2002 Firestone Indy 200

Race 10 of 15

Nashville (IRL)
200 laps
Time of race: 2:01:52.6791
Average speed of winner: 127.997 mph
Margin of victory: 0.4243 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 57 laps
Fastest lap: Tomas Scheckter 202.164
Lap leaders: Boat 1-12, Hornish 13-26, Renna 27-61, Cheever 62-77, Hornish 78-112, Cheever 113-118, Daré 119-127, Hornish 128-173, Sharp 174-189, Barron 190-200

Race notes: First win for Alex Barron. Last pole for Billy Boat. Debut for Tony Renna. Gil de Ferran took the points lead from Hélio Castroneves.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Alex Barron	44	Rayovac Blair Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Blair	202.950	200	1	11	running	113800	50
2	13	Gil de Ferran	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	202.112	200	0	0	running	85650	40
3	3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	203.084	200	3	95	running	76950	37
4	6	Richie Hearn	20	BG Products/Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Schmidt	202.915	200	0	0	running	59900	32
5	15	Raul Boesel	12	Bradley Motorsports	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Bradley	201.182	200	0	0	running	53600	30
6	9	Eddie Cheever	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	202.491	200	2	22	running	68200	28
7	8	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Nunn	202.645	200	0	0	running	46400	26
8	11	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	202.365	199	1	16	running	45700	24
9	2	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	203.363	199	0	0	running	45200	22
10	14	Tony Renna	7	Corteco/Bryant	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	201.901	195	1	35	running	46100	20
11	21	Jeff Ward	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing G Force/Chevrolet	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Ganassi	200.329	193	0	0	running	42800	19
12	12	Buddy Lazier	91	Coors Light/Life Fitness/Tae-Bo/Delta Faucet	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Hemelgarn	202.322	181	0	0	accident	41600	18
13	4	Tomas Scheckter	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	202.984	170	0	0	accident	40500	17
14	1	Billy Boat	98	CURB Records	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	CURB/Agajanian/Beck	203.774	170	1	12	accident	49200	16
15	20	George Mack	31	310 Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	310	196.028	152	0	0	running	38000	15
16	22	Laurent Rédon	34	Mi-Jack	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Conquest		133	0	0	running	36900	14
17	18	Airton Daré	14	Harrah's/A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	200.308	127	1	9	accident	35600	13
18	16	Mark Dismore	2	Menards/Johns Manville/Pittsburgh Paints	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Menard	200.890	107	0	0	engine	35600	12
19	17	Eliseo Salazar	11	A.J. Foyt Racing/Harrah's	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	200.806	106	0	0	accident	34400	11
20	19	Greg Ray	41	A.J. Foyt Racing/Harrah's	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	200.193	57	0	0	accident	11300	10
21	10	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Purex/Aventis/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	202.393	23	0	0	engine	33300	9
22	7	Sarah Fisher	23	Team Smart Blade/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	202.649	19	0	0	engine	11300	8

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Gil de Ferran	347	10	3	1	8	9
2	Hélio Castroneves	337	10	1	2	8	9
3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	333	10	1	3	7	7
4	Felipe Giaffone	295	10	0	0	6	9
5	Alex Barron	243	10	0	1	2	8
6	Airton Daré	239	10	0	1	2	5
7	Jeff Ward	218	10	0	1	2	5
8	Scott Sharp	208	10	0	1	2	5
9	Al Unser, Jr.	207	9	0	0	3	4
10	Eddie Cheever	179	10	1	0	1	4
11	Richie Hearn	178	8	0	0	1	5
12	Buddy Lazier	177	10	0	0	0	4
13	Billy Boat	174	10	1	0	0	4
14	Laurent Rédon	167	10	0	0	1	2
15	Tomas Scheckter	150	10	2	0	1	2
16	George Mack	129	10	0	0	0	0
17	Robby McGehee	107	7	0	0	0	1
18	Robbie Buhl	101	8	0	0	0	0
19	Jaques Lazier	90	4	0	0	1	2
20	Eliseo Salazar	88	4	0	0	2	2
21	Shigeaki Hattori	78	6	0	0	0	2
22	Sarah Fisher	76	5	0	0	1	1
23	Raul Boesel	75	4	0	0	1	1
24	Jon Herb	70	7	0	0	0	0
25	Greg Ray	70	6	0	0	0	0