2002 Boomtown 500

Race 6 of 15

Texas
200 laps
Time of race: 1:45:49.7079
Average speed of winner: 164.984 mph
Margin of victory: 0.0111 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 28 laps
Fastest lap: Eddie Cheever 220.447
Lap leaders: Scheckter 1-51, Hornish 52-53, Unser, Jr. 54-55, Sharp 56-69, Scheckter 70-95, Hornish 96, Giaffone 97-101, Hattori 102-129, Scheckter 130-159, Unser, Jr. 160-192, Daré 193, Castroneves 194-196, Unser, Jr. 197-199, Ward 200

Race notes: Only win for Jeff Ward. First pole for Tomas Scheckter. Finale for John De Vries.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Jeff Ward	9	Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Ganassi	217.179	200	1	1	running	112700	50
2	3	Al Unser, Jr.	7	Corteco/Bryant	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	218.214	200	3	38	running	86850	40
3	9	Airton Daré	14	Harrah's/A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	216.887	200	1	1	running	70950	35
4	5	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	217.256	200	1	3	running	57700	32
5	18	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Nunn	214.445	200	1	5	running	53000	30
6	6	Shigeaki Hattori	12	EPSON	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Bradley	217.210	200	1	28	running	25100	28
7	11	Billy Boat	98	CURB Records	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	CURB/Agajanian/Beck	216.468	200	0	0	running	45900	26
8	10	Buddy Lazier	91	Coors Light/Life Fitness/Tae-Bo/Delta Faucet	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Hemelgarn	216.687	200	0	0	running	54800	24
9	15	Richie Hearn	99	Grill 2 Go Sam Schmidt Motorsports Indy Car	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Schmidt	215.586	200	0	0	running	44800	22
10	19	Alex Barron	44	Rayovac Blair Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Blair	214.360	199	0	0	running	43600	20
11	21	John De Vries	18	Norwalk Furniture	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	PDM	212.443	196	0	0	running	20400	19
12	20	Greg Ray	11	A.J. Foyt Racing/Harrah's	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Foyt	214.322	195	0	0	running	41200	18
13	17	Raul Boesel	2	Menards/Johns Manville/Pittsburgh Paints	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Menard	215.086	185	0	0	mechanical	40100	17
14	16	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Kelley	215.100	171	1	14	running	48800	16
15	4	Laurent Rédon	34	Mi-Jack	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Conquest	217.975	161	0	0	mechanical	37700	15
16	12	Gil de Ferran	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	216.447	161	0	0	running	36600	14
17	1	Tomas Scheckter	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	220.146	159	3	107	clutch	50300	15
18	8	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	217.045	126	2	3	accident	35300	12
19	2	Eddie Cheever	51	Red Bull Cheever Racing Infiniti	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	219.065	126	0	0	accident	34200	11
20	14	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Purex/Aventis/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	216.293	113	0	0	engine	33000	10
21	13	George Mack	31	310 Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	310	216.407	106	0	0	engine	33000	9
22	23	Jon Herb	16	Star Registry WeberGrills.com	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Racing Professionals		24	0	0	handling	11000	8
23	22	Rick Treadway	55	Big Tex Trailers Tough as Texas Longhorn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	Firestone	Treadway	211.817	9	0	0	accident	33000	7

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Hélio Castroneves	227	6	1	2	6	6
2	Gil de Ferran	183	6	1	0	4	5
3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	171	6	1	2	3	3
4	Felipe Giaffone	170	6	0	0	3	5
5	Jeff Ward	147	6	0	1	2	4
6	Al Unser, Jr.	136	6	0	0	2	2
7	Alex Barron	129	6	0	0	1	4
8	Airton Daré	126	6	0	0	1	2
9	Scott Sharp	117	6	0	1	1	2
10	Billy Boat	112	6	0	0	0	3
11	Buddy Lazier	106	6	0	0	0	3
12	Laurent Rédon	104	6	0	0	1	1
13	Eddie Cheever	97	6	1	0	1	2
14	Jaques Lazier	90	4	0	0	1	2
15	Richie Hearn	82	4	0	0	0	2
16	Eliseo Salazar	77	3	0	0	2	2
17	George Mack	75	6	0	0	0	0
18	Tomas Scheckter	70	6	1	0	0	1
19	Shigeaki Hattori	67	5	0	0	0	2
20	Robbie Buhl	59	4	0	0	0	0
21	Rick Treadway	58	6	0	0	0	1
22	Anthony Lazzaro	57	3	0	0	0	2
23	Robby McGehee	55	4	0	0	0	0
24	John De Vries	53	5	0	0	0	0
25	Jon Herb	50	5	0	0	0	0