2002 ASCAR season

June 2017 2002 ASCAR 2001 2003 The 2002 ASCAR season was the second season of United Kingdom-based NASCAR style stock car racing, originally known as ASCAR. Teams and drivers thumb|right|2002 Champion Nicolas Minassian. Team Car No. Car number Driver Rounds Shear-Speed Pontiac 3 GBR Anthony Swan 1 3-5 GBR Paul Sheard 1 14-16 18 2 3-5, 12-13 58 GBR Tom Guinchard 1 1-2 68 GER Roland Rehfeld 4 1-11 GBR Paul Sheard 1 19 GBR Colin White 1 20 88 GBR Lee O'Keefe 5 1-13 AUS Chris Robinson 1 17-18 Colin Blower Motorsport Chevrolet 5 GBR Rob Speak 7 1-3, 6-20 Hodgson Motorsport ChevroletPontiac 6 Ran the #55 in Rounds 15 and 16 after damaging his usual #6 in Round 14. GBR Stevie Hodgson All 55 GBR Kevin McGarrity 3 12-13, 17-20 RML Chevrolet 7 GBR Kelvin Burt All 8 FRA Nicolas Minassian All Fast Tec Motorsport Ford 11 GBR Paul Evans 1 1-2 GBR Lee Fitzpatrick 1 12-13 AUS Shaun Richardson 1 14-16 GBR Ben Collins 1 17-18 GBR Paula Cook 1 19 12 GBR Mark Proctor All Ran #11 in Race 20 after wrecking the #12 in Race 19 TorqueSpeed Chevrolet 24 GBR John Mickel 6 1-16 Team West-Tec Chevrolet 28 GBR Anthony Swan 7 1-3, 6-20 Ford 96 USA Mark Claussner 1 6-8 GER Roland Rehfeld 4 12-20 Deuce Racing Chevrolet 48 GBR Peter Storm 3 1-8 GBR Ian McKellar Jr. 1 12-13 GBR Kevin McGarrity 1 14-16 USA Randy Tolsma 1 17-18 USA Brandon Whitt 1 19-20 84 RSA Toby Scheckter 3 1-8 GBR Derek Hayes 4 12-20 Xcel Motorsport Ford 67 GBR Darren Manning 6 1-16 GBR Colin McRae 1 17-18 GBR Matt Neal 1 19-20 76 GBR Jason Plato All Team HTML Pontiac 69 GBR Darren Turner All Steward Racing Ford 75 GBR John Steward 6 1-5, 9-11, 14-20 Team Catchpole Racing Chevrolet 77 GBR Phil Weaver 7 1-13, 17-20 CWS Racing Chevrolet 78 GBR Colin White All Drove HTML's #68 in Round 20 after wrecking the #78 in Round 19. Race calendar The season consisted of eight meetings with either two or three races taking place at each. The grid for the opening race of each meeting was set by a qualifying session with the second race grid being set by the finishing order of the first. Two meetings were held at the EuroSpeedway in Germany with the remaining six at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in the United Kingdom. Round Circuit/Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Led most laps Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 5 May GBR Darren Manning GBR Stevie Hodgson GBR Colin White GBR Colin White GBR CWS Racing R2 FRA Nicolas Minassian FRA Nicolas Minassian FRA Nicolas Minassian GBR RML 2 R3 GER EuroSpeedway 25 May GBR Kelvin Burt GBR Colin White GBR Stevie Hodgson GBR Colin White GBR CWS Racing R4 26 May Cancelled due to rain R5 3 R6 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 8 June GBR Colin White GBR Darren Turner FRA Nicolas Minassian GBR Darren Turner GBR Team HTML R7 9 June Cancelled due to rain R8 4 R9 GER EuroSpeedway 20 July GBR Darren Turner GBR Darren Turner GBR Darren Turner GBR Darren Turner GBR Team HTML R10 21 July GBR Darren Turner GBR Darren Turner GBR Darren Turner GBR Team HTML R11 FRA Nicolas Minassian GBR Darren Manning GBR Darren Manning GBR Xcel Motorsport 5 R12 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 4 August GBR Darren Turner GBR Darren Turner FRA Nicolas Minassian GBR Darren Turner GBR Team HTML R13 GBR Darren Turner GBR Darren Turner GBR Darren Turner GBR Team HTML 6 R14 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 24 August GBR Darren Turner GBR Kelvin Burt GBR Kelvin Burt GBR Kelvin Burt GBR RML R15 25 August GBR Kelvin Burt GBR Kelvin Burt GBR Kelvin Burt GBR RML R16 GBR Kelvin Burt GBR Kelvin Burt GBR Kelvin Burt GBR RML 7 R17 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 13 September GBR Darren Turner GBR Darren Turner GBR Darren Turner GBR Kevin McGarrity GBR Hodgson Motorsport R18 14 September GBR Kelvin Burt GBR Kelvin Burt GBR Kelvin Burt GBR Kevin McGarrity GBR Hodgson Motorsport 8 R19 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 6 October FRA Nicolas Minassian FRA Nicolas Minassian GBR Kelvin Burt GER Roland Rehfeld GBR Team West-Tec R20 GBR Darren Turner FRA Nicolas Minassian GBR Darren Turner GBR Team HTML Final points standings Pos Driver GBR GER GBR GER GBR GBR GBR GBR Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 1 FRA Nicolas Minassian 3 1* 2* C C 7* C C 15 7 7 2* 17 7 3 2 3 12 2 3* 2535 2 GBR Kelvin Burt 7 4 5 C C 3 C C 5 6 12 3 3 1* 1* 1* 11 17* 14* 5 2498 3 GBR Jason Plato 6 8 3 C C 5 C C 3 3* 3 7 4 4 9 13 4 8 4* 4 2493 4 GBR Colin White 1* 2 1* C C 11 C C 4* 5 4 6 7 3 4 3 13 10* 13 10 2463 5 GER Roland Rehfeld 13 14 12 C C 15 C C 6 12 6 9 6 5 6 4 2* 13* 1* 2 2296 6 GBR Mark Proctor 11 7 9 C C 8 C C 7 8 5 14 9 12 10 14 6 5 7 7 2196 7 GBR Darren Turner 1* C C 1* 1* 13 1* 1* 2 2 12 14* 16 3 1* 2116 8 GBR Stevie Hodgson 4* 3 4* C C 13* C C 14 DNS 10 11 13 13 15 15 12 11 5 13 2101 9 GBR Rob Speak 10 5 12 C C 10 13 11 8 DNS 6 8 10 7 7 15 12 1971 10 GBR Anthony Swan 5 13 15 C C 4 C C 12 DNS DNS 10 12 9 7 6 9 4 6 6 1950 11 GBR Darren Manning 17* DNS 10 C C 6 C C 2* 4* 1* 5 2* 14 5 5 1693 12 GBR John Mickel 2 11 7 C C 2 C C 13 2 2* 4 5 8 14 DNS 1675 13 GBR John Steward 12 12 6 C C 9 9 14 11 13 9 16 DNS 10 9 1528 14 GBR Phil Weaver 8 16 13 C C 16 C C 8 11 8 16 18 17 14 17 14 1414 15 GBR Derek Hayes 12 11 10 12 8 5 2 16 11 1197 16 GBR Lee O'Keefe 15 9 11 C C 17 C C 11 10 9 15 14 1088 17 GBR Kevin McGarrity 17 10 DNS 11 7 1* 1* 18 DNS 961 18 RSA Toby Scheckter 14 10 8 C C 10 C C 514 19 GBR Peter Storm 18 DNS 14 C C 14 C C 326 20 GBR Paul Evans 9 6 285 21 GBR Ben Collins 15 3 280 22 GBR Matt Neal 8 8 280 23 USA Randy Tolsma 8 9 275 24 GBR Ian McKellar Jr. 13 8 258 25 AUS Chris Robinson 10 15 240 26 AUS Shaun Richardson 15 DNS 11 236 27 USA Brandon Whitt 11 15 236 28 GBR Tom Guinchard 16 15 216 29 GBR Lee Fitzpatrick 18 15 208 30 GBR Colin McRae DNS 6 150 31 USA Mark Claussner 9 C C 135 32 GBR Paula Cook 9 DC 135 33 GBR Paul Sheard 16 C C 19 16 16 DNS DNS 12 DC 122 References External links ASCAR 2002 archive Category:Stock car racing in the United Kingdom ASCAR