2002 Alternate CART season

The 2002 CART season was the twenty-fourth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing and the first, and the only, to be run by Marcus Kun.

Teams and Drivers

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

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tires	No	Drivers	Rounds
Johnnie Walker Michael Bright Racing	Swift 013.c	Chevrolet	Goodyear	0	Massimiliano Bianchi	1-2, 4
					Geoff Donnelly 3	3, 5-7
				3	Pedro Renales	1-3, 5-6
					Geoff Donnelly	4
					Patrick Carpentier	7-
				9	Rick Douglais	1, 3-
					Geoff Donnelly 1	2
				79	Natascha Zaugg	5-7
					Geoff Donnelly	8-
Alstom Il Barone Rampante	Lola B02/00	Chevrolet	Goodyear	1	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	1-
				2	Joey Alliot	1-
				4	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler 5	1-3
					Giandomenico Miccoli	4-6
					Oriol Serviá	7-
Restov Racing	Reynard 02i	Lada	Goodyear	5	Tim Horan	1-
				6	Paul Eckeridge	1-
Team Pemex	Lola B2/00	Yamaha	Goodyear	10	Adrián Rojo Fernández	1-6
				14	Peter Franz	1-6
Force Indianapolis	Reynard 02i	Spyker	Goodyear	11	Sebastian Bourdais	1-6
				12	Leonhard von Gottorp	1-6
				13	Dennis Mignolet	1-6
Holden Dealer Team	Van Diemen CC02	Holden	Goodyear	15	Craig Lowndes	1-
				26	Paul Tracy	1-
Fractal Developments	Reynard 02i	Lada	Firestone	20	Boris Offenhauser	1-
				21	Alvaro Gonzalez	1-
Genki Racing	Swift 013.c	Honda	Firestone	22	Marcin Rzepczynski	1-
				24	Hirokazu Moriya	1-
Ambrose-Milan Autosport	Lola B02/00	Peugeot	Goodyear	25	Cameron Maroon	1-
				42	Jacques Malenfant	1-
Montreal Racing Services	Reynard 02i	Pontiac	Firestone	27	Casval Rojas	1-
				28	Artesia Mass	1, 3-7
					Tsubasa Portilla 2	2, 8
Indy Regency Racing	Lola B02/00	Holden	Goodyear	29	John Andretti	8-
Northgate Engineering	Lola B02/00	Toyota	Firestone	31	Mika Hakkinen	1-6
				32	Ralf Alden	1-6
DSR Racing	Reynard 02i	Holden	Goodyear	33	Nikola Nikolov	1, 3-6
					Buckshot Jones 2	2
				66	Oliver Kunz	1-6
Mazzacane Motorsport	Reynard 02i	Holden	Goodyear	39	José Pablo Mazzacane	1-
				40	Maven O'Connor	1-5
					Dan Wheldon 7	6, 8-
					Kazuki Fushida	7
Cassidy Racing	Reynard 02i	Dodge	Firestone	44	Angela McIntyre 5	1-3
					Tony Kanaan	4-
				54	Brett Miller	1-
				64	Brendon Cassidy Jr.	1-
FSK Racing	Lola B02/00	Yamaha	Goodyear	55	Nathan Nurmester 4	1-3
					Tero Palmroth	4-9
					Jan Magnussen 8	10-18
				56	Dietrich Anger	1-18
Checkered Flag Motorsport	Reynard 02i	Holden	Firestone	60	Buddy Rice	1-
				80	Jorg Scrattenheim	1-
W2 Racing	Reynard 02i	Chevrolet	Firestone	65	O.N. Duck Jr.	1-6
				97	Michael Andretti 4	1-3
					Sam Hornish Jr.	4-6
Jefferson Grand Prix	Reynard 02i	Holden	Goodyear	72	Oriol Serviá	1-6
				78	Gabriela Navarro	1-6
				88	João Paulo de Oliveira	1-6
JLD Motorsport	Lola B2/00	Porsche	Firestone	73	Jason Bright	1-9, 11-12, 14-
					Sebastien Bourdais	10, 13
				74	Townsend Bell	1-10, 13, 15-17
					Sebastien Bourdais	11-12, 14, 18
				75	Sebastien Bourdais	7-9, 15-17
					Tom Douglas	10-14
					Daniel Melrose	18
Handford Racing Team	Reynard 02i	Holden	Firestone	84	Jacob Eichholtz	1-3
				88	Giorgio Pavetti	1, 3
					Trevor Meyer 2	2
S7 Konglomerat	Reynard 02i	Yamaha	Firestone	190	Pjotr Madunochev	1-
				191	Sergej Madunochev	1-
Caraxl Racing	Swift 013.c	Holden	Firestone	500	James Generic	7-
				505	Ronald Tenpecost	7-
Triq Il Malta	Reynard 02i	Holden	Firestone	666	Jason Muscat	4-7
					Alex Tagliani	8-

Notes:

• 1 Rick Douglais was injured after Long Beach and was forced to miss one race.
• 2 Artesia Mass, Giorgio Pavetti and Nikola Nikolov were all banned for one race for erratic driving while being lapped in Long Beach.
• 3 Geoff Donnelly impressed MBR in his first CART race and was given another drive in place of Bianchi who was underwhelming in the first 2 rounds.
• 4 Nathan Nurmester and Michael Andretti were injured in Michigan and were forced to miss the rest of the season. Nurmester would never drive in CART again, and was initally replaced by Finnish veteran driver Tero Palmroth, while Andretti was replaced by Sam Hornish Jr. switching from the IRL.
• 5 Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler retired full-time from single seaters after Michigan. He was replaced by Giandomenico Miccoli.
• 6 Angela McIntyre's results dissapointed Cassidy and she was replaced by the returning Tony Kanaan.
• 7 Dan Wheldon was banned for one race after Road America for a dangerous move when rejoining the track.
• 8 Tero Palmroth was sacked from FSK Racing after a streak of poor results. He was replaced by Jan Magnussen.

Full series results

Testing

Track	Date	Fastest driver	Fastest team
Road America	February 16	Paul Eckeridge	Restov Racing
Milwaukee Mile	February 23	Jacques Malenfant	Ambrose-Milan Autosport

Race results

	Race Name	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	ROTR
1	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	March 10	Jacques Malenfant	Townsend Bell	Oriol Serviá	Jefferson Grand Prix	Backmarkers
2	Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring the Shell 300	Laguna Seca, California	April 14	Brendon Cassidy Jr.	Brett Miller	Oriol Serviá	Jefferson Grand Prix	Buckshot Jones
3	Harrah's 500 Presented by Toyota	Brooklyn, Michigan	April 27	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	Marcin Rzepczynski	Rick Douglais	Michael Bright Racing	Team Rojo Pemex
4	Durex 200 at The Glen	Watkins Glen, New York	June 2	Tony Kanaan	Jacques Malenfant	Tony Kanaan	Cassidy Racing	Alstom Il Barone Rampante
5	CART Grand Prix of San Francisco	San Francisco, California	June 9	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	José Pablo Mazzacane	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	Alstom Il Barone Rampante	Force Indianapolis
6	Grand Prix at Road America Featuring the Motorola 220	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	June 16	José Pablo Mazzacane	Gabriela Navarro	Jacques Malenfant	Ambrose-Milan Autosport	Dan Wheldon
7	Lehigh Valley Grand Prix Presented by Toyota	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	June 30	Jacques Malenfant	Kazuki Fushida	Sebastien Bourdais	JLD Motorsport	Jason Muscat
8	Kraco 500	Atlanta, Georgia	July 7	Jacques Malenfant	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	Buddy Rice	Checkered Flag Motorsport	Tero Palmroth
9	Miller Lite 250	West Allis, Wisconsin	July 14	Tony Kanaan	José Pablo Mazzacane	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	Alstom Il Barone Rampante	Tero Palmroth
10	Sure For Men Rockingham 500	Corby, United Kingdom	July 28	Jacques Malenfant	Rick Douglais	Townsend Bell	JLD Motorsport	British weather
11	DHL Grand Prix of Thruxton	Hampshire, England	August 4	Paul Tracy	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	José Pablo Mazzacane	Mazzacane Motorsport	Tsubasa Portilla
12	Daily Express Indy Croft	Yorkshire, England	August 11	Boris Offenhauser	Joey Alliot	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	Alstom Il Barone Rampante	Joey Alliot
13	The German 500	Klettwitz, Germany	August 18	Paul Tracy	Geoff Donnelly	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	Alstom Il Barone Rampante	Montreal Racing Services
14	The Alstom Trophy	Le Mans, France	August 25	Jacques Malenfant	Jacques Malenfant	Tony Kanaan	Cassidy Racing	José Pablo Mazzacane
15	Grand Prix of Miami	Homestead, Florida	September 7	Natascha Zaugg	Jacques Malenfant	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	Alstom Il Barone Rampante	S7 Konglomerat
16	Pocono 500	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	September 14	Paul Tracy	Jacques Malenfant	Cameron Maroon	Ambrose-Milan Autosport	Engines
17	Bridgestone Potenza 500	Motegi, Japan	October 13	Jacques Malenfant	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Holden Dealer Team	Craig Lowndes
18	Honda Indy 300	Surfers Paradise, Australia	October 20	Jacques Malenfant	Cameron Maroon	Jacques Malenfant	Ambrose-Milan Autosport	Craig Lowndes
19	Molson Indy Montreal	Montreal, Quebec	November 3	Jacques Malenfant	Jacques Malenfant	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	Alstom Il Barone Rampante	Craig Lowndes
20	The 500 Presented by Toyota	Fontana, California	November 17	Jacques Malenfant	Brendon Cassidy Jr.	Tim Horan	Restov Racing	Title contenders (except for Rice)
NC	Sony 500	High Speed Ring	December 1

Oval/Speedway

Road Course/Street Circuit

Final driver standings

Pos.	Driver	LBH	LSC	MCH	WGL	SFC	ELK	NAZ	FON	WIS	ROC	HAM	SIL	DEU	FRA	MIA	POC	JAP	AUS	CAN	ATL	Pts.
1	Oriol Servià	1	1	19	2	2	21	8	31	8	10	17	7	7	3	8	2	7	18	16	29	179
2	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	8	7	31	21	1	39	33	7	1	28	8	1	1	25	1	8	30	14	1	18	176
3	Buddy Rice	14	4	33	43	7	9	2	1	3	34	3	3	9	2	24	25	26	26	10	6	171
4	Jacques Malenfant	9	12	6	12	4	1	3	32	10	3	4	22	34	30	32	9	33	1	2	26	166
5	Geoff Donnelly		3	2	3	14	12	31	22	20	26	14	6	3	14	4	6	5	11	7	23	144
6	Sébastien Bourdais	6	30	5	39	28	19	1	5	12	35	26	32	6	29	14	3	4	2	4	30	138
7	Cameron Maroon	34	5	17	24	30	5	28	10	4	20	6	23	8	5	13	1	3	10	29	13	126
8	Paul Tracy	7	11	29	4	22	3	6	9	9	6	18	33	36	32	6	26	1	6	15	20	123
9	José Pablo Mazzacane	4	26	15	34	19	35	7	8	18	26	1	2	4	21	18	7	11	9	22	10	115
10	Tony Kanaan				1	25	2	32	11	5	14	23	20	5	1	28	13	9	17	21	11	110
11	Patrick Carpentier							5	4	11	5	9	24	2	35	9	4	23	4	14	21	107
12	Rick Douglais	21	DNS	1	13	13	29	26	2	24	2	31	34	30	23	DNS	14	2	8	28	17	98
13	Jorg Scrattenheim	11	2	9	42	37	6	4	33	14	13	13	17	14	10	3	30	14	34	DNS	DNS	92
14	Brendon Cassidy Jr.	3	37	12	5	6	39	34	28	7	32	16	28	10	12	7	23	26	15	31	16	73
15	Craig Lowndes	38	8	32	17	10	DNQ	9	14	26	4	34	8	31	6	33	5	29	33	12	15	72
16	Townsend Bell	33	19	13	41	26	4	12	26	2	1	DNS	DNS	19	DNS	19	32	36		20	34	63
17	Brett Miller	5	6	24	44	9	26	14	16	17	18	12	26	12	20	11	15	32	20	17	7	54
18	Dan Wheldon						34	DNS	3	19	16	32						13	7	6	5	52
19	Tim Horan	10	DNQ	4	15	DNQ	40	20	15	21	25	28	29	25	9	22	20	21	30	26	1	51
20	Boris Offenhauser	32	28	30	28	15	14	21	21	25	21	20	4	24	4	16	12	18	19	13	8	46
21	John Andretti								12	13	8	10	10	16	24	12	24	6	12	18	31	45
22	James Generic							17	20	26	7	36	14	11	34	2	28	10	22	19	14	44
23	Sergej Madunochev	12	22	42	9	23	10	30	35	32	33	2	11	23	33	25	21	19	21	25	28	42
24	Jason Bright	16	35	40	36	31	13	10	23	15	DNS	30	5		11	DNS	34	31	13	5	33	42
25	Joey Alliot	35	40	33	11	3	38	13	13	6	31	33	15	DNS								40
26	Dietrich Anger	26	29	8	10	8	16	15	6	33	22	21	35	35	28	26	29	35	35	DNS	DNS	33
27	Alex Tagliani								18	16	9	26	36	13	13	30	26	15	3			32
28	Paul Eckeridge	42	DNQ	26	20	35	DNQ	23	26	30	11	22	21	26	15	23	19	22	29	23	2	26
29	Natascha Zaugg					33	23	11												3	32	23
30	Casval Rojas	40	21	26	29	DNQ	DNQ	26	29	23	24	25	19	29	8	20	18	20	31	35	4	22
31	Alvaro Gonzalez	26	39	37	14	20	DNQ	19	24	22	12	15	31	22	7	17	11	17	16	24	35	21
32	Massimiliano Bianchi	2	34	DNS	33	DNS																20
33	Michael Andretti	15	38	3	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	Inj	19
34	João Paulo de Oliveira	19	26	23	6	38	7	DNS														19
35	Dennis Mignolet	29	15	14	22	16	32	DNS						15	17	10	17	8	23	36	19	18
36	Mika Häkkinen	22	14	35	7	11	36	DNS														16
37	Sam Hornish Jr.				8	26	8	DNS														16
38	Pedro Renales	31	17	7		DNQ	11	DNS														14
39	Ronald Tenpecost							25	19	29	30	24	25	20	16	34	10	12	28	30	12	14
40	Daniel Melrose																		5			12
41	Memo Gidley						26	18	30	31	29	11	12	18	26	29	33	16	32	34	25	9
42	Gabriela Navarro	41	10	DNQ	16	DNQ	15	DNS														7
43	Artesia Mass	47	DNS	10	19	DNQ	28	DNS														6
44	Marcin Rzepczynski	23	DNQ	11	25	DNQ	DNS															5
45	Ralf Alden	25	25	22	37	12	33	DNS														4
46	Hirokazu Moriya	13	DNQ	DNQ	41	DNQ	DNS															3
47	Kazuki Fushida							24					18	21	14		31					2
=48	Everyone Else																					0

Points system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	22	20	18	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Aftermath

Although the Marcus Kun management was a success with drivers, teams, and fans, and with 2003 season planned in earnest, the operational costs of the series was deemed too high to be continued by Kun's consortium. These factors led to Kun selling CART for 2003.