2002 CART season explained

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

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
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		Cristiano da Matta	All	Havoline Chevron
			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		1–4	Herdez
			55	5–19
Team St. George Dale Coyne Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford-Cosworth	19		15	RAC AutoWindscreens
					19	J.A.G. Sports
Patrick Racing	Reynard 02i	Toyota	20		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 Team Green
			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 It's Your World
			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
					19
			52	Shinji Nakano	All	Alpine

Team changes

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

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

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

Oval/Speedway
Road/Street course

Race results

Rnd	Race Name	Pole position	Fastest lap	Lead most laps	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Monterrey	Adrián Fernández	nowrap	Cristiano da Matta	nowrap	Cristiano da Matta	nowrap	Cristiano da Matta	nowrap	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	nowrap	Cristiano da Matta	nowrap	Cristiano da Matta	nowrap	Cristiano da Matta	nowrap	Cristiano da Matta	nowrap	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	nowrap	Surfers Paradise	Cristiano da Matta	Cristiano da Matta	Cristiano da Matta	nowrap		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

See also: 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 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 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 19 15 14 13 7 4 12 15 18 19 21 9 4 22 12 1 23 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) Not competing align=center colspan=2 In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap *| align=center|Led most race laps|-|style="text-align:center"| |align=center|Rookie of the Year|-|style="text-align:center"| |align=center|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 nowrap 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 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 Patrick Racing 9 0 0 1 2 0 0 19 21 Team St. George 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 4 22 Dale Coyne Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 Fernández Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 See also 2002 Toyota Atlantic Championship season 2002 Indianapolis 500 2002 Indy Racing League 2002 Infiniti Pro Series season References Web site: CART FedEx Champ Car World Series 2002 . Åberg, Andreas . Driver Database . 2009-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081003102721/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/5-2002/ . 2008-10-03 . live . Web site: 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series . Champ Car Stats . 2009-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081122113040/http://www.champcarstats.com/year/2002.htm . 2008-11-22 . live . FedEx Renews Title Sponsorship Agreement with Championship Auto Racing Teams; FedEx Championship Series Roars into 2002 . FedEx Corporation . 2001-11-07 . 2009-05-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090629055612/http://fedex.com/us/about/news/pressreleases/archives/pressrelease213112161.html . 2009-06-29 . dead . Web site: Standings after Mexico City . Champ Car World Series . 2009-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081022080410/http://www.champcar.ws/Results/Standings.asp?Year=2002 . 2008-10-22 . dead .

Notes and References

1. http://www.crash.net/indycar/news/15140/1/cbs-set-for-first-cart-broadcast-in-seven-years.html CBS set for first CART broadcast in seven years
2. News: Bridgestone set as tire for 2002 . motorsport.com . 2001-10-31 . 2010-01-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606073345/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=81122&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
3. News: Penske, a driving force behind the launch of CART leaves for IRL . motorsport.com . 2001-12-06 . 2010-01-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606073542/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=82686&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
4. News: Blair Racing forms new team . motorsport.com . 2002-01-09 . 2010-01-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606073611/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=83338&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
5. News: Forsythe Hilliard shop to shutdown, Herta out of ride . motorsport.com . 2001-11-13 . 2010-01-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606073625/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=81871&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
6. News: Vasser signs with Team Rahal for 2002 . motorsport.com . 2001-10-12 . 2010-01-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606073645/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=79786&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
7. News: Michel Jourdain Jr., Gigante sign with Team Rahal . motorsport.com . 2002-01-30 . 2010-01-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606073741/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=84188&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
8. News: Kenny Brack signs with Ganassi Racing for 2002 . motorsport.com . 2001-08-16 . 2010-01-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606073818/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=73539&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
9. News: Papis signs with Sigma for 2002 season . motorsport.com . 2002-01-21 . 2010-01-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606074120/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=83832&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
10. News: Patrick Racing signs Townsend Bell . motorsport.com . 2002-12-20 . 2010-01-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606074648/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=82961&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
11. News: Team Herdez names Dominguez as 2002 driver . motorsport.com . 2002-12-06 . 2010-01-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606074821/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=82683&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
12. News: Dixon moves to Ganassi Racing . motorsport.com . 2002-05-29 . 2010-02-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606075958/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=94009&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
13. News: PWR suspends operation of Servia's No. 17 . motorsport.com . 2002-05-16 . 2010-02-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606080052/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=92513&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
14. News: Portland: Sigma Autosport withdraws from event . motorsport.com . 2002-06-15 . 2010-02-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606080101/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=96029&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
15. News: Servia replaces Bell at Patrick Racing . Motorsport.com . 2002-07-23 . 2010-02-05 .
16. News: Mid-Ohio: Papis to replace injured Fernandez . motorsport.com . 2002-08-05 . 2010-02-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606080243/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=102013&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
17. News: Manning named Team St. George Rockingham driver . motorsport.com . 2002-09-06 . 2010-02-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606080347/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=105367&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
18. News: Papis to substitute for Fernandez at Fontana . motorsport.com . 2002-10-29 . 2010-02-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606080413/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=110253&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
19. News: Fernandez to sit out Mexico GP . motorsport.com . 2002-11-14 . 2010-02-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606080515/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=111408&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
20. News: Dale Coyne to field car at Mexico City . motorsport.com . 2002-11-08 . 2010-02-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606080702/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=111040&FS=INDYCAR . 2011-06-06 .
21. Web site: CHAMPCAR/CART: Traction control approved for 2002.