2001 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

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2001 Grand Prix of Long Beach

Race details
Race 2 of 21 in the 2001 CART season
Date	April 8, 2001
Official name	2001 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Location	Long Beach, California, United States
Course	Temporary Street Course 1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance	82 laps 161.376 mi / 259.694 km
Pole position
Driver	Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske)
Time	1:08.556
Fastest lap
Driver	Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske)
Time	1:08.992 (on lap 71 of 82)
Podium
First	Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske)
Second	Cristiano da Matta (Newman-Haas Racing)
Third	Gil de Ferran (Team Penske)

The 2001 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on April 8, 2001 on the streets of Long Beach, California, USA. It was the 2nd round of the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series season. Team Penske driver Hélio Castroneves led all 82 laps from pole position ahead of Monterrey winner Cristiano da Matta and Penske teammate Gil de Ferran to win his fourth career race.

While Castroneves dominated the race from the front, his lead was threatened with each of the four caution periods throughout the race, which grouped the field together behind the pace car and erased the gap between each driver. Nevertheless, Castroneves was able to pull away each time with little threat to his position. After starting in 2nd place, Kenny Bräck was forced to retire early due to a gearbox issue.

Castroneves jumped five places in the points standings to 3rd overall, while podium finishers da Matta and de Ferran remained 1st and 2nd, respectively. Meanwhile, Honda eked ahead of Toyota in the manufacturer's standings by one point. This would be the last CART race for Dale Coyne Racing's two drivers, Luiz Garcia Jr. and Michael Krumm; after competing full-time since 1984, the team withdrew from the series after the race and did not return until 2003.