Difference between revisions of "2002 Alternate CART season"

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The 2002 CART season was the twenty-fourth in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing and the first 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 Rojo 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-
				56	Dietrich Anger	1-
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
10	Sure For Men Rockingham 500	Corby, United Kingdom	July 28
11	DHL Grand Prix of Thruxton	Hampshire, England	August 4
12	Daily Express Indy Silverstone	Northamptonshire, England	August 11
13	The German 500	Klettwitz, Germany	August 18
14	The Alstom Trophy	Dijon, France	August 25
15	Grand Prix of Miami	Homestead, Florida	September 7
16	Pocono 500	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	September 14
17	Bridgestone Potenza 500	Motegi, Japan	October 13
18	Honda Indy 300	Surfers Paradise, Australia	October 20
19	Molson Indy Montreal	Montreal, Quebec	November 3
20	The 500 Presented by Toyota	Fontana, California	November 17

Final driver standings