2002 Chevy 500

Race 15 of 15

Texas
200 laps
Time of race: 1:46:28.5609
Average speed of winner: 163.981 mph
Margin of victory: 0.0096 sec.
Lead changes: 21 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 34 laps
Fastest lap: Buddy Rice 222.501
Lap leaders: Meira 1-2, Unser, Jr. 3-6, Hornish 7-17, Barron 18, Hornish 19-30, McGehee 31-43, Hornish 44-85, Barron 86, Castroneves 87-145, Hornish 146, Castroneves 147-149, Hornish 150, Castroneves 151-157, Unser, Jr. 158, Sharp 159, Meira 160-165, Castroneves 166-176, Hornish 177-180, Castroneves 181-191, Hornish 192-194, Castroneves 195, Hornish 196-200

Race notes: First pole for Vitor Meira. Finale for Raul Boesel, Will Langhorne, George Mack, Hideki Noda, Laurent Redon, Eliseo Salazar, and Rick Treadway. Only start for Cory Kruseman.

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	220.859	200	8	79	running	125400	50
2	10	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	218.770	200	6	92	running	83850	42
3	1	Vitor Meira	2	Menards/Johns Manville/Pittsburgh Paints	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Menard	221.594	200	2	8	running	81650	35
4	7	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	219.158	200	1	1	running	55900	32
5	8	Alex Barron	44	Rayovac Blair Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Blair	219.110	200	2	2	running	50200	30
6	4	Buddy Rice	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	220.788	200	0	0	running	45400	28
7	20	Buddy Lazier	91	Coors Light/Life Fitness/Tae-Bo/Delta Faucet	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Hemelgarn	216.439	200	0	0	running	43800	26
8	5	Eddie Cheever	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	220.526	199	0	0	running	43200	24
9	6	Tony Renna	78	Kruse Special	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	219.177	199	0	0	running	20700	22
10	17	Laurent Rédon	34	Mi-Jack	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Conquest	217.298	199	0	0	running	41700	20
11	9	Sarah Fisher	23	Team Smart Blade/ Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	218.865	198	0	0	running	18500	19
12	15	Airton Daré	14	Harrah's/A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	217.868	197	0	0	running	39500	18
13	11	Robby McGehee	53	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	218.739	197	1	13	running	16500	17
14	19	Greg Ray	20	Young Chevrolet/Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Schmidt	216.703	196	0	0	running	37300	16
15	28	Dan Wheldon	15	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther		195	0	0	running	14300	15
16	16	Eliseo Salazar	11	Harrah's/A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	217.396	186	0	0	engine	35300	14
17	13	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Nunn	218.338	184	0	0	engine	34100	13
18	12	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Allegra/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	218.387	173	0	0	engine	34100	12
19	25	Rick Treadway	67	Samsung/Radio Shack Indy Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Treadway	214.426	173	0	0	running	11100	11
20	2	Al Unser, Jr.	7	Corteco/Bryant	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	221.025	171	1	5	engine	32000	10
21	18	Max Papis	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	217.197	163	0	0	engine	32000	9
22	23	Raul Boesel	12	Bradley Motorsports	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Bradley	215.433	152	0	0	engine	32000	8
23	22	Will Langhorne	55	Grill 2 Go/Sam Schmidt Motorsports Car	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Treadway	216.323	135	0	0	gearbox	10000	7
24	14	Billy Boat	98	CURB Records	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	CURB/Agajanian/Beck	218.027	109	0	0	engine	32000	6
25	27	Jeff Ward	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing G Force/Chevrolet	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Ganassi		86	0	0	accident	32000	5
26	26	Cory Kruseman	18	Agromin/Village Marine/Ventura Raceway	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	PDM	211.332	74	0	0	transmission	10000	4
27	21	Hideki Noda	28	Eikoh/Tomoe/Indy Regency Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Indy Regency	216.377	73	0	0	accident	10000	3
28	24	George Mack	31	310 Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	310	214.871	23	0	0	engine	32000	2

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	531	15	2	5	11	12
2	Hélio Castroneves	511	15	1	2	12	14
3	Gil de Ferran	443	14	4	2	10	11
4	Felipe Giaffone	432	15	0	1	8	12
5	Alex Barron	366	15	0	1	4	11
6	Scott Sharp	332	15	0	1	4	9
7	Al Unser, Jr.	311	13	0	0	4	7
8	Buddy Lazier	305	15	0	0	2	7
9	Airton Daré	304	15	0	1	2	5
10	Eddie Cheever	280	15	1	0	2	7
11	Jeff Ward	268	15	0	1	2	5
12	Laurent Rédon	229	15	0	0	1	3
13	Billy Boat	225	15	1	0	0	4
14	Tomas Scheckter	210	12	3	1	2	3
15	Richie Hearn	204	10	0	0	1	6
16	George Mack	184	15	0	0	0	0
17	Robbie Buhl	177	13	0	0	0	2
18	Sarah Fisher	161	10	1	0	1	3
19	Raul Boesel	158	9	0	0	1	2
20	Eliseo Salazar	157	9	0	0	2	2
21	Robby McGehee	142	9	0	0	0	1
22	Buddy Rice	140	5	0	0	2	4
23	Greg Ray	128	11	0	0	0	0
24	Tony Renna	121	6	0	0	1	4
25	Vitor Meira	96	4	1	0	1	3