2002 Sure For Men Rockingham 500

  2002 Rockingham
Race details
Race 15 of 19 in the 2002 CART season

Rockingham Motor Speedway Oval Course
Date September 14, 2002
Official name 2002 Sure for Men Rockingham 500
Location Rockingham Motor Speedway
Corby, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Course 1.5 Mile Banked Oval
1.479 mi / 2.380 km
Distance 211 laps, 312.069 mi / 502.18 km
Weather Cloudy, Cool
Pole
Driver Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Time 24.908
Fastest Lap
Driver Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal
Time 25.217 (on lap 210 of 211)
Podium
First Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green
Second Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing
Third Patrick Carpentier Team Player's

The 2002 Sure For Men Rockingham 500 was the fifteenth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 14, 2002 on the oval at Rockingham Motor Speedway near Corby in Northamptonshire, England. It was the second and last Champ Car event at the facility.

Contents

Qualifying results

Pos Nat Name Team Time
1 Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 24.908
2 Michael Andretti Team Motorola 24.928
3 Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 24.954
4 Tora Takagi Walker Racing 24.958
5 Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 25.001
6 Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 25.003
7 Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 25.034
8 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 25.048
9 Alex Tagliani Team Player's 25.158
10 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 25.182
11 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 25.228
12 Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 25.251
13 Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 25.260
14 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 25.292
15 Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 25.300
16 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 25.362
17 Darren Manning Team St. George 25.441
18 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 25.592
19 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Team Rahal 25.616

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27 Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 211 1:58:44.754 5 20
2 6 Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 211 +0.986 secs 3 16
3 32 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 211 +2.785 secs 10 14
4 20 Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 211 +3.757 secs 14 12
5 4 Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 211 +4.281 secs 6 10
6 5 Tora Takagi Walker Racing 211 +4.778 secs 4 8
7 8 Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 211 +5.132 secs 13 6
8 12 Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 211 +13.912 secs 1 7
9 19 Darren Manning Team St. George 211 +15.863 secs 17 4
10 39 Michael Andretti Team Motorola 209 + 2 Laps 2 3
11 9 Michel Jourdain, Jr. Team Rahal 209 + 2 Laps 19 2
12 44 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 209 + 2 Laps 16 1
13 55 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 209 + 2 Laps 18 0
14 51 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 186 Retired 11 0
15 10 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 167 Contact 8 0
16 52 Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 61 Contact 15 0
17 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 44 Engine 12 0
18 33 Alex Tagliani Team Player's 42 Battery lead 9 0
19 26 Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 12 Gearbox 7 0

Caution flags

Laps Cause
15-19 Tracy (26) stopped on course
46-50 Debris
62-68 Nakano (52) contact
154-161 Debris
169-178 Kanaan (10) contact

Notes

Laps Leader
1-46 Kenny Bräck
47 Mario Domínguez
48-93 Kenny Bräck
94-109 Dario Franchitti
110-113 Darren Manning
114-140 Kenny Bräck
141-143 Dario Franchitti
144-157 Darren Manning
158-172 Kenny Bräck
173-211 Dario Franchitti
 
Driver Laps led
Kenny Bräck 134
Dario Franchitti 58
Darren Manning 18
Mario Domínguez 1

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