IRL: Hornish Jr. wins race and IRL championship.

Sports Network, The, September, 2002

Sep 15, 2002 (The Sports Network via COMTEX)

Fort Worth, TX (Sports Network) - Sam Hornish Jr. won another photo-finish at the Texas Motor Speedway and clinched his second straight Indy Racing League championship. Hornish won the Chevy 500 by .0096 seconds over Helio Castroneves.

The victory was his fifth of the season and eighth of his IRL career.

"To win the championship here in Texas again, it's great," said Hornish. "I love racing with all the guys in the IRL.".

Hornish went into the race with a 12-point lead over Castroneves. The No.4 Pennzoil Panther driver led the most laps in the first half of the race, but a crash between Jeff Ward and Hideki Noda brought out a yellow caution flag - just after Hornish had made his...

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