Ferran won the pole. The race was memorable for a five–way championship duel involving de Ferran, Scott Dixon, Hélio Castroneves, Tony Kanaan, and two-time titlist Sam Hornish Jr. The race was also notable for a frightening, but non–fatal, accident involving Tomas Scheckter and 1999 Indianapolis 500 champion Kenny Bräck. Scheckter was uninjured, but the Swede was launched into the air after wheel–to–wheel contact on the backstretch and violently clobbered the catch fencing. Debris was scattered across the track, and the already long period of yellow flag laps prompted IRL race control to end the race at lap 195 of 200. Because the race reached 1 lap past the halfway point the race was considered official. Gil de Ferran, Bräck's former title rival in CART, won in his final IndyCar race, joining Ray Harroun and Sam Hanks (both of whom retired immediately after winning an Indianapolis 500) as drivers who retired from U.S. open wheel competition in the winner's circle. Scott Dixon won the IRL title in his first season in the IndyCar Series (having spent two seasons in CART) and Englishman Dan Wheldon beat Roger Yasukawa for Bombardier Rookie of the Year honors. Top ten results 6- Gil de Ferran 9- Scott Dixon 7- Dan Wheldon 2- Vítor Meira 27- Bryan Herta 8- Scott Sharp 12- Tora Takagi 13- Greg Ray 31- Al Unser Jr. 55- Roger Yasukawa Final driver standings Ties in points broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc., and then by number of pole positions, followed by number of times qualified 2nd, etc. Note: Tora Takagi had 23 points deducted at Texas Motor Speedway due to unacceptable driving. See also 2003 Indianapolis 500 2003 Infiniti Pro Series season 2003 CART season 2003 Toyota Atlantic Championship season Footnotes External links IndyCar.com – official site Indianapolis 500 – official site Indy Racing League IndyCar Series seasons IndyCar Series