RACE ANALYSIS
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Indianapolis Brickyard 400 August 4
The track has four straightaways, the long front and back stretches and the
shorter straightaways between Turns 1 and 2 and Turns 3 and 4. The cars
need a lot of horsepower to run well on the straights, but handling is just as
essential. Drivers must get off Turn 1 and Turn 3 well to set up for the
short chutes. Because the cars are running almost wide-open going into
Turns 2 and 4, they tend to push toward the wall and can become difficult
to turn, especially during long green-flag runs. As big as this track is, it's
basically one groove all the way around; the fast way is around the bottom.
Side-by-side racing isn't the norm because it slows the cars so much.
Jimmy Spencer on Indianapolis: "I love this racetrack. To me, this is a
track where you can't get too aggressive, but you've got to drive on the
edge. I love driving on the edge. That doesn't scare me."
Driver
Races
Wins
Top 5
Top 10
Poles
Times Led
Laps Led
Laps Comp.
Money Won
Jeff Gordon
8
3
5
6
3
23
306
1,158
$ 2,704,528
Dale Jarrett
8
2
4
5
0
11
186
1,219
2,186,157
Bobby Labonte
8
1
4
5
0
7
30
1,279
1,947,422
Ricky Rudd
8
1
1
3
1
4
33
1,220
1,278,297
Rusty Wallace
8
0
4
7
0
7
136
1,211
1,389,400
Mark Martin
8
0
4
5
0
5
36
1,115
1,206,836
Bill Elliott
8
0
3
6
0
6
56
1,279
1,197,278
Johnny Benson
6
0
1
3
0
5
72
958
809,225
Mike Skinner
4
0
1
3
0
1
8
640
569,505
Sterling Marlin
8
0
1
2
0
5
41
997
910,625
Jeff Burton
8
0
1
2
0
3
26
1,245
863,706
Terry Labonte
7
0
1
2
0
3
11
1,043
819,575
Tony Stewart
3
0
1
2
0
1
3
480
471,170
Jerry Nadeau
4
0
1
1
0
1
11
613
467,780
Brett Bodine
7
0
1
1
0
1
10
1,103
662,700
Kurt Busch
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
160
190,300
Jeremy Mayfield
7
0
1
1
0
0
0
1,021
597,139
Ken Schrader
8
0
0
2
0
2
4
1,278
738,965
Rick Mast
7
0
0
2
1
1
2
1,113
621,700
Ward Burton
8
0
0
2
0
0
0
1,181
726,245
Steve Park
4
0
0
1
0
3
39
627
470,273
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2
0
0
1
0
2
10
320
286,093
John Andretti
8
0
0
1
0
4
6
1,157
742,372
Ricky Craven
7
0
0
1
0
1
1
997
574,410
Todd Bodine
4
0
0
1
0
1
1
637
341,095
Jimmy Spencer
8
0
0
0
1
3
19
1,119
659,780
Kevin Harvick
1
0
0
0
0
1
18
160
165,112
Ryan Newman
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
159
87,460
Bobby Hamilton
8
0
0
0
0
2
2
1,240
645,510
Michael Waltrip
8
0
0
0
0
1
1
1,205
668,980
Kyle Petty
7
0
0
0
0
1
1
905
515,870
Stacy Compton
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
316
168,520
Joe Nemechek
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,270
642,600
Hut Stricklin
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
932
418,765
Kenny Wallace
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
843
410,625
Elliott Sadler
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
478
316,591
Jeff Green
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
476
231,680
Dave Blaney
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
418
256,980
Robby Gordon
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
318
190,344
Buckshot Jones
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
316
164,020
Matt Kenseth
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
161
188,570
Mike Wallace
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
158
55,975
Casey Atwood
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
38
100,735
Race No. 21 of 36
Length: 160 laps, 400 miles.
Date: August 4, 2002.
Time: 2:30 p.m. (Eastern).
Television: NBC.
Radio: Indianapolis Motor Speedway radio network.
Race record: Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 155.206
mph, August 5, 1995.
Qualifying: August 3, 2002 (Last year's pole
winner--Jimmy Spencer, Ford, 179.666 mph).
Qualifying record: Ricky Rudd, Ford, 181.068
mph, August 3, 2000.
Size: 2.5-mile oval.
Front straight: 3,300 feet.
Back straight: 3,300 feet.
Short chutes: 660 feet.
Banking: Turns, 9 degrees; front and back
straights, 0 degrees.
