| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 17 of 19 in the2002 CART season | |
 Map of the track | |
| Date | 27 October, 2002 |
| Official name | Honda Indy 300 |
| Location | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland, Australia |
| Course | Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 mi / 4.498 km |
| Distance | 40 laps 111.800 mi / 179.920 km |
| Weather | Rain |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Cristiano da Matta (Newman-Haas Racing) |
| Time | 1:30.204 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Cristiano da Matta (Newman-Haas Racing) |
| Time | 1:56.457 (on lap 7 of 40) |
| Podium | |
| First | Mario Domínguez (Herdez Competition) |
| Second | Patrick Carpentier (Forsythe Racing) |
| Third | Paul Tracy (Team Green) |
The2002 Honda Indy 300 was the seventeenth round of the2002 CART World Series season, held on 27 October 2002 on theSurfers Paradise Street Circuit,Surfers Paradise,Queensland, Australia.
The race was marred by extremely wet conditions. The initial start resulted in a multi-car crash injuring Fernandez and Takagi. CART officials allowed teams to repair their cars or pull out backups. Postponing the race was not an option due to international travel logistics, as cars had to get to Fontana, California by Tuesday US time to allow for conversion to superspeedway configuration and the 500 mile oval race scheduled the following weekend, and logistics of the street course circuit, as organizers were contractually required to have the entire course cleared by the next morning. The race restarted on lap 3 with slightly improved conditions, but went back under yellow at lap 10 where it would remain until the race was called at lap 40.
Michael Andretti's team believed the race would be called once the race passed official race status of the full lap past the halfway point (35 laps plus one) of the original distance (70 laps, but the race was shortened to 50 laps by officials after the start crash), but officials instead waited until lap 40 to force each car to make two pit stops. This gave Domínguez his first career win in the slowest race in CART history. For 2003, rules were changed to allow the race to be called prior to halfway with only half points being awarded. This rule was not implemented by IndyCar after the 2008 reunification.
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 55 |  Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 40 | 2:00:06.524 | 18 | 20 |
| 2 | 32 |  Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 40 | +2.2 secs | 15 | 16 |
| 3 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team Green | 40 | +2.5 secs | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | 12 |  Kenny Bräck | Chip Ganassi Racing | 40 | +2.7 secs | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 10 |  Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 40 | +4.8 secs | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Forsythe Racing | 40 | +7.8 secs | 14 | 8 |
| 7 | 27 |  Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 40 | +9.9 secs | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | 1 | Cristiano da Matta | Newman-Haas Racing | 40 | +12.3 secs | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | 39 |  Michael Andretti | Team Green | 40 | +13.5 secs | 16 | 4 |
| 10 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | 40 | +13.6 secs | 12 | 3 |
| 11 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 40 | +14.8 secs | 13 | 2 |
| 12 | 8 | Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | 40 | +16.2 secs | 11 | 1 |
| 13 | 52 |  Shinji Nakano | Fernández Racing | 40 | +17.6 secs | 7 | |
| 14 | 4 | Bruno Junqueira | Chip Ganassi Racing | 40 | +18.1 secs | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | 44 |  Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 24 | Mechanical | 6 | |
| 16 | 20 |  Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | 11 | Mechanical | 9 | |
| 17 | 51 | Adrián Fernández | Fernández Racing | 0 | Contact | 10 | |
| 18 | 5 | Tora Takagi | Walker Racing | 0 | Contact | 17 |
| Laps | Cause |
|---|---|
| 0–2 | Yellow start |
| 10–40 | Wet track conditions |
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| Previous race: 2002 Grand Prix Americas | CART Indycar World Series 2002 season | Next race: 2002 The 500 |
| Previous race: 2001 Honda Indy 300 | 2002 Honda Indy 300 | Next race: 2003 Lexmark Indy 300 |
