2002 - FedEx Championship Series - Indianapolis 500 Race Results

The Champ Car World Series merged operations with the Indy Racing League (IRL) under the Indy Car Series name effective for the 2008 season. The owners of the Champ Car World Series filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2008.

The Champ Car was formed in 2004 after team owners Kevin Kalkhoven, Paul Gentilozzi and Gerald Forsythe bought the assets of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) after it had filed for bankruptcy.

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2002 - Indianapolis 500 Race Results

Race Name - Indianapolis 500
Date - 6/9/2002
Race Track - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 19
Laps Run - 87
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Cristiano da Matta / 115.97 mph
Cautions - 2 cautions for 8 laps
Average Race Speed - 101.164 mph
Lead Changes - 3 Leader(s) with 3 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Cristiano da Matta
Race Number - 5

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Cristiano da Matta	Chevron	Lola	Toyota	115.97
2	5	Christian Fittipaldi	Eli Lilly	Lola	Toyota	114.795
3	2	Kenny Brck	Target	Lola	Toyota	115.8
4	3	Bruno Junqueira	Target	Lola	Toyota	115.495
5	6	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	114.74
6	9	Scott Dixon	Target	Lola	Toyota	114.622
7	10	Townsend Bell	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	114.513
8	15	Jimmy Vasser	Shell	Lola	Ford	114.1
9	11	Michel Jourdain Jr	Gigante	Lola	Ford	114.461
10	7	Alex Tagliani	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	114.657
11	19	Michael Andretti	Motorola	Lola	Honda	112.687
12	4	Tony Kanaan	Pioneer/WorldCom	Lola	Honda	115.026
13	17	Max Papis	Rockwell FirstPoint	Lola	Ford	113.988
14	18	Shinji Nakano	Alpine/Mitsuba	Lola	Honda	112.968
15	12	Mario Domnguez	Herdez	Lola	Ford	113.28
16	8	Tora Takagi	Pioneer/Denso Special	Reynard	Toyota	114.626
17	16	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Lola	Honda	114.093
18	13	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State/Telmex	Lola	Honda	114.364
19	14	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Lola	Honda	114.125