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2002 Firestone Indy 225

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Indy Racing League race number 4 of 15
Sunday, April 21, 2002 at Nazareth Speedway, Nazareth, PA
225 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (225.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:14:35
Average speed: 93.789 mph
Pole speed: 172.778 mph

Cautions: 7 for 116 laps
Margin of victory: .050 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 2002 Indy Racing League results / 2002 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	C/E/T	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
3	1	6	Gil de Ferran	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	D/C/F	225	86750	running	86	37
5	2	3	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	D/C/F	225	52100	running	51	30
20	3	2	Jaques Lazier	Menards / Johns Manville (John Menard)	D/C/F	121	33200	crash	0	10
21	4	52	Tomas Scheckter	Red Bull (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/I/F	121	33200	crash	0	9
2	5	21	Felipe Giaffone	Hollywood Cigarettes (Mo Nunn)	G/C/F	225	82050	running	0	40
23	6	91	Buddy Lazier	Coors Light / Life Fitness / Tae-Bo / Delta (Ron Hemelgarn)	D/C/F	37	33200	crash	0	7
15	7	34	Laurent Redon	Mi-Jack (Eric Bachelart)	D/I/F	221	37700	running	0	15
17	8	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Pennzoil (Panther Racing)	D/C/F	176	35400	running	1	13
18	9	31	George Mack	310 Racing (310 Racing)	G/C/F	169	35400	crash	0	12
6	10	44	Alex Barron	Rayovac (Blair Racing)	D/C/F	225	46600	running	0	28
1	11	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi (Tom Kelley)	D/C/F	225	119300	running	33	50
8	12	98	Billy Boat	Curb Records (Greg Beck / Curb-Agajanian)	D/C/F	225	44400	running	0	24
10	13	12	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson (Brad Calkins)	D/I/F	225	21300	running	0	20
9	14	99	Anthony Lazzaro	Blair99.com (Sam Schmidt)	D/C/F	225	44400	running	0	22
7	15	51	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	Red Bull (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/I/F	225	23400	running	0	26
19	16	9	Jeff Ward	Target (Chip Ganassi)	G/C/F	148	34300	engine	0	11
11	17	14	Airton Dare	Harrah's (A.J. Foyt)	D/C/F	225	42100	running	0	19
16	18	55	Rick Treadway	Airlink Enterprises / Spade Motorsports (Fred Treadway)	G/C/F	219	36600	running	0	14
4	19	24	Sarah Fisher	Team Purex / Aventis (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	G/I/F	225	62100	running	0	32
13	20	10	Robby McGehee	Scottrade (Larry Cahill)	D/C/F	224	39900	running	0	17
12	21	7	Al Unser, Jr.	Corteco / Bryant (Tom Kelley)	D/C/F	224	53000	running	54	18
14	22	11	Richie Hearn	Banco Chile (A.J. Foyt)	D/C/F	224	38700	running	0	16
22	23	16	Jon Herb	Star Registry / WeberGrills.com (Jon Herb)	G/C/F	90	11200	crash	0	8
24	24	37	John de Vries	Pit Bull Energy Drink / Rhino Cleaning Prod. (Lee Brayton)	D/C/F	0	11200	did not start	0	6

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

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	15	15
	16	27	12	#31,34 spun frontstretch
	28	37	10
	38	53	16	#91,4 accident turn 3
	54	54	1
	55	58	4	#55 accident turn 4
	59	90	32
	91	115	25	rain
	116	122	7
	123	145	23	#52,2 accident turn 3
	146	148	3
	149	152	4	#9 engine
	153	174	22
	175	206	32	rain
	207	225	19
Percent of race run under caution: 51.6% Average green flag run: 13.6 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Gil de Ferran	1	38	38
Sam Hornish, Jr.	39	39	1
Gil de Ferran	40	41	2
Al Unser, Jr.	42	95	54
Scott Sharp	96	127	32
Helio Castroneves	128	178	51
Gil de Ferran	179	224	46
Scott Sharp	225	225	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Sam Hornish, Jr.	154
2	Gil de Ferran	149	-5
3	Helio Castroneves	145	-9
4	Felipe Giaffone	105	-49
5	Scott Sharp	98	-56
6	Jaques Lazier	90	-64
7	Laurent Redon	81	-73
8	Al Unser, Jr.	78	-76
9	Alex Barron	77	-77
9	Eliseo Salazar	77	-77
11	Jeff Ward	75	-79
12	Airton Dare	74	-80
12	Billy Boat	74	-80
14	Buddy Lazier	67	-87
15	Anthony Lazzaro	57	-97
16	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	56	-98
17	Robby McGehee	55	-99
18	George Mack	53	-101
19	Rick Treadway	50	-104
20	Tomas Scheckter	49	-105
21	Jon Herb	42	-112