2003 Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250

2003 Milwaukee

Race details
Race 6 of 18 in the 2003 CART season
Milwaukee Mile Track Layout
Date	May 31, 2003
Official name	Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250
Location	Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin, United States
Course	1 Mile Oval 1.000 mi / 1.609 km
Distance	250 laps 250 mi / 402.336 km
Weather	Clear and Cold (Night Race)
Pole position
Driver	No Pole Awarded (Rain)
Fastest lap
Driver	Patrick Carpentier (Team Player's)
Time	21.820 (on lap 246 of 250)
Podium
First	Michel Jourdain, Jr. (Team Rahal)
Second	Oriol Servià (Patrick Racing)
Third	Patrick Carpentier (Team Player's)

The 2003 Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250 was the sixth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on May 31, 2003 at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. The race was the first night race in CART history.

Qualifying results

The qualification session was rained out, so the grid was set by times from the first practice session, which was led by Alex Tagliani. The usual point for pole was not awarded.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	250	2:16:45.692	2	21
2	20	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	250	+0.5 secs	7	16
3	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	250	+0.7 secs	4	14
4	15	Darren Manning	Walker Racing	250	+1.2 secs	11	12
5	33	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	250	+2.2 secs	1	10
6	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	250	+3.1 secs	5	8
7	34	Mario Haberfeld	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	250	+4.2 secs	10	6
8	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	250	+5.6 secs	12	5
9	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	250	+5.9 secs	13	4
10	7	Tiago Monteiro	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	250	+7.7 secs	9	3
11	12	Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	250	+9.1 secs	6	2
12	3	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	249	+ 1 Lap	3	1
13	11	Gualter Salles	Dale Coyne Racing	240	+ 10 Laps	18	0
14	5	Rodolfo Lavín	Walker Racing	225	Contact	14	0
15	19	Joël Camathias	Dale Coyne Racing	150	Contact	19	0
16	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	85	Contact	17	0
17	1	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	3	Contact	8	0
18	27	Patrick Lemarié	PK Racing	3	Contact	16	0
19	4	Roberto Moreno	Herdez Competition	3	Contact	15	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-2	Yellow start
4-18	Junqueira (1), Moreno (4) & Lemarié (27) contact
86-107	Hunter-Reay (31) contact
154-168	Camathias (19) contact
214-224	Tracy (3) loose wheel
226-238	Lavín (5) contact
239	Yellow restart

Notes

Laps Leader 1-2 Alex Tagliani 3-59 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 60-72 Patrick Carpentier 73 Mario Domínguez 74-250 Michel Jourdain, Jr.

Driver Laps led Michel Jourdain, Jr. 234 Patrick Carpentier 13 Alex Tagliani 2 Mario Domínguez 1

• Average Speed 113.190 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results