2002 G.I. Joe's 200
# 2002 G.I. Joe's 200

The 2002 G.I. Joe's 200 was the sixth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on June 16, 2002 at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 59.083 | 58.679 | 58.679 |
| 2 | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 59.168 | 58.963 | 58.963 |
| 3 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 59.506 | 59.026 | 59.026 |
| 4 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 59.604 | 59.185 | 59.185 |
| 5 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 59.215 | 59.242 | 59.215 |
| 6 | Townsend Bell | Patrick Racing | 59.426 | 59.226 | 59.226 |
| 7 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 59.403 | 59.365 | 59.365 |
| 8 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 59.476 | 59.398 | 59.398 |
| 9 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 59.581 | 59.454 | 59.454 |
| 10 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 59.744 | 59.455 | 59.455 |
| 11 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 59.479 | 59.825 | 59.479 |
| 12 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 1:00.177 | 59.484 | 59.484 |
| 13 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 59.785 | 59.600 | 59.600 |
| 14 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 1:00.062 | 59.629 | 59.629 |
| 15 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 59.650 | 59.653 | 59.650 |
| 16 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 1:00.579 | 59.888 | 59.888 |
| 17 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 59.985 | 59.978 | 59.978 |
| 18 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:00.968 | 1:00.583 | 1:00.583 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 110 | 2:03:19.113 | 1 | 23 |
| 2 | 4 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 110 | +0.625 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 110 | +7.761 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 20 | Townsend Bell | Patrick Racing | 110 | +8.455 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 110 | +21.475 | 13 | 10 |
| 6 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 110 | +34.991 | 17 | 8 |
| 7 | 44 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 110 | +39.707 | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 110 | +44.604 | 14 | 5 |
| 9 | 39 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 110 | +56.776 | 12 | 4 |
| 10 | 55 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 109 | + 1 Lap | 18 | 3 |
| 11 | 52 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 109 | + 1 Lap | 16 | 2 |
| 12 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 109 | + 1 Lap | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 93 | Suspension | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | 51 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 86 | Contact | 15 | 0 |
| 15 | 12 | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 60 | Wheel | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | 8 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 48 | Engine | 10 | 0 |
| 17 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 33 | Contact | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | 5 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 12 | Contact | 8 | 0 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 1-2 | Yellow start |
| 4-6 | Dixon (44), Fernández (51) & Takagi (5) contact |
| 61-63 | Bräck (12) mechanical |
