2002 CART Grand Prix of Chicago

United States 2002 Chicago
Race details
Race 7 of 19 in the 2002 CART season

Date	June 30, 2002
Official name	2002 CART Grand Prix of Chicago
Location	Chicago Motor Speedway, Cicero, Illinois, United States
Course	1 Mile Oval 1.029 mi / 1.656 km
Distance	250 laps 257.250 mi / 414.000 km
Weather	93 degrees Fahrenheit (33.8 Celsius), 50% humidity, partly cloudy
Pole position
Driver	Dario Franchitti (Team Green)
Time	23.428
Fastest lap
Driver	Paul Tracy (Team Green)
Time	24.192 (on lap 230 of 250)
Podium
First	Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Bruno Junqueira (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Dario Franchitti (Team Green)

Motor car race

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,^[1] this was the fourth and final running of the event.^[2] 26,000 attended the race.^[3] Cristiano da Matta of Newman/Haas Racing, the championship leader going into the event,^[4] 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.^[5]^[6]

Qualifying results

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	United Kingdom 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	United States 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	United States Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	79	Engine	14	0
16	32	Canada Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	48	Gearbox	7	0
17	8	United States Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	0	Contact	10	0
18	12	Sweden Kenny Bräck	Chip Ganassi Racing	0	Contact	12	0

^ "2002 CART schedule". USA Today . November 4, 2001. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
^ "CART to Promote 2002 Race at Chicago Motor Speedway; Self-Promotion a First for CART of an Existing Event" . PR Newswire . March 4, 2002. Retrieved January 21, 2017 – via Infotrac Newstand.
^ E. Whitaker, Sigur (2015). The Indy Car Wars: The 30-Year Fight for Control of American Open-Wheel Racing. McFarland & Company. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-7864-9832-1.
^ "CHAMPCAR/CART: Standings after Portland". motorsport.com . June 18, 2002. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
^ "2002 Grand Prix of Chicago". Racing-Reference. Archived from the original on September 10, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
^ Phillips, David (June 29, 2002). "David Phillips' Chicago CART Notebook". Speed . Archived from the original on November 1, 2002. Retrieved January 21, 2017.

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