2002 CART season

Sports season

2002 CART season

FedEx Championship Series
Season
Races|  ~~20~~ 19
Start date| March 10
End date| November 17
Awards
Drivers' champion|  Cristiano da Matta
Constructors' Cup|  Lola
Manufacturers' Cup|  Toyota
Nations' Cup|  Brazil
Rookie of the Year|  Mario Domínguez

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The 2002 FedEx Championship Series season, the twenty-fourth in the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) era of American open-wheel car racing, consisted of 19 races, beginning in Monterrey, Mexico on March 10 and concluding in Mexico City on November 17. The FedEx Championship Series Drivers' Champion was Cristiano da Matta. Rookie of the Year was Mario Domínguez.

Sports television channel ESPN dropped CART coverage for the 2002 season. CBS and Speed Channel took its place for two seasons.[1]

## Drivers and teams[edit]

Bridgestone became the exclusive tire supplier for CART, replacing Firestone, an association that would continue until the final Champ Car season in 2007.[2] The 2002 season was the last to feature multiple engine manufacturers.

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2002 CART Championship Series season.

Team  | Chassis  | Engine  | No  | Drivers  | Races  | Primary Sponsors

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Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Lola B02/00 | Toyota  | 4  |  Bruno Junqueira | All  | Target
Coors Light 1
12  |  Kenny Bräck | All
44  |  Scott Dixon | 4–19
Walker Racing | Reynard 02i  | Toyota  | 5  |  Toranosuke Takagi | All  | Pioneer
Newman/Haas Racing | Lola B02/00  | Toyota | 6 |  Cristiano da Matta | All  | Havoline 12
Chevron 7
11  |  Christian Fittipaldi | All  | Eli Lilly
PWR Championship Racing | Lola B02/00  | Toyota  | 7  |  Scott Dixon | 1–3  | PWR Championship Racing
17  |  Oriol Servià | 1–3  | Air Eight
Team Rahal | Lola B02/00  | Ford-Cosworth  | 8  |  Jimmy Vasser | All  | Shell
9  |  Michel Jourdain Jr. | All  | Gigante
Mo Nunn Racing | Reynard 02i  | Honda  | 10  |  Tony Kanaan | 1–3  | Pioneer
Lola B02/00  | 4–19
Herdez Competition | Lola B02/00  | Ford-Cosworth  | 16  |  Mario Domínguez R | 1–4  | Herdez
55  | 5–19
Team St. George
Dale Coyne Racing | Lola B02/00  | Ford-Cosworth  | 19  |  Darren Manning R | 15  | RAC AutoWindscreens
André Lotterer R | 19  | J.A.G. Sports
Patrick Racing | Reynard 02i  | Toyota  | 20  |  Townsend Bell R | 1–9  | Visteon
Oriol Servià | 10–19
Sigma Autosport | Lola B02/00  | Ford-Cosworth  | 22  |  Max Papis | 1–5  | Rockwell FirstPoint
Team KOOL Green | Reynard 02i  | Honda | 26  |  Paul Tracy | 1–2  | KOOL 18
Team Green 1
27  |  Dario Franchitti | 1–3
Lola B02/00  | 26  |  Paul Tracy | 3–19
27  |  Dario Franchitti | 4–19
Team Player's | Reynard 02i  | Ford-Cosworth | 32  |  Patrick Carpentier | All  | Player's 18
It's Your World 1
33  |  Alex Tagliani | All
Team Motorola | Reynard 02i  | Honda  | 39  |  Michael Andretti | 1–2  | Motorola
Lola B02/00  | 3–19
Fernández Racing | Lola B02/00  | Honda  | 51  |  Adrián Fernández | 1–10, 12–17  | Tecate
Max Papis | 11, 18
Luis Díaz R | 19
52  |  Shinji Nakano | All  | Alpine

R Eligible for Rookie of the Year

### Team changes[edit]

The biggest change to the team lineup in the 2002 CART season was the defection of Team Penske to the rival Indy Racing League.[3] The departure of Team Penske, a CART stalwart from its earliest days, was an early sign of a major shift in the CART-IRL rivalry. Several other major CART powers would follow Penske to the IRL for the 2003 season. Target Chip Ganassi Racing and Mo Nunn Racing both set up separate IRL teams in 2002, but continued to compete in CART for the time being, though Mo Nunn downsized his team to a single car. They would be among the teams to leave CART for the IRL in 2003. Blair Racing also left CART for IRL.[4] Patrick Racing downsized their effort to a single car, while Forsythe Racing shut down their third car driven by Bryan Herta in 2001 for lack of sponsorship.[5]

### Driver changes[edit]

1996 series champion Jimmy Vasser, one of two former champions in the 2002 field (the other being Michael Andretti), left Patrick Racing for Team Rahal.[6] Joining him at Rahal was Michel Jourdain Jr. who left Herdez Competition.[7] Rahal's 2001 drivers, Kenny Bräck and Max Papis moved to Target Chip Ganassi Racing[8] and Sigma Autosport.[9] Papis took the seat previously occupied by Oriol Servià, who replaced the retiring Maurício Gugelmin at PWR Championship Racing. The 2002 season started with two rookies. 2001 Dayton Indy Lights champion Townsend Bell led a one car effort at Patrick Racing.[10] Mario Domínguez signed on for another single car effort with Herdez Competition.[11]

### In-season changes[edit]

* Lack of sponsorship led to the shutdown of PWR Championship Racing after the third race in Motegi, Japan. Scott Dixon landed in a third car at Target Chip Ganassi Racing, while Oriol Servià was sidelined for the time being.[12][13]
* Having already dropped the Bettenhausen name from its team name with the conclusion of the 2001 season, Herdez Competition changed their car number from 16 to 55 beginning with the fifth round at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. #16 had long been associated with Tony Bettenhausen Jr. and his race team.
* The fifth race at Laguna Seca was the last appearance for Sigma Autosport, which, like PWR earlier in the season, found their sponsorship well run dry, leaving Max Papis without a ride.[14]
* A run of disappointing performances and a two probation sanctions from CART Chief Steward Wally Dallenbach Sr. led to the firing of Townsend Bell from Patrick Racing after the ninth round at Cleveland. Oriol Servià drove the #20 car for the remainder of the season.[15]
* Adrián Fernández fractured his hip in a crash in the tenth race at Vancouver and sat out the following race at Mid-Ohio. Max Papis substituted for him.[16]
* Dale Coyne helped put together what was described as an "all-England" team named Team St. George for a one shot effort for the fifteenth race at Rockingham, England. Darren Manning was chosen to be the driver. The team used Coyne's traditional #19 car.[17]
* After clinching the season championship by winning the sixteenth race in Miami Cristiano da Matta ran with #1 on his car for the rest of the season.
* Adrian Fernández was involved in a crash in the seventeenth race at Surfer's Paradise, Australia and suffered two thoracic fractures, which forced him to sit out the final two races of the season. Max Papis sat in for him again at Fontana and Luis Díaz substituted at Mexico City.[18][19]
* Dale Coyne Racing reappeared under its own name and ran André Lotterer at the final race of the season at Mexico City.[20]

## Rule changes[edit]

* The biggest rule change was the implementation of mandatory pit windows.
* A maximum pit window was established; meaning each car go no further than a specified number of laps without pitting. As a result, there were a minimum number of pit stops per race.
* To count as a mandatory stop, all 4 tires had to be changed. Adding fuel on a pit stop was officially optional to encourage teams to go off sequence with an early stop.
* Failure to pit within the specified number of laps resulted in a drive-through penalty in addition to the mandatory stop.
* The rule closing pit road when a full course caution flag was displayed was eliminated to prevent teams from missing their window due to a caution flag coming out.
* All mandated pit stops must be completed before the white flag lap.
* The goal of the rule was to eliminate fuel economy runs and allow drivers to run as hard as they could the entire run as they had all the fuel needed to do so. However, teams ended up changing their strategy to conserve fuel so they could release the car from their pit stops as soon as the tire changes were complete. This led to a series of incidents where cars were being released back on track before the tire changes were complete and loose wheels coming off cars once back on track. To deter this CART instituted a mid-season 1-lap penalty and $5,000 fine for any car losing a wheel after a pit stop in addition to the time lost recovering the car to remount the tire.
* Traction control was formally legalized after CART officials determined they could not successfully enforce a ban.[21]
* After several controversies with changing turbo boost in recent years, CART and its engine manufacturers agreed to a reduction of the boost to 34" to remain in place for the entire 2002 season. While technically a reduction by 2" from where engines ended in 2001, lap times and horsepower numbers were still on par and in most cases faster and higher than last year.
* Road & Street course qualifying was changed. The race weekend would feature two qualifying sessions, one on Friday and one on Saturday. The fastest driver in each session received one championship point and was guaranteed a front-row start regardless of the results of the other session (the front row guarantee was added at Long Beach).
* For Rounds 1-12, Each session was 60 minutes in length with 45 minutes of guaranteed green flag running. Teams could complete a maximum of 15 green flag laps per session, though causing a yellow/red flag would result in the loss of your fastest lap.
* Starting at Montreal for the rest of the season, following numerous events where cars waited until the second half of the session to go out, CART officials changed the 60 minute session to be a 15 minute practice, followed by a 10 minute break, followed by 35 minutes of qualifying with 30 minutes of green-flag running guaranteed.
* In the event of a late-race caution, CART officials were allowed to use the red flag to stop the race, clean up the crash, and attempt a green-flag finish.
* Starting at the Mid-Ohio round, cars that spun off track into the gravel trap were allowed to be pushed back on track by the safety team and get back into the race as long as there was not other significant race-ending damage to the car. Previously a car stuck in a gravel trap would be ruled out of the event.
* Following suit with other motorsports series in the aftermath of the death of Dale Earnhardt, the HANS Device became mandatory at all events, and all pit crew members were required to wear helmets.

## Season summary[edit]

### Schedule[edit]

Rnd  | Race Name  | Circuit  | City/Location  | Date

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1  |  Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey |  R Fundidora Park | Monterrey, Mexico | March 10
2  |  Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach |  R Streets of Long Beach | Long Beach, California | April 14
3  |  Bridgestone Potenza 500 |  O Twin Ring Motegi | Motegi, Japan | April 27
4  |  Miller Lite 250 |  O Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, Wisconsin | June 2
5  |  Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring the Shell 300 |  R Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | Monterey, California | June 9
6  |  G.I. Joe's 200 |  R Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon | June 16
7  |  CART Grand Prix of Chicago |  O Chicago Motor Speedway | Cicero, Illinois | June 30
8  |  Molson Indy Toronto |  R Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario | July 7
9  |  Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by U.S. Bank |  R Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport | Cleveland, Ohio | July 14
10  |  Molson Indy Vancouver |  R Concord Pacific Place | Vancouver, British Columbia | July 28
11  |  CART Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio |  R Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | August 11
12  |  Motorola 220 |  R Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | August 18
13  |  Molson Indy Montreal |  R Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | Montreal, Quebec | August 25
14  |  Shell Grand Prix of Denver |  R Denver Civic Center | Denver, Colorado | September 1
15  |  Sure for Men Rockingham 500 |  O Rockingham Motor Speedway | Corby, United Kingdom | September 14
–  |  German 500 (Cancelled)  |  O EuroSpeedway Lausitz | Klettwitz, Germany | September 21
16  |  Grand Prix Americas |  R Miami Bayfront Park Street Circuit | Miami, Florida | October 6
17  |  Honda Indy 300 |  R Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | Surfers Paradise, Australia | October 27
18  |  The 500 Presented by Toyota |  O California Speedway | Fontana, California | November 3
19  |  Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante Presented by Banamex/VISA |  R Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | Mexico City, Mexico | November 17

O Oval/Speedway
R Road/Street course

### Race results[edit]

Rnd  | Race Name  | Pole position | Fastest lap | Lead most laps  | Winning driver  | Winning team  | Report

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1  |  Monterrey |  Adrián Fernández |  Cristiano da Matta |  Cristiano da Matta |  Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | Report
2  |  Long Beach |  Jimmy Vasser |  Bruno Junqueira |  Michael Andretti |  Michael Andretti | Team Motorola | Report
3  |  Motegi |  Bruno Junqueira |  Tony Kanaan |  Tony Kanaan |  Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Report
4  |  Milwaukee |  Adrián Fernández |  Kenny Bräck |  Paul Tracy |  Paul Tracy | Team KOOL Green | Report
5  |  Laguna Seca |  Cristiano da Matta |  Cristiano da Matta |  Cristiano da Matta |  Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | Report
6  |  Portland |  Cristiano da Matta |  Bruno Junqueira |  Cristiano da Matta
Kenny Bräck |  Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | Report
7  |  Chicago |  Dario Franchitti |  Paul Tracy |  Cristiano da Matta |  Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | Report
8  |  Toronto |  Cristiano da Matta |  Cristiano da Matta |  Cristiano da Matta |  Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | Report
9  |  Cleveland |  Cristiano da Matta |  Paul Tracy |  Patrick Carpentier |  Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | Report
10  |  Vancouver |  Cristiano da Matta |  Cristiano da Matta |  Paul Tracy |  Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | Report
11  |  Mid-Ohio |  Patrick Carpentier |  Cristiano da Matta |  Patrick Carpentier |  Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | Report
12  |  Road America |  Bruno Junqueira |  Bruno Junqueira |  Paul Tracy |  Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | Report
13  |  Montreal |  Cristiano da Matta |  Dario Franchitti |  Dario Franchitti |  Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | Report
14  |  Denver |  Bruno Junqueira |  Kenny Bräck |  Bruno Junqueira |  Bruno Junqueira | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Report
15  |  Rockingham |  Kenny Bräck |  Jimmy Vasser |  Kenny Bräck |  Dario Franchitti | Team KOOL Green | Report
16  |  Miami |  Tony Kanaan |  Christian Fittipaldi |  Cristiano da Matta |  Cristiano da Matta | Newman/Haas Racing | Report
17  |  Surfers Paradise |  Cristiano da Matta |  Cristiano da Matta |  Cristiano da Matta |  Mario Domínguez R | Herdez Competition | Report
18  |  Fontana |  Tony Kanaan |  Oriol Servià |  Jimmy Vasser |  Jimmy Vasser | Team Rahal | Report
19  |  Mexico City |  Bruno Junqueira |  Shinji Nakano |  Tony Kanaan |  Kenny Bräck | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Report

### Final driver standings[edit]

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

| Pos  | Driver  | MTY | LBH | MOT | MIL | LAG | POR | CHI | TOR | CLE | VAN | MDO | ROA | MTL | DEN | ROC | MIA | SUR | FON | MEX | Pts

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1  |  Cristiano da Matta | 1*  | 8  | 13  | 11  | 1*  | 1*  | 1*  | 1*  | 16 | 12 | 13 | 1  | 2 | 3  | 2  | 1*  | 8*  | 11  | 2  | 237
2  |  Bruno Junqueira | 11  | 17 | 1 | 10  | 4  | 2 | 2  | 14  | 13  | 9  | 4  | 3 | 13  | 1*  | 5  | 5  | 14  | 9  | 3 | 164
3  |  Patrick Carpentier | 7  | 19  | 4  | 15  | 5  | 5  | 16  | 10  | 1*  | 5  | 1*  | 7  | 15  | 17  | 3  | 16  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 157
4  |  Dario Franchitti | 2  | 9  | 3  | 12  | 19  | 3  | 3 | 13  | 14  | 1  | 17  | 12  | 1*  | 18  | 1  | 10  | 7  | 10  | 5  | 148
5  |  Christian Fittipaldi | 3  | 13  | 12  | 4  | 2  | 13  | 14  | 3  | 12  | 13  | 2  | 6  | 7  | 5  | 17  | 2 | 11  | 7  | 15  | 122
6  |  Kenny Bräck | 18  | 5  | 17  | 8 | 3  | 15  | 18  | 2  | 4  | 18  | 6  | 14  | 18  | 7 | 8*  | 13  | 4  | 12  | 1  | 114
7  |  Jimmy Vasser | 20  | 2 | 20  | 9  | 8  | 16  | 17  | 6  | 6  | 17  | 8  | 5  | 5  | 10  | 7 | 3  | 12  | 1*  | 11  | 114
8  |  Alex Tagliani | 5  | 16  | 2  | 19  | 10  | 12  | 7  | 7  | 5  | 7  | 7  | 2  | 11  | 12  | 18  | 4  | 6  | 8  | 10  | 111
9  |  Michael Andretti | 12  | 1*  | 16  | 7  | 11  | 9  | 15  | 11  | 2  | 6  | 3  | 10  | 8  | 13  | 10  | 8  | 9  | 2  | 17  | 110
10  |  Michel Jourdain Jr. | 4  | 4  | 5  | 5  | 9  | 6  | 10  | 12  | 9  | 4  | 11  | 9  | 6  | 9  | 11  | 6  | 10  | 13  | 13  | 105
11  |  Paul Tracy | 8  | 7  | 19  | 1*  | 17  | 17  | 9 | 16  | 3 | 2*  | 18  | 13*  | 4  | 8  | 19  | 12  | 3  | 17  | 16  | 101
12  |  Tony Kanaan | 16  | 20  | 15*  | 16  | 12  | 8  | 8  | 17  | 8  | 3  | 14  | 4  | 3  | 6  | 15  | 9 | 5  | 4 | 8*  | 99
13  |  Scott Dixon | 6  | 18  | 9  | 6  | 6  | 7  | 6  | 5  | 15  | 16  | 5  | 17  | 10  | 2  | 12  | 18  | 15  | 6  | 7  | 97
14  |  Adrián Fernández | 13 | 10  | 7  | 2 | 18  | 14  | 13  | 9  | 11  | 8  |  | 18  | 12  | 4  | 14  | 7  | 17  |  |  | 59
15  |  Toranosuke Takagi | 14  | 6  | 8  | 14  | 16  | 18  | 4  | 8  | 7  | 15  | 12  | 15  | 14  | 15  | 6  | 15  | 18  | 18  | 6  | 53
16  |  Oriol Servià | 10  | 11  | 6  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14  | 10  | 16  | 16  | 11  | 4  | 17  | 16  | 5 | 9  | 44
17  |  Shinji Nakano | 15  | 12  | 10  | 18  | 14  | 11  | 5  | 4  | 10  | 11  | 9  | 11  | 9  | 16  | 16  | 14  | 13  | 15  | 14 | 43
18  |  Mario Domínguez RY | 17  | 14  | 11  | 17  | 15  | 10  | 11  | 18  | 17  | 10  | 16  | 8  | 17  | 14  | 13  | 11  | 1  | 16  | 18  | 37
19  |  Max Papis | 9  | 3  | 18  | 3  | 13  |  |  |  |  |  | 15  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14  |  | 32
20  |  Townsend Bell R | 19  | 15  | 14  | 13  | 7  | 4  | 12  | 15  | 18  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19
21  |  Darren Manning R |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9  |  |  |  |  | 4
22  |  André Lotterer R |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12  | 1
23  |  Luis Díaz R |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19  | 0
Pos  | Driver  | MTY | LBH | MOT | MIL | LAG | POR | CHI | TOR | CLE | VAN | MDO | ROA | MTL | DEN | ROC | MIA | SUR | FON | MEX | Pts
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Gold  | Winner
Silver  | 2nd place
Bronze  | 3rd place
Green  | 4th–6th place
Light Blue  | 7th–12th place
Dark Blue  | Finished
(Outside Top 12)
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
Italics | Ran fastest race lap
*  | Led most race laps
RY | Rookie of the Year
R | Rookie

### Nations' Cup[edit]

* Top result per race counts towards Nations' Cup.

Pos  | Country  | MTY | LBH | MOT | MIL | LAG | POR | CHI | TOR | CLE | VAN | MDO | ROA | MTL | DEN | ROC | MIA | SUR | FON | MEX | Pts

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1  |  Brazil | 1  | 8  | 1  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 8  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 5  | 4  | 2  | 325
2  |  Canada | 5  | 7  | 2  | 1  | 5  | 5  | 7  | 7  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 4  | 8  | 3  | 4  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 247
3  |  United States | 12  | 1  | 14  | 7  | 7  | 4  | 12  | 6  | 2  | 6  | 3  | 5  | 5  | 10  | 7  | 3  | 9  | 1  | 11  | 164
4  |  United Kingdom | 2  | 9  | 3  | 12  | 19  | 3  | 3  | 13  | 14  | 1  | 17  | 12  | 1  | 18  | 1  | 10  | 7  | 10  | 5  | 148
5  |  Mexico | 4  | 4  | 5  | 2  | 9  | 6  | 10  | 9  | 9  | 4  | 11  | 8  | 6  | 4  | 11  | 6  | 1  | 13  | 13  | 142
6  |  Sweden | 18  | 5  | 17  | 8  | 3  | 15  | 18  | 2  | 4  | 18  | 6  | 14  | 18  | 7  | 8  | 13  | 4  | 12  | 1  | 113
7  |  New Zealand | 6  | 18  | 9  | 6  | 6  | 7  | 6  | 5  | 15  | 16  | 5  | 17  | 10  | 2  | 12  | 18  | 15  | 6  | 7  | 96
8  |  Japan | 14  | 6  | 8  | 14  | 14  | 11  | 4  | 4  | 7  | 11  | 9  | 11  | 9  | 15  | 6  | 14  | 13  | 15  | 6  | 73
9  |  Spain | 10  | 11  | 6  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14  | 10  | 16  | 16  | 11  | 4  | 17  | 16  | 5  | 9  | 44
10  |  Italy | 9  | 3  | 18  | 3  | 13  |  |  |  |  |  | 15  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14  |  | 32
11  |  Germany |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12  | 1
Pos  | Country  | MTY | LBH | MOT | MIL | LAG | POR | CHI | TOR | CLE | VAN | MDO | ROA | MTL | DEN | ROC | MIA | SUR | FON | MEX | Pts

### Chassis Constructors' Cup[edit]

Pos  | Chassis  | Pts

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1  |  Lola | 401
2  |  Reynard | 235
Pos  | Chassis  | Pts

### Engine Manufacturers' Cup[edit]

Pos  | Engine  | Pts

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1  |  Toyota | 332
2  |  Honda | 283
3  |  /  Ford-Cosworth | 259
Pos  | Engine  | Pts

### Driver breakdown[edit]

Pos  | Driver  | Team  | Entries  | Wins  | Podiums  | Top 5s  | Top 10s  | Poles  | Laps Led  | Points

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1  |  da Matta |  Newman-Haas Racing | 19  | 7  | 11  | 11  | 13  | 7  | 619  | 237
2  |  Junqueira |  Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 19  | 2  | 6  | 10  | 12  | 4  | 196  | 164
3  |  Carpentier |  Team Player's | 19  | 2  | 5  | 10  | 13  | 1  | 159  | 157
4  |  Franchitti |  Team KOOL Green | 19  | 3  | 7  | 8  | 11  | 1  | 252  | 148
5  |  Fittipaldi |  Newman-Haas Racing | 19  | 0  | 5  | 7  | 11  | 1  | 18  | 122
6  |  Bräck |  Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 19  | 1  | 3  | 6  | 10  | 1  | 268  | 114
7  |  Vasser |  Team Rahal | 19  | 1  | 3  | 5  | 12  | 1  | 162  | 114
8  |  Tagliani |  Team Player's | 19  | 0  | 2  | 5  | 12  | 0  | 115  | 111
9  |  Andretti |  Team Motorola | 19  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 11  | 0  | 90  | 110
10  |  Jourdain Jr. |  Team Rahal | 19  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 14  | 0  | 24  | 105
11  |  Tracy |  Team KOOL Green | 19  | 1  | 4  | 5  | 9  | 0  | 314  | 101
12  |  Kanaan |  Mo Nunn Racing | 19  | 0  | 2  | 5  | 11  | 2  | 145  | 99
13  |  Dixon |  PWR Championship Racing
Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 19  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 12  | 0  | 0  | 97
14  |  Fernández |  Fernández Racing | 16  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 6  | 2  | 15  | 57
15  |  Takagi |  Walker Motorsport | 19  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 0  | 0  | 53
16  |  Servià |  PWR Championship Racing
Patrick Racing | 13  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 44
17  |  Nakano |  Fernández Racing | 19  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 6  | 0  | 10  | 43
18  |  Domínguez R |  Herdez Competition | 19  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 0  | 5  | 37
19  |  Papis |  Sigma Autosport
Fernández Racing | 7  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 32
20  |  Bell R |  Patrick Racing | 9  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 19
21  |  Manning R |  Team St. George | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 18  | 4
22  |  Lotterer R |  Dale Coyne Racing | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1
23  |  Díaz R |  Fernández Racing | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0

## See also[edit]

* 2002 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
* 2002 Indianapolis 500
* 2002 Indy Racing League
* 2002 Infiniti Pro Series season

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ CBS set for first CART broadcast in seven years – Crash.net
2. ^ "Bridgestone set as tire for 2002". motorsport.com. October 31, 2001. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
3. ^ "Penske, a driving force behind the launch of CART leaves for IRL". motorsport.com. December 6, 2001. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
4. ^ "Blair Racing forms new team". motorsport.com. January 9, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
5. ^ "Forsythe Hilliard shop to shutdown, Herta out of ride". motorsport.com. November 13, 2001. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
6. ^ "Vasser signs with Team Rahal for 2002". motorsport.com. October 12, 2001. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
7. ^ "Michel Jourdain Jr., Gigante sign with Team Rahal". motorsport.com. January 30, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
8. ^ "Kenny Brack signs with Ganassi Racing for 2002". motorsport.com. August 16, 2001. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
9. ^ "Papis signs with Sigma for 2002 season". motorsport.com. January 21, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
10. ^ "Patrick Racing signs Townsend Bell". motorsport.com. December 20, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
11. ^ "Team Herdez names Dominguez as 2002 driver". motorsport.com. December 6, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
12. ^ "Dixon moves to Ganassi Racing". motorsport.com. May 29, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
13. ^ "PWR suspends operation of Servia's No. 17". motorsport.com. May 16, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
14. ^ "Portland: Sigma Autosport withdraws from event". motorsport.com. June 15, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
15. ^ "Servia replaces Bell at Patrick Racing". Motorsport.com. July 23, 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
16. ^ "Mid-Ohio: Papis to replace injured Fernandez". motorsport.com. August 5, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
17. ^ "Manning named Team St. George Rockingham driver". motorsport.com. September 6, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
18. ^ "Papis to substitute for Fernandez at Fontana". motorsport.com. October 29, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
19. ^ "Fernandez to sit out Mexico GP". motorsport.com. November 14, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
20. ^ "Dale Coyne to field car at Mexico City". motorsport.com. November 8, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
21. ^ "CHAMPCAR/CART: Traction control approved for 2002".

## References[edit]

* Åberg, Andreas. "CART FedEx Champ Car World Series 2002". Driver Database. Archived from the original on October 3, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
* "2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on November 22, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
* "FedEx Renews Title Sponsorship Agreement with Championship Auto Racing Teams; FedEx Championship Series Roars into 2002" (Press release). FedEx Corporation. November 7, 2001. Archived from the original on June 29, 2009. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
* "Standings after Mexico City". Champ Car World Series. Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2009.

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