The 2001 Motorola 220

Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America

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was a CART

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 race at the Road America

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Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...

, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin

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, United States

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. It was the 14th round. It happened at August 19, 2001.

Race

At the start, the Brazil

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ian driver Bruno Junqueira

Bruno Junqueira

Bruno Junqueira is a Brazilian race car driver that most recently competed in the IRL IndyCar Series. He is a former Formula 3000 champion and three-time runner-up in the Champ Car World Series.-Early career:...

 was hit by his countryman Christian Fittipaldi

Christian Fittipaldi

Christian Fittipaldi is a Brazilian racing driver who has competed in various forms of motorsport including Formula One, Champ Car and NASCAR...

. Then, the Sigma Autosport driver, the Spaniard Oriol Servià

Oriol Servia

Oriol Servià i Imbers is a race car driver in the IndyCar Series, originally from Catalonia, Spain. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.-Early career:...

 collided with the Scottish

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 driver Dario Franchitti

Dario Franchitti

George Dario Marino Franchitti is a Scottish racing driver. He formerly competed in the CART series before switching to the IndyCar Series where he was 2007 champion, and won the rain-shortened 2007 Indianapolis 500. Franchitti is also a former NASCAR driver for Chip Ganassi Racing, competing...

, from Team Green. Both continued in the race. The Japanese

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 driver Tora Takagi was spun by Roberto Moreno

Roberto Moreno

Roberto Pupo Moreno , usually known as Roberto Moreno and also as Pupo Moreno, is a racing driver from Brazil. He participated in 75 Formula One Grands Prix, achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 15 championship points. He raced in CART in 1986, and was Formula 3000 champion before joining...

. Then, the first caution happened, as the Brazil

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ian driver Max Wilson

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 went airborne after hit the American

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 driver Bryan Herta

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, from Forsythe Racing. Both retired. Just a few laps later, the American

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 Team Motorola driver Michael Andretti

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 was hit by the New Zealand

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 driver Scott Dixon

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. They continued in the race.
The Brazilian driver Mauricio Gugelmin

Mauricio Gugelmin

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 retired at the Kink after spun in the puddle. Tora Takagi did the same. He also retired. At lap 22, Memo Gidley

Memo Gidley

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, who was in very good race, spun and crashed heavily at The Tunnel. He suffered a broken arm. Dario Franchitti retired due to engine problems. The restart came out at lap 36. With 16 minutes to go, Michael Andretti collided with Christian Fittipaldi. This collision gave the lead to Bruno Junqueira. With 5 minutes to go, Kenny Brack missed the curve and did it very wide. He continued in the race. Bruno Junqueira won for the first time in his CART

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career.