2002 Delphi Indy 300

Race 14 of 15

Chicagoland
200 laps
Time of race: 2:04:39.5354
Average speed of winner: 146.319 mph
Margin of victory: 0.0024 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 57 laps
Fastest lap: Buddy Rice 224.064
Lap leaders: Hornish 1-25, Rice 26-47, Unser, Jr. 48-55, Hornish 56, Unser, Jr. 57-74, Hornish 75-116, Sharp 117-150, Hornish 151-158, Castroneves 159-166, Unser, Jr. 167-168, Hornish 169-177, Unser, Jr. 178, Hornish 179-185, Unser, Jr. 186, Hornish 187-189, Unser, Jr. 190-191, Hornish 192, Unser, Jr. 193-194, Hornish 195-200

Race notes: Debut for Dan Wheldon. Sam Hornish, Jr. took the points lead from Hélio Castroneves.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	222.867	200	9	102	running	126600	52
2	3	Al Unser, Jr.	7	Corteco/Bryant	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	222.111	200	7	34	running	95150	40
3	22	Buddy Lazier	91	Coors Light/Life Fitness/Tae-Bo/Delta Faucet	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Hemelgarn	218.795	200	0	0	running	69550	35
4	21	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	218.857	200	1	8	running	56400	32
5	6	Eddie Cheever	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	221.281	200	0	0	running	52050	30
6	10	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Nunn	220.595	200	0	0	running	56450	28
7	16	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	219.884	200	1	34	running	45200	26
8	5	Vitor Meira	2	Menards/Johns Manville/Pittsburgh Paints	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Menard	221.297	200	0	0	running	44100	24
9	2	Buddy Rice	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	222.349	200	1	22	running	44100	22
10	7	Dan Wheldon	15	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	220.950	200	0	0	running	20800	20
11	19	Raul Boesel	12	Bradley Motorsports	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Bradley	219.266	200	0	0	running	41800	19
12	18	Alex Barron	44	Rayovac Blair Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Blair	219.324	199	0	0	running	40500	18
13	23	Will Langhorne	55	Grill 2 Go/Sam Schmidt Motorsports Car	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Treadway	218.605	180	0	0	mechanical	17600	17
14	24	George Mack	31	310 Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	310	217.454	180	0	0	running	38200	16
15	17	Tony Renna	78	Kruse Special	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	219.848	153	0	0	accident	15100	15
16	15	Airton Daré	14	AJ Foyt Racing/Harrah's	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	219.893	153	0	0	accident	36000	14
17	20	Greg Ray	20	Empress Casino/Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Schmidt	219.030	140	0	0	running	34800	13
18	14	Eliseo Salazar	11	AJ Foyt Racing/Harrah's	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	219.986	131	0	0	engine	34800	12
19	4	Billy Boat	98	CURB Records	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	CURB/Agajanian/Beck	221.708	120	0	0	engine	33700	11
20	9	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Purex/Aventis/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	220.945	113	0	0	engine	32600	10
21	13	Jeff Ward	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing G Force/Chevrolet	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Ganassi	220.037	106	0	0	engine	32600	9
22	12	Sarah Fisher	23	Team Smart Blade/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	220.296	61	0	0	engine	10600	8
23	11	Gil de Ferran	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	220.552	51	0	0	accident	32600	7
24	25	Hideki Noda	28	Eikoh/Tomoe/Indy Regency Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Indy Regency	210.644	45	0	0	handling	10600	6
25	8	Laurent Rédon	34	Mi-Jack	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Conquest	220.948	14	0	0	engine	32600	5

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	481	14	2	4	10	11
2	Hélio Castroneves	469	14	1	2	11	13
3	Gil de Ferran	443	14	4	2	10	11
4	Felipe Giaffone	419	14	0	1	8	12
5	Alex Barron	336	14	0	1	3	10
6	Al Unser, Jr.	301	12	0	0	4	7
7	Scott Sharp	300	14	0	1	3	8
8	Airton Daré	286	14	0	1	2	5
9	Buddy Lazier	279	14	0	0	2	6
10	Jeff Ward	263	14	0	1	2	5
11	Eddie Cheever	256	14	1	0	2	6
12	Billy Boat	219	14	1	0	0	4
13	Tomas Scheckter	210	12	3	1	2	3
14	Laurent Rédon	209	14	0	0	1	2
15	Richie Hearn	204	10	0	0	1	6
16	George Mack	182	14	0	0	0	0
17	Robbie Buhl	165	12	0	0	0	2
18	Raul Boesel	150	8	0	0	1	2
19	Eliseo Salazar	143	8	0	0	2	2
20	Sarah Fisher	142	9	1	0	1	3
21	Robby McGehee	125	8	0	0	0	1
22	Buddy Rice	112	4	0	0	2	3
23	Greg Ray	112	10	0	0	0	0
24	Tony Renna	99	5	0	0	1	3
25	Jaques Lazier	90	4	0	0	1	2