2003 Firestone Indy 200

Race 9 of 16

Nashville (IRL)
200 laps
Time of race: 1:53:18.4386
Average speed of winner: 137.679 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 10 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 56 laps
Fastest lap: Sam Hornish, Jr. 203.757
Lap leaders: Dixon 1-13, de Ferran 14-34, Sharp 35-41, Kanaan 42-96, Hornish 97-100, Takagi 101-102, Herta 103-107, Dixon 108-114, Unser, Jr. 115-159, Takagi 160-172, de Ferran 173-200

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	Gil de Ferran	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	205.010	200	2	49	running	113500	50
2	1	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	206.211	200	2	20	running	100250	40
3	2	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	205.339	200	0	0	running	74750	35
4	8	Dan Wheldon	26	Klein Tools/Jim Beam	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	204.238	200	0	0	running	58600	32
5	6	Alex Barron	21	Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Nunn	204.341	200	0	0	running	55400	30
6	9	Kenny Bräck	15	Pioneer/Miller Lite	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	203.838	200	0	0	running	47100	28
7	3	Tora Takagi	12	Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Nunn	205.051	200	2	15	running	45800	26
8	13	Al Unser, Jr.	31	Corteco	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Kelley	202.426	200	1	45	running	45600	24
9	10	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	203.759	200	1	55	running	62100	24
10	5	Tomas Scheckter	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	204.482	200	0	0	running	43300	20
11	20	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	198.228	200	1	4	running	46900	19
12	7	Bryan Herta	27	Archipelago/Motorola	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	204.290	199	1	5	running	40700	18
13	14	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Kelley	202.163	199	1	7	running	40100	17
14	21	Buddy Lazier	91	Delta Faucet/Life Fitness	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Hemelgarn	196.819	197	0	0	accident	39200	16
15	11	Roger Yasukawa	55	Panasonic ARTA	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	203.154	197	0	0	running	36900	15
16	12	Greg Ray	13	TrimSpa Racing	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Access	203.012	196	0	0	running	36100	14
17	16	A.J. Foyt IV	14	Conseco/A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Foyt	201.214	194	0	0	running	34400	13
18	17	Buddy Rice	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Cheever	199.407	161	0	0	running	34400	12
19	15	Vitor Meira	2	Menards/Johns Manville	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Menard	201.916	108	0	0	accident	33100	11
20	18	Sarah Fisher	23	GMAC/AOL/Dreyer & Reinbold	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	199.163	44	0	0	handling	31900	10
21	19	Robbie Buhl	24	Purex/Aventis/Dreyer & Reinbold	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	199.085	2	0	0	accident	31900	9

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tony Kanaan	303	9	2	1	7	8
2	Gil de Ferran	289	8	0	2	6	7
3	Scott Dixon	288	9	3	3	4	6
4	Hélio Castroneves	282	9	1	0	6	7
5	Kenny Bräck	245	9	0	0	4	7
6	Al Unser, Jr.	227	9	0	1	3	6
7	Scott Sharp	193	9	0	1	2	3
8	Sam Hornish, Jr.	186	9	0	0	2	5
9	Tomas Scheckter	179	9	1	0	1	5
10	Tora Takagi	175	9	0	0	2	5
11	Felipe Giaffone	159	8	0	0	2	4
12	Buddy Rice	155	9	0	0	0	3
13	Roger Yasukawa	153	9	0	0	0	3
14	Greg Ray	133	7	0	0	0	3
15	Dan Wheldon	123	7	0	0	1	3
16	Robbie Buhl	121	9	0	0	0	1
17	Buddy Lazier	119	8	0	0	0	1
18	Bryan Herta	114	4	0	1	2	2
19	Sarah Fisher	112	9	0	0	0	1
20	Jaques Lazier	111	8	0	0	0	2
21	A.J. Foyt IV	103	9	0	0	0	0
22	Michael Andretti	80	4	0	0	1	2
23	Vitor Meira	79	6	0	0	0	0
24	Dario Franchitti	72	3	0	0	1	2
25	Alex Barron	71	3	0	0	1	2