bob jennings' WORLD O' RACING 11/08/2002
Tomas Scheckter leads Buddy Rice, Helio Castroneves and Sam Hornish in the "Michigan Indy 400" on July 28, 2002
bob jennings' WORLD O' RACING 11/08/2002
Tomas Scheckter leads Buddy Rice, Helio Castroneves and Sam Hornish in the "Michigan Indy 400" on July 28, 2002
Bob Jennings
| "Michigan Indy 400" |
|
July 28, 2002 |
| 200 laps, 400 miles |
| attendance 30,000 |
| pos. | starting grid | speed | ||
| 1 | 52 | Tomas Scheckter | Red Bull Cheever Dallara - Infiniti | 221.868 |
| 2 | 53 | Buddy Rice | Red Bull Cheever Dallara - Infiniti | 221.831 |
| 3 | 51 | Eddie Cheever | Red Bull Cheever Dallara - Infiniti | 220.328 |
| 4 | 4 | Sam Hornish | Pennzoil Panther Dallara - Chevrolet | 219.580 |
| 5 | 2 | Mark Dismore | Menards/ Johns Manville/ Pittsburgh Paints Dallara - Chevrolet | 219.295 |
| 6 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | Marlboro Team Penske Dallara - Chevrolet | 219.091 |
| 7 | 44 | Alex Barron | Rayovac Blair Racing Dallara - Chevrolet | 218.634 |
| 8 | 23 | Sarah Fisher | Team Smart Blade/ Dreyer & Reinbold Racing G Force - Infiniti | 218.618 |
| 9 | 11 | Eliseo Salazar | A.J. Foyt Racing/Harrah's Dallara - Chevrolet | 218.602 |
| 10 | 7 | Tony Renna | Corteco/Bryant Dallara - Chevrolet | 218.561 |
| 11 | 24 | Robbie Buhl | Team Allegra/ Dreyer & Reinbold Racing G Force - Infiniti | 218.282 |
| 12 | 21 | Felipe Giaffone | Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing G Force - Chevrolet | 218.254 |
| 13 | 14 | Airton Dare | Harrah's/A.J. Foyt Racing | 217.933 |
| 14 | 34 | Laurent Redon | Mi-Jack Dallara - Infiniti | 217.895 |
| 15 | 91 | Buddy Lazier | Coors Light/ Life Fitness/ Tae-Bo/ Delta Faucet Dallara - Chevrolet | 217.596 |
| 16 | 8 | Scott Sharp | Delphi Dallara - Chevrolet | 217.561 |
| 17 | 6 | Gil de Ferran | Marlboro Team Penske Dallara - Chevrolet | 217.421 |
| 18 | 12 | Raul Boesel | Bradley Motorsports Dallara - Infiniti | 217.404 |
| 19 | 98 | Billy Boat | CURB Records Dallara - Infiniti | 217.255 |
| 20 | 55 | Arie Luyendyk | Meijer Indy Racing G Force - Chevrolet | 217.022 |
| 21 | 20 | Richie Hearn | Meijer/ Coca Cola/ Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara - Chevrolet | 217.008 |
| 22 | 9 | Jeff Ward | Target Chip Ganassi Racing G Force/Chevrolet | 216.081 |
| 23 | 41 | Greg Ray | A.J. Foyt Racing/Harrah's Dallara - Chevrolet | 214.875 |
| 24 | 31 | George Mack | 310 Racing G Force - Chevrolet | 214.410 |
| 25 | 37 | Scott Harrington | Rhino Cleaning Products/ Brayton Racing Dallara - Chevrolet | 212.857 |
| pos. | finish | laps | status |
| 1 | Scheckter | 200 | |
| 2 | Rice | 200 | |
| 3 | Giaffone | 200 | |
| 4 | Renna | 200 | |
| 5 | de Ferran | 200 | |
| 6 | Castroneves | 200 | |
| 7 | Hornish | 200 | |
| 8 | Fisher | 200 | |
| 9 | Sharp | 200 | |
| 10 | Hearn | 200 | |
| 11 | Redon | 200 | |
| 12 | Barron | 198 | |
| 13 | Lazier | 198 | |
| 14 | Boat | 198 | |
| 15 | Boesel | 197 | |
| 16 | Luyendyk | 197 | |
| 17 | Ray | 196 | |
| 18 | Dismore | 194 | |
| 19 | Salazar | 192 | |
| 20 | Mack | 183 | |
| 21 | Harrington | 175 | |
| 22 | Cheever | 165 | accident |
| 23 | Dare | 127 | mechanical |
| 24 | Buhl | 95 | engine |
| 25 | Ward | 91 |
| lap leaders | |||
| 1 - 36 | Scheckter | ||
| 37 - 38 | Rice | ||
| 39 - 41 | Castroneves | ||
| 42 - 44 | Renna | ||
| 45 - 69 | Scheckter | ||
| 70 | Giaffone | ||
| 71 - 80 | Scheckter | ||
| 81 - 87 | Giaffone | ||
| 88 - 92 | Sharp | ||
| 93 - 97 | de Ferran | ||
| 98 - 122 | Scheckter | ||
| 123 - 129 | Rice | ||
| 130 - 134 | Giaffone | ||
| 135 - 139 | Hornish | ||
| 140 - 141 | de Ferran | ||
| 142 - 143 | Castroneves | ||
| 144 - 162 | Scheckter | ||
| 163 - 168 | Rice | ||
| 169 - 173 | Hornish | ||
| 174 - 178 | de Ferran | ||
| 179 - 184 | Giaffone | ||
| 185 | Fisher | ||
| 186 | Giaffone | ||
| 187 - 189 | Fisher | ||
| 190 - 193 | Giaffone | ||
| 194 - 200 | Scheckter | ||
| fastest race lap | Scheckter | lap 122 | 221.081 mph |
| winner's average | 179.044 mph | ||
| margin of victory | 1.7036 seconds |