2002 CART season

2002 CART 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
	← 2001 2003 →

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

Speed Channel took its place for two seasons.^[1]

Drivers and teams

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
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
Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B02/00	Toyota	11	Christian Fittipaldi	All	Eli Lilly
PWR Championship Racing	Lola B02/00	Toyota	7	Scott Dixon	1–3	PWR Championship Racing
PWR Championship Racing	Lola B02/00	Toyota	17	Oriol Servià	1–3	Air Eight
Team Rahal	Lola B02/00	Ford-Cosworth	8	Jimmy Vasser	All	Shell
Team Rahal	Lola B02/00	Ford-Cosworth	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	All	Gigante
Mo Nunn Racing	Reynard 02i	Honda	10	Tony Kanaan	1–3	Pioneer
Mo Nunn Racing	Lola B02/00	Honda	10	Tony Kanaan	4–19	Pioneer
Herdez Competition	Lola B02/00	Ford-Cosworth	16	Mario Domínguez R	1–4	Herdez
Herdez Competition	Lola B02/00	Ford-Cosworth	55	Mario Domínguez R	5–19	Herdez
Team St. George Dale Coyne Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford-Cosworth	19	Darren Manning R	15	RAC AutoWindscreens
Team St. George Dale Coyne Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford-Cosworth	19	André Lotterer R	19	J.A.G. Sports
Patrick Racing	Reynard 02i	Toyota	20	Townsend Bell R	1–9	Visteon
Patrick Racing	Reynard 02i	Toyota	20	Oriol Servià	10–19	Visteon
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	Team Green 1
	Reynard 02i		27	Dario Franchitti	1–3
	Lola B02/00		26	Paul Tracy	3–19
	Lola B02/00		27	Dario Franchitti	4–19
Team Player's	Reynard 02i	Ford-Cosworth	32	Patrick Carpentier	All	Player's 18 It's Your World 1
Team Player's	Reynard 02i	Ford-Cosworth	33	Alex Tagliani	All	Player's 18 It's Your World 1
Team Motorola	Reynard 02i	Honda	39	Michael Andretti	1–2	Motorola
Team Motorola	Lola B02/00	Honda	39	Michael Andretti	3–19	Motorola
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

The biggest change to the team lineup in the 2002 CART season was the defection of

Forsythe Racing shut down their third car driven by Bryan Herta in 2001 for lack of sponsorship.^[5]

Driver changes

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

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

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

HANS Device

became mandatory at all events, and all pit crew members were required to wear helmets.

Season summary

Schedule

Rnd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Date
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

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

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

Color	Result
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)
Blank	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

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
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

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

Engine Manufacturers' Cup

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

Driver breakdown

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

Notes

^ CBS set for first CART broadcast in seven years – Crash.net
^ "Bridgestone set as tire for 2002". motorsport.com. October 31, 2001. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
^ "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.
^ "Blair Racing forms new team". motorsport.com. January 9, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
^ "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.
^ "Vasser signs with Team Rahal for 2002". motorsport.com. October 12, 2001. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Papis signs with Sigma for 2002 season". motorsport.com. January 21, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
^ "Patrick Racing signs Townsend Bell". motorsport.com. December 20, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
^ "Team Herdez names Dominguez as 2002 driver". motorsport.com. December 6, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
^ "Dixon moves to Ganassi Racing". motorsport.com. May 29, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
^ "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.
^ "Portland: Sigma Autosport withdraws from event". motorsport.com. June 15, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
^ "Servia replaces Bell at Patrick Racing". motorsport.com. July 23, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
^ "Mid-Ohio: Papis to replace injured Fernandez". motorsport.com. August 5, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
^ "Manning named Team St. George Rockingham driver". motorsport.com. September 6, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
^ "Papis to substitute for Fernandez at Fontana". motorsport.com. October 29, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
^ "Fernandez to sit out Mexico GP". motorsport.com. November 14, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
^ "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.
^ "CHAMPCAR/CART: Traction control approved for 2002".

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[Papis_signs_with_Sigma_for_2002_season-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.

[Patrick_Racing_signs_Townsend_Bell-10] "Patrick Racing signs Townsend Bell". motorsport.com. December 20, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2010.

[Team_Herdez_names_Dominguez_as_2002_driver-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.

[Dixon_moves_to_Ganassi_Racing-12] "Dixon moves to Ganassi Racing". motorsport.com. May 29, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.

[PWR_suspends_operation_of_Servia's_No._17-13] "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.

[Portland:_Sigma_Autosport_withdraws_from_event-14] "Portland: Sigma Autosport withdraws from event". motorsport.com. June 15, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.

[Servia_replaces_Bell_at_Patrick_Racing-15] "Servia replaces Bell at Patrick Racing". motorsport.com. July 23, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.

[Mid-Ohio:_Papis_to_replace_injured_Fernandez-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.

[Manning_named_Team_St._George_Rockingham_driver-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.

[Papis_to_substitute_for_Fernandez_at_Fontana-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.

[Fernandez_to_sit_out_Mexico_GP-19] "Fernandez to sit out Mexico GP". motorsport.com. November 14, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2010.

[Dale_Coyne_to_field_car_at_Mexico_City-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".

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v t e American Championship car racing (Indy car) seasons
AAA	1905 1906–1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
USAC	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
CART	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
CCWS	2004 2005 2006 2007 ~~2008~~
IRL	1996 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
INDYCAR	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Years marked in italics are not official championship years or upcoming seasons.