2002 Bridgestone Potenza 500
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 3 of 19 in the 2002 CART season | |
 Twin Ring Motegi track layout | |
| Date | April 27, 2002 |
| Official name | 2002 Bridgestone Potenza 500 |
| Location | Twin Ring Motegi Motegi, Tochigi, Japan |
| Course | 1.5-mile oval 1.548 mi / 2.491 km |
| Distance | 201 laps 311.148 mi / 500.691 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Bruno Junqueira (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Time | 25.907 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Tony Kanaan (Mo Nunn Racing) |
| Time | 26.425 (on lap 31 of 201) |
| Podium | |
| First | Bruno Junqueira (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Second | Alex Tagliani (Team Player's) |
| Third | Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green) |
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.
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
[edit]| Pos | Nat | Name | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 25.907 |
| 2 | | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 26.051 |
| 3 |  | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 26.059 |
| 4 |  | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 26.133 |
| 5 |  | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 26.173 |
| 6 | | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 26.206 |
| 7 |  | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 26.292 |
| 8 | | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 26.300 |
| 9 | | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 26.337 |
| 10 | | Townsend Bell | Patrick Racing | 26.376 |
| 11 |  | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 26.398 |
| 12 | | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 26.412 |
| 13 |  | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 26.430 |
| 14 | | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 26.485 |
| 15 |  | Scott Dixon | PWR Championship Racing | 26.502 |
| 16 | | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 26.594 |
| 17 |  | Max Papis | Sigma Autosport | 26.655 |
| 18 | | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 26.791 |
| 19 | | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 26.847 |
| 20 |  | Oriol Servià | PWR Championship Racing | 26.951 |
Race
[edit]| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 201 | 2:00:05.882 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 201 | +12.282 | 12 | 16 |
| 3 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 200 | + 1 Lap | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 199 | + 2 Laps | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 199 | + 2 Laps | 13 | 10 |
| 6 | 17 | Oriol Servià | PWR Championship Racing | 199 | + 2 Laps | 20 | 8 |
| 7 | 51 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 199 | + 2 Laps | 14 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 199 | + 2 Laps | 11 | 5 |
| 9 | 7 | Scott Dixon | PWR Championship Racing | 198 | + 3 Laps | 15 | 4 |
| 10 | 52 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 198 | + 3 Laps | 18 | 3 |
| 11 | 16 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 197 | + 4 Laps | 19 | 2 |
| 12 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 193 | + 8 Laps | 16 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 186 | Pulled in | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | 20 | Townsend Bell | Patrick Racing | 136 | Contact | 10 | 0 |
| 15 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 121 | Engine | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | 39 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 115 | Gearbox | 7 | 0 |
| 17 | 12 | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 101 | Engine | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | Max Papis | Sigma Autosport | 94 | Brakes | 17 | 0 |
| 19 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 84 | Wheel bearing | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | 8 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 38 | Fire | 9 | 0 |
Caution flags
[edit]| Laps | Cause |
|---|---|
| 40-45 | Vasser (8) tow-in |
| 90-97 | Debris |
| 139-155 | Bell (20) contact |
| 157-161 | Nakano (52) lost wheel |
Notes
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- Average Speed 155.447 mph
External links
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