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.

Contents

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 Sam Newman Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:18.5170
2 5 V.I.P. Petfoods (Aust) P/L Jim Richards Porsche 996 GT3 1:24.5618
3 54 Prancing Horse Racing Paul Morris Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:25.6568
4 888 Prancing Horse Racing John Bowe Ferrari 360 GT 1:26.3881
5 88 Prancing Horse Racing Brad Jones Ferrari 360 GT 1:26.8075
6 2 Crazy John's
Team Lamborghini Australia
Paul Stokell Lamborghini Diablo GTR 1:27.2870
7 3 Falken Tyres
Fitzgerald Racing
Peter Fitzgerald Porsche 996 GT3 1:28.0665
8 7 D'arcy Russell Racing D'arcy Russell Chrysler Viper ACR 1:34.1841
9 34 King Springs
Delphi
Mark King Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII 1:41.5410
DNS 300 Floyd Motorsport 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
Paul Stokell
Anthony Tratt
Lamborghini Diablo GTR 161
Lamborghini 5.7L V12
2 G1 5 V.I.P. Petfoods (Aust) P/L Jim Richards
Tony Quinn
Porsche 996 GT3 161
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
3 G1 888 Prancing Horse Racing John Bowe
Steve Beards
Ferrari 360 GT 160
Ferrari 3.6L V8
4 G1 3 Falken Tyres
Fitzgerald Racing
Peter Fitzgerald
Matthew Coleman
Porsche 996 GT3 158
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
5 G2 54 Prancing Horse Racing Paul Morris
John Teulan
Ferrari 360 Challenge 155
Ferrari 3.6L V8
6 G2 17 Prancing Horse Racing Sam Newman
Scott Shearman
Ferrari 360 Challenge 153
Ferrari 3.6L V8
7 A 57 Corio Auto Parts Plus Graham Alexander
John Wodberry
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V 147
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
8 A 34 King Springs
Delphi
Mark King
Geoff Full
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII 146
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
9 A 96 Don Pulver Don Pulver
Mark Brame
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 146
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
10 A 18 Coopers Mark King
Geoff Full
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII 144
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
11 A 38 Castran Gilbert Pty Ltd Dennis Gilbert
Trevor McGuiness
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VI 141
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
12 A 1 Century Batteries Gary Deane
Grant Denyer
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 140
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
13 A 19 Yamaha Trevor Haines
Bob Hughes
Ed Aitken
Ford Falcon Tickford TE50 139
Ford Windsor 5.6L V8
14 A 220 Donut King Tony Alford
John Grounds
Michael Robinson
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 137
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
15 G1 8 QBE Insurance John Smith
Wayne Cooper
Wayne Boatright
Porsche 996 GT3 135
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
16 B 28 Ross Palmer Motorsport James Phillip
Ken Talbert
Honda S2000 133
Honda F20C 2.0L I4
17 B 13 Osborne Motorsport Trevor Keene
Robert Rubis
Toyota MR2 Bathurst 131
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
18 A 200 Donut King Greg Haysom
R Woods
Craig Dean
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 124
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF A 222 Donut King Len Cave
P Green
M Turner
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 126
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF B 66 Nilsson Motor Sport Klark Quinn
Mike Kilpatrick
Honda Integra Type-R 107
Honda B18C 1.8L I4
NC A 23 Mitsubishi Electric Steve Knight
Andrew Taplin
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VI 98
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF G1 88 Prancing Horse Racing Maher Algadrie
Brad Jones
Ferrari 360 GT 88
Ferrari 3.6L V8
NC G1 7 D'arcy Russell Racing D'arcy Russell
Darren Palmer
Chrysler Viper ACR 82
Dodge 8.0L V10
DNF A 47 MGC Racing Mark Cohen
Philip Polites
HSV VX GTS 300kW 79
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
DNF B 31 Osborne Motorsport Neil Dunkley
S Drake
Toyota MR2 Bathurst 64
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
DNF A 55 Mortgage House Barry Nesbitt
D Lawson
HSV VX GTS 300kW 54
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
DNF B 44 NEC Projection Chris Poulton
R Hing
Mitsubishi FTO 18
Mitsubishi 6A12 2.0L V6
DNS A 300 Floyd Motorsport Peter Floyd
Rod Wilson
HSV VX GTS 300kW 0
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8

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