2002 Grand Prix at Road America
# 2002 Grand Prix at Road America

The 2002 Grand Prix at Road America was the twelfth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on August 18, 2002, at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:42.744 | 1:42.151 | 1:42.151 |
| 2 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:42.640 | 1:43.024 | 1:42.640 |
| 3 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 1:43.184 | 1:42.684 | 1:42.684 |
| 4 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 1:43.287 | 1:42.927 | 1:42.927 |
| 5 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:43.083 | 1:42.983 | 1:42.983 |
| 6 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 1:42.990 | 1:43.651 | 1:42.990 |
| 7 | Kenny Brack | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:44.103 | 1:43.001 | 1:43.001 |
| 8 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 1:43.053 | 1:43.462 | 1:43.053 |
| 9 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 1:43.394 | 1:43.118 | 1:43.118 |
| 10 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 1:43.884 | 1:43.195 | 1:43.195 |
| 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:43.261 | 1:43.243 | 1:43.243 |
| 12 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 1:44.404 | 1:43.296 | 1:43.296 |
| 13 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 1:43.992 | 1:43.394 | 1:43.394 |
| 14 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 1:43.431 | 1:43.395 | 1:43.395 |
| 15 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 1:44.253 | 1:43.980 | 1:43.980 |
| 16 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 1:44.542 | 1:44.261 | 1:44.261 |
| 17 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:45.196 | 1:47.507 | 1:45.196 |
| 18 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 4:56.153 | - | 4:56.153 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 60 | 1:56:43.030 | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 60 | +0.805 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | 4 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 60 | +1.530 | 1 | 15 |
| 4 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 60 | +7.147 | 18 | 12 |
| 5 | 8 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 60 | +11.489 | 15 | 10 |
| 6 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 60 | +12.391 | 11 | 8 |
| 7 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 60 | +13.112 | 12 | 6 |
| 8 | 55 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 60 | +23.548 | 17 | 5 |
| 9 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 60 | +24.138 | 16 | 4 |
| 10 | 39 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 58 | + 2 Laps | 14 | 3 |
| 11 | 52 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 58 | + 2 Laps | 10 | 2 |
| 12 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 43 | Engine | 6 | 1 |
| 13 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 39 | Contact | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | 12 | Kenny Brack | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 39 | Contact | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | 5 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 36 | Contact | 13 | 0 |
| 16 | 20 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 35 | Out of fuel | 9 | 0 |
| 17 | 44 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 26 | Fire | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | 51 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 26 | Engine | 8 | 0 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 1 | Andretti (39) off course |
| 40-42 | Tracy (26) & Bräck (12) contact |
| 50-51 | Nakano (52) off course |
