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 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 Cause1-12 Vasser (8) & Bräck (12) contact13 No restart142-155 Fittipaldi (11) lost wheel157-161 Tracy (26) & Tagliani (33) contact, spin163-167 Bell (20) & Jourdain Jr. (9) contact
Notes
Laps Leader1-67 Dario Franchitti68 Alex Tagliani69-72 Michel Jourdain Jr.73-75 Christian Fittipaldi76-133 Alex Tagliani134-136 Cristiano da Matta137-141 Christian Fittipaldi142-204 Cristiano da Matta205-214 Shinji Nakano215-234 Alex Tagliani235-250 Cristiano da Matta Driver Laps ledCristiano da Matta 82Alex Tagliani 79Dario Franchitti 67Shinji Nakano 10Christian Fittipaldi 8Michel Jourdain Jr. 4
New Race Record Cristiano da Matta 2:07:00.698 Average Speed 121.524 mph
References
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