| Star Mazda Series North American Championship | ||||||
| Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | ||||||
| Official Qualifying | ||||||
| Saturday, September 21, 2002 | ||||||
| Pos. | No. | Name | Laptime | Speed | Team | Home Town |
| 1 | 76 | Moses Smith | 01:28.460 | 91.078 | R Sport | Chandler, AZ |
| 2 | 46 | Luis Schiavo | 01:28.839 | 90.690 | Racers Edge | |
| 3 | 11 | Michael McDowell | 01:28.950 | 90.577 | Star Race Cars | Glendale, AZ |
| 4 | 73 | Joe Pruskowski | 01:29.060 | 90.465 | Quantum Autosports | Woodinville, WA |
| 5 | 75 | Justin Pruskowski | 01:29.071 | 90.454 | Quantum Autosports | Woodinville, WA |
| 6 | 70 | Tim Jennings | 01:29.228 | 90.295 | JENNINGS | Downers Grove, IL |
| 7 | 42 | Mike Anderson | 01:29.341 | 90.180 | DARE | Anza, CA |
| 8 | 23 | Tom Nastasi | 01:29.430 | 90.091 | Lightspeed | Stamford, CT |
| 9 | 28 | Pierre Ehret | 01:29.471 | 90.049 | Team Bucknum | Munich, Ger. |
| 10 | 30 | Bret Arsenault | 01:29.681 | 89.838 | Team Bucknum | Edmonds, WA |
| 11 | 31 | John Olsen | 01:29.702 | 89.817 | Team Bucknum | Bakersfield, CA |
| 12 | 9 | Scott Kusy | 01:29.761 | 89.758 | R Sport | Scottsdale, AZ |
| 13 | 60 | Phil Fogg Jr. | 01:29.790 | 89.729 | Portland, OR | |
| 14 | 7 | Ed Zabinski | 01:29.968 | 89.552 | JZ Racing | Monterey, CA |
| 15 | 43 | Glenn Cooper | 01:30.117 | 89.404 | TmCoop | Roswell, GA |
| 16 | 18 | Jim Hall II | 01:30.272 | 89.250 | JHR | Ventura. CA |
| 17 | 37 | Bob Negron | 01:30.275 | 89.247 | Raceland | San Jose, CA |
| 18 | 65 | Rob Walker | 01:30.498 | 89.027 | Star Race Cars | Upland, CA |
| 19 | 33 | Rick Waddell | 01:30.555 | 88.971 | Team Bucknum | Roswell, GA |
| 20 | 56 | Dan Tomlin III | 01:30.916 | 88.618 | Tm Tomlin | Dallas, TX |
| 21 | 77 | Brian Thienes | 01:30.950 | 88.585 | Huntington Beach, CA | |
| 22 | 69 | Aaron Ogus | 01:31.029 | 88.508 | Lightspeed | Toronto, Ont. |
| 23 | 88 | Dan Weyland | 01:31.231 | 88.312 | Eurosport | |
| 24 | 39 | Phil Fogg | 01:31.290 | 88.255 | ||
| 25 | 59 | Bryan Willman | 01:31.330 | 88.216 | Team Bucknum | Kirkland, WA |
| 26 | 16 | Brad Pollard | 01:31.403 | 88.146 | ||
| 27 | 67 | Matt Kurdock | 01:31.835 | 87.731 | R Sport | Portland, OR |
| 28 | 24 | Jon Brownson | 01:31.857 | 87.710 | Eurosport | Breckenridge, CO |
| 29 | 44 | John Faulkner | 01:31.886 | 87.683 | Racers Edge | Pittsford, NY |
| 30 | 19 | Brian McAtee | 01:31.935 | 87.636 | San Clemente, CA | |
| 31 | 32 | Steve Cook | 01:31.991 | 87.582 | Team Bucknum | New Orleans, LA |
| 32 | 55 | Anthony Downs | 01:32.077 | 87.501 | Eurosport | Santa Monica, CA |
| 33 | 74 | Larry Couture | 01:32.404 | 87.191 | Team Hope | Claremont, CA |
| 34 | 98 | Randy Wars | 01:33.154 | 86.489 | JZ Racing | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 35 | 12 | Kelly Gallant | 01:33.257 | 86.394 | Star Race Cars | |
| 36 | 14 | Peter Stingray | 01:33.281 | 86.371 | Star Race Cars | |
| 37 | 58 | Dan Tomlin Jr. | 01:36.235 | 83.720 | Tm Tomlin | Dallas, TX |
| 38 | 45 | Guy Cosmo* | Time Disallowed | 90.921 | Racers Edge | Long Island, NY |
| 39 | 96 | John Mefford* | Time Disallowed | 90.689 | Racers Edge | |
| * Times Disallowed per Chief Steward for Technical Infraction | ||||||