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2002 Bridgestone Potenza 500K Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post CART race number 3 of 19 Saturday, April 27, 2002 at Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway, Motegi City, Japan 201 laps on a 1.548 mile paved track (311.148 miles) Time of race: 2:00:05 Average speed: 155.447 mph Pole speed: 215.108 mph Cautions: 4 for 36 laps Margin of victory: 12.282 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 12 Glossary    2002 CART results   /   2002 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 4   Bruno Junqueira Target   (Chip Ganassi) Lola / Toyota 201 100000 running 54 21 2 12 33   Alex Tagliani Player's / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Ford 201 60000 running 23 16 3 5 27   Dario Franchitti Kool   (Team Green) Reynard / Honda 200 50000 running 7 14 4 6 32   Patrick Carpentier Player's / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Ford 199 35000 running 0 12 5 13 9   Michel Jourdain, Jr. Gigante   (Bobby Rahal) Lola / Ford 199 30000 running 0 10 6 20 17   Oriol Servia Air Eight   (Bruce McCaw) Lola / Toyota 199 25000 running 0 8 7 14 51   Adrian Fernandez Tecate / Quaker State / Telmex   (Adrian Fernandez) Lola / Honda 199 22500 running 0 6 8 11 5   Tora Takagi Pioneer   (Derrick Walker) Reynard / Toyota 199 20000 running 0 5 9 15 7   Scott Dixon PWR Championship Racing   (Bruce McCaw) Lola / Toyota 198 17500 running 0 4 10 18 52   Shinji Nakano Alpine / Mitsuba   (Adrian Fernandez) Lola / Honda 198 16500 running 0 3 11 19 16   Mario Dominguez Herdez   (Keith Wiggins) Lola / Ford 197 15250 running 0 2 12 16 11   Christian Fittipaldi Eli Lilly   (Newman Haas Racing) Lola / Toyota 193 14250 running 0 1 13 8 6   Cristiano da Matta Havoline   (Newman Haas Racing) Lola / Toyota 186 13250 handling 0   14 10 20   Townsend Bell Visteon   (Pat Patrick) Reynard / Toyota 136 12500 crash 0   15 2 10   Tony Kanaan Pioneer / WorldCom   (Mo Nunn) Reynard / Honda 121 12000 engine 72 1 16 7 39   Michael Andretti Motorola   (Team Motorola) Lola / Honda 115 11750 gearbox 3   17 4 12   Kenny Brack Target   (Chip Ganassi) Lola / Toyota 101 11500 engine 4   18 17 22   Max Papis Rockwell FirstPoint   (Paul Cherry) Lola / Ford 94 11250 brakes 0   19 3 26   Paul Tracy Kool   (Team Green) Lola / Honda 84 11000 wheel bearing 38   20 9 8   Jimmy Vasser Shell   (Bobby Rahal) Lola / Ford 38 10750 fire 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 39 39     40 45 6   #8 stopped on track   46 89 44     90 97 8   debris   98 138 41     139 155 17   #20 accident   156 156 1     157 161 5   #52 lost wheel   162 201 40       Percent of race run under caution: 17.9%             Average green flag run: 33.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tony Kanaan 1 38 38   Paul Tracy 39 76 38   Kenny Brack 77 80 4   Michael Andretti 81 83 3   Tony Kanaan 84 100 17   Bruno Junqueira 101 101 1   Tony Kanaan 102 118 17   Bruno Junqueira 119 143 25   Alex Tagliani 144 166 23   Bruno Junqueira 167 190 24   Dario Franchitti 191 197 7   Bruno Junqueira 198 201 4 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dario Franchitti 34     2   Michel Jourdain, Jr. 32   -2   3   Cristiano da Matta 27   -7   4   Alex Tagliani 26   -8   5   Bruno Junqueira 23   -11   6   Michael Andretti 22   -12   7   Patrick Carpentier 18   -16   7   Max Papis 18   -16   9   Jimmy Vasser 17   -17   10   Christian Fittipaldi 15   -19   11   Oriol Servia 13   -21   11   Tora Takagi 13   -21   13   Scott Dixon 12   -22   13   Kenny Brack 12   -22   15   Paul Tracy 11   -23   15   Adrian Fernandez 11   -23   17   Shinji Nakano 4   -30   18   Mario Dominguez 2   -32   19   Tony Kanaan 1   -33