The 2002 Bridgestone Potenza 500 was the third round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on April 27, 2002, on the oval at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Japan.
The winner was Bruno Junqueira.
This marked the final Champ Car race for PacWest Racing. It also marked the final time Champ Car would compete in Japan as next years event was contested by the Indy Racing League.
Qualifying results
Pos Nat Name Team Time 1 Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 25.907 2 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 26.051 3 Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 26.059 4 Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 26.133 5 Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 26.173 6 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 26.206 7 Michael Andretti Team Motorola 26.292 8 Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 26.300 9 Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 26.337 10 Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 26.376 11 Tora Takagi Walker Racing 26.398 12 Alex Tagliani Team Player's 26.412 13 Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 26.430 14 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 26.485 15 Scott Dixon PWR Championship Racing 26.502 16 Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 26.594 17 Max Papis Sigma Autosport 26.655 18 Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 26.791 19 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 26.847 20 Oriol Servià PWR Championship Racing 26.951
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Bruno Junqueira Target Chip Ganassi Racing 201 2:00:05.882 1 21 2 33 Alex Tagliani Team Player's 201 +12.282 12 16 3 27 Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green 200 + 1 Lap 5 14 4 32 Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 199 + 2 Laps 6 12 5 9 Michel Jourdain Jr. Team Rahal 199 + 2 Laps 13 10 6 17 Oriol Servià PWR Championship Racing 199 + 2 Laps 20 8 7 51 Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 199 + 2 Laps 14 6 8 5 Tora Takagi Walker Racing 199 + 2 Laps 11 5 9 7 Scott Dixon PWR Championship Racing 198 + 3 Laps 15 4 10 52 Shinji Nakano Fernández Racing 198 + 3 Laps 18 3 11 16 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 197 + 4 Laps 19 2 12 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 193 + 8 Laps 16 1 13 6 Cristiano da Matta Newman/Haas Racing 186 Pulled in 8 0 14 20 Townsend Bell Patrick Racing 136 Contact 10 0 15 10 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 121 Engine 2 1 16 39 Michael Andretti Team Motorola 115 Gearbox 7 0 17 12 Kenny Bräck Target Chip Ganassi Racing 101 Engine 4 0 18 22 Max Papis Sigma Autosport 94 Brakes 17 0 19 26 Paul Tracy Team KOOL Green 84 Wheel bearing 3 0 20 8 Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 38 Fire 9 0
Caution flags Laps Cause40-45 Vasser (8) tow-in90-97 Debris139-155 Bell (20) contact157-161 Nakano (52) lost wheel
Notes
Laps Leader1-38 Tony Kanaan39-76 Paul Tracy77-80 Kenny Bräck81-83 Michael Andretti84-100 Tony Kanaan101 Bruno Junqueira102-118 Tony Kanaan119-143 Bruno Junqueira144-166 Alex Tagliani167-190 Bruno Junqueira191-197 Dario Franchitti198-201 Bruno Junqueira Driver Laps ledTony Kanaan 72Bruno Junqueira 54Paul Tracy 38Alex Tagliani 23Dario Franchitti 7Kenny Bräck 4Michael Andretti 3
Average Speed 155.447 mph
References
External links Qualifying Results Race Results