|| *Comments on the 2002 Indianapolis 500:* View the most recent comment <#26> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Darrell posted: 01.30.2009 - 5:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) After several years, Shigeaki Hattori finally makes the Indy 500. 2. nascarman posted: 01.30.2009 - 8:04 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) At the time the caution came out, Paul Tracy probably should have won this race. But it is Helio's second consecutive Indy 500 win anyway. 3. Ryan posted: 01.31.2009 - 12:30 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) Wrong, Helio was barely ahead when the caution came out. 4. Ryan posted: 01.31.2009 - 12:36 am Rate this comment: (2) (1) Helio was ahead of Tracy when the caution came out. 5. Darrell posted: 01.31.2009 - 3:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Failed to qualify: #81 Billy Roe #15 Oriol Servia #37 Scott Harrington #99 States Anthony Lazzaro #37 John de Vries 6. Indycar1 posted: 02.05.2009 - 11:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Helio Castroneves becomes the fifth person to win back-to-back Indy 500's Wilbur Shaw 39-40 Mauri Rose 47-48 Bill Vukovich 53-54 Al Unser 70-71. Tomas Scheckter had the best car, looked like he was going to be the third rookie to win in as many years, but he crashed out of the lead with 28 laps to go. first Indy 500 for Tony Kanaan, He crashed out of the lead at lap 89. 7. RaceFanX posted: 02.27.2009 - 4:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Tony Kanaan and Paul Tracy make their IRL debuts. For Tracy, it was his only IRL race before the CART/IRL reunification in 2008. In my opinion, Tracy got screwed out of the win on this one. 8. nascarman posted: 03.27.2009 - 7:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Wrong, Helio was barely ahead when the caution came out. Ryan | Email | 01.31.09 - 12:30 am I am a huge Helio fan, but, this video shows Tracy was ahead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_frzAK-Md8 9. Pacer posted: 04.21.2009 - 5:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The pace car for this Indy 500 was a Chevrolet Corvette 10. WillG46 posted: 12.06.2009 - 10:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Paul May have been ahead when the caution light came on, but that doesn't matter. They refer to the previous scoring loop when deciding position. 11. Anonymous posted: 12.15.2009 - 7:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) part of suuck 3 dnq 12. bduddy posted: 10.28.2010 - 10:28 am Rate this comment: (2) (1) The caution was called before the light went on in the famous video - when it was called, Helio was ahead, end of story. 13. ii posted: 11.08.2010 - 7:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bruno Junqueria's only pole in IndyCar 14. RaceFanX posted: 11.23.2011 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Did not Qualify: Donnie Beechler- #11 Harrah's (A.J. Foyt) John de Vries- #37 Pit Bull Energy Drink / Rhino Cleaning Prod. (Lee Brayton) Johnny Herbert- #32 Western Union (Duesenberg Brothers Racing) Memo Gidley- #32 Western Union (Duesenberg Brothers Racing) Jon Herb- #16 Star Registry / WeberGrills.com (Jon Herb) Scott Harrington- #37 Pit Bull Energy Drink / Rhino Cleaning Prod. (Lee Brayton) Jimmy Kite- #99 Norwalk Furniture (Sam Schmidt) Anthony Lazzaro- #99 Sam Schmidt Motorsports (Sam Schmidt) Robby McGehee- #10 Cahill Racing (Larry Cahill) Billy Roe- #81 American Dream Mortgage (Zali Racing) Oriol Servia- #15 Walker Racing (Derrick Walker) P. J. Jones- #2 Menards / Johns Manville (John Menard)- sidelined by practice crash 15. bduddy's dad posted: 05.08.2013 - 12:35 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) Tony George and the IRL screwed a (then) CART team and Paul Tracy. 16. b4il3y posted: 11.01.2013 - 2:47 am Rate this comment: (1) (5) Paul Tracy won this race. The rules were bonk, and should've raced to the line where Tracy would've owned the tax avoiding Helio, who got out of that because of his ties with Penske. Truth. Don't like it? Tough. This is the truth. 17. We need more Onion posted: 11.29.2013 - 9:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor update: #31 - Cingular Wireless / Menards #99 - Western Union / Homestar.com 18. BlackChevy14 posted: 02.15.2014 - 3:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) First IRL race that featured Arie Luyendyk but not Tony Stewart. Arie's first 26 races coincided with each of Tony's 26 starts in the League. 19. A posted: 02.12.2015 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Decent finish for George Mack in his only Indy 500 20. joebev910 posted: 04.24.2015 - 12:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First indy 500 race with safer barrier 21. Anthony posted: 08.27.2016 - 3:31 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) The SAFER Barrier makes its official race debut and its changed the face of the sport. One of the best things ever to happen to racing. 22. Jolly Mean Giant posted: 08.31.2016 - 1:02 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) First Indy 500 starts for Alex Barron, Dario Franchitti, Shigeaki Hattori, Max Papis, Tomas Scheckter, and Tony Kanaan. Only Indy 500 starts for George Mack, Laurent Redon, and Rick Treadway. Last Indy 500 starts for Arie Luyendyk, Raul Boesel, and Mark Dismore. 23. Truexfan78 posted: 03.14.2017 - 9:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The start of the Indy 500 rookie curse which ended last year with Alexander Rossi. 24. RaceFanX posted: 08.16.2019 - 9:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) After this race a race fan had a miniature replica of the Borg-Warner Trophy made that featured Paul Tracy's face on it as the winner of this race and then gave it to Tracy. Supposedly Tracy was touched and quiet valued the unexpected gift. 25. SweetRich posted: 02.26.2020 - 12:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Commentators For The Race Were Paul Page And Scott Goodyear. The Pit Road Reporters Were Jerry Punch, Jack Arute, Gary Gerould And Vince Welch. 26. Rich posted: 12.23.2020 - 6:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bob Jenkins was the studio host. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: