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2002 Gateway Indy 250

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Indy Racing League race number 13 of 15
Sunday, August 25, 2002 at Gateway International Raceway, Madison, IL
200 laps on a 1.250 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:44:23
Average speed: 143.711 mph
Pole speed: 175.12 mph

Cautions: 4 for 24 laps
Margin of victory: 2.102 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 10

Glossary 2002 Indy Racing League results / 2002 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	C/E/T	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	6	Gil de Ferran	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	D/C/F	200	131600	running	81	50
2	3	3	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	D/C/F	200	87050	running	85	42
3	14	44	Alex Barron	Rayovac (Blair Racing)	D/C/F	200	79750	running	29	35
4	15	52	Buddy Rice	Red Bull (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/I/F	200	57800	running	0	32
5	2	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Pennzoil (Panther Racing)	D/C/F	200	51800	running	0	30
6	8	24	Robbie Buhl	Team Purex / Aventis (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	G/I/F	200	46200	running	0	28
7	16	7	Al Unser, Jr.	Corteco / Bryant (Tom Kelley)	D/C/F	200	45500	running	0	26
8	12	12	Raul Boesel	Bradley Motorsports (Brad Calkins)	D/I/F	200	43900	running	3	24
9	4	2	Vitor Meira	Johns Manville / Menards / Pittsburgh Paints (John Menard)	D/C/F	198	45900	running	0	22
10	17	51	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	Red Bull (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/I/F	198	43300	running	0	20
11	19	14	Airton Dare	Harrah's (A.J. Foyt)	D/C/F	197	41600	running	0	19
12	21	55	Robby McGehee	Atlas Van Lines / Sam Schmidt Motorsports (Fred Treadway)	G/C/F	197	18500	running	0	18
13	5	9	Jeff Ward	Energizer / Target (Chip Ganassi)	G/C/F	197	39400	running	0	17
14	20	11	Eliseo Salazar	Harrah's (A.J. Foyt)	D/C/F	196	38200	running	0	16
15	18	91	Buddy Lazier	Coors Light / Life Fitness / Tae-Bo / Delta (Ron Hemelgarn)	D/C/F	191	37100	running	0	15
16	23	31	George Mack	310 Racing (310 Racing)	G/C/F	184	36000	running	0	14
17	24	28	Hideki Noda	Nimo Corporation / Tomoe (Sal Incandela)	G/C/F	184	12800	running	0	13
18	10	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi (Tom Kelley)	D/C/F	164	34800	running	0	12
19	22	41	Greg Ray	Harrah's (A.J. Foyt)	D/C/F	138	11700	handling	0	11
20	9	23	Sarah Fisher	Team Smart Blade (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	G/I/F	109	10600	mechanical	0	10
21	7	21	Felipe Giaffone	Hollywood Cigarettes (Mo Nunn)	G/C/F	106	32600	engine	2	9
22	6	34	Laurent Redon	Mi-Jack (Eric Bachelart)	D/I/F	98	32600	crash	0	8
23	12	98	Billy Boat	Curb Records (Greg Beck / Curb-Agajanian)	D/I/F	74	32600	gearbox	0	7
24	11	78	Tony Renna	Kruse Special (Tom Kelley)	D/C/F	9	10600	electrical	0	6
25	25	20	Anthony Lazzaro	Casino Queen / BG Products (Sam Schmidt)	D/C/F	0	32600	did not start	0	5

C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes
Chassis: D - Dallara; G - G Force
Engine: C - Chevrolet; I - Nissan Infiniti
Tires: F - Firestone

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
DC	Tomas Scheckter	52	Red Bull	Eddie Cheever, Jr.

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	11	11
	12	16	5	debris
	17	62	46
	63	68	6	#8 slow on track
	69	98	30
	99	105	7	#2,34 accident turn 2
	106	144	39
	145	150	6	#41 accident turn 2
	151	200	50
Percent of race run under caution: 12.0% Average green flag run: 35.2 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Gil de Ferran	1	57	57
Helio Castroneves	58	60	3
Felipe Giaffone	61	62	2
Raul Boesel	63	65	3
Gil de Ferran	66	69	4
Helio Castroneves	70	98	29
Gil de Ferran	99	101	3
Helio Castroneves	102	118	17
Alex Barron	119	147	29
Helio Castroneves	148	183	36
Gil de Ferran	184	200	17

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Helio Castroneves	437
2	Gil de Ferran	436	-1
3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	429	-8
4	Felipe Giaffone	391	-46
5	Alex Barron	318	-119
6	Scott Sharp	274	-163
7	Airton Dare	272	-165
8	Al Unser, Jr.	261	-176
9	Jeff Ward	254	-183
10	Buddy Lazier	244	-193
11	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	226	-211
12	Tomas Scheckter	210	-227
13	Billy Boat	208	-229
14	Laurent Redon	204	-233
14	Richie Hearn	204	-233
16	George Mack	166	-271
17	Robbie Buhl	155	-282
18	Sarah Fisher	134	-303
19	Raul Boesel	131	-306
19	Eliseo Salazar	131	-306
21	Robby McGehee	125	-312