Team: Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
Car/sponsor/make: No. 41 Target Dodge

	Mears

STATS
Year	Rank	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Best finish
2002
Career

2002 recap
Mears competed full-time in the Busch Series, finishing 21st in points.

2003 outlook
What needs to be done: Mears and Jamie McMurray make up Ganassi's rookie tandem. Mears has got good equipment and a great mentor in Sterling Marlin, who also drives for Ganassi. If he can continue to adapt to the feel of a stock car (like his uncle, four-time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears, Casey used to drive open wheel) than he'll be fine.

Prediction: Mears may not be a contender for the title, but he'll certainly be a threat for the rookie of the year award.

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