Bridgestone Potenza 500K
Twin Ring Motegi
1.549 Mile Paved Oval
201 Laps/311.349 Miles
April 27, 2002
Finish |
Start |
Driver |
Car
# |
Sponsor/Name |
Chassis |
Engine |
Laps |
Status |
Points |
1 |
1 |
Bruno Junqueira |
4 |
Target |
Lola |
Toyota |
201 |
2:00:05.882 155.447 |
21 |
2 |
12 |
Alex Tagliani |
33 |
Player’s/Indeck |
Reynard |
Ford |
201 |
2:00:18.2 |
16 |
3 |
5 |
Dario Franchitti |
27 |
KOOL |
Reynard |
Honda |
200 |
Flagged |
14 |
4 |
6 |
Patrick Carpentier |
32 |
Player’s/Indeck |
Reynard |
Ford |
199 |
Flagged |
12 |
5 |
13 |
Michel Jourdain, Jr. |
9 |
Gigante |
Lola |
Ford |
199 |
Flagged |
10 |
6 |
20 |
Oriol Servià |
17 |
AirEight |
Lola |
Toyota |
199 |
Flagged |
8 |
7 |
14 |
Adrián Fernández |
51 |
Tecate/Quaker State/Telmex |
Lola |
Honda |
199 |
Flagged |
6 |
8 |
11 |
Tora Takagi |
5 |
Pioneer/Denso Special |
Reynard |
Toyota |
199 |
Flagged |
5 |
9 |
15 |
Scott Dixon |
7 |
PWR Championship Racing |
Lola |
Toyota |
198 |
Flagged |
4 |
10 |
20 |
Shinji Nakano |
52 |
Alpine/Mitsuba |
Lola |
Honda |
198 |
Flagged |
3 |
11 |
19 |
Mario Domínguez |
16 |
Herdez |
Lola |
Ford |
197 |
Flagged |
2 |
12 |
16 |
Christian Fittipaldi |
11 |
Eli Lilly |
Lola |
Toyota |
193 |
Flagged |
1 |
13 |
8 |
Cristiano da Matta |
6 |
Havoline |
Lola |
Toyota |
186 |
Pulled in |
|
14 |
10 |
Townsend Bell |
20 |
Visteon |
Reynard |
Toyota |
136 |
Wrecked |
|
15 |
2 |
Tony Kanaan |
10 |
Pioneer/WorldCom |
Reynard |
Honda |
121 |
Engine |
1 |
16 |
7 |
Michael Andretti |
39 |
Motorola |
Lola |
Honda |
115 |
Gearbox |
|
17 |
4 |
Kenny Bräck |
12 |
Target |
Lola |
Toyota |
101 |
Engine |
|
18 |
17 |
Max Papis |
22 |
Rockwell FirstPoint |
Lola |
Ford |
94 |
Brakes |
|
19 |
3 |
Paul Tracy |
26 |
KOOL |
Lola |
Honda |
84 |
Wheel bearing |
|
20 |
9 |
Jimmy Vasser |
8 |
Shell |
Lola |
Ford |
38 |
Fire |
|
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-- |
-- |
Paul Tracy |
26 |
KOOL |
Reynard |
Honda |
-- |
Did not qualify |
|
Lap Leaders |
Total |
Laps |
Tony Kanaan |
72 |
1-38, 84-100, 102-118 |
Bruno Junqueira |
54 |
101, 119-143, 167-190,
198-201 |
Paul Tracy |
38 |
39-76 |
Alex Tagliani |
23 |
144-166 |
Dario Franchitti |
7 |
191-197 |
Kenny Bräck |
4 |
77-80 |
Michael Andretti |
3 |
81-83 |
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