2002 Shell Grand Prix of Denver

The 2002 Shell Grand Prix of Denver was the fourteenth round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on September 1, 2002 on the streets of Denver, Colorado around Pepsi Center. It was the first Champ Car event in Denver since a 1991 street course event in Denver's Civic Center.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Template:Flagicon	Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:02.950	1:01.703	1:01.703
2	Template:Flagicon	Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	1:02.073	1:02.311	1:02.073
3	Template:Flagicon	Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	1:03.659	1:01.808	1:01.808
4	Template:Flagicon	Scott Dixon	Coors Light/Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:02.468	1:01.888	1:01.888
5	Template:Flagicon	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	1:02.440	1:01.992	1:01.992
6	Template:Flagicon	Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:03.254	1:02.049	1:02.049
7	Template:Flagicon	Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	1:02.810	1:02.149	1:02.149
8	Template:Flagicon	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	1:04.760	1:02.181	1:02.181
9	Template:Flagicon	Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	1:02.454	1:02.184	1:02.184
10	Template:Flagicon	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	1:03.940	1:02.244	1:02.244
11	Template:Flagicon	Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	1:03.204	1:02.305	1:02.305
12	Template:Flagicon	Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	1:04.516	1:02.471	1:02.471
13	Template:Flagicon	Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	1:03.156	1:02.476	1:02.476
14	Template:Flagicon	Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	1:03.619	1:02.601	1:02.601
15	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	1:03.632	1:02.726	1:02.726
16	Template:Flagicon	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:04.558	1:02.762	1:02.762
17	Template:Flagicon	Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	1:03.432	1:02.817	1:02.817
18	Template:Flagicon	Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	1:03.538	1:03.200	1:03.200

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	100	1:49:22.547	1	22
2	44	Template:Flagicon Scott Dixon	Coors Light/Target Chip Ganassi Racing	100	+0.282	4	16
3	6	Template:Flagicon Cristiano da Matta	Newman/Haas Racing	100	+8.191	7	14
4	51	Template:Flagicon Adrian Fernández	Fernández Racing	100	+11.911	2	13
5	11	Template:Flagicon Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	100	+12.562	5	10
6	10	Template:Flagicon Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	100	+13.288	9	8
7	12	Template:Flagicon Kenny Bräck	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	100	+13.705	6	6
8	26	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Team KOOL Green	100	+14.496	15	5
9	9	Template:Flagicon Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Rahal	100	+15.497	10	4
10	8	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Vasser	Team Rahal	100	+16.586	11	3
11	20	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	Patrick Racing	100	+26.507	13	2
12	33	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	Team Player's	99	+ 1 Lap	12	1
13	39	Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti	Team Motorola	99	+ 1 Lap	17	0
14	55	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	97	+ 3 Laps	16	0
15	5	Template:Flagicon Tora Takagi	Walker Racing	85	Contact	18	0
16	52	Template:Flagicon Shinji Nakano	Fernández Racing	64	Gearbox	3	0
17	32	Template:Flagicon Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	61	Contact	8	0
18	27	Template:Flagicon Dario Franchitti	Team KOOL Green	0	Contact	14	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
88-92	Takagi (5) & Domínguez (55) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-100 Bruno Junqueira

Driver Laps led Bruno Junqueira 100

• New Race Lap Record Kenny Bräck 1:01.648
• New Race Record Bruno Junqueira 1:49:22.547
• Average Speed 90.349 mph

External links

• Friday Qualifying Results
• Saturday Qualifying Results
• Race Results