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2003 Indy Japan 300

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IndyCar Series race number 3 of 16
Sunday, April 13, 2003 at Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway, Motegi City, Japan
200 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (300.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:21:18
Average speed: 129.09 mph
Pole speed: no time trials

Cautions: 9 for 64 laps
Margin of victory: under caution
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 2003 IndyCar Series results / 2003 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	C/E/T	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi (Tom Kelley)	D/T/F	200	148400	running	26	50
2	6	15	Kenny Brack	Pioneer / Miller Lite (Bobby Rahal)	D/H/F	200	164950	running	15	40
3	9	21	Felipe Giaffone	Hollywood Cigarettes (Mo Nunn)	G/T/F	200	99750	running	8	35
4	10	7	Michael Andretti	Team 7-Eleven (Andretti Green Racing)	D/H/F	200	78900	running	0	32
5	8	31	Al Unser, Jr.	Corteco (Tom Kelley)	D/T/F	200	74300	running	0	30
6	13	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Pennzoil (Panther Racing)	D/C/F	199	69300	running	0	28
7	5	27	Dan Wheldon	Alpine / Archipelago / Motorola (Andretti Green Racing)	D/H/F	198	62600	running	0	26
8	3	12	Tora Takagi	Pioneer (Mo Nunn)	G/T/F	198	61100	running	0	24
9	23	13	Greg Ray	Trim Spa (Access Motorsports)	G/H/F	197	61100	running	0	22
10	19	24	Robbie Buhl	Purex / Aventis (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	D/C/F	192	59500	running	0	20
11	21	54	Shinji Nakano	Beard Papa's / Auto Project (Greg Beck)	D/H/F	190	57800	crash	0	19
12	16	2	Jaques Lazier	Menards / Johns Manville (John Menard)	D/C/F	190	56300	crash	0	18
13	20	52	Buddy Rice	Red Bull (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/C/F	181	54800	running	0	17
14	2	11	Tony Kanaan	Team 7-Eleven (Andretti Green Racing)	D/H/F	177	60400	crash	70	18
15	1	9	Scott Dixon	Target (Chip Ganassi)	G/T/F	177	61400	crash	45	15
16	4	10	Tomas Scheckter	Target (Chip Ganassi)	G/T/F	168	49900	crash	36	14
17	12	6	Alex Barron	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	G/T/F	167	48200	crash	0	13
18	18	14	A.J. Foyt IV	Conseco (A.J. Foyt)	G/T/F	101	48200	crash	0	12
19	17	91	Buddy Lazier	Delta Faucet / Life Fitness (Ron Hemelgarn)	D/C/F	63	46600	engine	0	11
20	22	5	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson (A.J. Foyt)	G/T/F	48	45100	vibration	0	10
21	15	55	Roger Yasukawa	Panasonic ARTA (Adrian Fernandez)	D/H/F	45	45100	crash	0	9
22	11	3	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	D/T/F	45	45100	crash	0	8
23	14	23	Sarah Fisher	Wonda (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	D/C/F	35	45100	crash	0	7
24	24	18	Scott Mayer	PDM Racing (Paul Diatlovich)	D/C/F	8	45100	crash	0	6

C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes
Chassis: D - Dallara; G - G Force
Engine: C - Chevrolet; H - Honda; T - Toyota
Tires: F - Firestone

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	8	8
	9	14	6	#18 accident turn 4
	15	17	3
	18	21	4	#6 debris turn 3
	22	36	15
	37	43	7	#23,5 accident turn 3
	44	44	1	#52 spun turn 3
	45	45	1
	46	55	10	#3,55 accident turn 2
	56	104	49
	105	112	8	#14 accident turn 4
	113	167	55
	168	175	8	#6,10 accident turn 4
	176	177	2
	178	190	13	#9,11 accident turn 3
	191	193	3
	194	200	7	#54,2 accident turn 4
Percent of race run under caution: 32.0% Average green flag run: 17.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tony Kanaan	1	23	23
Kenny Brack	24	38	15
Tony Kanaan	39	39	1
Scott Dixon	40	84	45
Tony Kanaan	85	102	18
Scott Sharp	103	103	1
Felipe Giaffone	104	107	4
Tony Kanaan	108	123	16
Tomas Scheckter	124	159	36
Tony Kanaan	160	161	2
Scott Sharp	162	163	2
Felipe Giaffone	164	167	4
Tony Kanaan	168	177	10
Scott Sharp	178	200	23

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Scott Sharp	106
2	Tony Kanaan	102	-4
3	Felipe Giaffone	92	-14
4	Kenny Brack	89	-17
5	Helio Castroneves	83	-23
6	Al Unser, Jr.	79	-27
7	Michael Andretti	77	-29
8	Scott Dixon	75	-31
9	Gil de Ferran	58	-48
10	Sam Hornish, Jr.	57	-49
11	Jaques Lazier	56	-50
12	Tomas Scheckter	53	-53
12	Buddy Rice	53	-53
14	Tora Takagi	50	-56
15	Robbie Buhl	49	-57
16	Sarah Fisher	46	-60
17	Shigeaki Hattori	42	-64
18	Dario Franchitti	40	-66
19	Roger Yasukawa	38	-68
20	A.J. Foyt IV	37	-69
21	Buddy Lazier	30	-76