Wikipedia / 2002 CART Grand Prix of Chicago
Wikipedia / 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, this was the fourth and final running of the event. 26,000 attended the race. Cristiano da Matta of Newman/Haas Racing, the championship leader going into the event, 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.
Qualifying results
Pos | Nat | Name | Team | Time |
1 | 23.428 | |||
2 | 23.434 | |||
3 | 23.443 | |||
4 | 23.526 | |||
5 | 23.545 | |||
6 | 23.611 | |||
7 | Forsythe Racing | 23.629 | ||
8 | 23.674 | |||
9 | Chip Ganassi Racing | 23.723 | ||
10 | 23.732 | |||
11 | Newman/Haas Racing | 23.785 | ||
12 | Chip Ganassi Racing | 23.791 | ||
13 | Team Green | 23.847 | ||
14 | 23.884 | |||
15 | 23.890 | |||
16 | Fernández Racing | 23.905 | ||
17 | 24.174 | |||
18 | Team Rahal | 24.319 |
Race
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
1 | 6 | 250 | 2:07:00.698 | 3 | 21 | ||
2 | 4 | 250 | +0.639 | 5 | 16 | ||
3 | 27 | 250 | +3.444 | 1 | 15 | ||
4 | 5 | 250 | +11.992 | 8 | 12 | ||
5 | 52 | 250 | +12.458 | 16 | 10 | ||
6 | 44 | Chip Ganassi Racing | 250 | +12.970 | 9 | 8 | |
7 | 33 | 249 | + 1 Lap | 2 | 6 | ||
8 | 10 | 249 | + 1 Lap | 4 | 5 | ||
9 | 26 | Team Green | 249 | + 1 Lap | 13 | 4 | |
10 | 9 | 249 | + 1 Lap | 18 | 3 | ||
11 | 55 | 249 | + 1 Lap | 15 | 2 | ||
12 | 20 | 248 | + 2 Laps | 17 | 1 | ||
13 | 51 | Fernández Racing | 241 | + 9 Laps | 6 | 0 | |
14 | 11 | Newman/Haas Racing | 141 | Lost wheel | 11 | 0 | |
15 | 39 | 79 | Engine | 14 | 0 | ||
16 | 32 | Forsythe Racing | 48 | Gearbox | 7 | 0 | |
17 | 8 | Team Rahal | 0 | Contact | 10 | 0 | |
18 | 12 | 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 | |
68 | |
69-72 | |
73-75 | |
76-133 | Alex Tagliani |
134-136 | |
137-141 | Christian Fittipaldi |
142-204 | Cristiano da Matta |
205-214 | |
215-234 | Alex Tagliani |
235-250 | Cristiano da Matta |
Driver | Laps led |
82 | |
79 | |
67 | |
10 | |
8 | |
4 |
New Race Record Cristiano da Matta 2:07:00.698
Average Speed 121.524mph
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