2003 Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250
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| Race details | |
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| Race 6 of 18 in the 2003 CART season | |
Milwaukee Mile Track Layout
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| 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 |
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| 1 | 9 |  Michel Jourdain, Jr. |
Team Rahal | 250 | 2:16:45.692 | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | 20 |  Oriol Servià |
Patrick Racing | 250 | +0.5 secs | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | 32 |  Patrick Carpentier |
Team Player's | 250 | +0.7 secs | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | 15 |  Darren Manning |
Walker Racing | 250 | +1.2 secs | 11 | 12 |
| 5 | 33 | Alex Tagliani |
Rocketsports Racing | 250 | +2.2 secs | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | 51 | Adrian Fernández |
Fernández Racing | 250 | +3.1 secs | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 34 |  Mario Haberfeld |
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 250 | +4.2 secs | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | 55 | Mario Domínguez |
Herdez Competition | 250 | +5.6 secs | 12 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 |  Sébastien Bourdais |
Newman/Haas Racing | 250 | +5.9 secs | 13 | 4 |
| 10 | 7 |  Tiago Monteiro |
Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 250 | +7.7 secs | 9 | 3 |
| 11 | 12 |  Jimmy Vasser |
American Spirit Team Johansson | 250 | +9.1 secs | 6 | 2 |
| 12 | 3 | Paul Tracy |
Team Player's | 249 | + 1 Lap | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | 11 | Gualter Salles |
Dale Coyne Racing | 240 | + 10 Laps | 18 | 0 |
| 14 | 5 | Rodolfo Lavín |
Walker Racing | 225 | Contact | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | 19 |  Joël Camathias |
Dale Coyne Racing | 150 | Contact | 19 | 0 |
| 16 | 31 | Ryan Hunter-Reay |
American Spirit Team Johansson | 85 | Contact | 17 | 0 |
| 17 | 1 | Bruno Junqueira |
Newman/Haas Racing | 3 | Contact | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | 27 | Patrick Lemarié |
PK Racing | 3 | Contact | 16 | 0 |
| 19 | 4 | Roberto Moreno |
Herdez Competition | 3 | Contact | 15 | 0 |
Caution flags
| Laps | Cause |
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| 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
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- Average Speed 113.190 mph
External links
| Previous race: 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 |
