CART: Rockingham, Round 15

14th September 2002



Friday Practice

Pos Car Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 33 Alex Tagliani 106 24.811 214.598 2. 5 Toranosuke Takagi 94 24.877 0.066 0.066 214.029 0.569 0.569 3. 6 Cristiano da Matta 86 24.887 0.010 0.076 213.943 0.086 0.655 4. 27 Dario Franchitti 95 24.890 0.003 0.079 213.917 0.026 0.681 5. 32 Patrick Carpentier 111 24.935 0.045 0.124 213.531 0.386 1.067 6. 12 Kenny Brack 90 24.939 0.004 0.128 213.497 0.034 1.101 7. 26 Paul Tracy 68 24.941 0.002 0.130 213.480 0.017 1.118 8. 4 Bruno Junqueira 93 24.942 0.001 0.131 213.471 0.009 1.127 9. 39 Michael Andretti 59 24.968 0.026 0.157 213.249 0.222 1.349 10. 10X Tony Kanaan 49 24.971 0.003 0.160 213.223 0.026 1.375 11. 51X Adrian Fernandez 81 24.973 0.002 0.162 213.206 0.017 1.392 12. 8 Jimmy Vasser 96 25.036 0.063 0.225 212.670 0.536 1.928 13. 52X Shinji Nakano 56 25.054 0.018 0.243 212.517 0.153 2.081 14. 11 Christian Fittipaldi 92 25.084 0.030 0.273 212.263 0.254 2.335 - 10 Tony Kanaan 43 25.121 0.037 0.310 211.950 0.313 2.648 15. 20 Oriol Servia 97 25.141 0.020 0.330 211.782 0.168 2.816 16. 44 Scott Dixon 102 25.159 0.018 0.348 211.630 0.152 2.968 17. 55 Mario Dominguez* 114 25.267 0.108 0.456 210.725 0.905 3.873 - 52 Shinji Nakano 49 25.278 0.011 0.467 210.634 0.091 3.964 - 51 Adrian Fernandez 20 25.362 0.084 0.551 209.936 0.698 4.662 18. 9 Michel Jourdain 85 25.528 0.166 0.717 208.571 1.365 6.027 19. 19 Darren Manning* 47 25.737 0.209 0.926 206.877 1.694 7.721 - 20X Oriol Servia 16 26.115 0.378 1.304 203.883 2.994 10.715 - 44X Scott Dixon 14 26.141 0.026 1.330 203.680 0.203 10.918 - 9X Michel Jourdain 8 26.262 0.121 1.451 202.742 0.938 11.856 - 11X Christian Fittipaldi 14 26.339 0.077 1.528 202.149 0.593 12.449 - 6X Cristiano da Matta 9 26.397 0.058 1.586 201.705 0.444 12.893 - 5X Toranosuke Takagi 8 26.473 0.076 1.662 201.126 0.579 13.472 - 39X Michael Andretti 7 +27.674 1.201 2.863 192.397 8.729 22.201 * Series rookie + Over the 110% threshold (27.328)

Starting Line-up

Pos Car Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 12 Kenny Brack 2 24.908 213.763 2. 39 Michael Andretti 2 24.928 0.020 0.020 213.591 0.172 0.172 3. 6 Cristiano da Matta 2 24.954 0.026 0.046 213.369 0.222 0.394 4. 5 Toranosuke Takagi 2 24.958 0.004 0.050 213.334 0.035 0.429 5. 27 Dario Franchitti 2 25.001 0.043 0.093 212.967 0.367 0.796 6. 4 Bruno Junqueira 2 25.003 0.002 0.095 212.950 0.017 0.813 7. 26 Paul Tracy 2 25.034 0.031 0.126 212.687 0.263 1.076 8. 10 Tony Kanaan 2 25.048 0.014 0.140 212.568 0.119 1.195 9. 33 Alex Tagliani 2 25.158 0.110 0.250 211.638 0.930 2.125 10. 32 Patrick Carpentier 2 25.182 0.024 0.274 211.437 0.201 2.326 11. 51X Adrian Fernandez 2 25.228 0.046 0.320 211.051 0.386 2.712 12. 11 Christian Fittipaldi 2 25.251 0.023 0.343 210.859 0.192 2.904 13. 8 Jimmy Vasser 2 25.260 0.009 0.352 210.784 0.075 2.979 14. 20 Oriol Servia 1 25.292 0.032 0.384 210.517 0.267 3.246 15. 52X Shinji Nakano 2 25.300 0.008 0.392 210.451 0.066 3.312 16. 44X Scott Dixon 1 25.362 0.062 0.454 209.936 0.515 3.827 17. 19 Darren Manning* 2 25.441 0.079 0.533 209.284 0.652 4.479 18. 55 Mario Dominguez* 2 25.592 0.151 0.684 208.049 1.235 5.714 19. 9 Michel Jourdain 2 25.616 0.024 0.708 207.854 0.195 5.909 * Series rookie + Over the 110% threshold (27.410)

Warm-up

Pos Car Driver Laps Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 39 Michael Andretti 28 25.205 211.244 2. 5 Toranosuke Takagi 29 25.221 0.016 0.016 211.110 0.134 0.134 3. 32 Patrick Carpentier 38 25.299 0.078 0.094 210.459 0.651 0.785 4. 8 Jimmy Vasser 34 25.329 0.030 0.124 210.210 0.249 1.034 5. 51X Adrian Fernandez 31 25.355 0.026 0.150 209.994 0.216 1.250 6. 44X Scott Dixon 28 25.356 0.001 0.151 209.986 0.008 1.258 7. 27 Dario Franchitti 27 25.388 0.032 0.183 209.721 0.265 1.523 8. 12 Kenny Brack 29 25.399 0.011 0.194 209.630 0.091 1.614 9. 52X Shinji Nakano 35 25.403 0.004 0.198 209.597 0.033 1.647 10. 20 Oriol Servia 31 25.527 0.124 0.322 208.579 1.018 2.665 11. 33 Alex Tagliani 28 25.571 0.044 0.366 208.220 0.359 3.024 12. 11 Christian Fittipaldi 30 25.591 0.020 0.386 208.058 0.162 3.186 13. 10 Tony Kanaan 31 25.599 0.008 0.394 207.992 0.066 3.252 14. 26 Paul Tracy 39 25.610 0.011 0.405 207.903 0.089 3.341 15. 6 Cristiano da Matta 30 25.625 0.015 0.420 207.781 0.122 3.463 16. 4 Bruno Junqueira 22 25.697 0.072 0.492 207.199 0.582 4.045 17. 9 Michel Jourdain 28 25.752 0.055 0.547 206.757 0.442 4.487 18. 19 Darren Manning* 32 25.774 0.022 0.569 206.580 0.177 4.664 19. 55 Mario Dominguez* 16 26.057 0.283 0.852 204.337 2.243 6.907 * Series rookie + Over the 110% threshold (27.734)

Race Results

Pos Car Driver Nat Team Chassis/Engine Laps Gap Fast lap Status 1. 27 Dario Franchitti SCO Team Green L-Honda 211 0.000 210.309 Running 2. 6 Cristiano da Matta BR Newman-Haas Racing L-Toyota 211 0.986 210.742 Running 3. 32 Patrick Carpentier CDN Forsythe Racing R-Ford 211 2.785 209.227 Running 4. 20 Oriol Servia E Patrick Racing L-Toyota 211 3.757 208.931 Running 5. 4 Bruno Junqueira BR Chip Ganassi Racing L-Toyota 211 4.281 209.903 Running 6. 5 Toranosuke Takagi J Walker Racing R-Toyota 211 4.778 210.550 Running 7. 8 Jimmy Vasser USA Team Rahal L-Ford 211 5.132 211.143 Running 8. 12 Kenny Brack S Chip Ganassi Racing L-Toyota 211 13.912 210.517 Running 9. 19 Darren Manning ENG Team St George (Coyne) L-Ford 211 15.863 208.310 Running 10. 39 Michael Andretti USA Team Motorola (Green) L-Honda 209 2 laps 209.482 Running 11. 9 Michel Jourdain MEX Team Rahal L-Ford 209 2 laps 207.936 Running 12. 44 Scott Dixon NZ Chip Ganassi Racing L-Toyota 209 2 laps 208.653 Running 13. 55 Mario Dominguez MEX Herdez Competition L-Ford 209 2 laps 208.857 Running 14. 51 Adrian Fernandez MEX Fernandez Racing L-Honda 186 25 laps 207.895 Retired 15. 10 Tony Kanaan BR Mo Nunn Racing L-Honda 167 44 laps 207.733 Contact 16. 52 Shinji Nakano J Fernandez Racing R-Honda 61 150 laps 206.628 Contact 17. 11 Christian Fittipaldi BR Newman-Haas Racing L-Toyota 44 167 laps 201.644 Mechanical 18. 33 Alex Tagliani CDN Forsythe Racing R-Ford 42 169 laps 207.547 Mechanical 19. 26 Paul Tracy CDN Team Green L-Honda 12 199 laps 206.268 Mechanical Race Winning Time: 1h58m44.754

Championship Standings

Drivers' Championship Pos Name Overall Road Oval --------------------------------------------------- 1 Cristiano da Matta 191 152 39 2 Bruno Junqueira 133 83 50 3 Dario Franchitti 126 76 50 4 Patrick Carpentier 115 89 26 5 Christian Fittipaldi 98 85 13 6 Michel Jourdain 94 69 25 7 Paul Tracy 86 61 25 8 Michael Andretti 85 76 9 9 Alex Tagliani 83 61 22 10 Scott Dixon 82 61 21 11 Kenny Brack 81 69 12 12 Jimmy Vasser 76 66 10 13 Tony Kanaan 65 59 6 14 Adrian Fernandez 53 30 23 15 Toranosuke Takagi 45 20 25 16 Shinji Nakano 43 30 13 17 Max Papis 32 18 14 18 Oriol Servia 30 10 20 19 Townsend Bell (R) 19 18 1 20 Mario Dominguez (R) 15 11 4 21 Darren Manning (R) 4 0 4 Manufacturers' Championship Pos Name Overall Road Oval --------------------------------------------------- 1 Toyota 266 194 72 2 Honda 234 162 72 3 Ford-Cosworth 192 142 50 Constructors' Championship Pos Name Overall Road Oval --------------------------------------------------- 1 Lola 313 226 87 2 Reynard 181 138 43 Nations' Cup Pos Name Overall Road Oval --------------------------------------------------- 1 Brazil 260 189 71 2 Canada 193 136 57 3 Scotland 126 76 50 4 United States 123 110 13 5 Mexico 114 82 32 6 New Zealand 82 61 21 7 Sweden 80 68 12 8 Japan 65 40 25 9 Italy 32 18 14 10 Spain 30 10 20 11 England 4 0 4 Rookie of the year Pos Name Overall Road Oval --------------------------------------------------- 1 Townsend Bell (R) 19 18 1 2 Mario Dominguez (R) 15 11 4 3 Darren Manning (R) 4 0 4 Prize money leaders Pos Name Money --------------------------------------- 1. Cristiano da Matta $ 857,750 2. Dario Franchitti $ 615,500 3. Bruno Junqueira $ 569,750 4. Patrick Carpentier $ 494,750 5. Christian Fittipaldi $ 424,750 6. Michael Andretti $ 409,750 7. Paul Tracy $ 406,250 8. Alex Tagliani $ 364,250 9. Kenny Brack $ 348,500 10. Michel Jourdain $ 341,250 11. Scott Dixon $ 337,250 12. Jimmy Vasser $ 322,750 13. Tony Kanaan $ 316,500 14. Adrian Fernandez $ 275,000 15. Toranosuke Takagi $ 258,250 16. Shinji Nakano $ 252,250 17. Mario Dominguez (R) $ 202,750 18. Oriol Servia $ 159,500 19. Max Papis $ 154,000 20. Townsend Bell (R) $ 143,750 21. Darren Manning (R) $ 17,500