- IROC XXVI
The 26th season of the
True Value International Race of Champions began on Friday,February 15 ,2002 atDaytona International Speedway . The roster included 12 drivers from five separate racing leagues. The first race saw Tony Stewart earn his second IROC win. Rookie Kevin Harvick won in only his second start in race 2 at California. In the rist ever IROC race at Chicagoland, Buddy Lazier, Al Unser, Jr., and Helio Castroneves gave the IRL a sweep of the top three positions in the race. In race 4 at Indianapolis, Dale Jarett took the lead in turn one of the first lap and led the entire race for his second career IROC victory. Kevin Harvick became just the sixth driver to win the IROC title in his first season of competition, and also became the first driver to win the title while representing the NASCAR Busch Series.The roster of drivers and final points standings were as follows: [ [http://www.racing-reference.info/raceyear?yr=2002&series=I IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info] , Retrieved
March 9 2007 ] [ [http://www.irocracing.com/History/2002/2002_history.html IROC - History: 2002 ] ]__TOC__
Race One (
Daytona International Speedway )#
Tony Stewart
#Sam Hornish, Jr.
#Scott Sharp
#Jack Sprague
#Al Unser, Jr.
#Danny Lasoski
#Bobby Labonte
#Sterling Marlin
#Kevin Harvick
#Buddy Lazier
#Helio Castroneves
#Dale Jarrett Race Two (
California Speedway )#
Kevin Harvick
#Bobby Labonte
#Dale Jarrett
#Sterling Marlin
#Jack Sprague
#Tony Stewart
#Helio Castroneves
#Al Unser, Jr.
#Buddy Lazier
#Scott Sharp
#Sam Hornish, Jr.
#Danny Lasoski Race Three (
Chicagoland Speedway )#
Buddy Lazier
#Al Unser, Jr.
#Helio Castroneves
#Kevin Harvick
#Scott Sharp
#Sam Hornish, Jr.
#Sterling Marlin
#Bobby Labonte
#Dale Jarrett
#Jack Sprague
#Danny Lasoski
#Tony Stewart Race Four (
Indianapolis Motor Speedway )#
Dale Jarrett
#Helio Castroneves
#Ken Schrader
#Buddy Lazier
#Kevin Harvick
#Jack Sprague
#Sterling Marlin
#Scott Sharp
#Bobby Labonte
#Sam Hornish, Jr.
#Tony Stewart References
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