2002 SunTrust Indy Challenge

Race 8 of 15

Richmond
250 laps
Time of race: 1:53:29.6359
Average speed of winner: 99.124 mph
Margin of victory: 1.8323 sec.
Lead changes: 6 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 94 laps
Fastest lap: Buddy Lazier 158.490
Lap leaders: de Ferran 1-83, Redon 84-111, de Ferran 112, Ray 113-153, Redon 154-164, de Ferran 165-248, Hornish 249-250

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	165.807	250	1	2	running	111550	50
2	1	Gil de Ferran	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	168.705	250	3	168	running	112050	42
3	10	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Nunn	163.913	250	0	0	running	71850	35
4	18	Tomas Scheckter	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	160.816	250	0	0	running	58500	32
5	13	Al Unser, Jr.	7	Corteco/Bryant	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	162.736	250	0	0	running	53400	30
6	19	Airton Daré	14	Harrah's/A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	160.662	250	0	0	running	47700	28
7	9	Richie Hearn	20	Motor Auction Group	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Schmidt	164.083	250	0	0	running	46400	26
8	7	Jeff Ward	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing G Force/Chevrolet	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Ganassi	164.551	249	0	0	running	45300	24
9	16	Robby McGehee	54	Norwalk/Parsons Motorsports	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Beck	161.193	247	0	0	running	30650	22
10	8	Alex Barron	44	Rayovac Blair Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Blair	164.369	246	0	0	running	44200	20
11	12	Mark Dismore	2	Menards/Johns Manville/Pittsburgh Paints	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Menard	162.807	246	0	0	running	42900	19
12	14	Greg Ray	11	A.J. Foyt Racing/Harrah's	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	162.251	228	1	41	valve train	41800	18
13	20	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Purex/Aventis/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	159.990	208	0	0	running	40700	17
14	17	Eddie Cheever	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	161.187	180	0	0	accident	39400	16
15	4	Laurent Rédon	34	Mi-Jack	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Conquest	165.182	180	2	39	accident	38300	15
16	15	Sarah Fisher	23	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	162.142	158	0	0	accident	22550	14
17	2	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	168.013	103	0	0	running	36000	13
18	5	Buddy Lazier	91	Coors Light/Life Fitness/Tae-Bo/Delta Faucet	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Hemelgarn	164.892	91	0	0	fire	38000	12
19	21	Jon Herb	16	Star Registry WeberGrills.com	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Racing Professionals	154.663	80	0	0	accident	20150	11
20	22	George Mack	31	310 Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	310		54	0	0	accident	33700	10
21	6	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	164.790	40	0	0	accident	33700	9
22	11	Billy Boat	98	CURB Records	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	CURB/Agajanian/Beck	162.921	29	0	0	accident	33700	8

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Hélio Castroneves	280	8	1	2	7	7
2	Gil de Ferran	277	8	3	1	6	7
3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	256	8	1	3	5	5
4	Felipe Giaffone	237	8	0	0	5	7
5	Al Unser, Jr.	194	8	0	0	3	4
6	Jeff Ward	181	8	0	1	2	5
7	Airton Daré	176	8	0	0	1	4
8	Alex Barron	169	8	0	0	1	6
9	Scott Sharp	156	8	0	1	2	3
10	Laurent Rédon	145	8	0	0	1	2
11	Eddie Cheever	137	8	1	0	1	3
12	Billy Boat	136	8	0	0	0	3
13	Buddy Lazier	133	8	0	0	0	3
14	Richie Hearn	126	6	0	0	0	3
15	Tomas Scheckter	116	8	1	0	1	2
16	George Mack	102	8	0	0	0	0
17	Jaques Lazier	90	4	0	0	1	2
18	Robby McGehee	90	6	0	0	0	1
19	Robbie Buhl	83	6	0	0	0	0
20	Shigeaki Hattori	78	6	0	0	0	2
21	Eliseo Salazar	77	3	0	0	2	2
22	Jon Herb	70	7	0	0	0	0
23	Anthony Lazzaro	65	4	0	0	0	2
24	Rick Treadway	58	6	0	0	0	1
25	John De Vries	53	5	0	0	0	0