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2002 Fontana Indycars

2002 Fontana Indycars is 60th IRL race. Passed at the California Speedway circuit. Eddie Cheever won the pole position, Sam Hornish, Jr. won this race. Jaques Lazier and Laurent Redon also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 200 laps (653 km).

Previous race: 2002 Phoenix Indycars
Next race: 2002 Nazareth Indycars
Race Start: 24th March 2002

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2002 Fontana Indycars

8th victory for the Panther Racing team
5th victory for the Sam Hornish, Jr.
14th podium for the Sam Hornish, Jr.
3rd podium for the Jaques Lazier
1st podium for the Laurent Redon

Dallara IR0 - 2002 Fontana Indycars winner

Dallara IR0 #4 - 2002 Fontana Indycars winner

2002 Fontana Indycars results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Sam Hornish, Jr. Dallara IR0, #4 52 2h 13m 49.2106s 0 Panther Racing
2 Jaques Lazier Dallara IR0, #2 40 2h 13m 49.2387s 0 Team Menard
3 Laurent Redon Dallara IR0, #34 35 200 laps 0 Conquest Racing
4 Gil de Ferran Dallara IR0, #6 32 200 laps 0 Marlboro Team Penske
5 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR0, #3 30 200 laps 0 Marlboro Team Penske
6 Felipe Giaffone G-Force GF05, #21 28 200 laps 0 Mo Nunn Racing
7 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR0, #91 26 200 laps 0 Hemelgarn Racing
8 Scott Sharp Dallara IR0, #8 24 200 laps 0 Kelley Racing
9 Jimmy Vasser Dallara IR0, #19 22 200 laps 0 Team Rahal
10 Jeff Ward G-Force GF05, #9 20 200 laps 0 Chip Ganassi Racing Team
11 Al Unser, Jr. Dallara IR0, #7 19 199 laps 0 Kelley Racing
12 Alex Barron Dallara IR0, #44 18 199 laps 0 Blair Racing
13 Airton Dare Dallara IR0, #14 17 199 laps 0 AJ Foyt Enterprises
14 Richie Hearn Dallara IR0, #99 16 198 laps 0 Sam Schmidt Motorsports
15 Eliseo Salazar Dallara IR0, #11 15 197 laps 0 AJ Foyt Enterprises
16 George Mack G-Force GF05, #31 14 197 laps 0 310 Racing
17 Robby McGehee Dallara IR0, #10 13 197 laps 0 Cahill Racing
18 Billy Boat Dallara IR0, #98 12 196 laps 0 Boat Indy Racing
19 Jon Herb G-Force GF05, #16 11 195 laps 0 Racing Professionals
20 Eddie Cheever Dallara IR0, #51 10 190 laps Engine 0 Red Bull Cheever Racing
21 Memo Gidley G-Force GF05, #24 9 184 laps 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
22 Rick Treadway G-Force GF05, #55 8 179 laps 0 Treadway-Hubbard Racing
23 John de Vries Dallara IR0, #37 7 178 laps 0 Brayton Racing
24 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR0, #52 6 163 laps Accident 0 Red Bull Cheever Racing
25 Hideki Noda G-Force GF05, #20 5 158 laps Accident 0 Convergent Racing
26 Shigeaki Hattori Dallara IR0, #12 4 146 laps Engine 0 Bradley Motorsports
27 Jeret Schroeder Dallara IR0, #18 3 15 laps Fuel pump 0 PDM Racing
0 Robbie Buhl G-Force GF05, #24 0 0 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing

Qualifying Results for the 2002 Fontana Indycars on the California Speedway circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Eddie Cheever Dallara IR0, #51 32.517s Red Bull Cheever Racing
2 Jaques Lazier Dallara IR0, #2 32.593s Team Menard
3 Tomas Scheckter Dallara IR0, #52 32.778s Red Bull Cheever Racing
4 Sam Hornish, Jr. Dallara IR0, #4 32.815s Panther Racing
5 Robbie Buhl G-Force GF05, #24 32.837s Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
6 Laurent Redon Dallara IR0, #34 32.875s Conquest Racing
7 Jeff Ward G-Force GF05, #9 32.991s Chip Ganassi Racing Team
8 Al Unser, Jr. Dallara IR0, #7 32.996s Kelley Racing
9 Felipe Giaffone G-Force GF05, #21 33s Mo Nunn Racing
10 Scott Sharp Dallara IR0, #8 33.018s Kelley Racing
11 Rick Treadway G-Force GF05, #55 33.035s Treadway-Hubbard Racing
12 Gil de Ferran Dallara IR0, #6 33.047s Marlboro Team Penske
13 Shigeaki Hattori Dallara IR0, #12 33.057s Bradley Motorsports
14 Billy Boat Dallara IR0, #98 33.07s Boat Indy Racing
15 Helio Castroneves Dallara IR0, #3 33.099s Marlboro Team Penske
16 Eliseo Salazar Dallara IR0, #11 33.163s AJ Foyt Enterprises
17 Jimmy Vasser Dallara IR0, #19 33.171s Team Rahal
18 Richie Hearn Dallara IR0, #99 33.211s Sam Schmidt Motorsports
19 Alex Barron Dallara IR0, #44 33.413s Blair Racing
20 George Mack G-Force GF05, #31 33.414s 310 Racing
21 Airton Dare Dallara IR0, #14 33.433s AJ Foyt Enterprises
22 John de Vries Dallara IR0, #37 33.574s Brayton Racing
23 Robby McGehee Dallara IR0, #10 33.67s Cahill Racing
24 Jeret Schroeder Dallara IR0, #18 33.823s PDM Racing
25 Jon Herb G-Force GF05, #16 33.838s Racing Professionals
26 Hideki Noda G-Force GF05, #20 33.995s Convergent Racing
26 Buddy Lazier Dallara IR0, #91 32.929s Hemelgarn Racing
28 Memo Gidley G-Force GF05, #24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing

List of all cars for the 2002 Fontana Indycars on the California Speedway circuit

Dallara IR0

Infiniti

G-Force GF05

Infiniti

Dallara IR0

Chevrolet

G-Force GF05

Chevrolet