2002 Queensland 500

2002 Supercar Championship event February 2020 October 2011 Queensland 2002 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 9 13 2002 V8SC Queensland Raceway (Australia) track map -- National Circuit.svg 13–15 September Ipswich, Queensland Queensland Raceway Mixed 161 500 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing 1:10.8726 David BesnardSimon Wills Stone Brothers Racing 3:38:04.2825 David BesnardSimon Wills Stone Brothers Racing 400 Steven RichardsRussell Ingall Perkins Engineering 320 Garth TanderJason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport 256 thumb|David Besnard and Simon Wills won the race driving a Ford Falcon AU. The car is pictured in 2018. The 2002 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 was an endurance race for V8 Supercars staged at Queensland Raceway, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia on 15 September 2002. Race distance was 161 laps of the 3.121 km circuit, totalling 502 km. The event was round nine of the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was the fourth and last Queensland 500 to be held for V8 Supercars, although the race name was revived in 2006 for a club level endurance race for Sports and Touring Cars. The race was won by David Besnard and Simon Wills aboard a Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon after late-race leaders, Greg Murphy and Todd Kelly, ran out of fuel with two laps remaining.2017-07-26 MEMORY LANE: 2002 Queensland 500 https://speedcafe.com/memory-lane-2002-queensland-500/ 2002-09-16 Speedcafe en-AU2017-07-26 Besnard claims upset supercar win for Ford https://www.theage.com.au/sport/motorsport/besnard-claims-upset-supercar-win-for-ford-20020916-gdulfx.html 2026-08-20 The Age en-AU Background The Queensland 500 event was first held in 1999 and would host its foruth iteration in 2002. The racing program would play host to four support categories - Formula Ford, Porsche Cup, Sports Sedans and Improved Production.2002-04-16 Queensland 500 fact sheet https://au.motorsport.com/v8supercars/news/queensland-500-fact-sheet/1916512/ 2026-08-20 Motorsport.com en-AU Heading into the event, Mark Skaife led the championship by 679 points over nearest competitor and Holden Racing Team teammate, Jason Bright. For this race, both Skaife and Bright would be paired together while the second car would be occupied by veterans Jim Richards and Tomas Mezera. Unlike most top teams, Stone Brothers Racing elected to keep their full-time drivers separate for the endurance events. Marcos Ambrose would be joined by Paul Weel who vacated his own team for the endurance season. Said team would be occupied by Mark Porter and Geoff Full. David Besnard meanwhile would be joined by Simon Wills who had been recently displaced as a full-time driver from Briggs Motorsport. Defending event champions, Steven Johnson and Paul Radisich, struggled throughout the course of the year as Dick Johnson Racing encountered persistent performance issues with their cars. Multiple drivers would make their V8 Supercar debuts this weekend, including motorcycling ace Daryl Beattie, future Indycar champion Will Power and future V8 Supercar champion, Jamie Whincup. Whincup would also win the Australian Formula Ford Championship that same weekend. Qualifying Provisional Pos No Driver Team Vehicle Time 1 4 AUS Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:10.7937 2 9 AUS David Besnard Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:10.8019 3 1 AUS Jason Bright Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 1:10.9161 4 66 BRA Max Wilson Briggs Motor Sport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:10.9680 5 51 NZL Greg Murphy Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.0039 6 21 AUS John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.0527 7 02 AUS Rick Kelly Holden Young Lions Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.1974 8 54 NZL Craig Baird Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.2306 9 15 GBR Andy Priaulx Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.2855 10 65 AUS Matthew White Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.3047 11 11 AUS Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.3624 12 16 AUS Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.3927 13 31 AUS Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.4224 14 5 AUS Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.4441 15 10 AUS Mark Larkham Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.4686 Drivers above proceeded to the shootout 16 34 AUS Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.4796 17 17 NZL Paul Radisich Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.5058 18 40 AUS Cameron McLean Paragon Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.5292 19 3 AUS Cameron McConville Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.5464 20 2 NZL Jim Richards Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.5998 21 021 NZL Jason Richards Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VT) 1:11.6002 22 18 AUS Greg Ritter Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.6212 23 00 AUS Craig Lowndes 00 Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.6953 24 888 GBR John Cleland Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.7096 25 600 AUS Steve Owen Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.7699 26 7 AUS Rodney Forbes 00 Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.7863 27 29 AUS Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.8167 28 46 NZL John Faulkner John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.8487 29 161 AUS Greg Crick Halliday Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.8935 30 75 AUS Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:12.1289 31 35 AUS Jamie Whincup Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 1:12.1637 32 22 AUS Dugal McDougall McDougall Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 1:12.3242 33 43 NZL Mark Porter Paul Weel Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:12.3702 34 14 AUS Daryl Beattie Imrie Motor Sport Holden Commodore (VX) 1:12.8706 35 76 AUS Andrew Miedecke Matthew White Racing Holden Commodore (VT) 1:13.5453 Top 15 Shootout Pos No Driver Team Vehicle Time 1 4 Australia Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:10.8726 2 1 Australia Jason Bright Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 1:10.9174 3 21 Australia John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.1053 4 9 Australia David Besnard Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.1886 5 51 New Zealand Greg Murphy Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.3777 6 66 Brazil Max Wilson Briggs Motor Sport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.3900 7 02 Australia Rick Kelly Holden Young Lions Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.4080 8 16 Australia Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.4485 9 11 Australia Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.8369 10 54 New Zealand Craig Baird Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 1:11.9253 11 10 Australia Mark Larkham Larkham Motor Sport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.9604 12 65 Australia Matthew White Briggs Motor Sport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:11.9950 13 15 UK Andy Priaulx Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia Holden Commodore (VX) 1:12.0921 14 31 Australia Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:12.3594 15 5 Australia Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:13.0188 Race Pos. Position No. Car number Drivers Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Starting grid position Pts 1 9 AUS David BesnardNZL Simon Wills Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 161 03:38:04.2825 4 400 2 16 AUS Russell IngallNZL Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 161 + 2.4729 8 320 3 34 AUS Garth TanderAUS Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 161 + 6.0250 16 256 4 2 NZL Jim RichardsAUS Tomas Mezera Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 161 + 7.0601 20 208 5 4 AUS Marcos AmbroseAUS Paul Weel Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 161 + 7.8564 1 176 6 00 AUS Craig LowndesAUS Neil Crompton 00 Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 161 + 8.3935 23 160 7 11 AUS Larry PerkinsAUS Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 161 + 8.7873 9 144 8 18 AUS Greg RitterAUS Alan Jones Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 161 + 9.9105 22 128 9 21 AUS Brad JonesAUS John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 161 + 10.0330 3 120 10 51 NZL Greg MurphyAUS Todd Kelly Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia Holden Commodore (VX) 161 + 1:19.5294 5 112 11 10 AUS Mark LarkhamAUS Will Power Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 160 + 1 lap 11 104 12 7 AUS Rodney ForbesAUS Neal Bates 00 Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 160 + 1 lap 26 96 13 17 AUS Steven JohnsonNZL Paul Radisich Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 160 + 1 lap 17 88 14 31 AUS Steven ElleryAUS Luke Youlden Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 160 + 1 lap 13 80 15 40 AUS Cameron McLeanAUS Tony Scott Paragon Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 159 + 2 laps 18 72 16 161 AUS Greg CrickAUS Phillip Scifleet Halliday Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 159 + 2 laps 29 68 17 888 GBR John ClelandAUS Tim Leahey Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 158 + 3 laps 24 64 18 43 NZL Mark PorterAUS Geoff Full Paul Weel Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 158 + 3 laps 33 60 19 600 AUS Steve OwenAUS Dale Brede Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 157 + 4 laps 25 56 20 35 AUS Max DumesnyAUS Jamie Whincup Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 156 + 5 laps 31 52 21 75 AUS Anthony TrattAUS Paul Stokell Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 156 + 5 laps 30 48 22 021 NZL Jason RichardsNZL John McIntyre Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VT) 155 + 6 laps 21 44 23 76 AUS Andrew MiedeckeGBR Tony Quinn Matthew White Racing Holden Commodore (VT) 149 + 12 laps 35 40 24 65 AUS Matthew WhiteAUS Tony Longhurst Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 145 + 16 laps 12 36 25 14 AUS Daryl BeattieAUS Christian D'Agostin Imrie Motor Sport Holden Commodore (VX) 145 + 16 laps 34 32 26 29 AUS Paul MorrisAUS Wayne Wakefield Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 139 + 22 laps 27 28 Ret 02 AUS Rick KellyAUS Nathan Pretty Holden Young Lions Holden Commodore (VX) 139 Retired 7 Ret 15 GBR Andy PriaulxFRA Yvan Muller Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia Holden Commodore (VX) 95 Retired 13 Ret 66 BRA Max WilsonAUS Dean Canto Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 88 Spun off 6 Ret 1 AUS Mark SkaifeAUS Jason Bright Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 62 Engine 2 Ret 5 AUS Glenn SetonAUS Owen Kelly Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 61 Retired 15 Ret 22 AUS Dugal McDougallAUS Alan Gurr McDougall Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 53 Mechanical 32 Ret 54 NZL Craig BairdAUS Mark Noske Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 139 Engine 10 Ret 3 AUS Cameron McConvilleAUS Warren Luff Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 33 Collision damage 19 Ret 46 NZL John FaulknerAUS Rick Bates John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 33 Collision damage 28 Statistics Provisional Pole Position – #4 Marcos Ambrose – 1:10.7937 Pole Position – #4 Marcos Ambrose – 1:10.8726 Fastest Lap – #51 Greg Murphy – 1:11.7057 – 157 km/h Race time of winning car – 03:38:04.2825 – 138 km/h References External links Official website for the race at V8Supercars Australia via archive.org www.v8supercar.com.au at 29 September 2002 via web.archive.org 2002 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 photos from www.pbase.com Queensland 500 2002 2002 Winton V8 Supercar Round 2002 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 2001 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 500 km race: 2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500QldV8 Supercars: 2003 BigPond 300 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 Category:Queensland 500 Category:Pre-Bathurst 500