2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series

2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series season
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The 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the third series held for second tier V8 Supercar teams. The series began on 31 March 2002 at Wakefield Park and finished on 4 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park having been contested over five rounds held across three different states.

The series was dominated by Paul Dumbrell who won twelve races during the course of the 15 race series. Dumbrell finished 484 points clear of the only other driver to win more than one race, Dale Brede.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series.

Team	No	Driver	Car
Imrie Motor Sport	13	Steve Owen	Holden VT Commodore
Brad Jones Racing	20	Andrew Jones	Ford AU Falcon
Terry Wyhoon Racing	25	Terry Wyhoon	Ford EL Falcon
M3 Motorsport	26	Bob McDonald	Holden VT Commodore
Steven Ellery Racing	30	Bob Thorn Luke Youlden	Ford AU Falcon
South Pacific Motor Sport	38	Mathew Hunt	Holden VS Commodore
Craig Bastian	47	Craig Bastian	Ford EL Falcon
Michael Simpson Racing	56	Kevin Mundy	Ford AU Falcon
	93	Michael Simpson	Ford EL Falcon
	94	Mark Howard	Ford EL Falcon
Motorsport Engineering Services	58	Derek van Zelm	Holden VT Commodore
Halliday Motor Sport	61	Ross Halliday	Ford AU Falcon
Halliday Motor Sport	161	Greg Crick	Ford AU Falcon
Independent Race Cars Australia	64	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VX Commodore
Shane Beikoff Racing	68	Shane Beikoff Phill Foster	Holden VS Commodore
Spiess Heckler Racing	69	Robert Jones	Holden VS Commodore Holden VX Commodore
Spiess Heckler Racing	79	Paul Freestone	Holden VS Commodore
Graphic Skills Racing	70	David Skillender	Holden VS Commodore
Robert Smith Racing	72	Robert Smith	Holden VT Commodore
Tandersport	74	Leanne Ferrier	Holden VS Commodore
Matthew White Racing	76	Matthew White	Holden VT Commodore
Matthew White Racing	90	Michael Turner	Holden VS Commodore
V8 Racing	77	Richard Mork	Holden VS Commodore
MSport	78	Mark Porter	Ford AU Falcon
The Race Centre	87	Rod Salmon	Ford AU Falcon
Harris Racing	88	Craig Harris	Ford AU Falcon
Harris Racing	89	Dale Brede	Ford AU Falcon
Phoenix Motorsport	95	Ron Searle	Holden VS Commodore
Sydney Star Racing	98	Grant Elliott	Holden VS Commodore
AJG Racing	99	Wesley May	Holden VS Commodore
MoPro	110	Grant Johnson	Ford EL Falcon
Clyde Lawrence Racing	140	Clyde Lawrence	Holden VS Commodore
A.N.T. Racing	300	Tony Evangelou	Holden VS Commodore

Race calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Location	Winning driver
1	30–31 March	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	Dale Brede
2	4–5 May	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	Paul Dumbrell
3	15–16 June	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Paul Dumbrell
4	6–7 July	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	Paul Dumbrell
5	3–4 August	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	Paul Dumbrell

Points system

The season consisted of five rounds across three different states. Each round consisted of three races. Points were awarded for the first 32 positions at each race ^[1] but at no race during the series did more than 22 cars finish. The third race of a race weekend carried approximately 50% more points than each of the first two races.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
Race 1/2 Points	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11
Race 3 Points	120	96	77	62	53	48	43	38	36	35	33	32	30	29	27	26	24	23	21	20	18	17

Series standings

Points table referenced, in part, as follows:^[2]

Pos	Driver	WAK			PHI^[3]			ORA^[4]			WIN^[5]			MAL^[6]			Pts
1	Paul Dumbrell	1	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1322
2	Dale Brede	2	2	1	2	5	2	2	5	4	Ret	3	Ret	8	1	3	838
3	Greg Crick	4	3	3	3	3	4	13	3	2	10	20	3	5	3	5	753
4	Steve Owen				10	6	6	Ret	4	7	14	2	2	2	6	2	579
5	Mark Porter	6	6	13	5	2	5	5	2	5	Ret	22	6	3	Ret	6	556
6	Craig Harris	7	1	6	4	7	Ret	4	14	8	3	5	5	9	7	DNS	519
7	Matthew White	3	11	4	Ret	Ret	16	6	6	3	2	4	14	7	Ret	8	504
8	Grant Elliot	9	7	7	6	8	Ret	3	9	6	5	6	4	15	13	11	477
9	Ron Searle	16	10	9	11	13	8	8	10	10	7	10	16	13	11	15	387
10	Grant Johnson	13	8	8	12	9	19	11	8	Ret	4	7	9	14	10	13	377
11	Ross Halliday	17	15	14	14	12	10	15	15	13	9	12	15	10	8	12	357
12	Kevin Mundy	10	9	15	20	11	7	7	18	20	16	11	13	11	DNS	DNS	307
13	Luke Youlden				7	4	3							4	5	4	287
14	Michael Turner	Ret	17	18	9	10	13	12	Ret	12	8	21	10	DNS	15	17	284
15	Terry Wyhoon	8	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	20	7	9	DNS	23	Ret	16	9	14	255
16	Mark Howard	18	Ret	Ret	16	18	15	18	19	17	Ret	16	12	20	16	20	226
17	Shane Beikoff	19	13	12				16	13	14				17	14	16	193
18	Leanne Ferrier	DNS	DNS	DNS				9	Ret	DNS	18	8	Ret	6	4	7	182
19	Clyde Lawrence	21	21	17	Ret	19	17				12	17	18	19	Ret	19	181
20	Robert Jones	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	Ret				6	18	8	12	12	10	176
21	Michael Simpson	5	12	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	DNS	9	163
22	Bob McDonald	22	20	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	16	16	Ret	14	Ret	18	17	18	156
23	Robert Smith	20	16	19	17	Ret	Ret	19	17	19	Ret	DNS	19	DNS	DNS	DNS	139
24	Mathew Hunt	15	DNS	10	18	Ret	Ret	14	12	18							131
25	Richard Mork	Ret	DNS	DNS				Ret	11	15	13	15	11				120
26	Craig Bastian	DNS	DNS	DNS	8	20	18	10	Ret	11							118
27	Rod Salmon	14	14	16	15	15	DNS										100
28	Phill Foster				Ret	16	14				15	19	20				98
29	Andrew Jones										17	9	7				83
30	Tony Evangelou				13	14	11				DNS	DNS	DNS				72
31	Wesley May	12	Ret	DNS	DNS	17	12	DNS	DNS	DNS							69
32	Paul Freestone										11	13	17				66
33	Derek van Zelm	Ret	18	11	DNS	DNS	DNS										48
34	Bob Thorn	11	19	Ret													36
	David Skillender													DNS	DNS	DNS

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

References

↑ Sporting Rules, v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
↑ "2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series points". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 4 August 2002. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
↑ "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 05/05/2002 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series - Round 2". National Software. 5 May 2002. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
↑ "Oran Park Grand Prix Circuit 16/06/2002 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series - Round 3 2002". National Software. 16 June 2002. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
↑ "Winton Motor Raceway 07/07/2002 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series - Round 4". National Software. 7 July 2002. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
↑ "Mallala Motorsport Park 04/08/2002 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series - Round 5". National Software. 4 August 2002. Retrieved 2009-01-01.

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