| Star Mazda Series North American Championship | ||||||
| Road Atlanta | ||||||
| First Practice Session | ||||||
| October 9, 2002 | ||||||
| Pos. | No. | Name | Best Lap | Speed | Team | Home Town |
| 1 | 46 | Luis Schiavo | 01:26.383 | 105.854 | Racers Edge | |
| 2 | 76 | Moses Smith | 01:26.486 | 105.728 | R Sport | Chandler, AZ |
| 3 | 23 | Tom Nastasi | 01:26.791 | 105.357 | Lightspeed | Stamford, CT |
| 4 | 45 | Guy Cosmo | 01:26.956 | 105.157 | Racers Edge | Long Island, NY |
| 5 | 75 | Justin Pruskowski | 01:27.249 | 104.803 | Quantum Autosports | Woodinville, WA |
| 6 | 31 | John Olsen | 01:27.446 | 104.567 | Team Bucknum | Bakersfield, CA |
| 7 | 87 | Doug Peterson | 01:27.774 | 104.177 | Lightspeed | |
| 8 | 96 | John Mefford | 01:27.907 | 104.019 | Racers Edge | |
| 9 | 17 | Dick Downs | 01:27.957 | 103.960 | Eurosport | St. James, MN |
| 10 | 65 | Rob Walker | 01:28.270 | 103.591 | Star Race Cars | Upland, CA |
| 11 | 47 | Michael Stephens | 01:28.409 | 103.428 | Stephens Motorsports | Sarasota, FL |
| 12 | 43 | Glenn Cooper | 01:28.496 | 103.327 | TmCoop | Roswell, GA |
| 13 | 93 | Ian Henderson | 01:28.529 | 103.288 | Formula World Racing | Seattle, WA |
| 14 | 69 | Aaron Ogus | 01:28.611 | 103.193 | Lightspeed | Toronto, Ont. |
| 15 | 9 | Scott Kusy | 01:29.077 | 102.653 | R Sport | Scottsdale, AZ |
| 16 | 28 | Pierre Ehret | 01:29.214 | 102.495 | Team Bucknum | Munich, Ger. |
| 17 | 40 | John Intile | 01:29.264 | 102.438 | ||
| 18 | 44 | John Faulkner | 01:29.374 | 102.312 | Racers Edge | Pittsford, NY |
| 19 | 88 | Dan Weyland | 01:29.411 | 102.269 | Eurosport | |
| 20 | 35 | Tom Mabey | 01:29.715 | 101.923 | Eurosport | Bountiful, Utah |
| 21 | 19 | Bryan Watts | 01:29.757 | 101.875 | Velocity | Raleigh, NC |
| 22 | 24 | Jon Brownson | 01:29.774 | 101.856 | Eurosport | Breckenridge, CO |
| 23 | 32 | Steve Cook | 01:29.800 | 101.826 | Team Bucknum | New Orleans, LA |
| 24 | 73 | Joe Pruskowski | 01:29.821 | 101.802 | Quantum Autosports | Woodinville, WA |
| 25 | 58 | Dan Tomlin Jr. | 01:30.329 | 101.230 | Tm Tomlin | Dallas, TX |
| 26 | 68 | Steve Weber | 01:30.552 | 100.981 | Rotary Rockets | Libertyville, IL |
| 27 | 72 | Ginni Swanton | 01:30.655 | 100.866 | Team Bucknum | Kirkland, WA |
| 28 | 56 | Dan Tomlin III | 01:30.979 | 100.507 | Tm Tomlin | Dallas, TX |
| 29 | 36 | Mishael Abbott | 01:31.153 | 100.315 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Peter Stingray | 01:31.737 | 99.676 | Maui, HI | |
| 31 | 78 | Brad Drew | 01:32.122 | 99.260 | Drew Racing | |
| 32 | 98 | Randy Wars | 01:32.330 | 99.036 | Zabinski Racing | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 33 | 55 | Lucas Downs | 01:34.288 | 96.979 | Eurosport | Santa Monica, CA |
| 34 | 53 | Jack Morris | 01:35.867 | 95.382 | Inspire Motorsports | Bethesda, MD |
| 35 | 91 | Larry DiBiase | 01:38.264 | 93.055 | Formula World Racing | Duluth, Ga. |