Team: Andretti/Green Racing
Nationality: Scottish
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STATS (CART)
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Year
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Rank
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Wins
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Top 5
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Top 10
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Poles
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Best finish
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2002
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4
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3
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8
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12
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1
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1st, three times
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Career
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10
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38
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58
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11
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1st, 10 times
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2002 recap
The good: Scored victories at Vancouver, Montreal and England, plus a second at Monterrey and three more podiums. Also captured pole at Chicago.
Season highlight: Led 43 laps and bested series champ Cristiano da Matta in CART's debut at Montreal.
The bad: Posted seven DNFs in 19 starts.
Season lowlight: Leading season finale at Mexico City but overshot pits on final stop and wound up fifth.
2003 outlook
The 29-year-old road racer was pursued by CART but opted to stay with Andretti/Green Racing and join IRL to team with Tony Kanaan and Michael Andretti.
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