2002 Exide Batteries 2 Hour Showroom Showdown

2002 Exide Batteries 2 Hour Showroom Showdown 2001 2003 thumb|250px|Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit The 2002 Exide Batteries 2 Hour Showroom Showdown was an endurance race for Australian GT Production Cars. The event was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on Saturday 16 November 2002 as a support event on program for the 2002 Bathurst 24 Hour. Since 1997 the Bathurst Showroom Showdown had been the lead support race for the Bathurst 1000 but moved to the 24 Hour was promoted and run by the same PROCAR organisation. Entry list was smaller as some teams chose to race in the 24 Hour race so the Mirage Cup was added to the eligibility. The race was won by Gary Young and Michael Brock driving a Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VI won the race by 15 seconds ahead of the similar Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VII driven by Graham Alexander and John Woodberry with the Mazda RX-7 Turbo of Bob Pearson and Mark Brame finishing third. Class structure Cars competed in the following three classes: Class A : GT-Performance class cars Class B : GT-Production class cars Class C : Mitsubishi Mirage Cup Results Pos. Position Class No. Car number Team / Entrant Drivers Car LapsTime/Retired Engine 1 A 18 Brock Partners / Coopers Michael Brock Gary Young Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VI 47 2:02:38.8391 2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4 2 A 57 Corio Auto Parts Plus Graham Alexander John Woodberry Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VII 47 +15.326 2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4 3 A 33 Pro-Duct Motorsport Bob Pearson Mark Brame Mazda RX-7 Turbo 46 +1 lap 1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW twin-turbocharged twin-rotor 4 A 30 supercard.com.au Peter Roma Mark Thomas Mazda RX-7 Turbo 46 +1 lap 1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW twin-turbocharged twin-rotor 5 C 66 Maxisteel Bushley Yanis Derums Chris Oxley Mitsubishi Mirage 43 +4 laps 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 6 C 69 Northshore Mitsubishi Kean Booker Rocco Rinaldo Mitsubishi Mirage 43 +4 laps 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 7 C 7 Francois Jouy Francois Jouy Mark Eddy Mitsubishi Mirage 43 +4 laps 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 8 C 27 Martin Bailey Building Martin Bailey Dean Evans Mitsubishi Mirage 43 +4 laps 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 9 B 17 Holden / Bilstein / CVG Gas Martin Doxey David Mertens Holden TS Astra SRi 42 +5 laps 2.2 L Holden Z22SE I4 10 E 22 Daihatsu Motor Corporation Michael Taylor Rick Bates Daihatsu Sirion GTVi 41 +6 laps 1.3 L Toyota 2SZ-FE I4 11 B 21 Graham Roylett Graham Roylett Andre Morgan Proton Satria GTi 40 +7 laps 1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4 12 A 53 Ric Shaw Racing Ric Shaw Warwick Rooklyn Mazda RX-7 Turbo 36 +11 laps 1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW twin-turbocharged twin-rotor DNF A 38 Castran Gilbert Pty Ltd Dennis Gilbert Glen Gilbert Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VI 42 2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4 DNF A 2 Brett Peters Rod Dawson Todd Wanless Subaru Impreza WRX STi 41 2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4 DNF B 70 Nilsson Motorsport Stephen Robinson Stephen Voight Honda Integra Type-R 39 1.8 L Honda B18C I4 DNF A 63 Austronic Services Julian Mazzone Paul Mitolo Mazda RX-7 Turbo 29 1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW twin-turbocharged twin-rotor DNF B 67 Team Satria Racing Geoff Russell Mike Kilpatrick Proton Satria GTi 23 1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4 DNF A 220 Haysom Motorsport Tony Alford John Grounds Nissan 200SX Spec-R 23 2.0 L Nissan SR20DET turbocharged I4 DNF A 8 Eagle Products Mark Cohen Tom Watkinson HSV VX GTS 300kW 17 5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8 DNF A 87 Tankworld John Falk Neil McFadyen Subaru Impreza WRX STi 14 2.0 L Subaru EJ turbocharged H4 EXC A 96 Advanced Power Don Pulver Tony Wilson Nissan 200SX Spec-R 2.0 L Nissan SR20DET turbocharged I4 EXC C 12 Platetronic Richard Gartner Andrew Miedecke Mitsubishi Mirage 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 EXC C 24 Grant Park Grant Park Graham Ryan Mitsubishi Mirage 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 EXC C 16 Karecla Patisserie Kurt Bieder Mohan Perera Mitsubishi Mirage 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 EXC C 20 Eastern Creek International Karting Troy Hunt Garry Holt Mitsubishi Mirage 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 References Natsoft Race Result* Category:Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales Exide