2002 Grand Prix at Road America

2002 Road America

Race details
Race 12 of 19 in the 2002 CART season
Road America track layout
Date	August 18, 2002
Official name	2002 Grand Prix at Road America Featuring the Motorola 220
Location	Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States
Course	Permanent road course 4.048 mi / 6.515 km
Distance	60 laps 242.880 mi / 390.900 km
Weather	Rain with temperatures reaching up to 77 °F (25 °C); wind speeds approaching 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Bruno Junqueira (Target Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:42.151
Fastest lap
Driver	Bruno Junqueira (Target Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:43.792 (on lap 59 of 60)
Podium
First	Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Alex Tagliani (Team Player's)
Third	Bruno Junqueira (Target Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2002 Grand Prix at Road America was the twelfth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on August 18, 2002 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:42.744	1:42.151	1:42.151
2		Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	1:42.640	1:43.024	1:42.640
3		Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	1:43.184	1:42.684	1:42.684
4		Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	1:43.287	1:42.927	1:42.927
5		Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:43.083	1:42.983	1:42.983
6		Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	1:42.990	1:43.651	1:42.990
7		Kenny Brack	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:44.103	1:43.001	1:43.001
8		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:43.053	1:43.462	1:43.053
9		Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	1:43.394	1:43.118	1:43.118
10		Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	1:43.884	1:43.195	1:43.195
11		Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	1:43.261	1:43.243	1:43.243
12		Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:44.404	1:43.296	1:43.296
13		Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	1:43.992	1:43.394	1:43.394
14		Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	1:43.431	1:43.395	1:43.395
15		Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	1:44.253	1:43.980	1:43.980
16		Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	1:44.542	1:44.261	1:44.261
17		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:45.196	1:47.507	1:45.196
18		Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	4:56.153	-	4:56.153

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	60	1:56:43.030	2	21
2	33	Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	60	+0.805 secs	3	16
3	4	Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	60	+1.530 secs	1	15
4	10	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	60	+7.147 secs	18	12
5	8	Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	60	+11.489 secs	15	10
6	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	60	+12.391 secs	11	8
7	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	60	+13.112 secs	12	6
8	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	60	+23.548 secs	17	5
9	9	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	60	+24.138 secs	16	4
10	39	Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	58	+ 2 Laps	14	3
11	52	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	58	+ 2 Laps	10	2
12	27	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	43	Engine	6	1
13	26	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	39	Contact	4	1
14	12	Kenny Brack	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	39	Contact	7	0
15	5	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	36	Contact	13	0
16	20	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	35	Out of fuel	9	0
17	44	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	26	Fire	5	0
18	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	26	Engine	8	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1	Andretti (39) off course
40-42	Tracy (26) & Bräck (12) contact
50-51	Nakano (52) off course

Notes

Laps Leader 1-24 Paul Tracy 25-38 Bruno Junqueira 39-60 Cristiano da Matta

Driver Laps led Paul Tracy 24 Cristiano da Matta 22 Bruno Junqueira 14

• New Race Record Cristiano da Matta 1:56:43.030
• Average Speed 124.856 mph

References

1. "2002 Grand Prix at Road America weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-27.

External links

• Friday Qualifying Results
• Saturday Qualifying Results
• Race Results