2002 Shell Grand Prix of Denver
Appearance
Race details | |
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Race 14 of 19 in the 2002 CART season | |
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Date | September 1, 2002 |
Official name | 2002 Shell Grand Prix of Denver |
Location | Streets of Denver Denver, Colorado, United States |
Course | Temporary street course 1.647 mi / 2.651 km |
Distance | 100 laps 164.700 mi / 265.100 km |
Weather | Mostly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 87.1 °F (30.6 °C); wind speeds approaching 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h)[1] |
Pole position | |
Driver | Bruno Junqueira (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Time | 1:01.703 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Kenny Bräck (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Time | 1:01.648 (on lap 85 of 100) |
Podium | |
First | Bruno Junqueira (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Second | Scott Dixon (Coors Light/Target Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Third | Cristiano da Matta (Newman/Haas Racing) |
The 2002 Shell Grand Prix of Denver was the fourteenth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 1, 2002 on the streets of Denver, Colorado around Pepsi Center. It was the first Champ Car event in Denver since a 1991 street course event in Denver's Civic Center.
Qualifying results
[edit]Pos | Nat | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
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1 | ![]() |
Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:02.950 | 1:01.703 | 1:01.703 |
2 | ![]() |
Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 1:02.073 | 1:02.311 | 1:02.073 |
3 | ![]() |
Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 1:03.659 | 1:01.808 | 1:01.808 |
4 | ![]() |
Scott Dixon | Coors Light/Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:02.468 | 1:01.888 | 1:01.888 |
5 | ![]() |
Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:02.440 | 1:01.992 | 1:01.992 |
6 | ![]() |
Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:03.254 | 1:02.049 | 1:02.049 |
7 | ![]() |
Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:02.810 | 1:02.149 | 1:02.149 |
8 | ![]() |
Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 1:04.760 | 1:02.181 | 1:02.181 |
9 | ![]() |
Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 1:02.454 | 1:02.184 | 1:02.184 |
10 | ![]() |
Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 1:03.940 | 1:02.244 | 1:02.244 |
11 | ![]() |
Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 1:03.204 | 1:02.305 | 1:02.305 |
12 | ![]() |
Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 1:04.516 | 1:02.471 | 1:02.471 |
13 | ![]() |
Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 1:03.156 | 1:02.476 | 1:02.476 |
14 | ![]() |
Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 1:03.619 | 1:02.601 | 1:02.601 |
15 | ![]() |
Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 1:03.632 | 1:02.726 | 1:02.726 |
16 | ![]() |
Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:04.558 | 1:02.762 | 1:02.762 |
17 | ![]() |
Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 1:03.432 | 1:02.817 | 1:02.817 |
18 | ![]() |
Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 1:03.538 | 1:03.200 | 1:03.200 |
Race
[edit]Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 4 | ![]() |
Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 100 | 1:49:22.547 | 1 | 22 |
2 | 44 | ![]() |
Coors Light/Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 100 | +0.282 | 4 | 16 |
3 | 6 | ![]() |
Newman/Haas Racing | 100 | +8.191 | 7 | 14 |
4 | 51 | ![]() |
Fernández Racing | 100 | +11.911 | 2 | 13 |
5 | 11 | ![]() |
Newman/Haas Racing | 100 | +12.562 | 5 | 10 |
6 | 10 | ![]() |
Mo Nunn Racing | 100 | +13.288 | 9 | 8 |
7 | 12 | ![]() |
Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 100 | +13.705 | 6 | 6 |
8 | 26 | ![]() |
Team KOOL Green | 100 | +14.496 | 15 | 5 |
9 | 9 | ![]() |
Team Rahal | 100 | +15.497 | 10 | 4 |
10 | 8 | ![]() |
Team Rahal | 100 | +16.586 | 11 | 3 |
11 | 20 | ![]() |
Patrick Racing | 100 | +26.507 | 13 | 2 |
12 | 33 | ![]() |
Team Player's | 99 | + 1 Lap | 12 | 1 |
13 | 39 | ![]() |
Team Motorola | 99 | + 1 Lap | 17 | 0 |
14 | 55 | ![]() |
Herdez Competition | 97 | + 3 Laps | 16 | 0 |
15 | 5 | ![]() |
Walker Racing | 85 | Contact | 18 | 0 |
16 | 52 | ![]() |
Fernández Racing | 64 | Gearbox | 3 | 0 |
17 | 32 | ![]() |
Team Player's | 61 | Contact | 8 | 0 |
18 | 27 | ![]() |
Team KOOL Green | 0 | Contact | 14 | 0 |
Caution flags
[edit]Laps | Cause |
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88-92 | Takagi (5) & Domínguez (55) contact |
Notes
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- New Race Lap Record Kenny Bräck 1:01.648
- New Race Record Bruno Junqueira 1:49:22.547
- Average Speed 90.349 mph
References
[edit]- ^ "2002 Shell Grand Prix of Denver weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
External links
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