2002 Gateway Indy 250

Race 13 of 15

Gateway
200 laps
Time of race: 1:44:22.5736
Average speed of winner: 143.711 mph
Margin of victory: 2.1024 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 24 laps
Fastest lap: Sam Hornish, Jr. 168.884
Lap leaders: de Ferran 1-57, Castroneves 58-60, Giaffone 61-62, Boesel 63-65, de Ferran 66-69, Castroneves 70-98, de Ferran 99-101, Castroneves 102-118, Barron 119-147, Castroneves 148-183, de Ferran 184-200

Race notes: Hélio Castroneves took the points lead from Sam Hornish, Jr.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Gil de Ferran	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	175.120	200	4	81	running	131600	50
2	3	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	174.939	200	4	85	running	87050	42
3	14	Alex Barron	44	Rayovac Blair Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Blair	172.252	200	1	29	running	79750	35
4	15	Buddy Rice	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	171.883	200	0	0	running	57800	32
5	2	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	174.959	200	0	0	running	51800	30
6	8	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Allegra/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	173.229	200	0	0	running	46200	28
7	16	Al Unser, Jr.	7	Corteco/Bryant	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	173.684	200	0	0	running	45500	26
8	13	Raul Boesel	12	Bradley Motorsports	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Bradley	172.271	200	1	3	running	43900	24
9	4	Vitor Meira	2	Menards/Johns Manville/Pittsburgh Paints	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Menard	173.863	198	0	0	running	45900	22
10	18	Eddie Cheever	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	171.436	198	0	0	running	43300	20
11	20	Airton Daré	14	AJ Foyt Racing/Harrah's	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	169.968	197	0	0	running	41600	19
12	22	Robby McGehee	55	Atlas Van Lines/Sam Schmidt Motorsports	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Treadway	168.174	197	0	0	running	18500	18
13	5	Jeff Ward	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing G Force/Chevrolet	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Ganassi	173.844	197	0	0	running	39400	17
14	21	Eliseo Salazar	11	AJ Foyt Racing/Harrah's	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	169.138	196	0	0	running	38200	16
15	19	Buddy Lazier	91	Coors Light/Life Fitness/Tae-Bo/Delta Faucet	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Hemelgarn	170.137	191	0	0	running	37100	15
16	24	George Mack	31	310 Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	310	165.544	184	0	0	running	36000	14
17	25	Hideki Noda	28	Eikoh/Tomoe/Indy Regency Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Indy Regency		184	0	0	running	12800	13
18	10	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	172.565	164	0	0	running	34800	12
19	23	Greg Ray	41	AJ Foyt Racing/Harrah's	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	166.688	138	0	0	accident	11700	11
20	9	Sarah Fisher	23	Team Smart Blade/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	172.814	109	0	0	mechanical	10600	10
21	7	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Nunn	173.684	106	1	2	engine	32600	9
22	6	Laurent Rédon	34	Mi-Jack	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Conquest	173.828	98	0	0	accident	32600	8
23	12	Billy Boat	98	CURB Records	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	CURB/Agajanian/Beck	172.292	74	0	0	electrical	32600	7
24	11	Tony Renna	78	Kruse Special	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	172.496	9	0	0	electrical	10600	6
25	17	Anthony Lazzaro	20	Casino Queen/BG Products/Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Schmidt	171.453	0	0	0	did not start	32600	5

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Hélio Castroneves	437	13	1	2	10	12
2	Gil de Ferran	436	13	4	2	10	11
3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	429	13	1	3	9	10
4	Felipe Giaffone	391	13	0	1	8	11
5	Alex Barron	318	13	0	1	3	10
6	Scott Sharp	274	13	0	1	3	7
7	Airton Daré	272	13	0	1	2	5
8	Al Unser, Jr.	261	11	0	0	3	6
9	Jeff Ward	254	13	0	1	2	5
10	Buddy Lazier	244	13	0	0	1	5
11	Eddie Cheever	226	13	1	0	1	5
12	Tomas Scheckter	210	12	3	1	2	3
13	Billy Boat	208	13	1	0	0	4
14	Laurent Rédon	204	13	0	0	1	2
15	Richie Hearn	204	10	0	0	1	6
16	George Mack	166	13	0	0	0	0
17	Robbie Buhl	155	11	0	0	0	2
18	Sarah Fisher	134	8	1	0	1	3
19	Eliseo Salazar	131	7	0	0	2	2
20	Raul Boesel	131	7	0	0	1	2
21	Robby McGehee	125	8	0	0	0	1
22	Greg Ray	99	9	0	0	0	0
23	Buddy Rice	90	3	0	0	2	2
24	Jaques Lazier	90	4	0	0	1	2
25	Tony Renna	84	4	0	0	1	3