2003 Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250

2003 Milwaukee
Race details
Race 6 of 18 in the 2003 CART season

Milwaukee Mile Track Layout
Date May 31, 2003
Official name Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250
Location Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin, United States
Course 1 Mile Oval
1.000 mi / 1.609 km
Distance 250 laps
250 mi / 402.336 km
Weather Clear and Cold (Night Race)
Pole position
Driver No Pole Awarded (Rain)
Fastest lap
Driver Patrick Carpentier (Team Player's)
Time 21.820 (on lap 246 of 250)
Podium
First Michel Jourdain, Jr. (Team Rahal)
Second Oriol Servià (Patrick Racing)
Third Patrick Carpentier (Team Player's)

The 2003 Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250 was the sixth round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on May 31, 2003 at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. The race was the first night race in CART history.

Qualifying results

The qualification session was rained out, so the grid was set by times from the first practice session, which was led by Alex Tagliani. The usual point for pole was not awarded.

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 Mexico Michel Jourdain, Jr. Team Rahal 250 2:16:45.692 2 21
2 20 Spain Oriol Servià Patrick Racing 250 +0.5 secs 7 16
3 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier Team Player's 250 +0.7 secs 4 14
4 15 United Kingdom Darren Manning Walker Racing 250 +1.2 secs 11 12
5 33 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 250 +2.2 secs 1 10
6 51 Mexico Adrian Fernández Fernández Racing 250 +3.1 secs 5 8
7 34 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 250 +4.2 secs 10 6
8 55 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 250 +5.6 secs 12 5
9 2 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 250 +5.9 secs 13 4
10 7 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing 250 +7.7 secs 9 3
11 12 United States Jimmy Vasser American Spirit Team Johansson 250 +9.1 secs 6 2
12 3 Canada Paul Tracy Team Player's 249 + 1 Lap 3 1
13 11 Brazil Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing 240 + 10 Laps 18 0
14 5 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín Walker Racing 225 Contact 14 0
15 19 Switzerland Joël Camathias Dale Coyne Racing 150 Contact 19 0
16 31 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay American Spirit Team Johansson 85 Contact 17 0
17 1 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 3 Contact 8 0
18 27 France Patrick Lemarié PK Racing 3 Contact 16 0
19 4 Brazil Roberto Moreno Herdez Competition 3 Contact 15 0

Caution flags

Laps Cause
1-2 Yellow start
4-18 Junqueira (1), Moreno (4) & Lemarié (27) contact
86-107 Hunter-Reay (31) contact
154-168 Camathias (19) contact
214-224 Tracy (3) loose wheel
226-238 Lavín (5) contact
239 Yellow restart

Notes

Laps Leader
1-2 Alex Tagliani
3-59 Michel Jourdain, Jr.
60-72 Patrick Carpentier
73 Mario Domínguez
74-250 Michel Jourdain, Jr.
 
Driver Laps led
Michel Jourdain, Jr. 234
Patrick Carpentier 13
Alex Tagliani 2
Mario Domínguez 1

External links

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2003 German 500
CART Indycar World Series
2003 season
Next race:
2003 Grand Prix of Monterey
Previous race:
2002 Miller Lite 250
2003 Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250 Next race:
2004 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 250
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