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2002 Yamaha Indy 400

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Firestone 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 (400.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:13:49
Average Speed: 179.345 mph
Pole Speed: n/a

Cautions: 4 for 23 laps
Margin of Victory: .028 sec
Attendance: 20,000
Lead changes: 39

Glossary 2002 Firestone Indy Racing League results / 2002 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	C/E/T	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
12	18	44	Alex Barron	Blair Racing (Blair Racing)	D/C/F	199	39,800	running	0	18
18	13	98	Billy Boat	Curb Records (Greg Beck / Curb-Agajanian)	D/C/F	196	34,300	running	0	12
5	14	3	Helio Castroneves	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	D/C/F	200	50,700	running	4	30
20	1	51	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	Red Bull (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/I/F	190	22,700	engine	33	10
13	20	14	Airton Dare	Harrah's (A.J. Foyt)	D/C/F	199	38,800	running	0	17
4	11	6	Gil de Ferran	Marlboro (Roger Penske)	D/C/F	200	55,100	running	6	32
23	21	37	John de Vries	Pit Bull Energy Drink / Rhino Cleaning Prod. (Lee Brayton)	D/C/F	178	10,200	running	0	7
6	8	21	Felipe Giaffone	Hollywood Cigarettes (Mo Nunn)	G/C/F	200	45,300	running	0	28
21	27	24	Memo Gidley	Team Purex / Aventis (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)	G/I/F	184	32,200	running	0	9
26	12	12	Shigeaki Hattori	Epson (Brad Calkins)	D/I/F	146	10,200	engine	0	4
14	17	99	Richie Hearn	Sam Schmidt Motorsports (Sam Schmidt)	D/C/F	198	37,600	running	0	16
19	24	16	Jon Herb	Star Registry / WeberGrills.com (Jon Herb)	G/C/F	195	11,300	running	0	11
1	4	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Pennzoil (Panther Racing)	D/C/F	200	121,500	running	73	52
7	26	91	Buddy Lazier	Coors Light / Life Fitness / Tae-Bo / Delta (Ron Hemelgarn)	D/C/F	200	44,200	running	0	26
2	2	2	Jaques Lazier	Menards / Johns Manville (John Menard)	D/C/F	200	80,550	running	45	40
16	19	31	George Mack	310 Racing (310 Racing)	G/C/F	197	35,500	running	0	14
17	22	10	Robby McGehee	Cahill Racing (Larry Cahill)	D/C/F	197	34,300	running	0	13
25	25	20	Hideki Noda	Adventure RV Rentals / 866-RVs-ToGo (Convergent Racing)	G/C/F	158	32,200	crash	0	5
3	5	34	Laurent Redon	Mi-Jack (Eric Bachelart)	D/I/F	200	72,750	running	0	35
15	15	11	Eliseo Salazar	Banco Chile (A.J. Foyt)	D/C/F	197	36,600	running	0	15
24	3	52	Tomas Scheckter	Red Bull (Eddie Cheever, Jr.)	D/I/F	163	32,200	crash	28	6
27	23	18	Jeret Schroeder	Immke Auto Group (Paul Diatlovich)	D/C/F	15	10,200	fuel pump	0	3
8	9	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi (Tom Kelley)	D/C/F	200	23,100	running	10	24
22	10	55	Rick Treadway	Airlink Enterprises / Spade Motorsports (Fred Treadway)	G/C/F	179	32,200	running	0	8
11	7	7	Al Unser, Jr.	Corteco / Bryant (Tom Kelley)	D/C/F	199	50,900	running	0	19
9	16	19	Jimmy Vasser	Miller Lite (Bobby Rahal)	D/C/F	200	21,100	running	0	22
10	6	9	Jeff Ward	Chip Ganassi Racing (Chip Ganassi)	G/C/F	200	42,000	running	1	20

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	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
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
10	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
20	Robbie Buhl	35	-106

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