2002 - FedEx Championship Series - The 500 Presented by Toyota Race Results

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2002 - The 500 Presented by Toyota Race Results

Race Name - The 500 Presented by Toyota
Date - 11/3/2002
Race Track - California Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 18
Laps Run - 250
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Tony Kanaan / 232.011 mph
Cautions - 4 cautions for 17 laps
Average Race Speed - 197.995 mph
Lead Changes - 7 Leader(s) with 44 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Jimmy Vasser
Race Number - 18

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	6	Jimmy Vasser	Shell	Lola	Ford	230.161
2	4	Michael Andretti	Motorola	Lola	Honda	230.532
3	8	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	230.132
4	1	Tony Kanaan	Pioneer/WorldCom	Lola	Honda	232.011
5	18	Oriol Servi	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Toyota	226.304
6	14	Scott Dixon	Target	Lola	Toyota	228.813
7	13	Christian Fittipaldi	Eli Lilly	Lola	Toyota	229.143
8	7	Alex Tagliani	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	230.154
9	2	Bruno Junqueira	Target	Lola	Toyota	231.145
10	9	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Lola	Honda	229.995
11	3	Cristiano da Matta	Chevron	Lola	Toyota	230.575
12	15	Kenny Brck	Target	Lola	Toyota	228.398
13	11	Michel Jourdain Jr	Gigante	Lola	Ford	229.669
14	10	Max Papis	Tecate/Quaker State/Telmex	Lola	Honda	229.713
15	12	Shinji Nakano	Alpine/Mitsuba	Lola	Honda	229.438
16	17	Mario Domnguez	Herdez	Lola	Ford	227.644
17	5	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Lola	Honda	230.176
18	16	Tora Takagi	Pioneer/Denso Special	Reynard	Toyota	227.906