Saturday, August 3, 2002
2002 Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves received a
Chevrolet Corvette as a prize for his victory in May this morning on the “yard
of bricks” at the start-finish line. Castroneves then took a ceremonial lap of
the 2.5-mile oval in the car with Jim Campbell from Chevrolet.
HELIO CASTRONEVES: “It’s (Corvette) smooth like a
baby’s butt. It’s really nice. I’m going to take the car to Miami and drive
South Beach and see the chicks.”
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At
10:05 a.m., the ambient temperature was 82 degrees with southeast winds at 5
mph and a relative humidity of 69 percent. Skies were sunny.
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Event-record lap: 49.704 seconds, 181.072 mph, Brett
Bodine, Aug. 4, 2000
Fastest speed during July testing: 181.956 mph, Matt
Kenseth, July 16
Fastest speed,
Friday: 181.734 mph, Kurt Busch
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BUD POLE QUALIFYING
CHRONOLOGY:
(Best of two laps)
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10:06 a.m. |
37 |
Derrike Cope |
50.734 |
177.396 |
1 |
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10:08 a.m. |
43 |
John Andretti |
49.995 |
180.018 |
1 |
#43 Andretti
takes pole from #37 Cope. Fastest lap was first lap.
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10:12 a.m. |
8 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. |
49.552 |
181.627 |
1 |
#8
Earnhardt takes pole from #43 Andretti. Fastest lap was first lap. Speed was
the fastest official lap turned by a stock car at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway.
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10:15 a.m. |
9 |
Bill Elliott |
49.421 |
182.109 |
1 |
#9
Elliott takes pole from #8 Earnhardt. Fastest lap was first lap. Speed was the
fastest official lap turned by a stock car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
and the first stock-car lap faster than 182 mph at the track.
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10:17 a.m. |
23 |
Hut Stricklin |
50.602 |
177.859 |
4 |
#23
Stricklin brushed the outside wall on his first lap, causing minor damage to
the right side of his car.
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10:20 a.m. |
30 |
Jeff Green |
50.367 |
178.688 |
4 |
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10:23 a.m. |
28 |
Ricky Rudd |
50.280 |
178.998 |
4 |
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10:25 a.m. |
2 |
Rusty Wallace |
50.447 |
178.405 |
6 |
#2
Wallace slowed on second lap and pulled off track. Wallace said team ran only
one lap because car was running hot.
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10:28 a.m. |
31 |
Robby Gordon |
49.575 |
181.543 |
3 |
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10:31 a.m. |
29 |
Kevin Harvick |
49.755 |
180.886 |
4 |
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10:34 a.m. |
20 |
Tony Stewart |
49.191 |
182.960 |
1 |
#20
Stewart takes pole from #9 Elliott. Stewart turned only one lap. Speed was the
fastest official lap turned by a stock car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
and the second stock-car lap faster than 182 mph at the track.
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10:37 a.m. |
37 |
Stewart Kirby |
51.276 |
175.521 |
12 |
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10:39 a.m. |
25 |
Joe Nemechek |
49.881 |
180.429 |
6 |
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10:42 a.m. |
41 |
Jimmy Spencer |
49.952 |
180.173 |
7 |
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10:44 a.m. |
21 |
Elliott Sadler |
50.664 |
177.641 |
13 |
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10:46 a.m. |
49 |
Ron Hornaday |
50.605 |
177.848 |
13 |
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10:50 a.m. |
6 |
Mark Martin |
49.815 |
180.668 |
6 |
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10:52 a.m. |
4 |
Mike Skinner |
49.936 |
180.231 |
8 |
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10:54 a.m. |
24 |
Jeff Gordon |
50.151 |
179.494 |
11 |
#24
Gordon turned only one qualifying lap. Gordon said he encountered a mechanical
problem during his run.
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10:57 a.m. |
99 |
Jeff Burton |
50.203 |
179.272 |
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