Race The race was delayed due to rain, and the drivers had to wait for the track to dry out. On the second attempt to start,
Juan Pablo Montoya dived past front-row starters
Christian Fittipaldi and
Dario Franchitti to take the lead. The trio quickly pulled away from the rest of the field with Franchitti taking second from Fittipaldi at the first round of pit stops, only for Fittipaldi to reverse the order a few laps later by passing Franchitti on the track. Neither, despite staying within two seconds of Montoya, were able to give a serious challenge to him, the Colombian taking his third successive win. The battle for second eventually went to Franchitti who beat Fittipaldi with a quicker second pitstop. == Classification ==