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2002 Firestone Indy 200

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Indy Racing League race number 10 of 15
Saturday, July 20, 2002 at Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, TN
200 laps on a 1.333 mile paved track (266.600 miles)

Time of race: 2:01:53
Average speed: 127.997 mph
Pole speed: 203.774 mph

Cautions: 8 for 57 laps
Margin of victory: .424 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 2002 Indy Racing League results / 2002 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	C/E/T	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	44	Alex Barron	Rayovac (Blair Racing)	D/C/F	200	113800	running	11	50
2	13	6	Gil de Ferran	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	D/C/F	200	85650	running	0	40
3	3	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Pennzoil (Panther Racing)	D/C/F	200	76950	running	95	37
4	6	20	Richie Hearn	BG Products (Sam Schmidt)	D/C/F	200	59900	running	0	32
5	15	12	Raul Boesel	Bradley Motorsports (Brad Calkins)	D/I/F	200	53600	running	0	30
6	9	51	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	Red Bull (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/I/F	200	68200	running	22	28
7	8	21	Felipe Giaffone	Hollywood Cigarettes (Mo Nunn)	G/C/F	200	46400	running	0	26
8	11	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi (Tom Kelley)	D/C/F	199	45700	running	16	24
9	2	3	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	D/C/F	199	45200	running	0	22
10	14	7	Tony Renna	Corteco / Bryant (Tom Kelley)	D/C/F	195	46100	running	35	20
11	21	9	Jeff Ward	Target (Chip Ganassi)	G/C/F	193	42800	running	0	19
12	12	91	Buddy Lazier	Coors Light / Life Fitness / Tae-Bo / Delta (Ron Hemelgarn)	D/C/F	181	41600	crash	0	18
13	4	52	Tomas Scheckter	Red Bull (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/I/F	170	40500	crash	0	17
14	1	98	Billy Boat	Curb Records (Greg Beck / Curb-Agajanian)	D/I/F	170	49200	crash	12	16
15	20	31	George Mack	310 Racing (310 Racing)	G/C/F	152	38000	running	0	15
16	22	34	Laurent Redon	Mi-Jack (Eric Bachelart)	D/I/F	133	36900	running	0	14
17	18	14	Airton Dare	Harrah's (A.J. Foyt)	D/C/F	127	35600	crash	9	13
18	16	2	Mark Dismore	Johns Manville / Menards / Pittsburgh Paints (John Menard)	D/C/F	107	35600	engine	0	12
19	17	11	Eliseo Salazar	Harrah's (A.J. Foyt)	D/C/F	106	34400	crash	0	11
20	19	41	Greg Ray	Harrah's (A.J. Foyt)	D/C/F	57	11300	crash	0	10
21	10	24	Robbie Buhl	Team Purex / Aventis (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	G/I/F	23	33300	engine	0	9
22	7	23	Sarah Fisher	Team Smart Blade (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	G/I/F	19	11300	engine	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	23	23
	24	32	9	#24 fire backstretch
	33	58	26
	59	69	11	#12,41 accident turn 4
	70	80	11
	81	83	3	debris frontstretch
	84	109	26
	110	116	7	#11 accident turn 2
	117	127	11
	128	136	9	#14 accident turn 4
	137	170	34
	171	178	8	#52,98,4,31 accident turns 2/4
	179	181	3
	182	188	7	#91 accident turn 2
	189	194	6
	195	197	3	#9 spun turn 4
	198	200	3
Percent of race run under caution: 28.5% Average green flag run: 15.9 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Billy Boat	1	12	12
Sam Hornish, Jr.	13	26	14
Tony Renna	27	61	35
Eddie Cheever, Jr.	62	77	16
Sam Hornish, Jr.	78	112	35
Eddie Cheever, Jr.	113	118	6
Airton Dare	119	127	9
Sam Hornish, Jr.	128	173	46
Scott Sharp	174	189	16
Alex Barron	190	200	11

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Gil de Ferran	347
2	Helio Castroneves	337	-10
3	Sam Hornish, Jr.	333	-14
4	Felipe Giaffone	295	-52
5	Alex Barron	243	-104
6	Airton Dare	239	-108
7	Jeff Ward	218	-129
8	Scott Sharp	208	-139
9	Al Unser, Jr.	207	-140
10	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	179	-168
11	Richie Hearn	178	-169
12	Buddy Lazier	177	-170
13	Billy Boat	174	-173
14	Laurent Redon	167	-180
15	Tomas Scheckter	150	-197
16	George Mack	129	-218
17	Robby McGehee	107	-240
18	Robbie Buhl	101	-246
19	Jaques Lazier	90	-257
20	Eliseo Salazar	88	-259
21	Shigeaki Hattori	78	-269