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2002 Boomtown 500

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Indy Racing League race number 6 of 15
Saturday, June 8, 2002 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
200 laps on a 1.455 mile paved track (291.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:45:50
Average speed: 164.984 mph
Pole speed: 220.146 mph

Cautions: 4 for 28 laps
Margin of victory: .011 sec
Attendance: 28000
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 2002 Indy Racing League results / 2002 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	C/E/T	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
17	1	52	Tomas Scheckter	Red Bull (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/I/F	159	50300	clutch	107	15
19	2	51	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	Red Bull (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/I/F	126	34200	crash	0	11
2	3	7	Al Unser, Jr.	Corteco / Bryant (Tom Kelley)	D/C/F	200	86850	running	38	40
15	4	34	Laurent Redon	Mi-Jack (Eric Bachelart)	D/I/F	161	37700	mechanical	0	15
4	5	3	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	D/C/F	200	57700	running	3	32
6	6	12	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson (Brad Calkins)	D/I/F	200	25100	running	28	28
1	7	9	Jeff Ward	Target (Chip Ganassi)	G/C/F	200	112700	running	1	50
18	8	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Pennzoil (Panther Racing)	D/C/F	126	35300	crash	3	12
3	9	14	Airton Dare	Harrah's (A.J. Foyt)	D/C/F	200	70950	running	1	35
8	10	91	Buddy Lazier	Coors Light / Life Fitness / Tae-Bo / Delta (Ron Hemelgarn)	D/C/F	200	54800	running	0	24
7	11	98	Billy Boat	Curb Records (Greg Beck / Curb-Agajanian)	D/C/F	200	45900	running	0	26
16	12	6	Gil de Ferran	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	D/C/F	161	36600	running	0	14
21	13	31	George Mack	310 Racing (310 Racing)	G/C/F	106	33000	engine	0	9
20	14	24	Robbie Buhl	Team Purex / Aventis (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	G/I/F	113	33000	engine	0	10
9	15	99	Richie Hearn	Grill 2 Go (Sam Schmidt)	D/C/F	200	44800	running	0	22
14	16	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi (Tom Kelley)	D/C/F	171	48800	running	14	16
13	17	2	Raul Boesel	Menards / Johns Manville / Pittsburgh Paints (John Menard)	D/C/F	185	40100	mechanical	0	17
5	18	21	Felipe Giaffone	Hollywood Cigarettes (Mo Nunn)	G/C/F	200	53000	running	5	30
10	19	44	Alex Barron	Rayovac (Blair Racing)	D/C/F	199	43600	running	0	20
12	20	11	Greg Ray	Harrah's (A.J. Foyt)	D/C/F	195	41200	running	0	18
11	21	18	John de Vries	Norwalk Furniture (Paul Diatlovich)	D/C/F	196	20400	running	0	19
23	22	55	Rick Treadway	Big Tex Trailers / Tough as Texas (Fred Treadway)	G/C/F	9	33000	crash	0	7
22	23	16	Jon Herb	Star Registry / WeberGrills.com (Jon Herb)	D/C/F	24	11000	handling	0	8

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	9	9
	10	13	4	#55 accident
	14	72	59
	73	80	8	debris
	81	94	14
	95	100	6	#8 tow-in
	101	126	26
	127	137	11	#4,51 accident turn 3
	138	200	63
Percent of race run under caution: 14.5% Average green flag run: 34.2 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tomas Scheckter	1	51	51
Sam Hornish, Jr.	52	53	2
Al Unser, Jr.	54	55	2
Scott Sharp	56	69	14
Tomas Scheckter	70	95	26
Sam Hornish, Jr.	96	96	1
Felipe Giaffone	97	101	5
Shigeaki Hattori	102	129	28
Tomas Scheckter	130	159	30
Al Unser, Jr.	160	192	33
Airton Dare	193	193	1
Helio Castroneves	194	196	3
Al Unser, Jr.	197	199	3
Jeff Ward	200	200	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Helio Castroneves	227
2	Gil de Ferran	183	-44
3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	171	-56
4	Felipe Giaffone	170	-57
5	Jeff Ward	147	-80
6	Al Unser, Jr.	136	-91
7	Alex Barron	129	-98
8	Airton Dare	126	-101
9	Scott Sharp	117	-110
10	Billy Boat	112	-115
11	Buddy Lazier	106	-121
12	Laurent Redon	104	-123
13	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	97	-130
14	Jaques Lazier	90	-137
15	Richie Hearn	82	-145
16	Eliseo Salazar	77	-150
17	George Mack	75	-152
18	Tomas Scheckter	70	-157
19	Shigeaki Hattori	67	-160
20	Robbie Buhl	59	-168
21	Rick Treadway	58	-169