# 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 | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| 1 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:02.950 | 1:01.703 | 1:01.703 |
| 2 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 1:02.073 | 1:02.311 | 1:02.073 |
| 3 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 1:03.659 | 1:01.808 | 1:01.808 |
| 4 | Scott Dixon | Coors Light/Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:02.468 | 1:01.888 | 1:01.888 |
| 5 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:02.440 | 1:01.992 | 1:01.992 |
| 6 | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 1:03.254 | 1:02.049 | 1:02.049 |
| 7 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:02.810 | 1:02.149 | 1:02.149 |
| 8 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 1:04.760 | 1:02.181 | 1:02.181 |
| 9 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 1:02.454 | 1:02.184 | 1:02.184 |
| 10 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 1:03.940 | 1:02.244 | 1:02.244 |
| 11 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 1:03.204 | 1:02.305 | 1:02.305 |
| 12 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 1:04.516 | 1:02.471 | 1:02.471 |
| 13 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 1:03.156 | 1:02.476 | 1:02.476 |
| 14 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 1:03.619 | 1:02.601 | 1:02.601 |
| 15 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 1:03.632 | 1:02.726 | 1:02.726 |
| 16 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:04.558 | 1:02.762 | 1:02.762 |
| 17 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 1:03.432 | 1:02.817 | 1:02.817 |
| 18 | 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 | Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 100 | 1:49:22.547 | 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 44 | Scott Dixon | Coors Light/Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 100 | +0.282 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | 6 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | 100 | +8.191 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 51 | Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | 100 | +11.911 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman/Haas Racing | 100 | +12.562 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 100 | +13.288 | 9 | 8 |
| 7 | 12 | Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 100 | +13.705 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | 100 | +14.496 | 15 | 5 |
| 9 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 100 | +15.497 | 10 | 4 |
| 10 | 8 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 100 | +16.586 | 11 | 3 |
| 11 | 20 | Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 100 | +26.507 | 13 | 2 |
| 12 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Team Player's | 99 | + 1 Lap | 12 | 1 |
| 13 | 39 | Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | 99 | + 1 Lap | 17 | 0 |
| 14 | 55 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 97 | + 3 Laps | 16 | 0 |
| 15 | 5 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 85 | Contact | 18 | 0 |
| 16 | 52 | Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 64 | Gearbox | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | 61 | Contact | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | 0 | Contact | 14 | 0 |

## Caution flags

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