Links for this race (some data may be unavailable):
Race Results	Qualifying Results	Loop Data Stats	Pit Stops
Comments (16)	Video Links (4)	Crew Chiefs

2002 The 500 Presented by Toyota

Previous race results / Next race results Previous at this track

Post

CART race number 18 of 19
Sunday, November 3, 2002 at California Speedway, Fontana, CA
250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:33:42
Average speed: 197.995 mph
Pole speed: 232.011 mph

Cautions: 4 for 17 laps
Margin of victory: .400 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 44

Glossary 2002 CART results / 2002 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
2	4	39	Michael Andretti	Motorola (Team Motorola)	Lola / Honda	250	60000	running	37	16
12	15	12	Kenny Brack	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Lola / Toyota	235	14250	driveshaft	0	1
3	8	32	Patrick Carpentier	Player's / Indeck (Gerry Forsythe)	Reynard / Ford	250	50000	running	0	14
11	13	1	Cristiano da Matta	Chevron (Newman Haas Racing)	Lola / Toyota	236	15250	engine	14	2
6	14	44	Scott Dixon	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Lola / Toyota	249	25000	running	0	8
16	17	55	Mario Dominguez	Herdez (Keith Wiggins)	Lola / Ford	107	11750	engine	0
7	13	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Eli Lilly (Newman Haas Racing)	Lola / Toyota	249	22500	running	0	6
10	9	27	Dario Franchitti	Kool Milds (Team Green)	Lola / Honda	242	16500	fire	16	3
13	11	9	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Gigante (Bobby Rahal)	Lola / Ford	218	13250	engine	10
9	2	4	Bruno Junqueira	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Lola / Toyota	247	17500	running	0	4
4	1	10	Tony Kanaan	Pioneer / WorldCom (Mo Nunn)	Lola / Honda	250	35000	running	10	13
15	12	52	Shinji Nakano	Alpine / Mitsuba (Adrian Fernandez)	Lola / Honda	202	12000	upright	0
14	10	51	Max Papis	Tecate / Quaker State / Telmex (Adrian Fernandez)	Lola / Honda	214	12500	engine	0
5	18	20	Oriol Servia	Visteon (Pat Patrick)	Reynard / Toyota	249	30000	running	0	10
8	7	33	Alex Tagliani	Player's / Indeck (Gerry Forsythe)	Reynard / Ford	248	20000	running	0	5
18	16	5	Tora Takagi	Pioneer (Derrick Walker)	Reynard / Toyota	85	11250	crash	0
17	5	26	Paul Tracy	Kool Filter Kings (Team Green)	Lola / Honda	86	11500	throttle	15
1	6	8	Jimmy Vasser	Shell (Bobby Rahal)	Lola / Ford	250	100000	running	148	21

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	33	33
	34	37	4	#4 lost wheel
	38	98	61
	99	104	6	#9,33 spun
	105	237	133
	238	241	4	#1 stopped on track
	242	244	3
	245	247	3	#27 fire
	248	250	3
Percent of race run under caution: 6.8% Average green flag run: 46.6 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Michael Andretti	1	8	8
Tony Kanaan	9	11	3
Michael Andretti	12	16	5
Paul Tracy	17	18	2
Michael Andretti	19	19	1
Paul Tracy	20	22	3
Jimmy Vasser	23	32	10
Michael Andretti	33	33	1
Jimmy Vasser	34	38	5
Michael Andretti	39	45	7
Paul Tracy	46	47	2
Michael Andretti	48	49	2
Paul Tracy	50	51	2
Michael Andretti	52	54	3
Paul Tracy	55	55	1
Michael Andretti	56	57	2
Paul Tracy	58	58	1
Michael Andretti	59	59	1
Paul Tracy	60	61	2
Michael Andretti	62	62	1
Paul Tracy	63	64	2
Tony Kanaan	65	65	1
Dario Franchitti	66	70	5
Tony Kanaan	71	75	5
Jimmy Vasser	76	98	23
Tony Kanaan	99	99	1
Jimmy Vasser	100	131	32
Michel Jourdain, Jr.	132	134	3
Dario Franchitti	135	137	3
Jimmy Vasser	138	164	27
Michel Jourdain, Jr.	165	167	3
Dario Franchitti	168	170	3
Jimmy Vasser	171	197	27
Michel Jourdain, Jr.	198	201	4
Dario Franchitti	202	202	1
Cristiano da Matta	203	213	11
Jimmy Vasser	214	222	9
Cristiano da Matta	223	223	1
Jimmy Vasser	224	229	6
Cristiano da Matta	230	231	2
Dario Franchitti	232	235	4
Jimmy Vasser	236	242	7
Michael Andretti	243	246	4
Jimmy Vasser	247	250	4

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cristiano da Matta	221
2	Bruno Junqueira	148	-73
3	Patrick Carpentier	145	-76
4	Dario Franchitti	138	-83
5	Christian Fittipaldi	122	-99
6	Jimmy Vasser	112	-109
7	Michael Andretti	110	-111
8	Alex Tagliani	108	-113
9	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	105	-116
10	Paul Tracy	101	-120
11	Kenny Brack	94	-127
12	Tony Kanaan	93	-128
13	Scott Dixon	91	-130
14	Adrian Fernandez	59	-162
15	Tora Takagi	45	-176
16	Shinji Nakano	43	-178
17	Oriol Servia	40	-181
18	Mario Dominguez	37	-184
19	Max Papis	32	-189
20	Townsend Bell	19	-202
21	Darren Manning	4	-217