2002 Infiniti Pro Series

The 2002 IRL Infiniti Pro Series was the series' first season. The IPS served as a new developmental series to the Indy Racing League. All drivers utilized Dallara chassis and Infiniti engines. A. J. Foyt IV was the series champion.

2002 Infiniti Pro Series season
IRL Infiniti Pro Series
Season
Races7
Start dateJuly 7
End dateSeptember 14
Awards
Drivers' champion A. J. Foyt IV
Teams' championA. J. Foyt Enterprises

Team and driver chart
Team No. Drivers Rounds
Sinden Racing Service[1] 2 Ed Carpenter[2] All
Brian Stewart Racing[3] 3 Marty Roth[4] 1–4, 6–7
Luyendyk Racing[5] 5 Arie Luyendyk Jr.[5] All
Kelley Racing[6] 7 Jason Priestley[6] 1–4
REV 1 Racing[7] 8 Ronnie Johncox[7] All
Sam Schmidt Motorsports[8] 9 Jeff Tillman[9] 3
Tom Wood[10] 4, 6–7
Curtis Francois[11] 5
99 G. J. Mennen[8] All
Roquin Motorsports[12] 11 Rolando Quintanilla[13] 2–7
Beardsley Motorsports[14] 12 Matt Beardsley[14] 2–5, 7
A. J. Foyt Enterprises[15] 14 A. J. Foyt IV[15] All
Automatic Fire Sprinklers[16] 27 Gary Peterson[16] All
Conti-Genoa-Frost Racing[17] 34 Ryan Hampton[18] 3–7
Bowes Seal Fast Racing[19] 37 Mike Koss[19] 1–4, 6–7
Matthew Halliday[8] 5
38 1
43 Dave Steele[20] 3
Tony Turco[10] 4–6
Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports[21] 91 Aaron Fike[22] All
92 Cory Witherill[23] All

Schedule
Rd. Date Track Location
1 July 7 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas
2 July 20 Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee
3 July 28 Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan
4 August 11 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Kentucky
5 August 25 Gateway International Raceway Madison, Illinois
6 September 8 Chicagoland Speedway Joliet, Illinois
7 September 14 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas

Race results
Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 Kansas A. J. Foyt IV Arie Luyendyk Jr. A. J. Foyt IV A. J. Foyt IV A. J. Foyt Enterprises
2 Nashville Ronnie Johncox Aaron Fike Cory Witherill Cory Witherill Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports
3 Michigan Arie Luyendyk Jr. Jason Priestley A. J. Foyt IV A. J. Foyt IV A. J. Foyt Enterprises
4 Kentucky A. J. Foyt IV Cory Witherill A. J. Foyt IV A. J. Foyt IV A. J. Foyt Enterprises
5 Gateway Ryan Hampton Ryan Hampton Ryan Hampton Ryan Hampton Conti-Genoa-Frost Racing
6 Chicagoland A. J. Foyt IV Gary Peterson Arie Luyendyk Jr. Aaron Fike Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports
7 Texas A. J. Foyt IV Tom Wood A. J. Foyt IV A. J. Foyt IV A. J. Foyt Enterprises

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship
Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th 
Points 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14
  • The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point.
  • An additional point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.
Pos Driver KAN NSH MIS KEN GAT CHI TXS Points
1 A. J. Foyt IV 1* 4 1* 1* 9 6 1* 290
2 Arie Luyendyk Jr. 10 2 2 6 2 2* 7 236
3 Ed Carpenter 5 5 3 2 3 7 5 226
4 Cory Witherill 3 1* 15 3 11 13 2 213
5 Aaron Fike 11 3 4 14 14 1 12 186
6 Ronnie Johncox 9 12 5 4 8 5 8 180
7 Gary Peterson 7 DNS 10 8 10 8 4 163
8 G. J. Mennen 8 8 9 15 4 9 9 161
9 Ryan Hampton 7 12 1* 14 3 147
10 Marty Roth 6 9 11 13 4 10 138
11 Rolando Quintanilla 11 6 7 6 10 14 137
12 Mike Koss 4 10 16 11 11 11 123
13 Matt Beardsley 7 14 5 12 13 107
14 Jason Priestley 2 6 13 DNS 99
15 Tom Wood 10 3 6 83
16 Tony Turco 9 13 12 57
17 Matthew Halliday 12 7 44
18 Curtis Francois 5 30
19 Dave Steele 8 24
20 Jeff Tillman 12 18
Pos Driver KAN NSH MIS KEN GAT CHI TXS Points
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
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


In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
(1 point)
1 Qualifying cancelled
no bonus point awarded
  • Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

Complete Overview
first column of every race10= grid position
second column of every race10= race result

R9=retired, but classified NS15=did not start, but classified

PlaceNameCountryTeam
1A. J. Foyt IV United StatesA. J. Foyt Enterprises1110421115R91611
2Arie Luyendyk Jr. NetherlandsLuyendyk Racing7R10221266422237
3Ed Carpenter United StatesSinden Racing553563528387135
4Cory Witherill United StatesHemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports1235111NS15432R116R1342
5Aaron Fike United StatesHemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports4R1112374151412R1491512
6Ronnie Johncox United StatesRev1 Racing2R91R1245341085528
7Gary Peterson United StatesAutomatic Fire Sprinklers Racing978NS1316101386R10148104
8G. J. Mennen United StatesSam Schmidt Motorsports10878397R15747999
9Ryan Hampton United StatesHampton Racing/Conti-Genoa-Frost Racing----12711121112R14123
10Marty Roth CanadaBrian Stewart Racing869915111413--134810
11Rolando Quintanilla MexicoRoquin Motorsports--13R111061079611107R14
12Mike Koss United StatesBowes Seal Fast Racing114111013NS161611--10111411
13Matt Beardsley United StatesBeardsley Motorsports--679148514R12--11R13
14Jason Priestley CanadaKelley Racing32465132NS16------
15Tom Wood CanadaSam Schmidt Motorsports------910--3366
16Tony Turco United StatesBowes Seal Fast Racing------12911R131412--
17Matthew Halliday New ZealandBowes Seal Fast Racing6R12------137----
18Curtis Francois United StatesSam Schmidt Motorsports--------35----
19Dave Steele United StatesBowes Seal Fast Racing----88--------
20Jeff Tillman United StatesSam Schmidt Motorsports----1412--------

References
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  2. "Sinden sign Carpenter for Pro Series assault". Crash.net. January 26, 2002.
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  4. "Roth teams with Stewart in Infiniti Pro Series". Crash.net. April 2, 2002.
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  6. "Priestley, Kelley Racing enter Infiniti series". Crash.net. April 17, 2002.
  7. "Johncox enters IPS as owner/driver". Crash.net. June 29, 2002.
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  12. "Roquin to field cars in Infiniti Pro Series". Crash.net. February 12, 2002.
  13. "Nashville: Pre-race quotes". Motorsport.com. July 15, 2002.
  14. "Beardsley to compete in Infiniti Pro Series". Crash.net. July 16, 2002.
  15. "AJ Foyt IV to race in Infiniti Pro Series". Crash.net. May 29, 2002.
  16. "Owner/driver Peterson joins Infiniti Pro Series". Crash.net. June 18, 2002.
  17. "Genoa places order for Infiniti Pro Series car". Crash.net. December 19, 2001.
  18. "Hampton to make IPS debut at Michigan". Crash.net. July 26, 2002.
  19. "Bowes Seal Fast Racing To Enter Infiniti Pro Series". Infiniti Pro Series. April 12, 2002. Archived from the original on February 24, 2003.
  20. "Michigan Indy 400 Notes - Friday, July 26". Indy Racing League. July 26, 2002. Archived from the original on August 16, 2002.
  21. "Hemelgarn announces Infiniti Pro series team". Crash.net. November 30, 2001.
  22. "Hemelgarn/Johnson Motorsports name Fike 2002 driver". Motorsport.com. March 15, 2002.
  23. "Cory Witherill signs with Hemelgarn/Johnson Motorsports". Motorsport.com. March 23, 2002.
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