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2002 Infiniti Pro Series season
IRL Infiniti Pro Series
Season
Races7
Start dateJuly 7
End dateSeptember 14
Awards
Drivers' championUnited States A. J. Foyt IV
Teams' championA. J. Foyt Enterprises
← 2001 (Indy Lights)
2003 →

The 2002 IRL Infiniti Pro Series was the series' first season. The IPS served as a new developmental series to the Indy Racing League. All drivers utilized Dallara chassis and Infiniti engines. A. J. Foyt IV was the series champion.

Team and driver chart

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Sinden Racing Service[1] 2 United States Ed Carpenter[2] All
Brian Stewart Racing[3] 3 Canada Marty Roth[4] 1–4, 6–7
Luyendyk Racing[5] 5 Netherlands Arie Luyendyk Jr.[5] All
Kelley Racing[6] 7 Canada Jason Priestley[6] 1–4
REV 1 Racing[7] 8 United States Ronnie Johncox[7] All
Sam Schmidt Motorsports[8] 9 United States Jeff Tillman[9] 3
Canada Tom Wood[10] 4, 6–7
United States Curtis Francois[11] 5
99 United States G. J. Mennen[8] All
Roquin Motorsports[12] 11 Mexico Rolando Quintanilla[13] 2–7
Beardsley Motorsports[14] 12 United States Matt Beardsley[14] 2–5, 7
A. J. Foyt Enterprises[15] 14 United States A. J. Foyt IV[15] All
Automatic Fire Sprinklers[16] 27 United States Gary Peterson[16] All
Conti-Genoa-Frost Racing[17] 34 United States Ryan Hampton[18] 3–7
Bowes Seal Fast Racing[19] 37 United States Mike Koss[19] 1–4, 6–7
New Zealand Matthew Halliday[8] 5
38 1
43 United States Dave Steele[20] 3
United States Tony Turco[10] 4–6
Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports[21] 91 United States Aaron Fike[22] All
92 United States Cory Witherill[23] All

Schedule

Rd. Date Track Location
1 July 7 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas
2 July 20 Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee
3 July 28 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
4 August 11 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Kentucky
5 August 25 Gateway International Raceway Madison, Illinois
6 September 8 Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois
7 September 14 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas

Race results

Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 Kansas United States A. J. Foyt IV Netherlands Arie Luyendyk Jr. United States A. J. Foyt IV United States A. J. Foyt IV A. J. Foyt Enterprises
2 Nashville United States Ronnie Johncox United States Aaron Fike United States Cory Witherill United States Cory Witherill Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports
3 Michigan Netherlands Arie Luyendyk Jr. Canada Jason Priestley United States A. J. Foyt IV United States A. J. Foyt IV A. J. Foyt Enterprises
4 Kentucky United States A. J. Foyt IV United States Cory Witherill United States A. J. Foyt IV United States A. J. Foyt IV A. J. Foyt Enterprises
5 Gateway United States Ryan Hampton United States Ryan Hampton United States Ryan Hampton United States Ryan Hampton Conti-Genoa-Frost Racing
6 Chicagoland United States A. J. Foyt IV United States Gary Peterson Netherlands Arie Luyendyk Jr. United States Aaron Fike Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports
7 Texas United States A. J. Foyt IV Canada Tom Wood United States A. J. Foyt IV United States A. J. Foyt IV A. J. Foyt Enterprises

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th 
Points 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14
  • The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point.
  • An additional point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.
Pos Driver KAN NSH MIS KEN GAT CHI TXS Points
1 United States A. J. Foyt IV 1* 4 1* 1* 9 6 1* 290
2 Netherlands Arie Luyendyk Jr. 10 2 2 6 2 2* 7 236
3 United States Ed Carpenter 5 5 3 2 3 7 5 226
4 United States Cory Witherill 3 1* 15 3 11 13 2 213
5 United States Aaron Fike 11 3 4 14 14 1 12 186
6 United States Ronnie Johncox 9 12 5 4 8 5 8 180
7 United States Gary Peterson 7 DNS 10 8 10 8 4 163
8 United States G. J. Mennen 8 8 9 15 4 9 9 161
9 United States Ryan Hampton 7 12 1* 14 3 147
10 Canada Marty Roth 6 9 11 13 4 10 138
11 Mexico Rolando Quintanilla 11 6 7 6 10 14 137
12 United States Mike Koss 4 10 16 11 11 11 123
13 United States Matt Beardsley 7 14 5 12 13 107
14 Canada Jason Priestley 2 6 13 DNS 99
15 Canada Tom Wood 10 3 6 83
16 United States Tony Turco 9 13 12 57
17 New Zealand Matthew Halliday 12 7 44
18 United States Curtis Francois 5 30
19 United States Dave Steele 8 24
20 United States Jeff Tillman 12 18
Pos Driver KAN NSH MIS KEN GAT CHI TXS Points
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing


In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
(1 point)
1 Qualifying cancelled
no bonus point awarded
  • Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

Complete Overview

first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R9=retired, but classified NS15=did not start, but classified

Place Name Country Team United States United States United States United States United States United States United States
1 A. J. Foyt IV  United States A. J. Foyt Enterprises 1 1 10 4 2 1 1 1 5 R9 1 6 1 1
2 Arie Luyendyk Jr.  Netherlands Luyendyk Racing 7 R10 2 2 1 2 6 6 4 2 2 2 3 7
3 Ed Carpenter  United States Sinden Racing 5 5 3 5 6 3 5 2 8 3 8 7 13 5
4 Cory Witherill  United States Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports 12 3 5 1 11 NS15 4 3 2 R11 6 R13 4 2
5 Aaron Fike  United States Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports 4 R11 12 3 7 4 15 14 12 R14 9 1 5 12
6 Ronnie Johncox  United States Rev1 Racing 2 R9 1 R12 4 5 3 4 10 8 5 5 2 8
7 Gary Peterson  United States Automatic Fire Sprinklers Racing 9 7 8 NS13 16 10 13 8 6 R10 14 8 10 4
8 G. J. Mennen  United States Sam Schmidt Motorsports 10 8 7 8 3 9 7 R15 7 4 7 9 9 9
9 Ryan Hampton  United States Hampton Racing/Conti-Genoa-Frost Racing - - - - 12 7 11 12 1 1 12 R14 12 3
10 Marty Roth  Canada Brian Stewart Racing 8 6 9 9 15 11 14 13 - - 13 4 8 10
11 Rolando Quintanilla  Mexico Roquin Motorsports - - 13 R11 10 6 10 7 9 6 11 10 7 R14
12 Mike Koss  United States Bowes Seal Fast Racing 11 4 11 10 13 NS16 16 11 - - 10 11 14 11
13 Matt Beardsley  United States Beardsley Motorsports - - 6 7 9 14 8 5 14 R12 - - 11 R13
14 Jason Priestley  Canada Kelley Racing 3 2 4 6 5 13 2 NS16 - - - - - -
15 Tom Wood  Canada Sam Schmidt Motorsports - - - - - - 9 10 - - 3 3 6 6
16 Tony Turco  United States Bowes Seal Fast Racing - - - - - - 12 9 11 R13 14 12 - -
17 Matthew Halliday  New Zealand Bowes Seal Fast Racing 6 R12 - - - - - - 13 7 - - - -
18 Curtis Francois  United States Sam Schmidt Motorsports - - - - - - - - 3 5 - - - -
19 Dave Steele  United States Bowes Seal Fast Racing - - - - 8 8 - - - - - - - -
20 Jeff Tillman  United States Sam Schmidt Motorsports - - - - 14 12 - - - - - - - -

References

  1. ^ "Sinden to contest Infiniti Pro Series". Crash.net. January 16, 2002.
  2. ^ "Sinden sign Carpenter for Pro Series assault". Crash.net. January 26, 2002.
  3. ^ "Brian Stewart Racing moves to Infiniti Pro Series". Autoweek.com. February 12, 2002.
  4. ^ "Roth teams with Stewart in Infiniti Pro Series". Crash.net. April 2, 2002.
  5. ^ a b "Luyendyk Jr. to compete in IRL Infiniti Pro Series". Autoweek.com. May 6, 2002.
  6. ^ a b "Priestley, Kelley Racing enter Infiniti series". Crash.net. April 17, 2002.
  7. ^ a b "Johncox enters IPS as owner/driver". Crash.net. June 29, 2002.
  8. ^ a b c "Drivers looking forward to Infiniti Pro tests". Crash.net. June 21, 2002.
  9. ^ "Jeff Tillman, Budweiser, enter Infiniti Pro Series". Autoweek.com. July 25, 2002.
  10. ^ a b "Wood, Turco To Make Infiniti Pro Series Debuts". Infiniti Pro Series. August 8, 2002. Archived from the original on August 18, 2002. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  11. ^ "Francois to make IPS debut at Gateway". Crash.net. August 21, 2002.
  12. ^ "Roquin to field cars in Infiniti Pro Series". Crash.net. February 12, 2002.
  13. ^ "Nashville: Pre-race quotes". Motorsport.com. July 15, 2002.
  14. ^ a b "Beardsley to compete in Infiniti Pro Series". Crash.net. July 16, 2002.
  15. ^ a b "AJ Foyt IV to race in Infiniti Pro Series". Crash.net. May 29, 2002.
  16. ^ a b "Owner/driver Peterson joins Infiniti Pro Series". Crash.net. June 18, 2002.
  17. ^ "Genoa places order for Infiniti Pro Series car". Crash.net. December 19, 2001.
  18. ^ "Hampton to make IPS debut at Michigan". Crash.net. July 26, 2002.
  19. ^ a b "Bowes Seal Fast Racing To Enter Infiniti Pro Series". Infiniti Pro Series. April 12, 2002. Archived from the original on February 24, 2003. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  20. ^ "Michigan Indy 400 Notes - Friday, July 26". Indy Racing League. July 26, 2002. Archived from the original on August 16, 2002. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  21. ^ "Hemelgarn announces Infiniti Pro series team". Crash.net. November 30, 2001.
  22. ^ "Hemelgarn/Johnson Motorsports name Fike 2002 driver". Motorsport.com. March 15, 2002.
  23. ^ "Cory Witherill signs with Hemelgarn/Johnson Motorsports". Motorsport.com. March 23, 2002.
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