2002 CART Grand Prix of Chicago

February 2025 USA Chicago File:Chicago Motor Speedway.svg June 30 2002 2002 CART Grand Prix of Chicago 7 19 CART Chicago Motor Speedway, Cicero, Illinois, United States 1 Mile Oval 1.029 1.656 250 257.250 414.000 93 degrees Fahrenheit (33.8 Celsius), 50% humidity, partly cloudy Dario Franchitti Team Green 23.428 UK Paul Tracy Team Green 24.192 230 Canada Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing Brazil Bruno Junqueira Chip Ganassi Racing Brazil Dario Franchitti Team Green UK 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,http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/motor/cart/02schedule.htm 2002 CART schedule November 4, 2001 USA Today September 2, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160902164656/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/motor/cart/02schedule.htm September 2, 2016 this was the fourth and final running of the event.http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T004&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=2&docId=GALE%7CA83443521&docType=Article&sort=RELEVANCE&contentSegment=&prodId=GPS&contentSet=GALE%7CA83443521&searchId=R2&userGroupName=wikipedia&inPS=true CART to Promote 2002 Race at Chicago Motor Speedway; Self-Promotion a First for CART of an Existing Event March 4, 2002 PR Newswire January 21, 2017 subscription Infotrac Newstand 26,000 attended the race.https://books.google.com/books?id=2HnXCgAAQBAJ&dq=Rockingham+CART+five+year+contract&pg=PA104 The Indy Car Wars: The 30-Year Fight for Control of American Open-Wheel Racing E. Whitaker Sigur McFarland & Company 2015 978-0-7864-9832-1 104 Cristiano da Matta of Newman/Haas Racing, the championship leader going into the event,http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-standings-after-portland-3/ CHAMPCAR/CART: Standings after Portland June 18, 2002 motorsport.com January 21, 2017August 2026 InternetArchiveBot 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.https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2002_Grand_Prix_of_Chicago/R 2002 Grand Prix of Chicago Racing-Reference live February 27, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20110910222753/http://www.racing-reference.info/race/2002_Grand_Prix_of_Chicago/R 2011-09-10 http://speedtv.com/auto/?lvl=3a&cat=20&id=2140 David Phillips' Chicago CART Notebook Phillips David June 29, 2002 Speed https://web.archive.org/web/20021101171229/http://speedtv.com/auto/?lvl=3a&cat=20&id=2140 November 1, 2002 January 21, 2017 dead mdy-all Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Time 1 UK Dario Franchitti Team Green 23.428 2 Canada Alex Tagliani Forsythe Racing 23.434 3 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 23.443 4 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 23.526 5 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Chip Ganassi Racing 23.545 6 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 23.611 7 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 23.629 8 Japan Tora Takagi Walker Racing 23.674 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 23.723 10 USA Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 23.732 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 23.785 12 Sweden Kenny Bräck Chip Ganassi Racing 23.791 13 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 23.847 14 USA Michael Andretti Team Motorola 23.884 15 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 23.890 16 Japan Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 23.905 17 USA Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 24.174 18 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 24.319 Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 250 2:07:00.698 3 21 2 4 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Chip Ganassi Racing 250 +0.639 5 16 3 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team Green 250 +3.444 1 15 4 5 Japan Tora Takagi Walker Racing 250 +11.992 8 12 5 52 Japan Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 250 +12.458 16 10 6 44 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 250 +12.970 9 8 7 33 Canada Alex Tagliani Forsythe Racing 249 + 1 Lap 2 6 8 10 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 249 + 1 Lap 4 5 9 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 249 + 1 Lap 13 4 10 9 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 249 + 1 Lap 18 3 11 55 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 249 + 1 Lap 15 2 12 20 USA Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 248 + 2 Laps 17 1 13 51 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 241 + 9 Laps 6 0 14 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 141 Lost wheel 11 0 15 39 USA Michael Andretti Team Motorola 79 Engine 14 0 16 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 48 Gearbox 7 0 17 8 USA Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 0 Contact 10 0 18 12 Sweden 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 30em External links Qualifying Results Race Results 2002 CART Grand Prix of Chicago 2002 2002 G.I. Joe's 200 2002 Molson Indy Toronto 2001 Target Grand Prix Final Event Chicago