2002 V8 Supercar season

February 2020 October 2011 2002 V8 Supercar season 2001 2003 The 2002 V8 Supercar season was the 43rd year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500. There were 20 V8 Supercar events held during 2002; a thirteen-round 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series (VCS), two of them endurance races; a five-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series (KVS) along with a non-point scoring race supporting the Bathurst 1000 and a V8 Supercar support programme event at the 2002 Australian Grand Prix. Results and standings Race calendar The 2002 Australian V8 Super season consisted of 20 events. DateSeriesCircuitCity / StateWinnerTeamCarReport 1–3 Mar Netspace V8 Supercar Challenge Albert Park Street Circuit Melbourne, Victoria Craig Lowndes 00 Motorsport Ford AU Falcon report 16–17 Mar Clipsal 500 VCS Round 1 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore report 31 Mar KVS Round 1 Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales Dale Brede Harris Racing Ford AU Falcon 14 Apr VCS Round 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 27–28 Apr VCS Round 3 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 5 May KVS Round 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Paul Dumbrell Independent Race Cars Australia Holden VX Commodore 18–19 May VCS Round 4 Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 8–9 Jun Stegbar 400 VCS Round 5 Canberra Street Circuit Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 16 Jun KVS Round 3 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Paul Dumbrell Independent Race Cars Australia Holden VX Commodore 29–30 Jun VB 400 VCS Round 6 Wanneroo Raceway Perth, Western Australia Jason Bright Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 7 Jul KVS Round 4 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Paul Dumbrell Independent Race Cars Australia Holden VX Commodore 28 Jul VCS Round 7 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 4 Aug KVS Round 5 Mallala Motor Sport Park Adelaide, South Australia Paul Dumbrell Independent Race Cars Australia Holden VX Commodore 18 Aug VCS Round 8 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Jason Bright Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 15 Sep VIP Pet Foods Queensland 500 VCS Round 9 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland David BesnardSimon Wills Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon report 6–7 Oct Konica V8 Supercar Challenge Race Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Luke Youlden Steven Ellery Racing Ford AU Falcon report Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 VCS Round 10 Mark SkaifeJim Richards Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore report 27–28 Oct Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge VCS Round 11 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 10–11 Nov Boost Mobile V8 International VCS Round 12 Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand Greg Murphy K-Mart Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 30 Nov - 1 Dec Betta Electrical V8 Ultimate VCS Round 13 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon Netspace V8 Supercar Challenge This meeting was a support event of the 2002 Australian Grand Prix. DriverNo.TeamCarRace 1Race 2Race 3 Australia Craig Lowndes 00 00 Motorsport Ford AU Falcon 12 5 1 Australia Russell Ingall 8 Perkins Engineering Holden VX Commodore 3 4 2 Australia Garth Tander 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 8 9 3 Australia Jason Bright 2 Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 1 1 4 New Zealand Steven Richards 16 Perkins Engineering Holden VX Commodore 6 8 5 New Zealand Simon Wills 60 Briggs Motor Sport Ford AU Falcon 17 22 6 New Zealand Greg Murphy 51 K-Mart Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 7 6 7 Australia Jason Bargwanna 35 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 20 20 8 Australia Todd Kelly 15 K-Mart Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 14 7 9 Australia Marcos Ambrose 4 Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon 13 10 10 Australia Steven Johnson 17 Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon 2 13 11 Australia Mark Skaife 1 Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 5 2 12 Australia Brad Jones 21 Brad Jones Racing Ford AU Falcon 25 27 13 New Zealand John Faulkner 46 John Faulkner Racing Holden VX Commodore 22 15 14 Australia Tony Longhurst 66 Briggs Motor Sport Ford AU Falcon 17 22 15 New Zealand Craig Baird 54 Rod Nash Racing Holden VX Commodore 18 19 16 Australia Paul Weel 43 Paul Weel Racing Ford AU Falcon 11 11 17 New Zealand Jason Richards 69 Team Kiwi Racing Holden VX Commodore 19 16 18 Australia Larry Perkins 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Holden VX Commodore 26 26 19 Australia Anthony Tratt 75 Paul Little Racing Ford AU Falcon 29 24 20 Australia David Besnard 9 Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon 9 DNF 21 Australia Rodney Forbes 7 00 Motorsport Ford AU Falcon 28 DNF 22 Australia Steve Ellery 31 Supercheap Auto Racing Ford AU Falcon 10 DNF 24 Australia Neil Crompton 27 00 Motorsport Ford AU Falcon 23 25 25 Australia Cameron McConville 3 Lansvale Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 31 14 26 Australia Cameron McLean 40 Paragon Motorsport Ford AU Falcon 16 29 27 Australia Mark Larkham 10 Larkham Motor Sport Ford AU Falcon DNF 28 28 Australia Rick Kelly 02 Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore 30 12 29 New Zealand Paul Radisich 18 Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon 4 3 DNF Australia Glenn Seton 5 Ford Tickford Racing Ford AU Falcon 15 17 DNF Australia John Bowe 88 Brad Jones Racing Ford AU Falcon DNF 18 DNF Australia Paul Romano 24 Romano Racing Holden VX Commodore 24 23 DNF Australia Paul Morris 29 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 21 DNF DNF V8 Supercar Championship Series 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series Konica V8 Supercar Series 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series Konica V8 Supercar Challenge Race This race was a support event of the 2002 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000.http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?13/10/2002.MOUN.R5 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 Mount Panorama - Bathurst Konica V8 Supercar Challenge Race National Software 12 October 2002 2009-01-01 10 September 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060910021732/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?13%2F10%2F2002.MOUN.R5 dead DriverNo.TeamCarGridRace Australia Luke Youlden 30 Supercheap Auto Racing Ford AU Falcon 1 1 Australia Wayne Wakefield 67 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 2 2 Australia Matthew White 76 Matthew White Racing Holden VX Commodore 4 3 Australia Terry Wyhoon 25 Terry Wyhoon Racing Ford EL Falcon 9 4 Australia Andrew Jones 20 Brad Jones Racing Ford AU Falcon 3 5 Australia Craig Bastian 47 Ford EL Falcon 7 6 Australia Grant Elliott 98 Sydney Star Racing Holden VS Commodore 16 7 Australia Tony Evangelou 300 ANT Racing Holden VS Commodore 15 8 Australia Dean Crosswell 72 Robert Smith Racing Holden VT Commodore 5 9 Australia Peter Doulman 24 M3 Motorsport Holden VT Commodore 23 10 Australia Ron Searle 95 Phoenix Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 22 11 Australia Phonsy Mullan 89 GM Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 14 12 Australia Mathew Hunt 38 South Pacific Motor Sport Holden VS Commodore 10 DNF Australia Todd Wanless 90 Holden VS Commodore 12 DNF Australia Paul Freestone 79 Spiess Heckler Racing Holden VS Commodore 21 DNF Australia Richard Mork 77 V8 Racing Holden VS Commodore 20 DNF Australia Clyde Lawrence 140 Clyde Lawrence Racing Holden VS Commodore 18 DNF Australia Michael Simpson 93 Michael Simpson Racing Ford EL Falcon 6 DNF Australia Robert Jones 69 Spiess Heckler Racing Holden VX Commodore 8 DNF Australia Kevin Mundy 89 Harris Racing Ford AU Falcon 11 DNF Australia Phill Foster 68 Beikoff Racing Holden VS Commodore 17 DNF Australia Mark Howard 94 Michael Simpson Racing Ford EL Falcon 19 DNF Australia Tim Rowse 58 Motorsport Engineering Services Holden VS Commodore 13 DNF References Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports. External links Official V8 Supercar site 2002 Racing Results Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20071014034448/http://natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2002 14 October 2007 Category:Supercar seasons