2002 Bridgestone Potenza 500

March 2026 February 2025 Japan Motegi Twin Ring Motegi oval map.svg Twin Ring Motegi track layout April 27 2002 2002 Bridgestone Potenza 500 3 19 CART Twin Ring MotegiMotegi, Tochigi, Japan 1.5-mile oval 1.548 2.491 201 311.148 500.691 Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 25.907 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 26.425 31 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing Brazil Alex Tagliani Team Player's Canada Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green UK The 2002 Bridgestone Potenza 500 was the third round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on April 27, 2002, on the oval at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Japan. The winner was Bruno Junqueira.https://www.autoweek.com/news/a2107816/junqueira-wins-cart-bridgestone-potenza-500-twin-ring-motegi/ Junqueira wins CART Bridgestone Potenza 500 at Twin Ring Motegi Autoweek April 27, 2002 March 25, 2026 This marked the final Champ Car race for PacWest Racing. It also marked the final time Champ Car would compete in Japan as next years event was contested by the Indy Racing League. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Time 1 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 25.907 2 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 26.051 3 Canada Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 26.059 4 Sweden Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 26.133 5 UK Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 26.173 6 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 26.206 7 USA Michael Andretti Team Motorola 26.292 8 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 26.300 9 USA Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 26.337 10 USA Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 26.376 11 Japan Tora Takagi Walker Racing 26.398 12 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Player's 26.412 13 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 26.430 14 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 26.485 15 New Zealand Scott Dixon PWR Championship Racing 26.502 16 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 26.594 17 Italy Max Papis Sigma Autosport 26.655 18 Japan Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 26.791 19 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 26.847 20 Spain Oriol Servià PWR Championship Racing 26.951 Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 201 2:00:05.882 1 21 2 33 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Player's 201 +12.282 12 16 3 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 200 + 1 Lap 5 14 4 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 199 + 2 Laps 6 12 5 9 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 199 + 2 Laps 13 10 6 17 Spain Oriol Servià PWR Championship Racing 199 + 2 Laps 20 8 7 51 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 199 + 2 Laps 14 6 8 5 Japan Tora Takagi Walker Racing 199 + 2 Laps 11 5 9 7 New Zealand Scott Dixon PWR Championship Racing 198 + 3 Laps 15 4 10 52 Japan Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 198 + 3 Laps 18 3 11 16 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 197 + 4 Laps 19 2 12 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 193 + 8 Laps 16 1 13 6 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 186 Pulled in 8 0 14 20 USA Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 136 Contact 10 0 15 10 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 121 Engine 2 1 16 39 USA Michael Andretti Team Motorola 115 Gearbox 7 0 17 12 Sweden Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 101 Engine 4 0 18 22 Italy Max Papis Sigma Autosport 94 Brakes 17 0 19 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 84 Wheel bearing 3 0 20 8 USA Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 38 Fire 9 0 Caution flags Laps Cause40-45 Vasser (8) tow-in90-97 Debris139-155 Bell (20) contact157-161 Nakano (52) lost wheel Notes Laps Leader1-38 Tony Kanaan39-76 Paul Tracy77-80 Kenny Bräck81-83 Michael Andretti84-100 Tony Kanaan101 Bruno Junqueira102-118 Tony Kanaan119-143 Bruno Junqueira144-166 Alex Tagliani167-190 Bruno Junqueira191-197 Dario Franchitti198-201 Bruno Junqueira Driver Laps ledTony Kanaan 72Bruno Junqueira 54Paul Tracy 38Alex Tagliani 23Dario Franchitti 7Kenny Bräck 4Michael Andretti 3 Average Speed 155.447 mph References External links Qualifying Results Race Results 2002 Bridgestone Potenza 500 2002 2002 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 2002 Miller Lite 250 2001 Firestone Firehawk 500 2003 Indy Japan 300IndyCar Series event Bridgestone Bridgestone Category:Indy Japan 300