2002 Shell Grand Prix of Denver

2002 Denver

Race details
Race 14 of 19 in the 2002 CART season
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)
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

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
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

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	100	1:49:22.547	1	22
2	44	Scott Dixon	Coors Light/Target Chip Ganassi Racing	100	+0.282	4	16
3	6	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	100	+8.191	7	14
4	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	100	+11.911	2	13
5	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	100	+12.562	5	10
6	10	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	100	+13.288	9	8
7	12	Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	100	+13.705	6	6
8	26	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	100	+14.496	15	5
9	9	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	100	+15.497	10	4
10	8	Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	100	+16.586	11	3
11	20	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	100	+26.507	13	2
12	33	Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	99	+ 1 Lap	12	1
13	39	Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	99	+ 1 Lap	17	0
14	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	97	+ 3 Laps	16	0
15	5	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	85	Contact	18	0
16	52	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	64	Gearbox	3	0
17	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	61	Contact	8	0
18	27	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	0	Contact	14	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
88-92	Takagi (5) & Domínguez (55) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-100 Bruno Junqueira

Driver Laps led Bruno Junqueira 100

• New Race Lap Record Kenny Bräck 1:01.648
• New Race Record Bruno Junqueira 1:49:22.547
• Average Speed 90.349 mph

External links

• Friday Qualifying Results
• Saturday Qualifying Results
• Race Results