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2002 Yamaha Indy 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post Indy Racing League race number 3 of 15 Sunday, March 24, 2002 at California Speedway, Fontana, CA 200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:13:49 Average speed: 179.345 mph Pole speed: 221.422 mph Cautions: 4 for 23 laps Margin of victory: .028 sec Attendance: 20000 Lead changes: 39 Glossary    2002 Indy Racing League results   /   2002 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 4   Sam Hornish, Jr. Pennzoil   (Panther Racing) D/C/F 200 121500 running 73 52 2 2 2   Jaques Lazier Menards / Johns Manville   (John Menard) D/C/F 200 80550 running 45 40 3 5 34   Laurent Redon Mi-Jack   (Eric Bachelart) D/I/F 200 72750 running 0 35 4 11 6   Gil de Ferran Marlboro   (Roger Penske) D/C/F 200 55100 running 6 32 5 14 3   Helio Castroneves Marlboro   (Roger Penske) D/C/F 200 50700 running 4 30 6 8 21   Felipe Giaffone Hollywood Cigarettes   (Mo Nunn) G/C/F 200 45300 running 0 28 7 26 91   Buddy Lazier Coors Light / Life Fitness / Tae-Bo / Delta   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/C/F 200 44200 running 0 26 8 9 8   Scott Sharp Delphi   (Tom Kelley) D/C/F 200 23100 running 10 24 9 16 19   Jimmy Vasser Miller Lite   (Bobby Rahal) D/C/F 200 21100 running 0 22 10 6 9   Jeff Ward Chip Ganassi Racing   (Chip Ganassi) G/C/F 200 42000 running 1 20 11 7 7   Al Unser, Jr. Corteco / Bryant   (Tom Kelley) D/C/F 199 50900 running 0 19 12 18 44   Alex Barron Blair Racing   (Blair Racing) D/C/F 199 39800 running 0 18 13 20 14   Airton Dare Harrah's   (A.J. Foyt) D/C/F 199 38800 running 0 17 14 17 99   Richie Hearn Sam Schmidt Motorsports   (Sam Schmidt) D/C/F 198 37600 running 0 16 15 15 11   Eliseo Salazar Banco Chile   (A.J. Foyt) D/C/F 197 36600 running 0 15 16 19 31   George Mack 310 Racing   (310 Racing) G/C/F 197 35500 running 0 14 17 22 10   Robby McGehee Scottrade   (Larry Cahill) D/C/F 197 34300 running 0 13 18 13 98   Billy Boat Curb Records   (Greg Beck / Curb-Agajanian) D/C/F 196 34300 running 0 12 19 24 16   Jon Herb Star Registry / WeberGrills.com   (Jon Herb) G/C/F 195 11300 running 0 11 20 1 51   Eddie Cheever, Jr. Red Bull   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/I/F 190 22700 engine 33 10 21 27 24   Memo Gidley Team Purex / Aventis   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) G/I/F 184 32200 running 0 9 22 10 55   Rick Treadway Airlink Enterprises / Spade Motorsports   (Fred Treadway) G/C/F 179 32200 running 0 8 23 21 37   John de Vries Pit Bull Energy Drink / Rhino Cleaning Prod.   (Lee Brayton) D/C/F 178 10200 running 0 7 24 3 52   Tomas Scheckter Red Bull   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/I/F 163 32200 crash 28 6 25 25 20   Hideki Noda Adventure RV Rentals / 866-RVs-ToGo   (Convergent Racing) G/C/F 158 32200 crash 0 5 26 12 12   Shigeaki Hattori Epson   (Brad Calkins) D/I/F 146 10200 engine 0 4 27 23 18   Jeret Schroeder Immke Auto Group   (Paul Diatlovich) D/C/F 15 10200 fuel pump 0 3 C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes   Chassis: D - Dallara; G - G Force   Engine: C - Chevrolet; I - Nissan Infiniti   Tires: F - Firestone

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car DC Robbie Buhl 24 Team Purex / Aventis Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 84 84     85 89 5   debris   90 138 49     139 144 6   debris   145 146 2     147 149 3   #12 engine spray turn 2   150 164 15     165 173 9   #20,52 accident turn 4   174 200 27       Percent of race run under caution: 11.5%             Average green flag run: 35.4 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jeff Ward 1 1 1   Sam Hornish, Jr. 2 3 2   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 4 16 13   Sam Hornish, Jr. 17 18 2   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 19 21 3   Sam Hornish, Jr. 22 22 1   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 23 24 2   Sam Hornish, Jr. 25 28 4   Tomas Scheckter 29 35 7   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 36 36 1   Jaques Lazier 37 40 4   Sam Hornish, Jr. 41 71 31   Tomas Scheckter 72 73 2   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 74 74 1   Jaques Lazier 75 78 4   Helio Castroneves 79 82 4   Sam Hornish, Jr. 83 87 5   Tomas Scheckter 88 93 6   Jaques Lazier 94 95 2   Tomas Scheckter 96 96 1   Jaques Lazier 97 98 2   Tomas Scheckter 99 110 12   Jaques Lazier 111 120 10   Sam Hornish, Jr. 121 141 21   Scott Sharp 142 151 10   Sam Hornish, Jr. 152 154 3   Jaques Lazier 155 156 2   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 157 158 2   Jaques Lazier 159 159 1   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 160 160 1   Jaques Lazier 161 161 1   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 162 167 6   Jaques Lazier 168 168 1   Gil de Ferran 169 174 6   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 175 177 3   Sam Hornish, Jr. 178 179 2   Jaques Lazier 180 181 2   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 182 182 1   Jaques Lazier 183 198 16   Sam Hornish, Jr. 199 200 2 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Sam Hornish, Jr. 141     2   Helio Castroneves 115   -26   3   Gil de Ferran 112   -29   4   Jaques Lazier 80   -61   5   Eliseo Salazar 77   -64   6   Laurent Redon 66   -75   7   Felipe Giaffone 65   -76   8   Jeff Ward 64   -77   9   Buddy Lazier 60   -81   9   Al Unser, Jr. 60   -81   11   Airton Dare 55   -86   12   Billy Boat 50   -91   13   Alex Barron 49   -92   14   Scott Sharp 48   -93   15   George Mack 41   -100   16   Tomas Scheckter 40   -101   17   Robby McGehee 38   -103   18   Rick Treadway 36   -105   19   Anthony Lazzaro 35   -106   19   Robbie Buhl 35   -106   21   Jon Herb 34   -107