 It began March 16, 2002 and ended October 12, 2002 after 10 races.Following the demise of the European Le Mans Series, the North American schedule was greatly expanded to ten races.Several temporary street courses were added in cities such as Miami, Florida and Washington D. C., while the Portland International Raceway and Texas Motor Speedway did not return, leaving the ALMS without any road course ovals on the schedule.