2002 Bridgestone Potenza 500

Race 3 of 19

Motegi
201 laps
Time of race: 2:00:05.882
Average speed of winner: 155.447 mph
Margin of victory: 12.282 sec.
Lead changes: 12 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 36 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Kanaan 210.891
Lap leaders: Junqueira pole, Kanaan 1-38, Tracy 39-76, Bräck 77-80, Andretti 81-83, Kanaan 84-100, Junqueira 101, Kanaan 102-118, Junqueira 119-143, Tagliani 144-166, Junqueira 167-190, Franchitti 191-197, Junqueira 198-201

Race notes: Dario Franchitti took the points lead from Cristiano da Matta.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	1	Bruno Junqueira	4	Target	Lola	Toyota	Bridgestone	Ganassi	215.108	201	4	54	flagged	21
2	12	Alex Tagliani	33	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	Bridgestone	Forsythe	210.995	201	1	23	flagged	16
3	5	Dario Franchitti	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Bridgestone	Green	212.922	200	1	7	flagged	14
4	6	Patrick Carpentier	32	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	Bridgestone	Forsythe	212.654	199	0	0	flagged	12
5	13	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	9	Gigante	Lola	Ford	Bridgestone	Rahal	210.851	199	0	0	flagged	10
6	20	Oriol Servià	17	AirEight	Lola	Toyota	Bridgestone	PacWest	206.775	199	0	0	flagged	8
7	14	Adrián Fernández	51	Tecate/Quaker State/Telmex	Lola	Honda	Bridgestone	Fernandez	210.413	199	0	0	flagged	6
8	11	Tora Takagi	5	Pioneer/Denso Special	Reynard	Toyota	Bridgestone	Walker	211.107	199	0	0	flagged	5
9	15	Scott Dixon	7	PWR Championship Racing	Lola	Toyota	Bridgestone	PacWest	210.278	198	0	0	flagged	4
10	18	Shinji Nakano	52	Alpine/Mitsuba	Lola	Honda	Bridgestone	Fernandez	208.010	198	0	0	flagged	3
11	19	Mario Domínguez	16	Herdez	Lola	Ford	Bridgestone	Herdez	207.576	197	0	0	flagged	2
12	16	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Eli Lilly	Lola	Toyota	Bridgestone	Newman-Haas	209.551	193	0	0	flagged	1
13	8	Cristiano da Matta	6	Havoline	Lola	Toyota	Bridgestone	Newman-Haas	211.894	186	0	0	mechanical	0
14	10	Townsend Bell	20	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	Bridgestone	Patrick	211.283	136	0	0	contact	0
15	2	Tony Kanaan	10	Pioneer/WorldCom	Reynard	Honda	Bridgestone	Nunn	213.919	121	3	72	mechanical	1
16	7	Michael Andretti	39	Motorola	Lola	Honda	Bridgestone	Green	211.958	115	1	3	mechanical	0
17	4	Kenny Bräck	12	Target	Lola	Toyota	Bridgestone	Ganassi	213.248	101	1	4	mechanical	0
18	17	Max Papis	22	Rockwell FirstPoint	Lola	Ford	Bridgestone	Sigma (2000s)	209.071	94	0	0	mechanical	0
19	3	Paul Tracy	26	KOOL	Lola	Honda	Bridgestone	Green	213.853	84	1	38	mechanical	0
20	9	Jimmy Vasser	8	Shell	Lola	Ford	Bridgestone	Rahal	211.596	38	0	0	mechanical	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Dario Franchitti	34	3	0	0	2
2	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	32	3	0	0	0
3	Cristiano da Matta	27	3	0	1	1
4	Alex Tagliani	26	3	0	0	1
5	Bruno Junqueira	23	3	1	1	1
6	Michael Andretti	22	3	0	1	1
7	Max Papis	18	3	0	0	1
8	Patrick Carpentier	18	3	0	0	0
9	Jimmy Vasser	17	3	1	0	1
10	Christian Fittipaldi	15	3	0	0	1
11	Oriol Servià	13	3	0	0	0
12	Tora Takagi	13	3	0	0	0
13	Kenny Bräck	12	3	0	0	0
14	Scott Dixon	12	3	0	0	0
15	Paul Tracy	11	3	0	0	0
16	Adrián Fernández	11	3	1	0	0
17	Shinji Nakano	4	3	0	0	0
18	Mario Domínguez	2	3	0	0	0
19	Tony Kanaan	1	3	0	0	0
20	Townsend Bell	0	3	0	0	0