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.

Contents 1 Calendar 2 Race Summaries 2.1 Kansas 100 2.2 Nashville 100 2.3 Michigan 100 2.4 Kentucky 100 2.5 Gateway 100 2.6 Chicagoland 100 2.7 BG Products 100 3 Final points standings 4 Complete Overview 5 External links

[edit] Calendar

Race No	Track	State	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Most Leading Laps	Fastest Race Lap
1	Kansas Speedway	Kansas	July 7, 2002	67	2.414=161.735 km	1'00:32.7512	160.277 km/h	A. J. Foyt IV	A. J. Foyt IV	A. J. Foyt IV	Arie Luyendyk, Jr.
2	Nashville Superspeedway	Tennessee	July 20, 2002	77	2.140=164.808 km	0'37:04.5686	266.707 km/h	Cory Witherill	Ronnie Johncox	Cory Witherill	Aaron Fike
3	Michigan International Speedway	Illinois	July 28, 2002	30	3.2186=96.558 km	0'26:34.3073	218.031 km/h	A. J. Foyt IV	Arie Luyendyk, Jr.	A. J. Foyt IV	Jason Priestley
4	Kentucky Speedway	Kentucky	August 11, 2002	67	2.414=161.735 km	0'39:17.5196	246.974 km/h	A. J. Foyt IV	A. J. Foyt IV	A. J. Foyt IV	Cory Witherill
5	Gateway International Raceway	Illinois	August 25, 2002	80	2.011625=160.93 km	1'00:15.3180	160.248 km/h	Ryan Hampton	Ryan Hampton	Ryan Hampton	Ryan Hampton
6	Chicagoland Speedway	Illinois	September 8, 2002	67	2.414=161.735 km	0'39:14.0401	247.339 km/h	Aaron Fike	A. J. Foyt IV	Arie Luyendyk, Jr.	Gary Peterson
7	Texas Motor Speedway	Texas	September 14, 2002	67	2.414=161.735 km	0'43:51.6391	221.248 km/h	A. J. Foyt IV	A. J. Foyt IV	A. J. Foyt IV	Tom Wood

[edit] Race Summaries

[edit] Kansas 100

The Kansas 100 was held July 7 at Kansas Speedway. A.J. Foyt IV won the pole.

Top 5 Results

1. A.J. Foyt IV
2. Jason Priestley
3. Cory Witherill
4. Mike Koss
5. Ed Carpenter

[edit] Nashville 100

The Nashville 100 was held July 20 at Nashville Superspeedway. Ronnie Johncox won the pole.

Top 5 Results

1. Cory Witherill
2. Arie Luyendyk, Jr.
3. Aaron Fike
4. A.J. Foyt IV
5. Ed Carpenter

[edit] Michigan 100

The Michigan 100 was held July 28 at Michigan International Speedway. Arie Luyendyk, Jr. won the pole.

Top 5 Results

1. A.J. Foyt IV
2. Arie Luyendyk, Jr.
3. Ed Carpenter
4. Aaron Fike
5. Ronnie Johncox

[edit] Kentucky 100

The Kentucky 100 was held August 11 at Kentucky Speedway. A.J. Foyt IV won the pole. During practice, Jason Priestley crashed and suffered serious injuries, ending his racing career. He would fully recover.

Top 5 Results

1. A.J. Foyt IV
2. Ed Carpenter
3. Cory Witherill
4. Ronnie Johncox
5. Matt Beardsley

[edit] Gateway 100

The Gateway 100 was held August 25 at Gateway International Raceway. Ryan Hampton won the pole.

Top 5 Results

1. Ryan Hampton
2. Arie Luyendyk, Jr.
3. Ed Carpenter
4. G.J. Mennen
5. Curtis Francois

[edit] Chicagoland 100

The Chicagoland 100 was held September 8 at Chicagoland Speedway. A.J. Foyt IV won the pole.

Top 5 Results

1. Aaron Fike
2. Arie Luyendyk, Jr.
3. Tom Wood
4. Marty Roth
5. Ronnie Johncox

[edit] BG Products 100

The BG Products 100 was held September 14 at Texas Motor Speedway. A.J. Foyt IV won the pole.

Top 5 Results

1. A.J. Foyt IV
2. Cory Witherill
3. Ryan Hampton
4. Gary Peterson
5. Ed Carpenter

[edit] Final points standings

For every race points were awarded to all starters: 50 points to the winner, 40 for runner up, 35 for third place, 32 for fourth place, 30 for fifth place, 28 for sixth place, 26 seventh place, 24 eighth place, 22 for ninth place, 20 for tenth place, winding down to 1 points for 28th place. Additional points were awarded to the driver leading the most laps (2 point). No additional points were awarded for the qualifying.

Place	Name	Country	Team	Total Points
1	A. J. Foyt IV	United States	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	290	52	32	52	52	22	28	52
2	Arie Luyendyk, Jr.	Netherlands	Luyendyk Racing	236	20	40	40	28	40	42	26
3	Ed Carpenter	United States	Sinden Racing	226	30	30	35	40	35	26	30
4	Cory Witherill	United States	Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports	213	35	52	15	35	19	17	40
5	Aaron Fike	United States	Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports	186	19	35	32	16	16	50	18
6	Ronnie Johncox	United States	Rev1 Racing	180	22	18	30	32	24	30	24
7	Gary Peterson	United States	Automatic Fire Sprinklers Racing	163	26	17	20	24	20	24	32
8	G. J. Mennen	United States	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	161	24	24	22	15	32	22	22
9	Ryan Hampton	United States	Hampton Racing/Conti-Genoa-Frost Racing	147	-	-	26	18	52	16	35
10	Marty Roth	Canada	Brian Stewart Racing	138	28	22	19	17	-	32	20
11	Rolando Quintanilla	Mexico	Roquin Motorsports	137	-	19	28	26	28	20	16
12	Mike Koss	United States	Bowes Seal Fast Racing	123	32	20	14	19	-	19	19
13	Matt Beardsley	United States	Beardsley Motorsports	107	-	26	16	30	18	-	17
14	Jason Priestley	Canada	Kelley Racing	99	40	28	17	14	-	-	-
15	Tom Wood	Canada	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	83	-	-	-	20	-	35	28
16	Tony Turco	United States	Bowes Seal Fast Racing	57	-	-	-	22	17	18	-
17	Matthew Halliday	New Zealand	Bowes Seal Fast Racing	44	18	-	-	-	26	-	-
18	Curtis Francois	United States	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	30	-	-	-	-	30	-	-
19	Dave Steele	United States	Bowes Seal Fast Racing	24	-	-	24	-	-	-	-
20	Jeff Tillman	United States	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	18	-	-	18	-	-	-	-

[edit] Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

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

Place	Name	Country	Team
1	A. J. Foyt IV	United States	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	1	1	10	4	2	1	1	1	5	R9	1	6	1	1
2	Arie Luyendyk, Jr.	Netherlands	Luyendyk Racing	7	R10	2	2	1	2	6	6	4	2	2	2	3	7
3	Ed Carpenter	United States	Sinden Racing	5	5	3	5	6	3	5	2	8	3	8	7	13	5
4	Cory Witherill	United States	Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports	12	3	5	1	11	NS15	4	3	2	R11	6	R13	4	2
5	Aaron Fike	United States	Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports	4	R11	12	3	7	4	15	14	12	R14	9	1	5	12
6	Ronnie Johncox	United States	Rev1 Racing	2	R9	1	R12	4	5	3	4	10	8	5	5	2	8
7	Gary Peterson	United States	Automatic Fire Sprinklers Racing	9	7	8	NS13	16	10	13	8	6	R10	14	8	10	4
8	G. J. Mennen	United States	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	10	8	7	8	3	9	7	R15	7	4	7	9	9	9
9	Ryan Hampton	United States	Hampton Racing/Conti-Genoa-Frost Racing	-	-	-	-	12	7	11	12	1	1	12	R14	12	3
10	Marty Roth	Canada	Brian Stewart Racing	8	6	9	9	15	11	14	13	-	-	13	4	8	10
11	Rolando Quintanilla	Mexico	Roquin Motorsports	-	-	13	R11	10	6	10	7	9	6	11	10	7	R14
12	Mike Koss	United States	Bowes Seal Fast Racing	11	4	11	10	13	NS16	16	11	-	-	10	11	14	11
13	Matt Beardsley	United States	Beardsley Motorsports	-	-	6	7	9	14	8	5	14	R12	-	-	11	R13
14	Jason Priestley	Canada	Kelley Racing	3	2	4	6	5	13	2	NS16	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Tom Wood	Canada	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	-	-	3	3	6	6
16	Tony Turco	United States	Bowes Seal Fast Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	9	11	R13	14	12	-	-
17	Matthew Halliday	New Zealand	Bowes Seal Fast Racing	6	R12	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	7	-	-	-	-
18	Curtis Francois	United States	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-
19	Dave Steele	United States	Bowes Seal Fast Racing	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	Jeff Tillman	United States	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	-	-	-	-	14	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] External links

• Indy Racing League- official site

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