Check out a short list of favorites for Saturday's Radisson 225 at Fountain, Colo.

Billy Boat
Finished seventh last week in Texas -- his best result of the season and is 10th in the points standings; finished a career-best fourth in the IRL points standings in 2001; has just three top-10 finishes in his last eight races; came in fourth in this race last season.

Helio Castroneves
Earned his third career Indy Racing League win May 26 at the Indianapolis 500; his first win came at the Indianapolis 500 last year with his second coming March 17 at Phoenix International Raceway; notched three victories in his first seven IRL starts, a league record; is the only driver to have led in all six IRL events this season; is also the only driver to have finished in the top five in every IRL event in 2002.

Gil de Ferran
Second in the IRL standings with 183, 12 points ahead of Sam Hornish Jr., and trails the points leader by 44 behind fellow Team Penske member Helio Castroneves; started from the 12th spot last week in the Boomtown 500 and finished 16th; it was his second straight disappointing effort; started the season with a pair of second-place finishes; had another two top five results.

Felipe Giaffone
Fourth in the IRL standings with 170 points; came in fifth last week in the Boomtown 500 in Texas; third at the Indianapolis 500 after finishing second at Nazareth; led 12 laps at Indy; was the 2001 Rookie of the Year and finished sixth in the point standings.

Sam Hornish Jr.
Won two races this season and is third in the standings with 171 points; his victory March 24 at California was the fifth of his IRL career; reached five career Indy Racing wins faster than any driver in league history, taking 24 starts to achieve the feat -- 10 less than the previous record holder Scott Sharp; led for 1,112 laps during his IRL career, moving past Buddy Lazier into third place on the all-time IRL list; came in second in this race last season; has 31 career top-10 finishes.

Scott Sharp
Finished last week's event in Texas in 14th place after qualifying 16th; sits ninth in the standings with 117 points; recorded his seventh career victory at Nazareth, putting him one win behind Buddy Lazier for tops all time in IRL; has won at least one race in six consecutive IRL seasons, which is a record.