2002_Indy_Racing_League

2002 Indy Racing League season
2002 Indy Racing League season
Indy Racing League
Season
Races	15
Start date	March 2
End date	September 15
Awards
Drivers' champion	Sam Hornish Jr.
Manufacturers' Cup	Chevrolet
Rookie of the Year	Laurent Rédon
Indianapolis 500 winner	Hélio Castroneves
	← 2001 2003 (ICS) →

2002 Indy Racing League

Sports season

The 2002 Indy Racing League (IRL) was one of transition, with two reigning CART championship teams, Team Penske and Target Chip Ganassi Racing, joining the series with full time entries. The Oldsmobile engine was rebranded as a Chevrolet, and both Honda and Toyota announced their participation in the series starting in 2003 while Infiniti announced its withdrawal.

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Sam Hornish Jr. (left) won his second Drivers' Championship (second straight title) while Hélio Castroneves (right) finished second in the championship.

Sam Hornish Jr. won 5 races on his way to his second straight championship ahead of Penske juggernaut Hélio Castroneves, winner of two races including a second straight Indy 500, on his way to second in the championship.

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[Jones-1] [N 1]
Injured during a practice crash at Indianapolis.

[Dallara-2] [N 2]
Used by Anthony Lazzaro at Pikes Peak; entry run in cooperation with Sam Schmidt Motorsports.

[Beechler-3] [N 3]
Injured during a practice crash at Homestead.

[Herb-4] [N 4]
Raced from Texas onwards; both chassis were used during the Indy 500 month.

[Lazzaro-5] [N 5]
Replaced during the second week of Indy 500 practice.

[Herbert-6] [N 6]
Withdrew during Bump Day due to a racing conflict.

[de_Vries-7] [N 7]
Replaced at Indianapolis ahead of Bump Day.

[Boat-8] [N 8]
Used from Kansas onwards.

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"NTT IndyCar Series Calendar 2002". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved November 17, 2023.

[10] [2]
"Final Indy Racing League Leaders". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 26, 2002. p. 14D. Retrieved November 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

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Team	Chassis	Engine	#	Drivers	Rounds
Team Menard	Dallara	Chevrolet	2	Jaques Lazier	1–4
				P. J. Jones^{[N 1]}	5
				Raul Boesel	5–6
				Mark Dismore	7–11
				Vítor Meira R	12–15
			31	Robby Gordon	5
Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	3	Hélio Castroneves	All
			6	Gil de Ferran	1–14
			6	Max Papis	15
Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	4	Sam Hornish Jr.	All
Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	15	Dan Wheldon R	14–15
Treadway Racing	G-Force Dallara^{[N 2]}	Chevrolet	5	Rick Treadway R	5
			55	Rick Treadway R	1–4, 6, 9
				Arie Luyendyk	5, 11
				Anthony Lazzaro R	7
				Will Langhorne R	12, 14–15
				Robby McGehee	13
Kelley Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	7	Al Unser Jr.	1–9, 12–15
			7	Tony Renna R	10–11
			78	Tony Renna R	12–15
			8	Scott Sharp	All
Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	9	Jeff Ward	All
			22	Kenny Bräck	5
			33	Bruno Junqueira	5
Cahill Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	10	Robby McGehee	1–5
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara	Chevrolet	11	Eliseo Salazar	1–3, 10–15
				Richie Hearn	4
				Greg Ray	5–9
			14	Airton Daré	All
			14	Donnie Beechler^{[N 3]}	1
			41	Donnie Beechler^{[N 3]}	5
			41	Greg Ray	10–13
Bradley Motorsports	Dallara	Infiniti	12	Shigeaki Hattori	2–7
			12	Raul Boesel	9–15
			67	Rick Treadway R	15
Walker Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	15	Oriol Servià	5
Racing Professionals	G-Force Dallara^{[N 4]}	Chevrolet	16	Jon Herb	1–8
Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	17	Tony Kanaan	5
Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	21	Felipe Giaffone	All
PDM Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	18	Tyce Carlson	1–2
				Jeret Schroeder	3
				John de Vries R	6
				Cory Kruseman R	15
			99	Anthony Lazzaro R ^{[N 5]}	5
			99	Jimmy Kite	5
Team Rahal	Dallara	Chevrolet	19	Jimmy Vasser	3, 5
Convergent Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	20	Hideki Noda R	1–3
Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara	Chevrolet	20	Richie Hearn	5, 7–12
				Greg Ray	14–15
				Anthony Lazzaro R	13
			99	Anthony Lazzaro R	1–2, 4
				Richie Hearn	3, 6
				Mark Dismore	5
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	24	Robbie Buhl	1–2, 5–15
				Memo Gidley	3
				Sarah Fisher	4
			23	Sarah Fisher	5, 8–15
Team Green	Dallara	Chevrolet	26	Paul Tracy	5
			27	Dario Franchitti	5
			39	Michael Andretti	5
Indy Regency Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	28	Hideki Noda R	13–15
310 Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	31	George Mack R	All
Duesenberg Brothers Racing CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports	Dallara	Chevrolet	32	Johnny Herbert^{[N 6]}	5
			32	Memo Gidley	5
			54	Robby McGehee	7–9
Conquest Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	34	Laurent Redon R	All
Brayton Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	37	John de Vries R ^{[N 7]}	1–5
Brayton Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	37	Scott Harrington	5, 11
Blair Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	44	Alex Barron	All
Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	51	Eddie Cheever	All
			52	Tomas Scheckter R	1–12
			52	Buddy Rice R	13–15
			53	Buddy Rice R	11–12
				Max Papis	5
				Robby McGehee	15
Zali Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	81	Billy Roe	1, 5
Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	91	Buddy Lazier	All
CURB/Agajanian/Boat Indy Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet Infiniti^{[N 8]}	98	Billy Boat	All

Rnd	Date	Race Name	Track	City
1	March 2	Grand Prix of Miami	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida
2	March 17	Bombardier ATV 200	Phoenix International Raceway	Phoenix, Arizona
3	March 24	Yamaha Indy 400	California Speedway	Fontana, California
4	April 21	Firestone Indy 225	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania
5	May 26	86th Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana
6	June 8	Boomtown 500	Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, Texas
7	June 16	Radisson Indy 225	Pikes Peak International Raceway	Fountain, Colorado
8	June 29	SunTrust Indy Challenge	Richmond International Raceway	Richmond, Virginia
9	July 7	Ameristar Casino Indy 200	Kansas Speedway	Kansas City, Kansas
10	July 20	Firestone Indy 200	Nashville Superspeedway	Lebanon, Tennessee
11	July 28	Michigan Indy 400	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan
12	August 11	Belterra Casino Indy 300	Kentucky Speedway	Sparta, Kentucky
13	August 25	Gateway Indy 250	Gateway International Raceway	Madison, Illinois
14	September 8	Delphi Indy 300	Chicagoland Speedway	Joliet, Illinois
15	September 15	Chevy 500	Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, Texas
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Rnd	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most Laps Led	Winner
1	Homestead	Sam Hornish Jr.	Jeff Ward	Sam Hornish Jr.	Sam Hornish Jr.
2	Phoenix	Hélio Castroneves	Robbie Buhl	Sam Hornish Jr.	Hélio Castroneves
3	Fontana	Eddie Cheever	Tomas Scheckter	Sam Hornish Jr.	Sam Hornish Jr.
4	Nazareth	Gil de Ferran	Tomas Scheckter	Gil de Ferran	Scott Sharp
5	Indianapolis	Bruno Junqueira	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter	Hélio Castroneves
6	Texas 1	Tomas Scheckter	Eddie Cheever	Tomas Scheckter	Jeff Ward
7	Pikes Peak	Gil de Ferran	Felipe Giaffone	Gil de Ferran	Gil de Ferran
8	Richmond	Gil de Ferran	Buddy Lazier	Gil de Ferran	Sam Hornish Jr.
9	Kansas	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter	Airton Daré
10	Nashville	Billy Boat	Tomas Scheckter	Sam Hornish Jr.	Alex Barron
11	Michigan	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter
12	Kentucky	Sarah Fisher	Tomas Scheckter	Felipe Giaffone	Felipe Giaffone
13	Gateway	Gil de Ferran	Sam Hornish Jr.	Hélio Castroneves	Gil de Ferran
14	Chicagoland	Sam Hornish Jr.	Buddy Rice	Sam Hornish Jr.	Sam Hornish Jr.
15	Texas 2	Vítor Meira	Buddy Rice	Hélio Castroneves	Sam Hornish Jr.

2002_Indy_Racing_League

2002 Indy Racing League

Confirmed entries

Season Summary

Schedule

Race results

Race summaries

Grand Prix of Miami

Bombardier ATV 200

Inaugural Yamaha Indy 400

Inaugural Firestone Indy 225

86th Indianapolis 500

Boomtown 500

Radisson Indy 225

SunTrust Indy Challenge

Ameristar Casino Indy 200

Firestone Indy 200

Inaugural Michigan Indy 400

Belterra Casino Indy 300

Gateway Indy 250

Delphi Indy 300

Chevy 500

Final points standings

See also

Footnotes

References

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