2002 Yamaha Indy 400

Race 3 of 15

Fontana
200 laps
Time of race: 2:13:49.2106
Average speed of winner: 179.345 mph
Margin of victory: 0.0281 sec.
Lead changes: 40 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 23 laps
Fastest lap: Tomas Scheckter 222.559
Lap leaders: Cheever pole, Ward 1, Hornish 2-3, Cheever 4-16, Hornish 17-18, Cheever 19-21, Hornish 22, Cheever 23-24, Hornish 25-28, Scheckter 29-35, Cheever 36, J. Lazier 37-40, Hornish 41-71, Scheckter 72-73, Cheever 74, J. Lazier 75-78, Castroneves 79-82, Hornish 83-87, Scheckter 88-93, J. Lazier 94-95, Scheckter 96, J. Lazier 97-98, Scheckter 99-110, J. Lazier 111-120, Hornish 121-141, Sharp 142-151, Hornish 152-154, J. Lazier 155-156, Cheever 157-158, J. Lazier 159, Cheever 160, J. Lazier 161, Cheever 162-167, J. Lazier 168, de Ferran 169-174, Cheever 175-177, Hornish 178-179, J. Lazier 180-181, Cheever 182, J. Lazier 183-198, Hornish 199-200

Race notes: Only pole for Eddie Cheever. Finale for Jeret Schroeder. Only start for Memo Gidley.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	219.410	200	10	73	running	121500	52
2	2	Jaques Lazier	2	Menards/Johns Manville	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Menard	220.909	200	11	45	running	80550	40
3	5	Laurent Rédon	34	Mi-Jack	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Conquest	219.011	200	0	0	running	72750	35
4	11	Gil de Ferran	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	217.870	200	1	6	running	55100	32
5	14	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	217.525	200	1	4	running	50700	30
6	8	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Nunn	218.182	200	0	0	running	45300	28
7	26	Buddy Lazier	91	Coors Light Life Fitness Tae-Bo Delta	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Hemelgarn	218.656	200	0	0	running	44200	26
8	9	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	218.063	200	1	10	running	23100	24
9	16	Jimmy Vasser	19	Miller Lite/Team Rahal	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Rahal	217.054	200	0	0	running	21100	22
10	6	Jeff Ward	9	Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Ganassi	218.241	200	1	1	running	42000	20
11	7	Al Unser, Jr.	7	Corteco/Bryant	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	218.208	199	0	0	running	50900	19
12	18	Alex Barron	44	Blair Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Blair	215.483	199	0	0	running	39800	18
13	20	Airton Daré	14	Harrah's/A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	215.355	199	0	0	running	38800	17
14	17	Richie Hearn	99	Sam Schmidt Motorsports Racing Special	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Schmidt	216.799	198	0	0	running	37600	16
15	15	Eliseo Salazar	11	A.J. Foyt Racing/Banco Chile	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	217.107	197	0	0	running	36600	15
16	19	George Mack	31	310 Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	310	215.479	197	0	0	running	35500	14
17	22	Robby McGehee	10	Cahill Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Cahill	213.840	197	0	0	running	34300	13
18	13	Billy Boat	98	CURB Records	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	CURB/Agajanian/Beck	217.719	196	0	0	running	34300	12
19	24	Jon Herb	16	Star Registry WeberGrills.com	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Racing Professionals	212.776	195	0	0	running	11300	11
20	1	Eddie Cheever	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	221.422	190	10	33	engine	22700	10
21	27	Memo Gidley	24	Team Purex/Aventis/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold		184	0	0	running	32200	9
22	10	Rick Treadway	55	Airlink Enterprises/Spade Motorsports	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Treadway	217.953	179	0	0	running	32200	8
23	21	John De Vries	37	Pit Bull Energy Drink/Rhino Cleaning Products	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Brayton	214.454	178	0	0	running	10200	7
24	3	Tomas Scheckter	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	219.661	163	5	28	accident	32200	6
25	25	Hideki Noda	120	Adventure RV Rentals 866-RVs-ToGo	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Convergent	211.793	158	0	0	accident	32200	5
26	12	Shigeaki Hattori	12	EPSON	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Bradley	217.808	146	0	0	engine	10200	4
27	23	Jeret Schroeder	18	PDM Racing - Immke Auto Group	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	PDM	212.875	15	0	0	fuel pump	10200	3

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	141	3	1	2	3	3
2	Hélio Castroneves	115	3	1	1	3	3
3	Gil de Ferran	112	3	0	0	3	3
4	Jaques Lazier	80	3	0	0	1	2
5	Eliseo Salazar	77	3	0	0	2	2
6	Laurent Rédon	66	3	0	0	1	1
7	Felipe Giaffone	65	3	0	0	0	2
8	Jeff Ward	64	3	0	0	1	2
9	Al Unser, Jr.	60	3	0	0	1	1
10	Buddy Lazier	60	3	0	0	0	2
11	Airton Daré	55	3	0	0	0	1
12	Billy Boat	50	3	0	0	0	1
13	Alex Barron	49	3	0	0	0	1
14	Scott Sharp	48	3	0	0	0	1
15	George Mack	41	3	0	0	0	0
16	Tomas Scheckter	40	3	0	0	0	1
17	Robby McGehee	38	3	0	0	0	0
18	Rick Treadway	36	3	0	0	0	1
19	Anthony Lazzaro	35	2	0	0	0	1
20	Robbie Buhl	35	2	0	0	0	0
21	Jon Herb	34	3	0	0	0	0
22	Hideki Noda	32	3	0	0	0	1
23	Eddie Cheever	30	3	1	0	0	0
24	John De Vries	28	3	0	0	0	0
25	Tyce Carlson	23	2	0	0	0	0