2002 Sure For Men Rockingham 500

  2002 Rockingham

Race details
Race 15 of 19 in the 2002 CART season
Rockingham Motor Speedway Oval Course
Date	September 14, 2002
Official name	2002 Sure for Men Rockingham 500
Location	Rockingham Motor Speedway Corby, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Course	1.5 Mile Banked Oval 1.479 mi / 2.380 km
Distance	211 laps, 312.069 mi / 502.18 km
Weather	Cloudy, Cool
Pole position
Driver	Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Time	24.908
Fastest lap
Driver	Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal
Time	25.217 (on lap 210 of 211)
Podium
First	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green
Second	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing
Third	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's

The 2002 Sure For Men Rockingham 500 was the fifteenth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 14, 2002 on the oval at Rockingham Motor Speedway near Corby in Northamptonshire, England. It was the second and last Champ Car event at the facility.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Time
1		Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	24.908
2		Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	24.928
3		Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	24.954
4		Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	24.958
5		Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	25.001
6		Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	25.003
7		Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	25.034
8		Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	25.048
9		Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	25.158
10		Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	25.182
11		Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	25.228
12		Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	25.251
13		Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	25.260
14		Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	25.292
15		Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	25.300
16		Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	25.362
17		Darren Manning	Team St. George	25.441
18		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	25.592
19		Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	25.616

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	211	1:58:44.754	5	20
2	6	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	211	+0.986 secs	3	16
3	32	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	211	+2.785 secs	10	14
4	20	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	211	+3.757 secs	14	12
5	4	Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	211	+4.281 secs	6	10
6	5	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	211	+4.778 secs	4	8
7	8	Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	211	+5.132 secs	13	6
8	12	Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	211	+13.912 secs	1	7
9	19	Darren Manning	Team St. George	211	+15.863 secs	17	4
10	39	Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	209	+ 2 Laps	2	3
11	9	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	209	+ 2 Laps	19	2
12	44	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	209	+ 2 Laps	16	1
13	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	209	+ 2 Laps	18	0
14	51	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	186	Retired	11	0
15	10	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	167	Contact	8	0
16	52	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	61	Contact	15	0
17	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	44	Engine	12	0
18	33	Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	42	Battery lead	9	0
19	26	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	12	Gearbox	7	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
15-19	Tracy (26) stopped on course
46-50	Debris
62-68	Nakano (52) contact
154-161	Debris
169-178	Kanaan (10) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-46 Kenny Bräck 47 Mario Domínguez 48-93 Kenny Bräck 94-109 Dario Franchitti 110-113 Darren Manning 114-140 Kenny Bräck 141-143 Dario Franchitti 144-157 Darren Manning 158-172 Kenny Bräck 173-211 Dario Franchitti

Driver Laps led Kenny Bräck 134 Dario Franchitti 58 Darren Manning 18 Mario Domínguez 1

• New Track Record Kenny Bräck 24.908 (Qualifying)
• New Race Lap Record Jimmy Vasser 25.217
• New Race Record Dario Franchitti 1:58:44.754
• Average Speed 157.682 mph
• Dario Franchitti's 10th and final win in CART. Also his first oval track win.
• Darren Manning's CART debut.

External links

• Qualifying Results
• Race Results