His Chicagoland crash last September in the penultimate event on the Indy Racing League 2002 calendar forced de Ferran to sit out the closer at Texas Motor Speedway one week later .
De Ferran still managed to cop third place in the point standings .
His Chicagoland crash last September in the penultimate event on the Indy Racing League 2002 calendar forced de Ferran to sit out the closer at Texas Motor Speedway one week later , yet he still managed to cop third place in the point standings .