2002 Indy Racing League season

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2002 Indy Racing League season
2002 Indy Racing League
Indy Racing League
Season
Races 15
Start date March 2
End date September 15
Awards
Drivers' champion United States Sam Hornish, Jr.
Indianapolis 500 winner Brazil Hélio Castroneves
Chronology
Previous season Next season
2001 2003 (ICS)

The 2002 Indy Racing League (IRL) season was one of transition, with many CART teams participating in a partial IRL schedule while retaining "lame duck" status in their original series with their CART engine suppliers Toyota and Honda. On the IRL front, the Infiniti engine was in its "lame duck" year and the General Motors engine was now branded as a Chevrolet rather than an Oldsmobile as that marque was being phased out. Sam Hornish, Jr. won 5 races on his way to his second straight championship ahead of Penske Racing juggernaut Hélio Castroneves who won three races, including a second straight Indy 500, on his way to second in the championship.

Contents

2002 Indy Racing League schedule [edit]

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Pole position Fastest lap Most Laps Led Winner
1 March 2 Grand Prix of Miami Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida United States Sam Hornish, Jr. United States Jeff Ward United States Sam Hornish, Jr. United States Sam Hornish, Jr.
2 March 17 Bombardier ATV 200 Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix, Arizona Brazil Hélio Castroneves United States Robbie Buhl United States Sam Hornish, Jr. Brazil Hélio Castroneves
3 March 24 Yamaha Indy 400 California Speedway Fontana, California United States Jaques Lazier South Africa Tomas Scheckter United States Sam Hornish, Jr. United States Sam Hornish, Jr.
4 April 21 Firestone Indy 225 Nazareth Speedway Nazareth, Pennsylvania Brazil Gil de Ferran South Africa Tomas Scheckter Brazil Gil de Ferran United States Scott Sharp
5 May 26 86th Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana Brazil Bruno Junqueira South Africa Tomas Scheckter South Africa Tomas Scheckter Brazil Hélio Castroneves
6 June 8 Boomtown 500 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas South Africa Tomas Scheckter United States Eddie Cheever South Africa Tomas Scheckter United States Jeff Ward
7 June 16 Radisson Indy 225 Pikes Peak International Raceway Fountain, Colorado Brazil Gil de Ferran Brazil Felipe Giaffone Brazil Gil de Ferran Brazil Gil de Ferran
8 June 29 SunTrust Indy Challenge Richmond International Raceway Richmond, Virginia Brazil Gil de Ferran United States Buddy Lazier Brazil Gil de Ferran United States Sam Hornish, Jr.
9 July 7 Ameristar Casino Indy 200 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas South Africa Tomas Scheckter South Africa Tomas Scheckter South Africa Tomas Scheckter Brazil Airton Daré
10 July 20 Firestone Indy 200 Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee United States Billy Boat South Africa Tomas Scheckter United States Sam Hornish, Jr. United States Alex Barron
11 July 28 Michigan Indy 400 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan South Africa Tomas Scheckter South Africa Tomas Scheckter South Africa Tomas Scheckter South Africa Tomas Scheckter
12 August 11 Belterra Casino Indy 300 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Kentucky United States Sarah Fisher South Africa Tomas Scheckter Brazil Felipe Giaffone Brazil Felipe Giaffone
13 August 25 Gateway Indy 250 Gateway International Raceway Madison, Illinois Brazil Gil de Ferran United States Sam Hornish, Jr. Brazil Hélio Castroneves Brazil Gil de Ferran
14 September 8 Delphi Indy 300 Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois United States Sam Hornish, Jr. United States Buddy Rice United States Sam Hornish, Jr. United States Sam Hornish, Jr.
15 September 15 Chevy 500 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas Brazil Vitor Meira United States Buddy Rice Brazil Hélio Castroneves United States Sam Hornish, Jr.
  • All 2002 Indy Racing League races running on Oval/Speedway.

Team and Driver Chart [edit]

Team Chassis Engine No Drivers Sponsor(s) Notes
United States Ganassi Racing G-Force Chevrolet 9 United States Jeff Ward Target
22 Sweden Kenny Bräck Target Indy 500 only.
33 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Target Indy 500 only.
United States Panther Racing Dallara Chevrolet 4 United States Sam Hornish, Jr. Pennzoil Did not use the #1 team was entitled to using, choosing instead to keep minority partner Jim Harbaugh's number in the NFL, #4.
15 United Kingdom Dan Wheldon Pennzoil Joliet and Texas 2 only.
United States Penske Racing Dallara Chevrolet 3 Brazil Helio Castroneves Marlboro
6 Brazil Gil de Ferran Marlboro Injured at Joliet.
6 Italy Max Papis Marlboro Replacing de Ferran at Texas 2.
United States Team Green Dallara Chevrolet 26 Canada Paul Tracy 7-Eleven Indy 500 only.
27 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti 7-Eleven Indy 500 only.
39 United States Michael Andretti Archipelago/Motorola Indy 500 only.
United States Kelley Racing Dallara Chevrolet 7 United States Al Unser, Jr. Corteco/Bryant
8 United States Scott Sharp Delphi
78 United States Tony Renna Kruse Special Replaced Unser at Nashvile and Michigan with car #7.
United States A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dallara Chevrolet 11 United States Richie Hearn A. J. Foyt Racing
11 Chile Eliseo Salazar Banco de Chile Nine Races
14 Brazil Airton Daré Harrah's
41 United States Greg Ray Harrah's
United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing G-Force Nissan 22 United States Robbie Buhl Team Purex/Aventis
23 United States Sarah Fisher Team Purex/Aventis/Allegra/Smart Blade Missed Miami, Phoenix, Fontana, Texas, Pikes Peak.
24 Mexico Memo Gidley Team Purex/Aventis Fontana only.
United States Team Rahal Dallara Chevrolet 19 United States Jimmy Vasser Miller Lite Fontana and Indy 500 only.
United Kingdom Mo Nunn Racing G-Force Chevrolet 17 Brazil Tony Kanaan Hollywood cigarettes Indy 500 only.
21 Brazil Felipe Giaffone Hollywood cigarettes
United States Team Cheever Dallara Nissan 51 United States Eddie Cheever Red Bull
52 South Africa Tomas Scheckter Red Bull
53 Italy Max Papis Red Bull Indy 500 only.
United States 310 Racing G-Force Chevrolet 30 United States George Mack 310 Racing
United States Blair Racing Dallara Chevrolet 44 United States Alex Barron Rayovac
United States Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Chevrolet 91 United States Buddy Lazier Bud Light
United States Conquest Racing Dallara Nissan 34 France Laurent Redon Mi-Jack

Race summaries [edit]

Grand Prix of Miami [edit]

This race was held on March 2 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Sam Hornish, Jr. won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  2. Gil de Ferran
  3. Hélio Castroneves
  4. Jeff Ward
  5. Eliseo Salazar
  6. Tomas Scheckter
  7. Felipe Giaffone
  8. Alex Barron
  9. Anthony Lazzaro
  10. Airton Daré

Bombardier ATV 200 [edit]

This race was held on March 17 at Phoenix International Raceway. Hélio Castroneves won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Hélio Castroneves
  2. Gil de Ferran
  3. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  4. Eliseo Salazar
  5. Al Unser, Jr.
  6. Jaques Lazier
  7. Buddy Lazier
  8. Billy Boat
  9. Rick Treadway
  10. Hideki Noda

Yamaha Indy 400 [edit]

This race was held on March 24 at California Speedway. Eddie Cheever won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  2. Jaques Lazier
  3. Laurent Rédon
  4. Gil de Ferran
  5. Hélio Castroneves
  6. Felipe Giaffone
  7. Buddy Lazier
  8. Scott Sharp
  9. Jimmy Vasser
  10. Jeff Ward

Firestone Indy 225 [edit]

This race was held on April 21 at Nazareth Speedway. Gil de Ferran won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Scott Sharp
  2. Felipe Giaffone
  3. Gil de Ferran
  4. Sarah Fisher
  5. Hélio Castroneves
  6. Alex Barron
  7. Eddie Cheever
  8. Billy Boat
  9. Anthony Lazzaro
  10. Shigeaki Hattori

86th Indianapolis 500 [edit]

The Indy 500 was held on May 26 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Bruno Junqueira sat on pole. The race end was one of the most controversial in history as Paul Tracy passed Hélio Castroneves just as the yellow was coming out for a crash. Race officials ruled that the pass occurred after the yellow.

Top ten results

  1. Hélio Castroneves
  2. Paul Tracy
  3. Felipe Giaffone
  4. Alex Barron
  5. Eddie Cheever
  6. Richie Hearn
  7. Michael Andretti
  8. Robby Gordon
  9. Jeff Ward
  10. Gil de Ferran

Boomtown 500 [edit]

This race was held on June 8 at Texas Motor Speedway. Tomas Scheckter won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Jeff Ward
  2. Al Unser, Jr.
  3. Airton Daré
  4. Hélio Castroneves
  5. Felipe Giaffone
  6. Shigeaki Hattori
  7. Billy Boat
  8. Buddy Lazier
  9. Richie Hearn
  10. Alex Barron

Radisson Indy 225 [edit]

This race was held on June 16 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Gil de Ferran won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Gil de Ferran
  2. Hélio Castroneves
  3. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  4. Felipe Giaffone
  5. Scott Sharp
  6. Al Unser, Jr.
  7. Laurent Rédon
  8. Eddie Cheever
  9. Airton Daré
  10. Alex Barron

SunTrust Indy Challenge [edit]

This race was held on June 29 at Richmond International Raceway. Gil de Ferran won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  2. Gil de Ferran
  3. Felipe Giaffone
  4. Tomas Scheckter
  5. Al Unser, Jr.
  6. Airton Daré
  7. Richie Hearn
  8. Jeff Ward
  9. Robby McGehee
  10. Alex Barron

Ameristar Casino Indy 200 [edit]

This race was held on July 7 at Kansas Speedway. Tomas Scheckter won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Airton Daré
  2. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  3. Hélio Castroneves
  4. Felipe Giaffone
  5. Gil de Ferran
  6. Scott Sharp
  7. Buddy Lazier
  8. Alex Barron
  9. Billy Boat
  10. Richie Hearn

Firestone Indy 200 [edit]

This race was held on July 20 at Nashville Superspeedway. Billy Boat won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Alex Barron
  2. Gil de Ferran
  3. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  4. Richie Hearn
  5. Raul Boesel
  6. Eddie Cheever
  7. Felipe Giaffone
  8. Scott Sharp
  9. Hélio Castroneves
  10. Tony Renna

Michigan Indy 400 [edit]

This race was held on July 28 at Michigan International Speedway. Tomas Scheckter won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Tomas Scheckter
  2. Buddy Rice
  3. Felipe Giaffone
  4. Tony Renna
  5. Gil de Ferran
  6. Hélio Castroneves
  7. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  8. Sarah Fisher
  9. Scott Sharp
  10. Richie Hearn

Belterra Casino Indy 300 [edit]

This race was held on August 11 at Kentucky Speedway. Sarah Fisher won the pole, the first by a female driver in a major open wheel series.

Top ten results

  1. Felipe Giaffone
  2. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  3. Buddy Lazier
  4. Scott Sharp
  5. Hélio Castroneves
  6. Al Unser, Jr.
  7. Tony Renna
  8. Sarah Fisher
  9. Alex Barron
  10. Robbie Buhl

Gateway Indy 250 [edit]

This race was held on August 25 at Gateway International Raceway. Gil de Ferran won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Gil de Ferran
  2. Hélio Castroneves
  3. Alex Barron
  4. Buddy Rice
  5. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  6. Robbie Buhl
  7. Al Unser, Jr.
  8. Raul Boesel
  9. Vitor Meira
  10. Eddie Cheever

Delphi Indy 300 [edit]

This race was held on September 8 at Chicagoland Speedway. Sam Hornish, Jr. won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  2. Al Unser, Jr.
  3. Buddy Lazier
  4. Hélio Castroneves
  5. Eddie Cheever
  6. Felipe Giaffone
  7. Scott Sharp
  8. Vitor Meira
  9. Buddy Rice
  10. Dan Wheldon

Chevy 500 [edit]

This race was held on September 15 at Texas Motor Speedway. Vitor Meira won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  2. Hélio Castroneves
  3. Vitor Meira
  4. Scott Sharp
  5. Alex Barron
  6. Buddy Rice
  7. Buddy Lazier
  8. Eddie Cheever
  9. Tony Renna
  10. Laurent Rédon

Final points standings [edit]

Driver [edit]

For every race points were awarded to all starters: 50 points to the winner, 40 for runner up, 35 for third place, 32 for fourth place, 30 for fifth place, 28 for sixth place, 26 seventh place, 24 eighth place, 22 for ninth place, 20 for tenth place, winding down to 1 points for 29th place. Every lower placed driver also was awarded with 1 point. Additional points were awarded to the driver leading the most laps (2 points). No additional points were awarded for the qualifying.

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine Total Points United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States
1 Sam Hornish, Jr.  United States Panther Racing Dallara Chevrolet 531 52 37 52 13 5 12 35 50 40 37 26 40 30 52 50
2 Hélio Castroneves  Brazil Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 511 35 50 30 30 50 32 40 13 35 22 28 30 42 32 42
3 Gil de Ferran  Brazil Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 443 40 40 32 37 20 14 52 42 30 40 30 9 50 7 -
4 Felipe Giaffone  Brazil Mo Nunn Racing G-Force Chevrolet 432 26 11 28 40 35 30 32 35 32 26 35 52 9 28 13
5 Alex Barron  United States Blair Racing Dallara Chevrolet 366 24 7 18 28 32 20 20 20 24 50 18 22 35 18 30
6 Scott Sharp  United States Kelley Racing Dallara Chevrolet 332 10 14 24 50 3 16 30 9 28 24 22 32 12 26 32
7 Al Unser, Jr.  United States Kelley Racing Dallara Chevrolet 311 11 30 19 18 18 40 28 30 13 - - 28 26 40 10
8 Buddy Lazier  United States Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Chevrolet 305 8 26 26 7 15 24 15 12 26 18 17 35 15 35 26
9 Airton Daré  Brazil A. J. Foyt Racing Dallara Chevrolet 304 20 18 17 19 17 35 22 28 50 13 7 7 19 14 18
10 Eddie Cheever  United States Cheever Racing Dallara Nissan Infiniti 280 5 15 10 26 30 11 24 16 14 28 8 19 20 30 24
11 Jeff Ward  United States Ganassi Racing G-Force Chevrolet 268 32 12 20 11 22 50 10 24 18 19 5 14 17 9 5
12 Laurent Redon  France Mi-Jack Conquest Racing Dallara Nissan Infiniti 229 15 16 35 15 8 15 26 15 8 14 19 10 8 5 20
13 Billy Boat  United States Agajanian/Boat Racing Dallara Chevrolet 225 14 24 12 24 12 26 16 8
Agajanian/Boat Racing Dallara Nissan Infiniti 22 16 16 11 7 11 6
14 Tomas Scheckter  South Africa Cheever Racing Dallara Nissan Infiniti 210 28 6 6 9 6 15 14 32 17 17 52 8 - - -
15 Richie Hearn  United States Sam Schmidt Racing Dallara Chevrolet 204 - - 16 28 22 18 26 20 32 20 6 - - -
A. J. Foyt Racing Dallara Chevrolet 16
16 George Mack  United States 310 Racing G-Force Chevrolet 184 17 10 14 12 13 9 17 10 12 15 10 13 14 16 2
17 Robbie Buhl  United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing G-Force Nissan Infiniti 177 18 17 - - 14 10 7 17 9 9 6 20 28 10 12
18 Sarah Fisher  United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing G-Force Nissan Infiniti 161 - - - 32 6 - - 14 16 8 24 24 10 8 19
19 Raul Boesel  Brazil Team Menard Dallara Chevrolet 158 - - - - 9 17 - -
Bradley Motorsports Dallara Nissan Infiniti 19 30 15 17 24 19 8
20 Eliseo Salazar  Chile A. J. Foyt Racing Dallara Chevrolet 157 30 32 15 - - - - - - 11 11 16 16 12 14
21 Robby McGehee  United States Cahill Racing Dallara Chevrolet 142 16 9 13 17 - -
Beck Motorsports Dallara Chevrolet 13 22 17 - - -
Treadway Racing G-Force Chevrolet 18 -
Cheever Racing Dallara Nissan Infiniti 17
22 Buddy Rice  United States Cheever Racing Dallara Nissan Infiniti 140 - - - - - - - - - - 40 18 32 22 28
23 Greg Ray  United States A. J. Foyt Racing Dallara Chevrolet 128 - - - - 1 18 12 18 11 10 13 5 11
Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara Chevrolet 13 16
24 Tony Renna  United States Kelley Racing Dallara Chevrolet 121 - - - - - - - - - 20 32 26 6 15 22
25 Vitor Meira  Brazil Team Menard Dallara Chevrolet 96 - - - - - - - - - - - 15 22 24 35
26 Jaques Lazier  United States Team Menard Dallara Chevrolet 90 12 28 40 10 - - - - - - - - - - -
27 Shigeaki Hattori  Japan Bradley Motorsports Dallara Chevrolet 78 - 5
Bradley Motorsports Dallara Nissan Infiniti 4 20 10 28 11 - - - - - - - -
28 Rick Treadway  United States Treadway/Hubbard Racing G-Force Chevrolet 76 6 22 8 14 1 7 - - 7 - - - - -
Treadway/Hubbard Racing Dallara Nissan Infiniti 11
29 Mark Dismore  United States Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara Chevrolet 73 - - - - 1 -
Team Menard Dallara Chevrolet 19 19 10 12 12 - - - -
30 Jon Herb  United States Racing Professionals G-Force Chevrolet 70 4 19 11 8 - 8 9 11 - - - - - - -
Anthony Lazzaro  United States Sam Schmidt Motorsports Dallara Chevrolet 70 22 13 - 22 - - 8 - - - - - 5 - -
32 Hideki Noda  Japan Convergent Racing G-Force Chevrolet 54 7 20 5 - - - - - - - - -
Indy Regency Racing G-Force Chevrolet 13 6 3
33 John de Vries  Australia Brayton Racing Dallara Chevrolet 53 13 8 7 6 -
PDM Racing Dallara Chevrolet 19 - - - - - - - - -
34 Paul Tracy  Canada Team Green Dallara Chevrolet 40 - - - - 40 - - - - - - - - - -
35 Will Langhorne  United States Treadway Racing G-Force Chevrolet 36 - - - - - - - - - - - 12 - 17 7
36 Dan Wheldon  United Kingdom Panther Racing Dallara Chevrolet 35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 15
37 Arie Luyendyk  Netherlands Treadway Racing G-Force Chevrolet 30 - - - - 16 - - - - - 14 - - - -
38 Michael Andretti  United States Team Green Dallara Chevrolet 26 - - - - 26 - - - - - - - - - -
39 Robby Gordon  United States Team Menard Dallara Chevrolet 24 - - - - 24 - - - - - - - - - -
40 Tyce Carlson  United States PDM Racing Dallara Chevrolet 23 19 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jimmy Vasser  United States Team Rahal Dallara Chevrolet 23 - - 22 - 1 - - - - - - - - - -
42 Kenny Bräck  Sweden Ganassi Racing G-Force Chevrolet 19 - - - - 19 - - - - - - - - - -
43 Max Papis  Italy Cheever Racing Dallara Nissan Infiniti 16 - - - - 7 - - - - - - - - -
Team Penske Dallara Chevrolet 9
44 Dario Franchitti  United Kingdom Team Green Dallara Chevrolet 11 - - - - 11 - - - - - - - - - -
45 Billy Roe  United States Zali Racing G-Force Chevrolet 9 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Memo Gidley  Mexico Dreyer & Reinbold Racing G-Force Nissan Infiniti 9 - - 9 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Scott Harrington  United States Brayton Racing Dallara Chevrolet 9 - - - - - - - - - - 9 - - - -
48 Cory Kruseman  United States Ganassi Racing Dallara Chevrolet 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4
49 Jeret Schroeder  United States PDM Racing Dallara Chevrolet 3 - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - -
50 Tony Kanaan  Brazil Mo Nunn Racing G-Force Chevrolet 2 - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - -
51 Bruno Junqueira  Brazil Ganassi Racing G-Force Chevrolet 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - -

No points (did not qualify):

Oriol Servià

Johnny Herbert

Donnie Beechler

Jimmy Kite

See also [edit]
AAA
NASCAR
USAC
CART / CCWS
INDYCAR
Years marked in italics are not official championship years.
Seasons
Indianapolis 500s
Champions
Tracks
Former
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