2002 Michigan Indy 400

Race 11 of 15

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:14:02.7124
Average speed of winner: 179.044 mph
Margin of victory: 1.7036 sec.
Lead changes: 25 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 25 laps
Fastest lap: Tomas Scheckter 221.081
Lap leaders: Scheckter 1-36, Rice 37-38, Castroneves 39-41, Renna 42-44, Scheckter 45-69, Giaffone 70, Scheckter 71-80, Giaffone 81-87, Sharp 88-92, de Ferran 93-97, Scheckter 98-122, Rice 123-129, Giaffone 130-134, Hornish 135-139, de Ferran 140-141, Castroneves 142-143, Scheckter 144-162, Rice 163-168, Hornish 169-173, de Ferran 174-178, Giaffone 179-184, Fisher 185, Giaffone 186, Fisher 187-189, Giaffone 190-193, Scheckter 194-200

Race notes: First win for Tomas Scheckter. Debut for Buddy Rice. Finale for Mark Dismore, Scott Harrington, and Arie Luyendyk.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Tomas Scheckter	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	221.868	200	6	122	running	124700	52
2	2	Buddy Rice	53	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	221.831	200	3	15	running	60450	40
3	12	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Nunn	218.254	200	6	24	running	84150	35
4	10	Tony Renna	7	Corteco/Bryant	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	218.561	200	1	3	running	56400	32
5	17	Gil de Ferran	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	217.427	200	3	12	running	51800	30
6	6	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	219.091	200	2	5	running	46200	28
7	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	219.580	200	2	10	running	45000	26
8	8	Sarah Fisher	23	Team Smart Blade/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	218.618	200	2	4	running	21900	24
9	16	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	217.561	200	1	5	running	43900	22
10	21	Richie Hearn	20	Meijer/Coca Cola/Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Schmidt	217.008	200	0	0	running	42800	20
11	14	Laurent Rédon	34	Mi-Jack	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Conquest	217.895	200	0	0	running	41600	19
12	7	Alex Barron	44	Rayovac Blair Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Blair	218.634	198	0	0	running	40500	18
13	15	Buddy Lazier	91	Coors Light/Life Fitness/Tae-Bo/Delta Faucet	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Hemelgarn	217.569	198	0	0	running	39400	17
14	19	Billy Boat	98	CURB Records	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	CURB/Agajanian/Beck	217.255	198	0	0	running	38200	16
15	18	Raul Boesel	12	Bradley Motorsports	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Bradley	217.404	197	0	0	running	37100	15
16	20	Arie Luyendyk	55	Meijer Indy Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Treadway	217.022	197	0	0	running	14000	14
17	23	Greg Ray	41	A.J. Foyt Racing/Harrah's	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	214.875	196	0	0	running	12800	13
18	5	Mark Dismore	2	Menards/Johns Manville/Pittsburgh Paints	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Menard	219.295	194	0	0	running	34800	12
19	9	Eliseo Salazar	11	A.J. Foyt Racing/ Harrah's	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	218.602	192	0	0	running	33700	11
20	24	George Mack	31	310 Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	310	214.410	183	0	0	running	32600	10
21	25	Scott Harrington	37	Rhino Cleaning Products/Brayton Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Brayton	212.857	171	0	0	running	10600	9
22	3	Eddie Cheever	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	220.328	165	0	0	accident	32600	8
23	13	Airton Daré	14	Harrah's/A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	217.933	127	0	0	mechanical	34600	7
24	11	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Allegra/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	218.282	95	0	0	engine	32600	6
25	22	Jeff Ward	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing G Force/Chevrolet	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Ganassi	216.081	91	0	0	accident	32600	5

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Gil de Ferran	377	11	3	1	9	10
2	Hélio Castroneves	365	11	1	2	8	10
3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	359	11	1	3	7	8
4	Felipe Giaffone	330	11	0	0	7	10
5	Alex Barron	261	11	0	1	2	8
6	Airton Daré	246	11	0	1	2	5
7	Scott Sharp	230	11	0	1	2	6
8	Jeff Ward	223	11	0	1	2	5
9	Al Unser, Jr.	207	9	0	0	3	4
10	Tomas Scheckter	202	11	3	1	2	3
11	Richie Hearn	198	9	0	0	1	6
12	Buddy Lazier	194	11	0	0	0	4
13	Billy Boat	190	11	1	0	0	4
14	Eddie Cheever	187	11	1	0	1	4
15	Laurent Rédon	186	11	0	0	1	2
16	George Mack	139	11	0	0	0	0
17	Robby McGehee	107	7	0	0	0	1
18	Robbie Buhl	107	9	0	0	0	0
19	Sarah Fisher	100	6	0	0	1	2
20	Eliseo Salazar	99	5	0	0	2	2
21	Jaques Lazier	90	4	0	0	1	2
22	Raul Boesel	90	5	0	0	1	1
23	Greg Ray	83	7	0	0	0	0
24	Shigeaki Hattori	78	6	0	0	0	2
25	Mark Dismore	73	6	0	0	0	0