The Race Report.(Racing)
AutoWeek, November, 2002
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What a difference a week makes, and favorable conditions can't hurt either. The miserable, rain-soaked debacle in Australia was the slowest CART event in history, at an embarrassing pace of a little less than 56 mph. Just seven days later on the two-mile oval at Fontana, CART put on the fastest 500-mile race in history, run at an average speed of 197.99 mph.
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At the finish, Jimmy Vasser slipped past Michael Andretti on a green-white-checker restart for the win. Speed was also the theme in practice, as Tony Kanaan ran laps at more than 235 mph with the aid of the draft. He also took ...
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