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2002 Delphi Indy 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Indy Racing League race number 14 of 15 Sunday, September 8, 2002 at Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL 200 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (300.000 miles) Time of race: 2:04:40 Average speed: 146.319 mph Pole speed: 222.867 mph Cautions: 5 for 57 laps Margin of victory: .002 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 18 Glossary    2002 Indy Racing League results   /   2002 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 4   Sam Hornish, Jr. Pennzoil   (Panther Racing) D/C/F 200 126600 running 102 52 2 3 7   Al Unser, Jr. Corteco / Bryant   (Tom Kelley) D/C/F 200 95150 running 34 40 3 22 91   Buddy Lazier Coors Light / Life Fitness / Tae-Bo / Delta   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/C/F 200 69550 running 0 35 4 21 3   Helio Castroneves Marlboro   (Roger Penske) D/C/F 200 56400 running 8 32 5 6 51   Eddie Cheever, Jr. Red Bull   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/I/F 200 52050 running 0 30 6 10 21   Felipe Giaffone Hollywood Cigarettes   (Mo Nunn) G/C/F 200 56450 running 0 28 7 16 8   Scott Sharp Delphi   (Tom Kelley) D/C/F 200 45200 running 34 26 8 5 2   Vitor Meira Johns Manville / Menards / Pittsburgh Paints   (John Menard) D/C/F 200 44100 running 0 24 9 2 52   Buddy Rice Red Bull   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/I/F 200 44100 running 22 22 10 7 15   Dan Wheldon Pennzoil   (Panther Racing) D/C/F 200 20800 running 0 20 11 19 12   Raul Boesel Bradley Motorsports   (Brad Calkins) D/I/F 200 41800 running 0 19 12 18 44   Alex Barron Rayovac   (Blair Racing) D/C/F 199 40500 running 0 18 13 23 55   Will Langhorne Grill 2 Go / Sam Schmidt Motorsports   (Fred Treadway) G/C/F 180 17600 mechanical 0 17 14 24 31   George Mack 310 Racing   (310 Racing) G/C/F 180 38200 running 0 16 15 17 78   Tony Renna Kruse Special   (Tom Kelley) D/C/F 153 15100 crash 0 15 16 15 14   Airton Dare Harrah's   (A.J. Foyt) D/C/F 153 36000 crash 0 14 17 20 20   Greg Ray Grill 2 Go / Empress Casino   (Sam Schmidt) D/C/F 140 34800 running 0 13 18 14 11   Eliseo Salazar Harrah's / Banco Chile   (A.J. Foyt) D/C/F 131 34800 engine 0 12 19 4 98   Billy Boat Curb Records   (Greg Beck / Curb-Agajanian) D/I/F 120 33700 engine 0 11 20 9 24   Robbie Buhl Team Purex / Aventis   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) G/I/F 113 32600 engine 0 10 21 13 9   Jeff Ward Target   (Chip Ganassi) G/C/F 106 32600 engine 0 9 22 12 23   Sarah Fisher Team Smart Blade   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) G/I/F 61 10600 engine 0 8 23 11 6   Gil de Ferran Marlboro   (Roger Penske) D/C/F 51 32600 crash 0 7 24 25 28   Hideki Noda Nimo Corporation / Tomoe   (Sal Incandela) G/C/F 45 10600 handling 0 6 25 8 34   Laurent Redon Mi-Jack   (Eric Bachelart) D/I/F 14 32600 engine 0 5 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 Scott Mayer 18 State Financial Bank Dallara / Chevy Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 13 13     14 24 11   #34 engine turn 1   25 51 27     52 73 22   #6 accident turn 2   74 86 13     87 93 7   #11 spun backstretch   94 114 21     115 119 5   debris turn 2   120 153 34     154 165 12   #14,78 accident backstretch   166 200 35       Percent of race run under caution: 28.5%             Average green flag run: 23.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Sam Hornish, Jr. 1 25 25   Buddy Rice 26 47 22   Al Unser, Jr. 48 55 8   Sam Hornish, Jr. 56 56 1   Al Unser, Jr. 57 74 18   Sam Hornish, Jr. 75 116 42   Scott Sharp 117 150 34   Sam Hornish, Jr. 151 158 8   Helio Castroneves 159 166 8   Al Unser, Jr. 167 168 2   Sam Hornish, Jr. 169 177 9   Al Unser, Jr. 178 178 1   Sam Hornish, Jr. 179 185 7   Al Unser, Jr. 186 186 1   Sam Hornish, Jr. 187 189 3   Al Unser, Jr. 190 191 2   Sam Hornish, Jr. 192 192 1   Al Unser, Jr. 193 194 2   Sam Hornish, Jr. 195 200 6 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Sam Hornish, Jr. 481     2   Helio Castroneves 469   -12   3   Gil de Ferran 443   -38   4   Felipe Giaffone 419   -62   5   Alex Barron 336   -145   6   Al Unser, Jr. 301   -180   7   Scott Sharp 300   -181   8   Airton Dare 286   -195   9   Buddy Lazier 279   -202   10   Jeff Ward 263   -218   11   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 256   -225   12   Billy Boat 219   -262   13   Tomas Scheckter 210   -271   14   Laurent Redon 209   -272   15   Richie Hearn 204   -277   16   George Mack 182   -299   17   Robbie Buhl 165   -316   18   Raul Boesel 150   -331   19   Eliseo Salazar 143   -338   20   Sarah Fisher 142   -339   21   Robby McGehee 125   -356