2002 Belterra Casino Indy 300

Race 12 of 15

Kentucky
200 laps
Time of race: 1:59:10.5244
Average speed of winner: 149.024 mph
Margin of victory: 0.0932 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 60 laps
Fastest lap: Tomas Scheckter 221.109
Lap leaders: Fisher 1-26, Giaffone 27, Boat 28-58, Hornish 59, Giaffone 60-93, Langhorne 94-102, Lazier 103-105, Giaffone 106-151, Hornish 152, Giaffone 153-156, Hornish 157-161, Giaffone 162-200

Race notes: Only win for Felipe Giaffone. Only pole for Sarah Fisher. Debut for Will Langhorne and Vitor Meira. Sam Hornish, Jr. took the points lead from Gil de Ferran.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Nunn	220.430	200	3	124	running	125200	52
2	5	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	220.341	200	3	7	running	82050	40
3	9	Buddy Lazier	91	Coors Light/Life Fitness/Tae-Bo/Delta Faucet	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Hemelgarn	219.866	200	1	3	running	79800	35
4	21	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	215.441	200	0	0	running	56500	32
5	4	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	220.387	200	0	0	running	51800	30
6	14	Al Unser, Jr.	7	Corteco/Bryant	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	218.328	200	0	0	running	46400	28
7	12	Tony Renna	78	Kruse Special	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	219.156	200	0	0	running	23200	26
8	1	Sarah Fisher	23	Team Smart Blade/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	221.390	200	1	26	running	32100	24
9	16	Alex Barron	44	Rayovac Blair Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Blair	217.693	200	0	0	running	43900	22
10	20	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Purex/Aventis/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	216.022	200	0	0	running	43000	20
11	7	Eddie Cheever	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	220.072	200	0	0	running	41600	19
12	6	Buddy Rice	53	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	220.264	200	0	0	running	18500	18
13	11	Raul Boesel	12	Bradley Motorsports	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Bradley	219.400	200	0	0	running	39600	17
14	25	Eliseo Salazar	11	A.J. Foyt Racing/Harrah's	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	213.901	199	0	0	running	38200	16
15	13	Vitor Meira	2	Menards/Johns Manville/Pittsburgh Paints	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Menard	218.691	199	0	0	running	37100	15
16	23	Jeff Ward	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing G Force/Chevrolet	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Ganassi	214.571	197	0	0	running	36000	14
17	24	George Mack	31	310 Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	310	214.319	196	0	0	running	34800	13
18	19	Will Langhorne	55	Grill 2 Go/Sam Schmidt Motorsports Indy Car	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Treadway	216.577	196	1	9	running	12800	12
19	2	Billy Boat	98	CURB Records	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	CURB/Agajanian/Beck	221.364	195	1	31	running	35700	11
20	15	Laurent Rédon	34	Mi-Jack	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Conquest	218.148	177	0	0	engine	32600	10
21	10	Gil de Ferran	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	219.557	172	0	0	running	32600	9
22	17	Tomas Scheckter	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	217.557	89	0	0	accident	32600	8
23	22	Airton Daré	14	A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	215.102	89	0	0	accident	32600	7
24	8	Richie Hearn	20	BG Products Sam Schmidt Motorsports Racing Special	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Schmidt	219.972	23	0	0	accident	32600	6
25	18	Greg Ray	41	A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	217.371	13	0	0	engine	10600	5

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	399	12	1	3	8	9
2	Hélio Castroneves	395	12	1	2	9	11
3	Gil de Ferran	386	12	3	1	9	10
4	Felipe Giaffone	382	12	0	1	8	11
5	Alex Barron	283	12	0	1	2	9
6	Scott Sharp	262	12	0	1	3	7
7	Airton Daré	253	12	0	1	2	5
8	Jeff Ward	237	12	0	1	2	5
9	Al Unser, Jr.	235	10	0	0	3	5
10	Buddy Lazier	229	12	0	0	1	5
11	Tomas Scheckter	210	12	3	1	2	3
12	Eddie Cheever	206	12	1	0	1	4
13	Richie Hearn	204	10	0	0	1	6
14	Billy Boat	201	12	1	0	0	4
15	Laurent Rédon	196	12	0	0	1	2
16	George Mack	152	12	0	0	0	0
17	Robbie Buhl	127	10	0	0	0	1
18	Sarah Fisher	124	7	1	0	1	3
19	Eliseo Salazar	115	6	0	0	2	2
20	Raul Boesel	107	6	0	0	1	1
21	Robby McGehee	107	7	0	0	0	1
22	Jaques Lazier	90	4	0	0	1	2
23	Greg Ray	88	8	0	0	0	0
24	Tony Renna	78	3	0	0	1	3
25	Shigeaki Hattori	78	6	0	0	0	2