Chevy Indy 500 Results

Rookie Buddy Rice Races to Top Finish for Chevy in Indianapolis 500

    INDIANAPOLIS, May 25, 2003 - Two rookies were the highest finishing
Chevy drivers in today's Indianapolis 500. Red Bull Cheever Racing's Buddy
Rice brought his Chevrolet Dallara home in 11th and Vitor Meira was 12th in
Team Menard's Chevrolet Dallara in the pair's first Indy 500 appearances.
The race was won by Gil de Ferran driving a Penske Racing Toyota G Force.

    Ten Chevy-powered cars started the 500-mile race and three were running
at the finish. In addition to Rice and Meira, Jimmy Kite placed 13th in
PDM Racing's Chevrolet Dallara. Sam Hornish Jr., Buddy Lazier, Billy Boat,
Robbie Buhl and Sarah Fisher encountered mechanical problems. Jaques Lazier
crashed while trying to avoid Richie Hearn's spinning car, and Robby
McGehee retired after his car's steering was damaged when he was clipped by
another car.

    GM Racing Executive Director led the 33-car field to the green flag in
the Chevy SSR pace vehicle. The race was slowed by nine caution periods
that accounted for 49 of the 200 laps around the 2.5-mile speedway.

    "To be the top Chevrolet finisher is a good thing," said Rice.
"Without that one little miss we would have had a top-10 finish, no
problem. That one little electronic gremlin caught us out a little today,
and we got behind at the midway point of the race."

    "We finished the race today, which was our main goal," said Meira.
"The guys on this team are winners. They deserve to finish first, but right
now we are just working hard to do our best.

    "The Indy 500 was longer and harder than I ever expected," he added. "I
am really happy to be here at the finish. You see everything out there: You
see slow parts, you see really scary parts. I am glad to be part of
the Indianapolis 500. It is amazing, to be surrounded by all these fans and
this excitement."

    IRL teams will test later this weekend in Richmond, Va., and then race
on the high banks of Texas Motor Speedway under the lights in the
Bombardier 500K on June 7.

RACE SUMMARY
Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2.5-mile oval
Winner: Gil de Ferran, Penske Racing Toyota G Force
Margin of Victory: .2990 seconds
Average Speed: 156.291 mph
Pole: Helio Castroneves/Toyota, 231.725 mph
Fastest Lap: Tony Kanaan/Honda, 229.187 mph

RESULTS
Pos./Driver/Engine/Laps
1. Gil de Ferran/Toyota, 200
2. Helio Castroneves/Toyota, 200
3. Tony Kanaan/Honda, 200
4. Tomas Scheckter/Toyota, 200
5. Tora Takagi/Toyota, 200

11. Buddy Rice/Chevrolet, 199
12. Vitor Meira/Chevrolet, 199
13. Jimmy Kite/Chevrolet, 197
15. Sam Hornish Jr./Chevrolet, 195
21. Buddy Lazier/Chevrolet, 171
23. Robbie Buhl/Chevrolet, 147
25. Robbie McGehee/Chevrolet, 125
29. Jacques Lazier/Chevrolet, 61
31. Sarah Fisher/Chevrolet, 14
32. Billy Boat/Chevrolet, 7

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (after 4 of 16 events)
Driver/Engine/Points (victories in parentheses)

1. Tony Kanaan/Honda, 137 (1)
2. Helio Castroneves/Toyota, 123
3. Scott Sharp/Toyota, 116 (1)
4. Gil de Ferran/Toyota, 108 (1)
5. Kenny Brack/Honda, 103

Manufacturer/Points (victories in parentheses)
1. Toyota, 37 (3)
2. Honda, 31 (1)
3. Chevrolet, 20

NEXT EVENT
June 7, Bombardier 500K, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas
TV: ESPN 8:00 p.m. Eastern

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