2003 Firestone Indy 400
Race 10 of 16
Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:12:39.4413
Average speed of winner: 180.917 mph
Margin of victory: 0.0121 sec.
Lead changes: 31 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 23 laps
Fastest lap: Bryan Herta 223.097
Lap leaders: Scheckter pole, Hornish 1-9, Scheckter 10-29, Hornish 30-33, Scheckter 34-41, Dixon 42-43, Barron 44-45, Dixon 46, Scheckter 47-49, Hornish 50, Scheckter 51, Hornish 52-105, Scheckter 106-109, Kanaan 110, Unser, Jr. 111, Barron 112-113, Hornish 114-147, Barron 148-163, Hornish 164-165, Unser, Jr. 166-168, Hornish 169, Scheckter 170, Hornish 171-172, Scheckter 173-176, Hornish 177-178, Scheckter 179, Hornish 180-189, Barron 190, Hornish 191-193, Barron 194-195, Hornish 196-199, Barron 200
Race notes: Last win for Alex Barron. Scott Dixon took the points lead from Tony Kanaan.
Video links: Entire race
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor | Chassis | Engine | Tire | Owner | Qualifying Speed | Laps | X Led | Laps Led | Status | Money | Points |
1 | 6 | Alex Barron | 21 | Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing | G-Force | Toyota | Firestone | Nunn | 221.387 | 200 | 6 | 24 | running | 117500 | 50 |
2 | 4 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | 4 | Pennzoil Panther | Dallara | Chevrolet | Firestone | Panther | 221.837 | 200 | 12 | 126 | running | 109750 | 42 |
3 | 1 | Tomas Scheckter | 10 | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | G-Force | Toyota | Firestone | Ganassi | 222.458 | 200 | 8 | 42 | running | 85750 | 35 |
4 | 10 | Scott Sharp | 8 | Delphi | Dallara | Toyota | Firestone | Kelley | 220.467 | 200 | 0 | 0 | running | 61600 | 32 |
5 | 2 | Scott Dixon | 9 | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | G-Force | Toyota | Firestone | Ganassi | 222.425 | 200 | 2 | 3 | running | 53400 | 30 |
6 | 11 | Tora Takagi | 12 | Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing | G-Force | Toyota | Firestone | Nunn | 220.159 | 200 | 0 | 0 | running | 47100 | 28 |
7 | 9 | Gil de Ferran | 6 | Marlboro Team Penske | Dallara | Toyota | Firestone | Penske | 220.867 | 200 | 0 | 0 | running | 45800 | 26 |
8 | 12 | Roger Yasukawa | 55 | Panasonic ARTA | Dallara | Honda | Firestone | Fernandez | 219.948 | 200 | 0 | 0 | running | 44600 | 24 |
9 | 5 | Al Unser, Jr. | 31 | Corteco | Dallara | Toyota | Firestone | Kelley | 221.465 | 200 | 2 | 4 | running | 45100 | 22 |
10 | 7 | Greg Ray | 13 | TrimSpa Racing | G-Force | Honda | Firestone | Access | 221.344 | 199 | 0 | 0 | running | 44400 | 20 |
11 | 18 | Buddy Rice | 52 | Red Bull Cheever Racing | Dallara | Chevrolet | Firestone | Cheever | 215.828 | 198 | 0 | 0 | running | 42300 | 19 |
12 | 21 | Buddy Lazier | 91 | Delta Faucet/Life Fitness | Dallara | Chevrolet | Firestone | Hemelgarn | 213.091 | 196 | 0 | 0 | running | 40700 | 18 |
13 | 19 | Robbie Buhl | 24 | Purex/Aventis/Dreyer & Reinbold | Dallara | Chevrolet | Firestone | Dreyer and Reinbold | 214.438 | 196 | 0 | 0 | running | 39600 | 17 |
14 | 16 | A.J. Foyt IV | 14 | Conseco/A.J. Foyt Racing | G-Force | Toyota | Firestone | Foyt | 218.551 | 179 | 0 | 0 | gearbox | 38100 | 16 |
15 | 20 | Sarah Fisher | 23 | GMAC/AOL/Dreyer & Reinbold | Dallara | Chevrolet | Firestone | Dreyer and Reinbold | 214.380 | 167 | 0 | 0 | clutch | 36900 | 15 |
16 | 15 | Tony Kanaan | 11 | Team 7-Eleven | Dallara | Honda | Firestone | Andretti Green | 218.806 | 160 | 1 | 1 | engine | 35700 | 14 |
17 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | 3 | Marlboro Team Penske | Dallara | Toyota | Firestone | Penske | 221.953 | 70 | 0 | 0 | radiator | 34400 | 13 |
18 | 8 | Kenny Bräck | 15 | Pioneer/Miller Lite | Dallara | Honda | Firestone | Rahal | 220.942 | 64 | 0 | 0 | accident | 34400 | 12 |
19 | 14 | Bryan Herta | 27 | Archipelago/Motorola | Dallara | Honda | Firestone | Andretti Green | 219.127 | 37 | 0 | 0 | electrical | 33100 | 11 |
20 | 13 | Dan Wheldon | 26 | Klein Tools/Jim Beam | Dallara | Honda | Firestone | Andretti Green | 219.446 | 19 | 0 | 0 | engine | 31900 | 10 |
21 | 17 | Vitor Meira | 2 | Menards/Johns Manville | Dallara | Chevrolet | Firestone | Menard | 217.439 | 16 | 0 | 0 | fuel leak | 31900 | 9 |
Points standings
Rank | Driver | Points | Starts | Poles | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s |
1 | Scott Dixon | 318 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
2 | Tony Kanaan | 317 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
3 | Gil de Ferran | 315 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
4 | Hélio Castroneves | 295 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
5 | Kenny Bräck | 257 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
6 | Al Unser, Jr. | 249 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
7 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | 228 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
8 | Scott Sharp | 225 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
9 | Tomas Scheckter | 214 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
10 | Tora Takagi | 203 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
11 | Roger Yasukawa | 177 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
12 | Buddy Rice | 174 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
13 | Felipe Giaffone | 159 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
14 | Greg Ray | 153 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
15 | Robbie Buhl | 138 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Buddy Lazier | 137 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Dan Wheldon | 133 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
18 | Sarah Fisher | 127 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
19 | Bryan Herta | 125 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
20 | Alex Barron | 121 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
21 | A.J. Foyt IV | 119 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Jaques Lazier | 111 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
23 | Vitor Meira | 88 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Michael Andretti | 80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
25 | Dario Franchitti | 72 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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