2002 Sandown 500

The 2002 Sandown 500 was an Australian motor race for Production Cars [1] which drew its entries from those competing in the Australian Nations Cup Championship and Australian GT Production Car Championship. It was the second Sandown 500 since the former touring car endurance race was revived for production cars and would be the last as Sandown would regain the rights to the 500 kilometre V8 Supercar race the following year.

The race, which was the 35th Sandown 500 endurance race [2] was held at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia over the weekend of 8 September 2002.

Classes

Cars competed in four classes:[3]

Sandown 500 Top Gun Challenge

After qualifying was completed the fastest ten cars competed in a one-lap runoff for the top ten grid positions. Runoff results as follows:[4]

Pos No Team Driver Car Time
1 17 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Sam Newman Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:18.5170
2 5 V.I.P. Petfoods (Aust) P/L New Zealand Jim Richards Porsche 996 GT3 1:24.5618
3 54 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Paul Morris Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:25.6568
4 888 Prancing Horse Racing Australia John Bowe Ferrari 360 GT 1:26.3881
5 88 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Brad Jones Ferrari 360 GT 1:26.8075
6 2 Crazy John's
Team Lamborghini Australia
Australia Paul Stokell Lamborghini Diablo GTR 1:27.2870
7 3 Falken Tyres
Fitzgerald Racing
Australia Peter Fitzgerald Porsche 996 GT3 1:28.0665
8 7 D'arcy Russell Racing Australia D'arcy Russell Chrysler Viper ACR 1:34.1841
9 34 King Springs
Delphi
Australia Mark King Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII 1:41.5410
DNS 300 Floyd Motorsport Australia Peter Floyd HSV VX GTS 300kW

Official results

Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Race results as follows:[5]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps
Engine
1 G1 2 Crazy John's
Team Lamborghini Australia
Australia Paul Stokell
Australia Anthony Tratt
Lamborghini Diablo GTR 161
Lamborghini 5.7L V12
2 G1 5 V.I.P. Petfoods (Aust) P/L New Zealand Jim Richards
United Kingdom Tony Quinn
Porsche 996 GT3 161
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
3 G1 888 Prancing Horse Racing Australia John Bowe
Australia Steve Beards
Ferrari 360 GT 160
Ferrari 3.6L V8
4 G1 3 Falken Tyres
Fitzgerald Racing
Australia Peter Fitzgerald
Australia Matthew Coleman
Porsche 996 GT3 158
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
5 G2 54 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Paul Morris
Australia John Teulan
Ferrari 360 Challenge 155
Ferrari 3.6L V8
6 G2 17 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Sam Newman
Australia Scott Shearman
Ferrari 360 Challenge 153
Ferrari 3.6L V8
7 A 57 Corio Auto Parts Plus Australia Graham Alexander
Australia John Wodberry
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 147
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
8 A 34 King Springs
Delphi
Australia Mark King
Australia Geoff Full
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII 146
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
9 A 96 Don Pulver Australia Don Pulver
Australia Mark Brame
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 146
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
10 A 18 Coopers Australia Mark King
Australia Geoff Full
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII 144
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
11 A 38 Castran Gilbert Pty Ltd Australia Dennis Gilbert
Australia Trevor McGuiness
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VI 141
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
12 A 1 Century Batteries Australia Gary Deane
Australia Grant Denyer
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 140
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
13 A 19 Yamaha Australia Trevor Haines
Australia Bob Hughes
Australia Ed Aitken
Ford Falcon Tickford TE50 139
Ford Windsor 5.6L V8
14 A 220 Donut King Australia Tony Alford
Australia John Grounds
Australia Michael Robinson
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 137
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
15 G1 8 QBE Insurance Australia John Smith
Australia Wayne Cooper
Australia Wayne Boatright
Porsche 996 GT3 135
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
16 B 28 Ross Palmer Motorsport Australia James Phillip
Australia Ken Talbert
Honda S2000 133
Honda F20C 2.0L I4
17 B 13 Osborne Motorsport Australia Trevor Keene
Australia Robert Rubis
Toyota MR2 Bathurst 131
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
18 A 200 Donut King Australia Greg Haysom
Australia R Woods
Australia Craig Dean
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 124
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF A 222 Donut King Australia Len Cave
Australia P Green
Australia M Turner
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 126
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF B 66 Nilsson Motor Sport Australia Klark Quinn
Australia Mike Kilpatrick
Honda Integra Type-R 107
Honda B18C 1.8L I4
NC A 23 Mitsubishi Electric Australia Steve Knight
Australia Andrew Taplin
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VI 98
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF G1 88 Prancing Horse Racing Indonesia Maher Algadrie
Australia Brad Jones
Ferrari 360 GT 88
Ferrari 3.6L V8
NC G1 7 D'arcy Russell Racing Australia D'arcy Russell
Australia Darren Palmer
Chrysler Viper ACR 82
Dodge 8.0L V10
DNF A 47 MGC Racing Australia Mark Cohen
Australia Philip Polites
HSV VX GTS 300kW 79
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
DNF B 31 Osborne Motorsport Australia Neil Dunkley
Australia S Drake
Toyota MR2 Bathurst 64
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
DNF A 55 Mortgage House Australia Barry Nesbitt
Australia D Lawson
HSV VX GTS 300kW 54
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
DNF B 44 NEC Projection Australia Chris Poulton
Australia R Hing
Mitsubishi FTO 18
Mitsubishi 6A12 2.0L V6
DNS A 300 Floyd Motorsport Australia Peter Floyd
Australia Rod Wilson
HSV VX GTS 300kW 0
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8

Statistics

References

  1. PROCAR Statistics, Page 65 Retrieved from web.archive.org on 26 December 2008
  2. From Falcons To Ferraris, Lambo, Porsche, Viper, Stars In Line For Sundays Sandown 500 Retrieved from web.archive.org on 18 December 2008
  3. PROCAR Statistics, Page 67 Retrieved from web.archive.org on 26 December 2008
  4. "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500 Top Gun Challenge". National Software. 7 September 2002. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  5. "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway 2002 Sandown 500". National Software. 8 September 2002. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  6. "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500 Qualifying 1". Natsoft. 2002-09-07. Retrieved 2008-08-02.

External links

Preceded by
2001 Clarion Sandown 500
Sandown 500
2002
Succeeded by
2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500
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