2002 CART Grand Prix of Chicago

The 2002 CART Grand Prix of Chicago was the seventh round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on June 30, 2002 at the Chicago Motor Speedway in Cicero, Illinois,[1] this was the fourth and final running of the event.[2] 26,000 attended the race.[3] Cristiano da Matta of Newman/Haas Racing, the championship leader going into the event,[4] won the race from the third position. Chip Ganassi Racing's Bruno Junqueira finished in second and Team Green driver Dario Franchitti came in third after winning the eleventh pole position of his career in qualifying.[5][6]

2002 Chicago

Race details
Race 7 of 19 in the 2002 CART season
Date	June 30, 2002
Official name	2002 CART Grand Prix of Chicago
Location	Chicago Motor Speedway, Cicero, Illinois, United States
Course	1 Mile Oval 1.029 mi / 1.656 km
Distance	250 laps 257.250 mi / 414.000 km
Weather	Partly cloudy and hot
Pole position
Driver	Dario Franchitti (Team Green)
Time	23.428
Fastest lap
Driver	Paul Tracy (Team Green)
Time	24.192 (on lap 230 of 250)
Podium
First	Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Bruno Junqueira (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Dario Franchitti (Team Green)

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Time
1		Dario Franchitti	Team Green	23.428
2		Alex Tagliani	Forsythe Racing	23.434
3		Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	23.443
4		Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	23.526
5		Bruno Junqueira	Chip Ganassi Racing	23.545
6		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	23.611
7		Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	23.629
8		Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	23.674
9		Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	23.723
10		Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	23.732
11		Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	23.785
12		Kenny Bräck	Chip Ganassi Racing	23.791
13		Paul Tracy	Team Green	23.847
14		Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	23.884
15		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	23.890
16		Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	23.905
17		Townsend Bell	Patrick Racing	24.174
18		Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	24.319

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	250	2:07:00.698	3	21
2	4	Bruno Junqueira	Chip Ganassi Racing	250	+0.639	5	16
3	27	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	250	+3.444	1	15
4	5	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	250	+11.992	8	12
5	52	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	250	+12.458	16	10
6	44	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	250	+12.970	9	8
7	33	Alex Tagliani	Forsythe Racing	249	+ 1 Lap	2	6
8	10	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	249	+ 1 Lap	4	5
9	26	Paul Tracy	Team Green	249	+ 1 Lap	13	4
10	9	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	249	+ 1 Lap	18	3
11	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	249	+ 1 Lap	15	2
12	20	Townsend Bell	Patrick Racing	248	+ 2 Laps	17	1
13	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	241	+ 9 Laps	6	0
14	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	141	Lost wheel	11	0
15	39	Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	79	Engine	14	0
16	32	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	48	Gearbox	7	0
17	8	Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	0	Contact	10	0
18	12	Kenny Bräck	Chip Ganassi Racing	0	Contact	12	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-12	Vasser (8) & Bräck (12) contact
13	No restart
142-155	Fittipaldi (11) lost wheel
157-161	Tracy (26) & Tagliani (33) contact, spin
163-167	Bell (20) & Jourdain, Jr. (9) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-67 Dario Franchitti 68 Alex Tagliani 69-72 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 73-75 Christian Fittipaldi 76-133 Alex Tagliani 134-136 Cristiano da Matta 137-141 Christian Fittipaldi 142-204 Cristiano da Matta 205-214 Shinji Nakano 215-234 Alex Tagliani 235-250 Cristiano da Matta

Driver Laps led Cristiano da Matta 82 Alex Tagliani 79 Dario Franchitti 67 Shinji Nakano 10 Christian Fittipaldi 8 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 4

• New Race Record Cristiano da Matta 2:07:00.698
• Average Speed 121.524 mph

References

1. "2002 CART schedule". USA Today. November 4, 2001. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
2. "CART to Promote 2002 Race at Chicago Motor Speedway; Self-Promotion a First for CART of an Existing Event". PR Newswire. March 4, 2002. Retrieved January 21, 2017 – via Infotrac Newstand.
3. E. Whitaker, Sigur (2015). The Indy Car Wars: The 30-Year Fight for Control of American Open-Wheel Racing. McFarland & Company. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-7864-9832-1.
4. "CHAMPCAR/CART: Standings after Portland". motorsport.com. June 18, 2002. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
5. "2002 Grand Prix of Chicago". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
6. Phillips, David (June 29, 2002). "David Phillips' Chicago CART Notebook". Speed. Archived from the original on November 1, 2002. Retrieved January 21, 2017.

External links

• Qualifying Results
• Race Results

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