2003 Indy Japan 300

Race 3 of 16

Motegi
200 laps
Time of race: 2:21:17.8256
Average speed of winner: 129.090 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 14 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 64 laps
Fastest lap: Tomas Scheckter 201.936
Lap leaders: Dixon pole, Kanaan 1-23, Bräck 24-38, Kanaan 39, Dixon 40-84, Kanaan 85-102, Sharp 103, Giaffone 104-107, Kanaan 108-123, Scheckter 124-159, Kanaan 160-161, Sharp 162-163, Giaffone 164-167, Kanaan 168-177, Sharp 178-200

Race notes: First pole for Scott Dixon. Debut for Shinji Nakano. Finale for Scott Mayer. Scott Sharp took the points lead from Tony Kanaan.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Kelley		200	3	26	running	148400	50
2	6	Kenny Bräck	15	Pioneer/Miller Lite	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal		200	1	15	running	164950	40
3	9	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Nunn		200	2	8	running	99750	35
4	10	Michael Andretti	7	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green		200	0	0	running	78900	32
5	8	Al Unser, Jr.	31	Corteco	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Kelley		200	0	0	running	74300	30
6	13	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther		199	0	0	running	69300	28
7	5	Dan Wheldon	27	Alpine/Archipelago/Motorola	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green		198	0	0	running	62600	26
8	3	Tora Takagi	12	Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Nunn		198	0	0	running	61100	24
9	23	Greg Ray	13	TrimSpa Racing	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Access		197	0	0	running	61100	22
10	19	Robbie Buhl	24	Purex/Aventis/Dreyer & Reinbold	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold		192	0	0	running	60100	20
11	21	Shinji Nakano	54	Beard Papa's/Auto Project Honda	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Beck		190	0	0	accident	57800	19
12	16	Jaques Lazier	2	Menards/Johns Manville	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Menard		190	0	0	accident	56300	18
13	20	Buddy Rice	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Cheever		181	0	0	running	54800	17
14	2	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green		177	6	70	accident	60400	18
15	1	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi		177	1	45	accident	61400	15
16	4	Tomas Scheckter	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi		168	1	36	accident	49900	14
17	12	Alex Barron	6	Marlboro Team Penske	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Penske		167	0	0	accident	48200	13
18	18	A.J. Foyt IV	14	Conseco/A.J. Foyt Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Foyt		101	0	0	accident	48200	12
19	17	Buddy Lazier	91	Delta Faucet/Life Fitness	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Hemelgarn		63	0	0	engine	46600	11
20	22	Shigeaki Hattori	5	EPSON/A.J. Foyt Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Foyt		48	0	0	vibration	45100	10
21	15	Roger Yasukawa	55	Panasonic ARTA	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez		45	0	0	accident	45100	9
22	11	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske		45	0	0	accident	45100	8
23	14	Sarah Fisher	23	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Wonda	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold		35	0	0	accident	45100	7
24	24	Scott Mayer	18	PDM Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	PDM		8	0	0	accident	45100	6

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Scott Sharp	106	3	0	1	2	3
2	Tony Kanaan	102	3	2	1	2	2
3	Felipe Giaffone	92	3	0	0	2	3
4	Kenny Bräck	89	3	0	0	2	2
5	Hélio Castroneves	83	3	0	0	2	2
6	Al Unser, Jr.	79	3	0	0	2	2
7	Michael Andretti	77	3	0	0	1	2
8	Scott Dixon	75	3	0	1	1	1
9	Gil de Ferran	58	2	0	0	1	1
10	Sam Hornish, Jr.	57	3	0	0	0	2
11	Jaques Lazier	56	3	0	0	0	1
12	Tomas Scheckter	53	3	0	0	0	1
13	Buddy Rice	53	3	0	0	0	1
14	Tora Takagi	50	3	0	0	0	1
15	Robbie Buhl	49	3	0	0	0	1
16	Sarah Fisher	46	3	0	0	0	1
17	Shigeaki Hattori	42	3	0	0	0	1
18	Dario Franchitti	40	2	0	0	0	1
19	Roger Yasukawa	38	3	0	0	0	0
20	A.J. Foyt IV	37	3	0	0	0	0
21	Buddy Lazier	30	2	0	0	0	0
22	Dan Wheldon	26	1	0	0	0	1
23	Scott Mayer	26	3	0	0	0	0
24	Greg Ray	22	1	0	0	0	1
25	Shinji Nakano	19	1	0	0	0	0