The first victory in ovals for Dario Franchitti arrived closely together from its Scotland birthday, in Corby, where Rockingham 500 was adjudged to take by assault the third general place from championship 2002 from CART.Dario had one of its better races in the series, and in spite of stopping six times in pits it left windy thanks to his strategy and to its undergone equipment.Thanks to it adds 146 units, which maintains to him with the eyes put in the Vanderbilt Glass. Nevertheless Christian it gives Matta is not let reach and after finishing in the second put due to an intelligent race it has 191 units.It is so the advantage of Christian, who could even not score in the three following rounds and still arrive at the final date in Mexico with possibilities of obtaining the crown.Thirdly Patrick Carpentier finalized, who took care of itself of the attacks of Serbian the Oriol Spanish, who added his better result in the series. Serbia demonstrated because it received a contract extension on the part of Patrick Racing.Dario culminated the 211 returns to the oval of 1,479 miles in length in a time of 1:58: 44,754 hours.For the Scot of 29 years this it is a really singular triumph, because it is tenth in the series and third party in the 2002, apart from which he had never been the best one in an oval.They complete the zone of points: Dark brown Junqueira, that is third party in the championship with 133 units; Toranosuke Takagi; Jimmy Vasser; Kenny Bräck; Darren Manning; Michael Andretti, who was punished with black flag to exceed the limiting velocity in pits; Michael Jourdain (94 units) and Scott Dixon.With this result Michel Jourdain it extends his record of consecutive tests in the points to 15, that is to say, all the races of the year and now its mind will be in equaling the mark of 17 of Alex Zanardi in its season of champion, in 1998. The unique season that has been in excess in its totality in the points was the one of 1992, by A Unser Jr, with 16 dates. The record of more consecutive tests in the zone of points is of 23, between 1991 and 192 of Unser Jr.For Mario Domínguez this was a terrible race, because the track officials punished to him twice with black flag, which forced to him to enter pits and in this way to lose the return of the leader. He finalized in 13.The one that worse treatment had with the officials was also the Mexican Adrián Fernandez, who was disqualified of the fight to reject a punishment.Adrián was extremely annoying by the decision and is a fact that will appeal such decision. To only they entered 185 returns him, after receiving three times the announcement of black flag and not fulfilling the punishment.The premises and newcomer Darren Manning were the sensation, after which it led some returns when the leaders entered to resupply themselves. Manning had the best debut than it could have a pilot who has not run in ovals and finalized in ninth place.Kenny Bräck was the great loser of afternoon, because in spite of leading the race in more than half of the route, at the time of entering pits turn 170 after a yellow flag caused by Tony Kanaan, it left in ninth.However Dario had entered third party, and ascended to the first site, in front of Christian, whom it preferred not to risk and to continue adding points in his possible way Formula 1.The dominion from the starting had been of Bräck, but once Dario was to the front history finished. It was a race in which they did not occur you escape spectacular and in which the shifts of position were in pits.
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Carpentier finished third party
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The Lola Honda of Franchitti
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Takagi precedes to Andretti
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