The race was marred by extremely wet conditions. The initial start resulted in a multi-car crash injuring Fernandez and Takagi. CART officials allowed teams to repair their cars or pull out backups. Postponing the race was not an option due to international travel logistics, as cars had to get to Fontana, California by Tuesday US time to allow for conversion to superspeedway configuration and the 500 mile oval race scheduled the following weekend, and logistics of the street course circuit, as organizers were contractually required to have the entire course cleared by the next morning. The race restarted on lap 3 with slightly improved conditions, but went back under yellow at lap 10 where it would remain until the race was called at lap 40.
Michael Andretti's team believed the race would be called once the race passed official race status of the full lap past the halfway point (35 laps plus one) of the original distance (70 laps, but the race was shortened to 50 laps by officials after the start crash), but officials instead waited until lap 40 to force each car to make two pit stops. This gave Domínguez his first career win in the slowest race in CART history. For 2003, rules were changed to allow the race to be called prior to halfway with only half points being awarded. This rule was not implemented by IndyCar after the 2008 reunification.
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The 2002 Honda Indy 300 was the seventeenth round of the 2002 CART World Series season held on 27 October 2002 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise Queensland Australia 2002 Surfers ParadiseRace detailsRace 17 of 19 in the 2002 CART seasonMap of the trackDate27 October 2002Official nameHonda Indy 300LocationSurfers Paradise Street CircuitQueensland AustraliaCourseTemporary Street Circuit2 795 mi 4 498 kmDistance40 laps111 800 mi 179 920 kmWeatherRainPole positionDriverCristiano da Matta Newman Haas Racing Time1 30 204Fastest lapDriverCristiano da Matta Newman Haas Racing Time1 56 457 on lap 7 of 40 PodiumFirstMario Dominguez Herdez Competition SecondPatrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing ThirdPaul Tracy Team Green The race was marred by extremely wet conditions The initial start resulted in a multi car crash injuring Fernandez and Takagi CART officials allowed teams to repair their cars or pull out backups Postponing the race was not an option due to international travel logistics as cars had to get to Fontana California by Tuesday US time to allow for conversion to superspeedway configuration and the 500 mile oval race scheduled the following weekend and logistics of the street course circuit as organizers were contractually required to have the entire course cleared by the next morning The race restarted on lap 3 with slightly improved conditions but went back under yellow at lap 10 where it would remain until the race was called at lap 40 Michael Andretti s team believed the race would be called once the race passed official race status of the full lap past the halfway point 35 laps plus one of the original distance 70 laps but the race was shortened to 50 laps by officials after the start crash but officials instead waited until lap 40 to force each car to make two pit stops This gave Dominguez his first career win in the slowest race in CART history For 2003 rules were changed to allow the race to be called prior to halfway with only half points being awarded This rule was not implemented by IndyCar after the 2008 reunification Contents 1 Qualifying results 2 Race 3 Caution flags 4 Notes 5 External linksQualifying results EditPos Nat Name Team Chassis Time1 nbsp Cristiano da Matta Newman Haas Racing Lola B2 00 Toyota 1 30 2042 nbsp Bruno Junqueira Chip Ganassi Racing Lola B2 00 Toyota 1 30 2143 nbsp Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing Lola B2 00 Honda 1 30 4274 nbsp Kenny Brack Chip Ganassi Racing Lola B2 00 Toyota 1 30 6165 nbsp Paul Tracy Team Green Lola B2 00 Honda 1 30 7316 nbsp Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Lola B2 00 Toyota 1 30 8107 nbsp Shinji Nakano Fernandez Racing Lola B2 00 Honda 1 30 9368 nbsp Dario Franchitti Team Green Lola B2 00 Honda 1 31 0409 nbsp Oriol Servia Patrick Racing Reynard 02i Toyota 1 31 08710 nbsp Adrian Fernandez Fernandez Racing Lola B2 00 Honda 1 31 35111 nbsp Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal Lola B2 00 Ford Cosworth 1 31 36912 nbsp Michel Jourdain Jr Team Rahal Lola B2 00 Ford Cosworth 1 31 70913 nbsp Christian Fittipaldi Newman Haas Racing Lola B2 00 Toyota 1 32 22314 nbsp Alex Tagliani Forsythe Racing Reynard 02i Ford Cosworth 1 32 30015 nbsp Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing Reynard 02i Ford Cosworth 1 32 36716 nbsp Michael Andretti Team Green Lola B2 00 Honda 1 32 43917 nbsp Tora Takagi Walker Racing Reynard 02i Toyota 1 33 92218 nbsp Mario Dominguez Herdez Competition Lola B2 00 Ford Cosworth 1 33 655Race EditPos No Driver Team Laps Time retired Grid Points1 55 nbsp Mario Dominguez Herdez Competition 40 2 00 06 524 18 202 32 nbsp Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 40 2 2 secs 15 163 26 nbsp Paul Tracy Team Green 40 2 5 secs 5 144 12 nbsp Kenny Brack Chip Ganassi Racing 40 2 7 secs 4 125 10 nbsp Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 40 4 8 secs 3 106 33 nbsp Alex Tagliani Forsythe Racing 40 7 8 secs 14 87 27 nbsp Dario Franchitti Team Green 40 9 9 secs 8 68 1 nbsp Cristiano da Matta Newman Haas Racing 40 12 3 secs 1 79 39 nbsp Michael Andretti Team Green 40 13 5 secs 16 410 9 nbsp Michel Jourdain Jr Team Rahal 40 13 6 secs 12 311 11 nbsp Christian Fittipaldi Newman Haas Racing 40 14 8 secs 13 212 8 nbsp Jimmy Vasser Team Rahal 40 16 2 secs 11 113 52 nbsp Shinji Nakano Fernandez Racing 40 17 6 secs 714 4 nbsp Bruno Junqueira Chip Ganassi Racing 40 18 1 secs 2 115 44 nbsp Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 24 Mechanical 616 20 nbsp Oriol Servia Patrick Racing 11 Mechanical 917 51 nbsp Adrian Fernandez Fernandez Racing 0 Contact 1018 5 nbsp Tora Takagi Walker Racing 0 Contact 17Caution flags EditLaps Cause0 2 Yellow start10 40 Wet track conditionsNotes EditLaps Leader1 10 Cristiano da Matta11 18 Bruno Junqueira19 29 Cristiano da Matta30 35 Michael Andretti36 36 Christian Fittipaldi37 40 Mario Dominguez Driver Laps ledCristiano da Matta 21Bruno Junqueira 8Michael Andretti 6Mario Dominguez 4Christian Fittipaldi 1Average Speed 55 849 mphExternal links EditFull Weekend Times amp Results Previous race 2002 Grand Prix Americas CART Indycar World Series2002 season Next race 2002 The 500Previous race 2001 Honda Indy 300 2002 Honda Indy 300 Next race 2003 Lexmark Indy 30027 59 14 S 153 25 40 E 27 98722 S 153 42778 E 27 98722 153 42778 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 Honda Indy 300 amp oldid 1113763146, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
