IRL: Texas Motor Speedway, Round 15
15th September 2002 - Chevy 500
Practice One
Pos Car Driver C/E/T Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st
1. 2 Vitor Meira D/C/F 5 23.6524 221.457
2. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr D/I/F 54 23.6800 0.028 0.028 221.199 0.258 0.258
3. 7 Al Unser Jr D/C/F 40 23.7340 0.054 0.082 220.696 0.503 0.761
4. 52 Buddy Rice D/I/F 48 23.7890 0.055 0.137 220.186 0.510 1.271
5. 23 Sarah Fisher G/I/F 38 23.8222 0.033 0.170 219.879 0.307 1.578
6. 24 Robbie Buhl G/I/F 58 23.8259 0.004 0.174 219.845 0.034 1.612
7. 11 Eliseo Salazar D/C/F 54 23.8685 0.043 0.216 219.452 0.393 2.005
8. 44 Alex Barron D/C/F 56 23.8893 0.021 0.237 219.261 0.191 2.196
9. 78 Tony Renna D/C/F 38 23.8928 0.004 0.240 219.229 0.032 2.228
10. 6 Max Papis D/C/F 43 23.8973 0.005 0.245 219.188 0.041 2.269
11. 3 Helio Castroneves D/C/F 63 23.9060 0.009 0.254 219.108 0.080 2.349
12. 8 Scott Sharp D/C/F 54 23.9102 0.004 0.258 219.070 0.038 2.387
13. 98 Billy Boat D/I/F 27 23.9269 0.017 0.274 218.917 0.153 2.540
14. 34 Laurent Redon D/I/F 57 23.9475 0.021 0.295 218.728 0.189 2.729
15. 9 Jeff Ward G/C/F 9 23.9565 0.009 0.304 218.646 0.082 2.811
16. 14 Airton Dare D/C/F 36 23.9810 0.025 0.329 218.423 0.223 3.034
17. 15 Dan Wheldon D/C/F 36 24.0040 0.023 0.352 218.214 0.209 3.243
18. 21 Felipe Giaffone G/C/F 38 24.0303 0.026 0.378 217.975 0.239 3.482
19. 12 Raul Boesel D/I/F 53 24.0493 0.019 0.397 217.803 0.172 3.654
20. 53 Robby McGehee D/I/F 47 24.0526 0.003 0.400 217.773 0.030 3.684
21. 91 Buddy Lazier D/C/F 58 24.0651 0.012 0.413 217.660 0.113 3.797
- 9T Jeff Ward G/C/F 26 24.0743 0.009 0.422 217.576 0.084 3.881
22. 20 Greg Ray D/C/F 31 24.1478 0.073 0.495 216.914 0.662 4.543
23. 4 Sam Hornish Jr D/C/F 7 24.1594 0.012 0.507 216.810 0.104 4.647
24. 67 Rick Treadway D/I/F 27 24.3382 0.179 0.686 215.217 1.593 6.240
25. 55 Will Langhorne G/C/F 45 24.3997 0.061 0.747 214.675 0.542 6.782
26. 28 Hideki Noda G/C/F 43 24.4418 0.042 0.789 214.305 0.370 7.152
27. 31 George Mack G/C/F 49 24.5030 0.061 0.851 213.770 0.535 7.687
28. 18 Cory Kruseman D/C/F 48 24.7900 0.287 1.138 211.295 2.475 10.162
- 4T Sam Hornish Jr D/C/F 1 57.0426 32.253 33.390 91.826 119.469 129.631
Practice Two
Pos Car Driver C/E/T Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st
1. 8 Scott Sharp D/C/F 44 23.7193 220.833
2. 2 Vitor Meira D/C/F 34 23.7299 0.011 0.011 220.734 0.099 0.099
3. 7 Al Unser Jr D/C/F 36 23.7498 0.020 0.030 220.549 0.185 0.284
4. 52 Buddy Rice D/I/F 46 23.7592 0.009 0.040 220.462 0.087 0.371
5. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr D/I/F 49 23.7600 0.001 0.041 220.455 0.007 0.378
6. 3 Helio Castroneves D/C/F 44 23.7843 0.024 0.065 220.229 0.226 0.604
7. 44 Alex Barron D/C/F 38 23.8042 0.020 0.085 220.045 0.184 0.788
8. 21 Felipe Giaffone G/C/F 45 23.8345 0.030 0.115 219.765 0.280 1.068
9. 4T Sam Hornish Jr D/C/F 40 23.8443 0.010 0.125 219.675 0.090 1.158
10. 14 Airton Dare D/C/F 36 23.9266 0.082 0.207 218.920 0.755 1.913
11. 24 Robbie Buhl G/I/F 22 23.9415 0.015 0.222 218.783 0.137 2.050
12. 91 Buddy Lazier D/C/F 37 23.9869 0.045 0.268 218.369 0.414 2.464
13. 78 Tony Renna D/C/F 17 24.0440 0.057 0.325 217.851 0.518 2.982
14. 6 Max Papis D/C/F 39 24.0549 0.011 0.336 217.752 0.099 3.081
15. 98 Billy Boat D/I/F 32 24.0565 0.002 0.337 217.737 0.015 3.096
16. 15 Dan Wheldon D/C/F 32 24.0690 0.012 0.350 217.624 0.113 3.209
17. 11 Eliseo Salazar D/C/F 25 24.1263 0.057 0.407 217.107 0.517 3.726
18. 12 Raul Boesel D/I/F 19 24.1532 0.027 0.434 216.866 0.241 3.967
19. 9T Jeff Ward G/C/F 40 24.2200 0.067 0.501 216.268 0.598 4.565
20. 20 Greg Ray D/C/F 36 24.2266 0.007 0.507 216.209 0.059 4.624
21. 53 Robby McGehee D/I/F 11 24.2587 0.032 0.539 215.923 0.286 4.910
22. 34 Laurent Redon D/I/F 20 24.2678 0.009 0.549 215.842 0.081 4.991
23. 31 George Mack G/C/F 30 24.2982 0.030 0.579 215.572 0.270 5.261
24. 67 Rick Treadway D/I/F 23 24.3814 0.083 0.662 214.836 0.736 5.997
25. 55 Will Langhorne G/C/F 23 24.3890 0.008 0.670 214.769 0.067 6.064
26. 28 Hideki Noda G/C/F 11 24.5187 0.130 0.799 213.633 1.136 7.200
27. 18 Cory Kruseman D/C/F 31 24.7465 0.228 1.027 211.666 1.967 9.167
Practice Three
Pos Car Driver C/E/T Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st
1. 52 Buddy Rice D/I/F 7 23.6271 221.695
2. 2 Vitor Meira D/C/F 36 23.6455 0.018 0.018 221.522 0.173 0.173
3. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr D/I/F 29 23.6906 0.045 0.064 221.100 0.422 0.595
4. 7 Al Unser Jr D/C/F 25 23.7103 0.020 0.083 220.917 0.183 0.778
5. 4 Sam Hornish Jr D/C/F 22 23.8154 0.105 0.188 219.942 0.975 1.753
6. 23 Sarah Fisher G/I/F 23 23.8413 0.026 0.214 219.703 0.239 1.992
7. 44 Alex Barron D/C/F 26 23.8503 0.009 0.223 219.620 0.083 2.075
8. 3 Helio Castroneves D/C/F 24 23.8629 0.013 0.236 219.504 0.116 2.191
9. 24 Robbie Buhl G/I/F 32 23.9013 0.038 0.274 219.151 0.353 2.544
10. 53 Robby McGehee D/I/F 22 23.9203 0.019 0.293 218.977 0.174 2.718
11. 21 Felipe Giaffone G/C/F 30 23.9325 0.012 0.305 218.866 0.111 2.829
12. 8 Scott Sharp D/C/F 29 23.9481 0.016 0.321 218.723 0.143 2.972
13. 78 Tony Renna D/C/F 23 23.9677 0.020 0.341 218.544 0.179 3.151
14. 34 Laurent Redon D/I/F 32 23.9715 0.004 0.344 218.509 0.035 3.186
15. 6 Max Papis D/C/F 27 23.9928 0.021 0.366 218.315 0.194 3.380
16. 98 Billy Boat D/I/F 21 24.0256 0.033 0.399 218.017 0.298 3.678
17. 11 Eliseo Salazar D/C/F 31 24.0483 0.023 0.421 217.812 0.205 3.883
18. 14 Airton Dare D/C/F 25 24.0568 0.008 0.430 217.735 0.077 3.960
19. 12 Raul Boesel D/I/F 27 24.0933 0.037 0.466 217.405 0.330 4.290
20. 31 George Mack G/C/F 37 24.0975 0.004 0.470 217.367 0.038 4.328
21. 91 Buddy Lazier D/C/F 35 24.1268 0.029 0.500 217.103 0.264 4.592
22. 9 Jeff Ward G/C/F 19 24.1291 0.002 0.502 217.082 0.021 4.613
23. 20 Greg Ray D/C/F 25 24.1601 0.031 0.533 216.804 0.278 4.891
24. 28 Hideki Noda G/C/F 35 24.1883 0.028 0.561 216.551 0.253 5.144
25. 55 Will Langhorne G/C/F 31 24.2413 0.053 0.614 216.078 0.473 5.617
26. 67 Rick Treadway D/I/F 24 24.3497 0.108 0.723 215.116 0.962 6.579
27. 18 Cory Kruseman D/C/F 37 24.5977 0.248 0.971 212.947 2.169 8.748
Starting Line-up
Pos Car Driver C/E/T Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st
1. 2 Vitor Meira D/C/F 9 23.6378 221.594
2. 7 Al Unser Jr D/C/F 2 23.6987 0.061 0.061 221.025 0.569 0.569
3. 4 Sam Hornish Jr D/C/F 2 23.7165 0.018 0.079 220.859 0.166 0.735
4. 52 Buddy Rice D/I/F 2 23.7241 0.008 0.086 220.788 0.071 0.806
5. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr D/I/F 2 23.7523 0.028 0.115 220.526 0.262 1.068
6. 78 Tony Renna D/C/F 2 23.8985 0.146 0.261 219.177 1.349 2.417
7. 8 Scott Sharp D/C/F 2 23.9006 0.002 0.263 219.158 0.019 2.436
8. 44 Alex Barron D/C/F 2 23.9058 0.005 0.268 219.110 0.048 2.484
9. 23 Sarah Fisher G/I/F 2 23.9326 0.027 0.295 218.865 0.245 2.729
10. 3 Helio Castroneves D/C/F 2 23.9429 0.010 0.305 218.770 0.095 2.824
11. 53 Robby McGehee D/I/F 2 23.9463 0.003 0.309 218.739 0.031 2.855
12. 24 Robbie Buhl G/I/F 2 23.9849 0.039 0.347 218.387 0.352 3.207
13. 21 Felipe Giaffone G/C/F 2 23.9903 0.005 0.353 218.338 0.049 3.256
14. 98 Billy Boat D/I/F 2 24.0245 0.034 0.387 218.027 0.311 3.567
15. 14 Airton Dare D/C/F 2 24.0421 0.018 0.404 217.868 0.159 3.726
16. 11 Eliseo Salazar D/C/F 2 24.0943 0.052 0.457 217.396 0.472 4.198
17. 34 Laurent Redon D/I/F 2 24.1051 0.011 0.467 217.298 0.098 4.296
18. 6 Max Papis D/C/F 2 24.1163 0.011 0.479 217.197 0.101 4.397
19. 20 Greg Ray D/C/F 2 24.1713 0.055 0.534 216.703 0.494 4.891
20. 91 Buddy Lazier D/C/F 2 24.2008 0.030 0.563 216.439 0.264 5.155
21. 28 Hideki Noda G/C/F 2 24.2077 0.007 0.570 216.377 0.062 5.217
22. 55 Will Langhorne G/C/F 2 24.2138 0.006 0.576 216.323 0.054 5.271
23. 12 Raul Boesel D/I/F 2 24.3138 0.100 0.676 215.433 0.890 6.161
24. 31 George Mack G/C/F 2 24.3774 0.064 0.740 214.871 0.562 6.723
25. 67 Rick Treadway D/I/F 2 24.4280 0.051 0.790 214.426 0.445 7.168
26. 18 Cory Kruseman D/C/F 2 24.7857 0.358 1.148 211.332 3.094 10.262
27. 9 Jeff Ward G/C/F 0
28. 15 Dan Wheldon D/C/F 0
Final Practice
Pos Car Driver C/E/T Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st
1. 2 Vitor Meira D/C/F 4 23.6120 221.836
2. 51 Eddie Cheever Jr D/I/F 42 23.6726 0.061 0.061 221.268 0.568 0.568
3. 3 Helio Castroneves D/C/F 37 23.7023 0.030 0.090 220.991 0.277 0.845
4. 98 Billy Boat D/I/F 44 23.7072 0.005 0.095 220.946 0.045 0.890
5. 52 Buddy Rice D/I/F 33 23.7245 0.017 0.113 220.784 0.162 1.052
6. 4 Sam Hornish Jr D/C/F 23 23.7398 0.015 0.128 220.642 0.142 1.194
7. 44 Alex Barron D/C/F 47 23.7433 0.004 0.131 220.610 0.032 1.226
8. 8 Scott Sharp D/C/F 53 23.7527 0.009 0.141 220.522 0.088 1.314
9. 21 Felipe Giaffone G/C/F 47 23.8024 0.050 0.190 220.062 0.460 1.774
10. 91 Buddy Lazier D/C/F 55 23.8175 0.015 0.206 219.922 0.140 1.914
11. 14 Airton Dare D/C/F 30 23.8187 0.001 0.207 219.911 0.011 1.925
12. 11 Eliseo Salazar D/C/F 41 23.8213 0.003 0.209 219.887 0.024 1.949
13. 34 Laurent Redon D/I/F 50 23.8749 0.054 0.263 219.394 0.493 2.442
14. 24 Robbie Buhl G/I/F 47 23.8783 0.003 0.266 219.362 0.032 2.474
15. 9 Jeff Ward G/C/F 54 23.8859 0.008 0.274 219.293 0.069 2.543
16. 78 Tony Renna D/C/F 49 23.8891 0.003 0.277 219.263 0.030 2.573
17. 12 Raul Boesel D/I/F 52 23.9182 0.029 0.306 218.996 0.267 2.840
18. 23 Sarah Fisher G/I/F 34 23.9208 0.003 0.309 218.973 0.023 2.863
19. 6 Max Papis D/C/F 43 23.9357 0.015 0.324 218.836 0.137 3.000
20. 53 Robby McGehee D/I/F 36 24.0288 0.093 0.417 217.988 0.848 3.848
21. 20 Greg Ray D/C/F 38 24.0463 0.017 0.434 217.830 0.158 4.006
22. 31 George Mack G/C/F 45 24.0534 0.007 0.441 217.765 0.065 4.071
23. 15 Dan Wheldon D/C/F 7 24.0937 0.040 0.482 217.401 0.364 4.435
24. 28 Hideki Noda G/C/F 45 24.1478 0.054 0.536 216.914 0.487 4.922
25. 67 Rick Treadway D/I/F 34 24.1820 0.034 0.570 216.607 0.307 5.229
26. 55 Will Langhorne G/C/F 44 24.2689 0.087 0.657 215.832 0.775 6.004
27. 7 Al Unser Jr D/C/F 12 24.2870 0.018 0.675 215.671 0.161 6.165
28. 18 Cory Kruseman D/C/F 47 24.3859 0.099 0.774 214.796 0.875 7.040
Race Results
Pos NO Driver Team C/E/T Lap Gap Status
1. 4 Hornish Jr, Sam Panther Racing D/C/F 200 Running
2. 3 Castroneves, Helio Team Penske D/C/F 200 0.0096 Running
3. 2 Meira, Vitor Team Menard D/C/F 200 0.1096 Running
4. 8 Sharp, Scott Kelley Racing D/C/F 200 0.2645 Running
5. 44 Barron, Alex Blair Racing D/C/F 200 0.3628 Running
6. 52 Rice, Buddy Cheever Racing D/I/F 200 1.9020 Running
7. 91 Lazier, Buddy Hemelgarn Racing D/C/F 200 22.2676 Running
8. 51 Cheever Jr, Eddie Cheever Racing D/I/F 199 1 lap Running
9. 78 Renna, Tony Kelley Racing D/C/F 199 10.6166 Running
10. 34 Redon, Laurent Conquest Racing D/I/F 199 10.8928 Running
11. 23 Fisher, Sarah Dreyer&Reinbold Racing G/I/F 198 2 laps Running
12. 14 Dare, Airton AJ Foyt Racing D/C/F 197 3 laps Running
13. 53 McGehee, Robby Cheever Racing D/I/F 197 10.0049 Running
14. 20 Ray, Greg Sam Schmidt Motorsports D/C/F 196 4 laps Running
15. 15 Wheldon, Dan Panther Racing D/C/F 195 5 laps Running
16. 11 Salazar, Eliseo AJ Foyt Racing D/C/F 186 14 laps Engine
17. 21 Giaffone, Felipe Mo Nunn Racing G/C/F 184 16 laps Engine
18. 24 Buhl, Robbie Dreyer&Reinbold Racing G/I/F 173 27 laps Engine
19. 67 Treadway, Rick Treadway Racing D/I/F 173 28 laps Running
20. 7 Unser Jr, Al Kelley Racing D/C/F 171 29 laps Engine
21. 6 Papis, Max Team Penske D/C/F 163 37 laps Engine
22. 12 Boesel, Raul Bradley Motorsports D/I/F 152 48 laps Engine
23. 55 Langhorne, Will Sam Schmidt Motorsports G/C/F 135 65 laps Gear Box
24. 98 Boat, Billy Boat Indy Racing D/I/F 109 91 laps Engine
25. 9 Ward, Jeff Chip Ganassi Racing G/C/F 86 114 laps Accident
26. 18 Kruseman, Cory PDM Racing D/C/F 74 126 laps Transmission
27. 28 Noda, Hideki Indy Regency Racing G/C/F 73 127 laps Accident
28. 31 Mack, George 310 Racing G/C/F 23 177 laps Engine
Winner's average speed: 163.981 mph.
Time of race: 01:46:28.5609.
Margin of victory: .0096 of a second.
Cautions: 4 for 34 laps.
Lead changes: 21 among 7 drivers.
Lap leaders: Meira 1-2, Unser 3-6, Hornish 7-17, Barron 18, Hornish 19-30,
McGehee 31-43, Hornish 44-85, Barron 86, Castroneves 87-145, Hornish 146,
Castroneves 147-149, Hornish 150, Castroneves 151-157, Unser 158, Sharp 159,
Meira 160-165, Castroneves 166-176, Hornish 177-180, Castroneves 181-191,
Hornish 192-194, Castroneves 195, Hornish 196-200.
Championship Standings
Driver Points
Ps Driver Points
1 Sam Hornish Jr. 531
2 Helio Castroneves 511
3 Gil de Ferran 443
4 Felipe Giaffone 432
5 Alex Barron 366
6 Scott Sharp 332
7 Al Unser Jr. 311
8 Buddy Lazier 305
9 Airton Dare 304
10 Eddie Cheever Jr. 280
11 Jeff Ward 268
12 Laurent Redon 229
13 Billy Boat 225
14 Tomas Scheckter 210
15 Richie Hearn 204
16 George Mack 184
17 Robbie Buhl 177
18 Sarah Fisher 161
19 Raul Boesel 158
20 Eliseo Salazar 157
21 Robby McGehee 142
22 Buddy Rice 140
23 Greg Ray 128
24 Tony Renna 121
25 Vitor Meira 96
26 Jaques Lazier 90
27 Shigeaki Hattori 78
28 Rick Treadway 76
29 Mark Dismore 73
30 Jon Herb 70
31 Anthony Lazzaro 70
32 Hideki Noda 54
33 John de Vries 53
34 Paul Tracy 40
35 Will Langhorne 36
36 Dan Wheldon 35
37 Arie Luyendyk 30
38 Michael Andretti 26
39 Robby Gordon 24
40 Jimmy Vasser 23
41 Tyce Carlson 23
42 Kenny Brack 19
43 Max Papis 16
44 Dario Franchitti 11
45 Billy Roe 9
46 Scott Harrington 9
47 Memo Gidley 9
48 Cory Kruseman 4
49 Jeret Schroeder 3
50 Tony Kanaan 2
51 Bruno Junqueira 1
Entrant Points
Entrant / Car # Points
Panther Racing 4 531
Marlboro Team Penske 3 511
Marlboro Team Penske 6 452
Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing 21 432
Blair Racing 44 366
Kelley Racing 7 363
Kelley Racing 8 332
Hemelgarn Racing 91 305
AJ Foyt Enterprises 14 304
Red Bull Cheever Racing 52 292
Team Menard 2 284
Red Bull Cheever Racing 51 280
Sam Schmidt Motorsports 20 279
Target Chip Ganassi Racing 9 268
AJ Foyt Enterprises 11 233
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 34 229
Curb/Agajanian/Boat Indy Racing 98 225
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 24 218
Bradley Motorsports 12 210
310 Racing 31 184
Treadway and Associates Racing 55 156
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 23 129
Red Bull Cheever Racing 53 82
Racing Professionals 16 70
Kelley Racing 78 69
Cahill Racing 10 55
Beck Motorsports 54 52
PDM Racing 18 49
Brayton Racing 37 43
Team Green 26 40
AJ Foyt Enterprises 41 39
Panther Racing 15 35
Convergent Racing 120 32
Team Green 39 26
Team Menard 131 24
Team Rahal 19 23
Indy Regency Racing 28 22
Target Chip Ganassi Racing 22 19
Team Green 27 11
Treadway and Associates Racing 67 11
Zali Racing 21 9
Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing 17 2
Treadway and Associates Racing 5 1
Target Chip Ganassi Racing 33 1
Sam Schmidt Motorsports 199 1
Driver Winnings
Driver Winnings
Helio Castroneves $2,512,965
Sam Hornish Jr. $1,435,615
Felipe Giaffone $1,306,315
Gil de Ferran $1,267,715
Alex Barron $1,119,765
Jeff Ward $944,015
Scott Sharp $933,215
Al Unser Jr. $931,015
Airton Dare $923,015
Buddy Lazier $900,265
Eddie Cheever Jr. $878,465
Billy Boat $847,165
Tomas Scheckter $840,515
Laurent Redon $816,015
George Mack $758,765
Robbie Buhl $735,015
Richie Hearn $719,015
Raul Boesel $574,315
Greg Ray $516,715
Paul Tracy $489,315
Sarah Fisher $369,915
Eliseo Salazar $362,000
Arie Luyendyk $357,815
Rick Treadway $347,765
Mark Dismore $334,315
Bruno Junqueira $282,715
Robby McGehee $242,950
Shigeaki Hattori $241,565
Buddy Rice $226,250
Michael Andretti $218,715
Vitor Meira $208,750
Robby Gordon $204,000
Jaques Lazier $194,750
Anthony Lazzaro $189,650
Kenny Brack $188,315
Max Papis $185,565
Jimmy Vasser $172,415
Tony Renna $172,100
Tony Kanaan $167,665
Dario Franchitti $153,565
John de Vries $109,500
Hideki Noda $96,900
Jon Herb $95,250
Tyce Carlson $52,300
Will Langhorne $40,400
Dan Wheldon $35,100
Memo Gidley $32,200
Billy Roe $10,800
Scott Harrington $10,600
Jeret Schroeder $10,200
Cory Kruseman $10,000