Here are the final point standings for the 2001 IRL series:

	Driver	Car	Races	Win	Podium	Pole	Laps	Led	Points	Diff
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	#4 Pennzoil   (Panther Racing) D/A/F	13	3	10	0	2643	765	503
2	Buddy Lazier	#91 Tae-Bo / Coors Light / Delta Faucet   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/A/F	13	4	5	0	2506	437	398	-105
3	Scott Sharp	#8 Delphi Automotive Systems   (Tom Kelley) D/A/F	13	1	4	3	2207	166	355	-148
4	Billy Boat	#98 Curb Records   (Greg Beck / Curb-Agajanian) D/A/F	13	0	1	0	2291	26	313	-190
5	Eliseo Salazar	#14 Harrah's   (A.J. Foyt) D/A/F	13	0	2	0	2438	82	308	-195
6	Felipe Giaffone	#21 Hollywood Cigarettes   (Treadway / Hubbard Racing) G/A/F	13	0	1	0	2298	51	304	-199
7	Al Unser, Jr.	#3 Starz SuperPak   (Rick Galles) G/A/F	13	1	2	0	1998	76	287	-216
8	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	#51 Cheever Indy Racing   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/I/F	13	1	2	0	1977	168	261	-242
9	Buzz Calkins		13	0	1	0	2402	0	242	-261
10	Airton Dare		13	0	0	0	2160	6	239	-264
11	Jeff Ward		12	0	0	1	2089	50	238	-265
12	Robbie Buhl		13	0	2	0	1915	103	237	-266
13	Shigeaki Hattori		11	0	0	0	1979	0	215	-288
14	Mark Dismore		13	0	1	1	1798	54	205	-298
15	Donnie Beechler		9	0	1	0	1775	4	204	-299
16	Robby McGehee		11	0	0	0	1845	13	196	-307
17	Jaques Lazier		10	1	2	2	1469	139	195	-308
18	Greg Ray		10	1	1	4	1673	363	193	-310
19	Sarah Fisher		13	0	1	0	1675	0	188	-315
20	Didier Andre		12	0	0	0	1810	0	188	-315
21	Billy Roe		9	0	0	0	759	0	101	-402
22	Jeret Schroeder		7	0	0	0	852	0	77	-426
23	Jon Herb		6	0	0	0	668	0	70	-433
24	Helio Castroneves		2	1	1	0	342	56	64	-439
25	Rick Treadway		3	0	0	0	588	0	59	-444
26	Davey Hamilton		5	0	0	0	682	0	54	-449
27	Richie Hearn		2	0	0	0	396	0	50	-453
28	Gil de Ferran		2	0	1	0	276	30	46	-457
29	Laurent Redon		2	0	0	0	367	0	45	-458
30	Brandon Erwin		4	0	0	0	450	0	40	-463
31	Casey Mears		3	0	0	0	380	0	36	-467
32	Stan Wattles		3	0	0	0	304	0	36	-467
33	Chris Menninga		3	0	0	0	326	0	36	-467
34	Michael Andretti		1	0	1	0	200	16	35	-468
35	Stephan Gregoire		4	0	0	0	381	9	34	-469
36	Jimmy Vasser		1	0	0	0	200	0	32	-471
37	Bruno Junqueira		1	0	0	0	200	0	30	-473
38	Anthony Lazzaro		2	0	0	0	232	0	29	-474
39	Tony Stewart		1	0	0	0	200	13	28	-475
40	Cory Witherill		2	0	0	0	238	0	19	-484
41	Arie Luyendyk		1	0	0	0	198	1	17	-486
42	Tyce Carlson		1	0	0	0	162	0	15	-488
43	John Hollansworth, Jr.		1	0	0	0	189	0	12	-491
44	Robby Gordon		1	0	0	0	184	22	9	-494
45	Alex Barron		1	0	0	0	41	0	9	-494
46	Jack Miller		1	0	0	0	28	0	5	-498
47	Nicolas Minassian		1	0	0	0	74	0	1	-502
48	Scott Goodyear		1	0	0	0	7	0	1	-502