 On race day , a 30 @-@ minute warm @-@ up session was held before the event began ; Kanaan again posted the fastest time ( 35 @.@ 288 ) , followed by Zanardi and Paul Tracy . The 154 @-@ lap race began at 1 : 56 p.m. local time ; Bräck immediately took the lead , and Andretti went into second coming out of the first turn . They remained the top two in lap 20 , with Dario Franchitti in third . Six laps later , Andretti passed Franchitti to reclaim second when the latter was unable to pass a slower car . Drivers near the lead begin making their first round of pit stops on lap 35 , and continued doing so through lap 40 . By lap 60 , Bräck had built a lead of more than seven seconds . Carpentier had moved into second place , and Andretti , Tagliani , and Franchitti rounded out the top five . Bräck relinquished his lead on lap 64 , when he went off course while attempting to lap Junqueira . The first caution flag of the day came out , but not before Carpentier took the lead as Bräck regained control of his car and re @-@ entered the track in second place . Pit stops took place during the caution , with Carpentier , Bräck , and Andretti still in the top three positions . 
