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The Race Report.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Dario Franchitti scored his first win of the 2002 CART season in the Molson Indy at Vancouver, defeating teammate Paul Tracy with a superior pit stop strategy. The 1-2 finish was the first for Team Green since Vancouver in 2000. In finishing third for Mo Nunn Racing, Tony Kanaan rounded out the all-Honda, all-Lola podium.
Cristiano da Matta ruled Saturday qualifying, taking pole position with a record lap of 1:00.339 on the tight, 1.781-mile street course. The Newman-Haas driver set his time early in the session, then sat out while Tracy and others tried to beat his mark. Tracy would eventually qualify second, less than two-tenths of a second behind.
Da Matta would also lead the first 35 laps of the race, which featured a botched, yellow-flag start and a lap-two crash that took out Jimmy Vasser and Kenny Brack. When Tora Takagi and Michael Andretti collided in Turn Six on lap 36, bringing out another full-course yellow, da Matta pitted. Franchitti, in third, also pitted while Tracy stayed out to take the lead. The strategy seemed to sew up another win for da Matta, as he now required only one more fuel stop to make the finish, but on lap 65 he was suddenly out when his transmission broke. (Newman-Haas teammate Christian ...
- Da Matta Rules the Roost... ...and bolts for F1.(News CART champion Cristiano...
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek December 16, 2002 700+ words
...in Long Beach, da Matta dove smartly under...setting Hondas of Paul Tracy and Tony Kanaan faltered...would prove to be Tracy's only win of 2002...5 of the season, da Matta really went on a...Kool Green teammate Tracy. CART's mandatory...Montreal, where da Matta's ...
- Solid strategy pays off for da Matta.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Kallmann, Dave August 31, 2002 700+ words
...entire 242.880 miles. Da Matta averaged 124.856...caution flags. Paul Tracy, a two-time Road...opened the door for da Matta. Junqueira stopped...one lap before the Tracy-Brack crash, and da Matta was able to pit under...
- Da Matta wins at Laguna Seca.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Sabedra, Darren June 9, 2002 700+ words
...did the chance of anyone overtaking da Matta, who took home $100,000. The...could not continue. On Lap 17, Paul Tracy lost his left rear tire and spun backward...and may the slow cars not win." Da Matta added, "The Laguna Seca track is...
- Da Matta wins at Laguna Seca.
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) June 9, 2002 700+ words
...did the chance of anyone overtaking da Matta, who took home $100,000. The...could not continue. On Lap 17, Paul Tracy lost his left rear tire and spun backward...and may the slow cars not win." Da Matta added, "The Laguna Seca track is...
- Victory seals CART championship for da Matta.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) October 6, 2002 700+ words
...pits on Lap 42, as he and da Matta were on the same two-stop strategy. As soon as da Matta's car was off the jacks...Kool Green teammate, Paul Tracy, who pitted on Lap 45...mistakes, and we didn't," da Matta said. "Probably 70 percent...
- Da Matta's CART victory is the pits.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) August 18, 2002 700+ words
...Junqueria pitted, Paul Tracy and Kenny Brack wrecked...opportunity needed by da Matta, who could now pit under...pace early belonged to Tracy, who started fourth...settled by strategy. Tracy held the lead through...pit strategy gave it to da Matta. On Lap 50, with another...
- Da Matta's victory was the pits.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) August 18, 2002 700+ words
...Junqueria pitted, Paul Tracy and Kenny Brack wrecked...opportunity needed by da Matta, who could now pit under...pace early belonged to Tracy, who started fourth...settled by strategy. Tracy held the lead through...pit strategy gave it to da Matta. On Lap 50, with another...
- Crash with a deer hospitalizes da matta.(Competition)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek August 14, 2006 700+ words
...course. Telemetry suggests da Matta was traveling at less than...substantially damaged. Da Matta's RuSport teammate Justin...did Forsythe drivers Paul Tracy and A.J. Allmendinger...withdrew out of respect for da Matta, but also for safety concerns...
Source: HighBeam Research, The Race Report.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)