2003 G.I. Joe's 200

United States   2003 Portland
Race details
Race 8 of 18 in the 2003 CART season

Portland International Raceway Track Layout
Date June 22, 2003
Official name 2003 G.I. Joe's 200
Location Portland International Raceway
Portland, Oregon, United States
Course Permanent Road Course
1.969 mi / 3.169 km
Distance 100 laps, 196.900 mi / 316.900 km
Weather Cloudy and Cool
Pole position
Driver Canada Paul Tracy Team Player's
Time 58.793
Fastest lap
Driver Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing
Time 1:00.875 (on lap 95 of 100)
Podium
First Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing
Second Canada Paul Tracy Team Player's
Third Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing

The 2003 G.I. Joe's 200 was the eighth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on June 22, 2003 at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon.

Qualifying results

Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best
1 Canada Paul Tracy Team Player's 59.730 58.793 58.793
2 Mexico Michel Jourdain, Jr. Team Rahal 59.397 58.838 58.838
3 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 59.538 58.948 58.948
4 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 59.943 58.976 58.976
5 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 59.935 59.061 59.061
6 Spain Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 59.519 59.218 59.218
7 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson -* 59.219 59.219
8 United Kingdom Darren Manning Walker Racing 59.597 59.225 59.225
9 United States Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 59.433 59.392 59.392
10 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 1:00.324 59.455 59.455
11 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 59.639 59.464 59.464
12 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:00.638 59.505 59.505
13 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 1:00.695 59.522 59.522
14 Brazil Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 1:00.301 59.616 59.616
15 Italy Max Papis PK Racing 59.989 59.704 59.704
16 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:00.299 59.811 59.811
17 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 1:00.371 -** 1:00.371
18 United States Geoff Boss Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.872 1:00.699 1:00.699
19 Brazil Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.124 1:00.741 1:00.741

*Ryan Hunter-Reay's time in the first qualification session was disallowed after the car was found to be underweight during tech inspection.
**Tiago Montiero did not set a time in the second qualification session after his gearbox failed on his first lap.

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 51 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 100 1:56:16.626 3 20
2 3 Canada Paul Tracy Team Player's 100 +2.3 secs 1 18
3 33 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 100 +4.5 secs 5 14
4 1 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 100 +8.6 secs 11 12
5 20 Spain Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 100 +10.0 secs 6 10
6 15 United Kingdom Darren Manning Walker Racing 100 +10.9 secs 8 8
7 12 United States Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 100 +11.2 secs 9 6
8 34 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 100 +13.3 secs 12 5
9 4 Brazil Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 100 +14.5 secs 14 4
10 55 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 100 +14.9 secs 16 3
11 5 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 100 +17.9 secs 13 2
12 9 Mexico Michel Jourdain, Jr. Team Rahal 99 + 1 Lap 2 2
13 11 United States Geoff Boss Dale Coyne Racing 96 + 4 Laps 18 0
14 2 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 91 Mechanical 4 0
15 27 Italy Max Papis PK Racing 87 Contact 15 0
16 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 73 Contact 10 0
17 31 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 21 Mechanical 7 0
18 19 Brazil Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing 16 Oil leak 19 0
19 7 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 5 Gearbox 17 0

Caution flags

Laps Cause
1-2 Yellow start
15-18 Boss (11) off course
45-47 Tracy (3) & Jourdain (9) contact
74-77 Carpentier (32) contact
82-83 Debris
88-89 Papis (27) contact

Notes

Laps Leader
1-2 Paul Tracy
3-44 Michel Jourdain, Jr.
45-72 Paul Tracy
73 Sébastien Bourdais
74-85 Paul Tracy
86-100 Adrian Fernández
 
Driver Laps led
Paul Tracy 42
Michel Jourdain, Jr. 42
Adrian Fernández 15
Sébastien Bourdais 1

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