 | +1 Lap | 11 | 4 |
| 10 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 22 | 3 |
| 11 | 66 | Alex Zanardi | Mo Nunn Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 15 | 2 |
| 12 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Forsythe Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 25 | 1 |
| 13 | 16 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Bettenhausen Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 21 | — |
| 14 | 22 | Oriol Servià | Sigma Autosport | 224 | +1 Lap | 18 | — |
| 15 | 20 | Roberto Moreno | Patrick Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 17 | — |
| 16 | 52 | Shinji Nakano | Fernandez Racing | 224 | +1 Lap | 16 | — |
| 17 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 223 | +2 Laps | 26 | — |
| 18 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 204 | Contact | 9 | — |
| 19 | 12 | Nicolas Minassian (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing | 203 | Contact | 14 | — |
| 20 | 5 | Tora Takagi (R) | Walker Motorsport | 134 | Disqualified | 19 | — |
| 21 | 40 | Jimmy Vasser | Patrick Racing | 132 | Contact | 5 | — |
| 22 | 77 | Bryan Herta | Forsythe Racing | 73 | Spark plug | 20 | — |
| 23 | 25 | Max Wilson (R) | Arciero Racing | 43 | Electrical | 24 | — |
| 24 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team Green | 11 | Contact | 4 | — |
| 25 | 6 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman-Haas Racing | 1 | Contact | 3 | — |
| 26 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | 0 | Contact | 2 | — |
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* – Includes one bonus point for leading the most laps.
* *The bonus point for pole position was not awarded as qualifying was rained out.

## Race statistics

* Lead changes: 12 among 9 drivers
Lap Leaders :
| Laps | Leader |
| 1–80 | Kenny Bräck |
| 81–90 | Michael Andretti |
| 91–92 | Jimmy Vasser |
| 93–100 | Tony Kanaan |
| 101–102 | Scott Dixon |
| 103 | Alex Tagliani |
| 104 | Patrick Carpentier |
| 105 | Michel Jourdain Jr. |
| 106–110 | Adrian Fernández |
| 111–128 | Michael Andretti |
| 129–135 | Kenny Bräck |
| 136–182 | Michael Andretti |
| 183–225 | Kenny Bräck |
Total laps led :
| Leader | Laps |
| Kenny Bräck | 130 |
| Michael Andretti | 75 |
| Tony Kanaan | 8 |
| Adrian Fernández | 5 |
| Scott Dixon | 2 |
| Jimmy Vasser | 2 |
| Alex Tagliani | 1 |
| Patrick Carpentier | 1 |
| Michel Jourdain Jr. | 1 |
Cautions: 5 for 48 laps :
| Laps | Reason |
| 0–11 | da Matta and Castroneves crash |
| 11–20 | Paul Tracy crashes |
| 108–120 | zanardi crashes in Turn 4 |
| 132–142 | Jimmy Vasser crashes |
| 205–218 | Fittipaldi and Minassian crash |

## Standings after the race

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Kenny Bräck | 70 |
| 2 | Hélio Castroneves | 47 |
| 3 | Cristiano da Matta | 40 |
| — | Paul Tracy | 40 |
| — | Jimmy Vasser | 40 |
| Pos | +/– | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | | Lola | 98 |
| 2 | 1 | Reynard | 93 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 86 |
| 2 | Toyota | 84 |
| 3 | Ford-Cosworth | 73 |
| 4 | Phoenix | 0 |