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2002 Chevy 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Indy Racing League race number 15 of 15 Sunday, September 15, 2002 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX 200 laps on a 1.455 mile paved track (291.000 miles) Time of race: 1:46:29 Average speed: 163.981 mph Pole speed: 221.594 mph Cautions: 4 for 34 laps Margin of victory: .010 sec Attendance: 86000 Lead changes: 21 Glossary    2002 Indy Racing League results   /   2002 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 4   Sam Hornish, Jr. Pennzoil   (Panther Racing) D/C/F 200 125400 running 79 50 2 10 3   Helio Castroneves Marlboro   (Roger Penske) D/C/F 200 83850 running 92 42 3 1 2   Vitor Meira Johns Manville / Menards / Pittsburgh Paints   (John Menard) D/C/F 200 81650 running 8 35 4 7 8   Scott Sharp Delphi   (Tom Kelley) D/C/F 200 55900 running 1 32 5 8 44   Alex Barron Rayovac   (Blair Racing) D/C/F 200 50200 running 2 30 6 4 52   Buddy Rice Red Bull   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/I/F 200 45400 running 0 28 7 20 91   Buddy Lazier Coors Light / Life Fitness / Tae-Bo / Delta   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/C/F 200 43800 running 0 26 8 5 51   Eddie Cheever, Jr. Red Bull   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/I/F 199 43200 running 0 24 9 6 78   Tony Renna Kruse Special   (Tom Kelley) D/C/F 199 20700 running 0 22 10 17 34   Laurent Redon Mi-Jack   (Eric Bachelart) D/I/F 199 41700 running 0 20 11 9 23   Sarah Fisher Team Smart Blade   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) G/I/F 198 18500 running 0 19 12 15 14   Airton Dare Harrah's   (A.J. Foyt) D/C/F 197 39500 running 0 18 13 11 53   Robby McGehee Red Bull   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/I/F 197 16500 running 13 17 14 19 20   Greg Ray Young Chevrolet   (Sam Schmidt) D/C/F 196 37300 running 0 16 15 28 15   Dan Wheldon Pennzoil   (Panther Racing) D/C/F 195 14300 running 0 15 16 16 11   Eliseo Salazar Harrah's / Banco Chile   (A.J. Foyt) D/C/F 186 35300 engine 0 14 17 13 21   Felipe Giaffone Hollywood Cigarettes   (Mo Nunn) G/C/F 184 34100 engine 0 13 18 12 24   Robbie Buhl Team Purex / Aventis   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) G/I/F 173 34100 engine 0 12 19 25 67   Rick Treadway Samsung / Radio Shack   (Fred Treadway) D/I/F 173 11100 running 0 11 20 2 7   Al Unser, Jr. Corteco / Bryant   (Tom Kelley) D/C/F 171 32000 engine 5 10 21 18 6   Max Papis Marlboro   (Roger Penske) D/C/F 163 32000 engine 0 9 22 23 12   Raul Boesel Bradley Motorsports   (Brad Calkins) D/I/F 152 32000 engine 0 8 23 22 55   Will Langhorne Grill 2 Go / Sam Schmidt Motorsports   (Fred Treadway) G/C/F 135 10000 gearbox 0 7 24 14 98   Billy Boat Curb Records   (Greg Beck / Curb-Agajanian) D/I/F 109 32000 engine 0 6 25 27 9   Jeff Ward Target   (Chip Ganassi) G/C/F 86 32000 crash 0 5 26 26 18   Cory Kruseman Agromin / Village Marine / Ventura Raceway   (Paul Diatlovich) D/C/F 74 10000 gearbox 0 4 27 21 28   Hideki Noda Eikoh / Tomoe / Indy Regency Racing   (Sal Incandela) G/C/F 73 10000 crash 0 3 28 24 31   George Mack 310 Racing   (310 Racing) G/C/F 23 32000 engine 0 2 C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes   Chassis: D - Dallara; G - G Force   Engine: C - Chevrolet; I - Nissan Infiniti   Tires: F - Firestone

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 12 12     13 16 4   debris turn 3   17 23 7     24 35 12   #31 spun turn 1   36 88 53     89 102 14   #28,9 accident turn 2   103 112 10     113 116 4   debris backstretch   117 200 84       Percent of race run under caution: 17.0%             Average green flag run: 33.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Vitor Meira 1 2 2   Al Unser, Jr. 3 6 4   Sam Hornish, Jr. 7 17 11   Alex Barron 18 18 1   Sam Hornish, Jr. 19 30 12   Robby McGehee 31 43 13   Sam Hornish, Jr. 44 85 42   Alex Barron 86 86 1   Helio Castroneves 87 145 59   Sam Hornish, Jr. 146 146 1   Helio Castroneves 147 149 3   Sam Hornish, Jr. 150 150 1   Helio Castroneves 151 157 7   Al Unser, Jr. 158 158 1   Scott Sharp 159 159 1   Vitor Meira 160 165 6   Helio Castroneves 166 176 11   Sam Hornish, Jr. 177 180 4   Helio Castroneves 181 191 11   Sam Hornish, Jr. 192 194 3   Helio Castroneves 195 195 1   Sam Hornish, Jr. 196 200 5 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Sam Hornish, Jr. 531     2   Helio Castroneves 511   -20   3   Gil de Ferran 443   -88   4   Felipe Giaffone 432   -99   5   Alex Barron 366   -165   6   Scott Sharp 332   -199   7   Al Unser, Jr. 311   -220   8   Buddy Lazier 305   -226   9   Airton Dare 304   -227   10   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 280   -251   11   Jeff Ward 268   -263   12   Laurent Redon 229   -302   13   Billy Boat 225   -306   14   Tomas Scheckter 210   -321   15   Richie Hearn 204   -327   16   George Mack 184   -347   17   Robbie Buhl 177   -354   18   Sarah Fisher 161   -370   19   Raul Boesel 158   -373   20   Eliseo Salazar 157   -374   21   Robby McGehee 142   -389