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Firestone Indy 225

Field	Value
Race title	Firestone Indy 225
Track map	[[File:Nazareth Speedway Trackmap.png	250px]]
Series long	IndyCar Series
Series short	ICS
Venue	Nazareth Speedway
Sponsor	Firestone
First race	1987
First series race	2002
Last race	2004
Distance	225 miles (362 km)
Laps	225
Previous names	Nazareth 100 (1968–1969, 1982)
Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix (1987–1996)
Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota (1997–2000)
Lehigh Valley Grand Prix (2001)
Firestone Indy 225 (2002–2004)
Most wins driver	Emerson Fittipaldi (3)
Most wins team	Penske Racing (7)

Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix (1987–1996) Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota (1997–2000) Lehigh Valley Grand Prix (2001) Firestone Indy 225 (2002–2004)

The Firestone Indy 225 was an IndyCar racing event held at Nazareth Speedway from 1987–2004. From 1987–2001, the event was sanctioned by CART. In 2002, the race switched to the Indy Racing League. From 1987–1996, the race was scheduled for 200 laps. In 1997, the race was lengthened to 225 laps. Rising speeds had led to the races being completed very quickly, and CART officials worried that the fans were not getting their money's worth. The race was discontinued after the track closed permanently in 2004.

Nazareth also hosted the Marlboro Challenge all-star event in 1990 and 1992. IndyCar points racing would not return in Pennsylvania until their return to Pocono Raceway in 2013 for the first time since 1989.

Past winners

Season	Date	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	Race Distance	Race Time	Average Speed
(mph)	Report	Laps	Miles (km)	USAC Champ Car history	CART Champ Car history	IRL IndyCar Series history
1968	July 13	USA Al Unser		Dunlop	Offy	100	100 (160.934)	1:00:21	100.068	Report
1969	July 12	USA Mario Andretti		Kuzma	Offy	100	100 (160.934)	0:56:45	105.719	Report
1982	Dec 4	USA Keith Kauffman		Gambler	Chevrolet	54*	54 (86.904)			Report
1987	Sept 20	USA Michael Andretti	Kraco Enterprises	March	Cosworth	200	200 (321.868)	1:33:02	129.026	Report
1988	Sept 25	USA Danny Sullivan	Penske Racing	Penske	Chevrolet-Ilmor	200	200 (321.868)	1:20:47	148.526	Report
1989	Sept 24	BRA Emerson Fittipaldi	Patrick Racing	Penske	Chevrolet-Ilmor	200	200 (321.868)	1:29:02	134.767	Report
1990	Oct 7	BRA Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske Racing	Penske	Chevrolet-Ilmor	200	200 (321.868)	1:46:28	112.17	Report
1991	Oct 6	NED Arie Luyendyk	Granatelli Racing Team	Lola	Chevrolet-Ilmor	200	200 (321.868)	1:31:23	131.31	Report
1992	Oct 4	USA Bobby Rahal	Rahal/Hogan Racing	Lola	Chevrolet-Ilmor	200	200 (321.868)	1:33:07	128.848	Report
1993	Sept 19	GBR Nigel Mansell	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	200	200 (321.868)	1:15:37	158.686	Report
1994	Sept 18	CAN Paul Tracy	Penske Racing	Penske	Ilmor	200	200 (321.868)	1:31:30	131.141	Report
1995	April 23	BRA Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske Racing	Penske	Mercedes-Benz-Ilmor	200	200 (321.868)	1:31:23	131.305	Report
1996	April 28	USA Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	200	200 (321.868)	1:25:08	140.953	Report
1997	April 27	CAN Paul Tracy	Penske Racing	Penske	Mercedes-Benz-Ilmor	225	225 (362.102)	1:53:31	118.919	Report
1998	April 26	USA Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard	Honda	225	225 (362.102)	1:57:20	108.839	Report
1999	May 2	COL Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard	Honda	225	225 (362.102)	1:46:13	120.225	Report
2000	May 27*	BRA Gil de Ferran	Penske Racing	Reynard	Honda	225	225 (362.102)	2:06:10	101.219	Report
2001	May 6	NZL Scott Dixon	PacWest Racing	Reynard	Toyota	225	225 (362.102)	1:51:12	114.84	Report
2002	April 21	USA Scott Sharp	Kelley Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	225	225 (362.102)	2:14:35	93.789	Report
2003	Aug 24	BRA Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	225	225 (362.102)	1:42:07	123.606	Report
2004	Aug 29	GBR Dan Wheldon	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	225	225 (362.102)	1:46:11	118.874	Report

1982: Race shortened due to rain.
2000: Originally scheduled for April 9; postponed due to snow.

Lights and Atlantics winners

Season	Date	Winning driver	Season	Date	Winning driver
1987	September 20	USA Mike Groff
1988	September 25	GBR Calvin Fish
1989	September 24	USA Mike Groff
1990	October 7	USA Robbie Groff
1991	October 6	USA Robbie Buhl	1991	October 6	PHL Jovy Marcelo
1992	October 4	USA Robbie Buhl	1992	October 3	NOR Harald Huysman
1993	September 19	USA Bryan Herta	1993	September 18	CAN Claude Bourbonnais
1994	September 18	CAN Greg Moore	1994	September 17	USA Mark Dismore
1995	April 23	CAN Greg Moore	1995	April 22	CAN Patrick Carpentier
1996	April 28	USA David DeSilva	1996	April 27	CAN Patrick Carpentier
1997	April 27	BRA Cristiano da Matta	1997	April 26	USA Alex Barron
1998	April 27	BRA Cristiano da Matta	1998	April 25	USA Buddy Rice
1999	May 2	BRA Airton Daré	1999	May 1	USA Anthony Lazzaro
2000*	No race	2000*	No race
			2001	May 5	USA Tony Ave

2000: Originally scheduled for April 9, postponed due to snow. Indy Lights and Atlantic races were not made up.

References

(April 10, 2000). "San Marino, Goody's 500, Nazareth". Driving Today.

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