Indy Racing League musim 2002

Pada musim 2002, Indy Racing League (IRL) mengalami masa transisi, dengan dua tim juara CART yang sedang bertahan, Team Penske dan Chip Ganassi Racing, bergabung dalam seri dengan entri penuh waktu. Mesin Oldsmobile diubah mereknya menjadi Chevrolet, dan baik Honda maupun Toyota mengumumkan partisipasi mereka dalam seri mulai tahun 2003, sementara Infiniti mengumumkan penarikannya.

Sam Hornish Jr. memenangkan 5 balapan dalam perjalanannya meraih gelar juara keduanya secara beruntun, unggul dari kehebatan Penske, Hélio Castroneves, pemenang dua balapan termasuk Indy 500 dua kali berturut-turut, dalam perjalanan menuju posisi kedua dalam kejuaraan.

Skuad tim dan pembalap

Tim	Sasis	Mesin	#	Pembalap	Ronde
Team Menard	Dallara	Chevrolet	2	Jaques Lazier	1–4
				P. J. Jones^{[N 1]}	5
				Raul Boesel	5–6
				Mark Dismore	7–11
				Vítor Meira R	12–15
			31	Robby Gordon	5
Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	3	Hélio Castroneves	All
			6	Gil de Ferran	1–14
			6	Max Papis	15
Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	4	Sam Hornish Jr.	All
Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	15	Dan Wheldon R	14–15
Treadway Racing	G-Force Dallara^{[N 2]}	Chevrolet	5	Rick Treadway R	5
			55	Rick Treadway R	1–4, 6, 9
				Arie Luyendyk	5, 11
				Anthony Lazzaro R	7
				Will Langhorne R	12, 14–15
				Robby McGehee	13
Kelley Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	7	Al Unser Jr.	1–9, 12–15
			7	Tony Renna R	10–11
			78	Tony Renna R	12–15
			8	Scott Sharp	All
Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	9	Jeff Ward	All
			22	Kenny Bräck	5
			33	Bruno Junqueira	5
Cahill Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	10	Robby McGehee	1–5
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara	Chevrolet	11	Eliseo Salazar	1–3, 10–15
				Richie Hearn	4
				Greg Ray	5–9
			14	Airton Daré	All
			14	Donnie Beechler^{[N 3]}	1
			41	Donnie Beechler^{[N 3]}	5
			41	Greg Ray	10–13
Bradley Motorsports	Dallara	Infiniti	12	Shigeaki Hattori	2–7
			12	Raul Boesel	9–15
			67	Rick Treadway R	15
Walker Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	15	Oriol Servià	5
Racing Professionals	G-Force Dallara^{[N 4]}	Chevrolet	16	Jon Herb	1–8
Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	17	Tony Kanaan	5
Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	21	Felipe Giaffone	All
PDM Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	18	Tyce Carlson	1–2
				Jeret Schroeder	3
				John de Vries R	6
				Cory Kruseman R	15
			99	Anthony Lazzaro R ^{[N 5]}	5
			99	Jimmy Kite	5
Team Rahal	Dallara	Chevrolet	19	Jimmy Vasser	3, 5
Convergent Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	20	Hideki Noda R	1–3
Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara	Chevrolet	20	Richie Hearn	5, 7–12
				Greg Ray	14–15
				Anthony Lazzaro R	13
			99	Anthony Lazzaro R	1–2, 4
				Richie Hearn	3, 6
				Mark Dismore	5
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	24	Robbie Buhl	1–2, 5–15
				Memo Gidley	3
				Sarah Fisher	4
			23	Sarah Fisher	5, 8–15
Team Green	Dallara	Chevrolet	26	Paul Tracy	5
			27	Dario Franchitti	5
			39	Michael Andretti	5
Indy Regency Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	28	Hideki Noda R	13–15
310 Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	31	George Mack R	All
Duesenberg Brothers Racing CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports	Dallara	Chevrolet	32	Johnny Herbert^{[N 6]}	5
			32	Memo Gidley	5
			54	Robby McGehee	7–9
Conquest Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	34	Laurent Redon R	All
Brayton Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	37	John de Vries R ^{[N 7]}	1–5
Brayton Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	37	Scott Harrington	5, 11
Blair Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	44	Alex Barron	All
Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	51	Eddie Cheever	All
			52	Tomas Scheckter R	1–12
			52	Buddy Rice R	13–15
			53	Buddy Rice R	11–12
				Max Papis	5
				Robby McGehee	15
Zali Racing	G-Force	Chevrolet	81	Billy Roe	1, 5
Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	91	Buddy Lazier	All
CURB/Agajanian/Boat Indy Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet Infiniti^{[N 8]}	98	Billy Boat	All

Hasil lomba

Rnd	Lomba	Pole position	Fastest lap	Memimpin terbanyak	Pemenang
1	Homestead	Sam Hornish Jr.	Jeff Ward	Sam Hornish Jr.	Sam Hornish Jr.
2	Phoenix	Hélio Castroneves	Robbie Buhl	Sam Hornish Jr.	Hélio Castroneves
3	Fontana	Eddie Cheever	Tomas Scheckter	Sam Hornish Jr.	Sam Hornish Jr.
4	Nazareth	Gil de Ferran	Tomas Scheckter	Gil de Ferran	Scott Sharp
5	Indianapolis	Bruno Junqueira	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter	Hélio Castroneves
6	Texas 1	Tomas Scheckter	Eddie Cheever	Tomas Scheckter	Jeff Ward
7	Pikes Peak	Gil de Ferran	Felipe Giaffone	Gil de Ferran	Gil de Ferran
8	Richmond	Gil de Ferran	Buddy Lazier	Gil de Ferran	Sam Hornish Jr.
9	Kansas	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter	Airton Daré
10	Nashville	Billy Boat	Tomas Scheckter	Sam Hornish Jr.	Alex Barron
11	Michigan	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter
12	Kentucky	Sarah Fisher	Tomas Scheckter	Felipe Giaffone	Felipe Giaffone
13	Gateway	Gil de Ferran	Sam Hornish Jr.	Hélio Castroneves	Gil de Ferran
14	Chicagoland	Sam Hornish Jr.	Buddy Rice	Sam Hornish Jr.	Sam Hornish Jr.
15	Texas 2	Vítor Meira	Buddy Rice	Hélio Castroneves	Sam Hornish Jr.

BOLD indicates a Superspeedway. Note: All races running on Oval/Speedway.

Catatan kaki

^ Injured during a practice crash at Indianapolis.
^ Used by Anthony Lazzaro at Pikes Peak; entry run in cooperation with Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
^ Injured during a practice crash at Homestead.
^ Raced from Texas onwards; both chassis were used during the Indy 500 month.
^ Replaced during the second week of Indy 500 practice.
^ Withdrew during Bump Day due to a racing conflict.
^ Replaced at Indianapolis ahead of Bump Day.
^ Used from Kansas onwards.

[Jones-1] Injured during a practice crash at Indianapolis.

[Dallara-2] Used by Anthony Lazzaro at Pikes Peak; entry run in cooperation with Sam Schmidt Motorsports.

[Beechler-3] Injured during a practice crash at Homestead.

[Herb-4] Raced from Texas onwards; both chassis were used during the Indy 500 month.

[Lazzaro-5] Replaced during the second week of Indy 500 practice.

[Herbert-6] Withdrew during Bump Day due to a racing conflict.

[de_Vries-7] Replaced at Indianapolis ahead of Bump Day.

[Boat-8] Used from Kansas onwards.

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