2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series

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 season began on 31 March 2002 at Wakefield Park and finished on 4 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park. The season consisted of 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 have competed during the 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series.

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

Race calendar

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

Results and standings

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 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

Drivers championship

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

Pos Driver WAK PHI[3] ORA[4] WIN[5] MAL[6] Pts
1 Australia Paul Dumbrell 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1322
2 Australia Dale Brede 2 2 1 2 5 2 2 5 4 Ret 3 Ret 8 1 3 838
3 Australia Greg Crick 4 3 3 3 3 4 13 3 2 10 20 3 5 3 5 753
4 Australia Steve Owen 10 6 6 Ret 4 7 14 2 2 2 6 2 579
5 New Zealand Mark Porter 6 6 13 5 2 5 5 2 5 Ret 22 6 3 Ret 6 556
6 Australia Craig Harris 7 1 6 4 7 Ret 4 14 8 3 5 5 9 7 DNS 519
7 Australia Matthew White 3 11 4 Ret Ret 16 6 6 3 2 4 14 7 Ret 8 504
8 Australia Grant Elliot 9 7 7 6 8 Ret 3 9 6 5 6 4 15 13 11 477
9 Australia Ron Searle 16 10 9 11 13 8 8 10 10 7 10 16 13 11 15 387
10 Australia Grant Johnson 13 8 8 12 9 19 11 8 Ret 4 7 9 14 10 13 377
11 Australia Ross Halliday 17 15 14 14 12 10 15 15 13 9 12 15 10 8 12 357
12 Australia Kevin Mundy 10 9 15 20 11 7 7 18 20 16 11 13 11 DNS DNS 307
13 Australia Luke Youlden 7 4 3 4 5 4 287
14 Australia Michael Turner Ret 17 18 9 10 13 12 Ret 12 8 21 10 DNS 15 17 284
15 Australia Terry Wyhoon 8 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 20 7 9 DNS 23 Ret 16 9 14 255
16 Australia Mark Howard 18 Ret Ret 16 18 15 18 19 17 Ret 16 12 20 16 20 226
17 Australia Shane Beikoff 19 13 12 16 13 14 17 14 16 193
18 Australia Leanne Ferrier DNS DNS DNS 9 Ret DNS 18 8 Ret 6 4 7 182
19 Australia Clyde Lawrence 21 21 17 Ret 19 17 12 17 18 19 Ret 19 181
20 Australia Robert Jones Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret 6 18 8 12 12 10 176
21 Australia Michael Simpson 5 12 5 Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 21 Ret DNS 9 163
22 Australia Bob McDonald 22 20 DNS Ret Ret Ret 17 16 16 Ret 14 Ret 18 17 18 156
23 Australia Robert Smith 20 16 19 17 Ret Ret 19 17 19 Ret DNS 19 DNS DNS DNS 139
24 Australia Mathew Hunt 15 DNS 10 18 Ret Ret 14 12 18 131
25 Australia Richard Mork Ret DNS DNS Ret 11 15 13 15 11 120
26 Australia Craig Bastian DNS DNS DNS 8 20 18 10 Ret 11 118
27 Australia Rod Salmon 14 14 16 15 15 DNS 100
28 Australia Phill Foster Ret 16 14 15 19 20 98
29 Australia Andrew Jones 17 9 7 83
30 Australia Tony Evangelou 13 14 11 DNS DNS DNS 72
31 Australia Wesley May 12 Ret DNS DNS 17 12 DNS DNS DNS 69
32 Australia Paul Freestone 11 13 17 66
33 Australia Derek van Zelm Ret 18 11 DNS DNS DNS 48
34 Australia Bob Thorn 11 19 Ret 36
Australia David Skillender DNS DNS DNS
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sporting Rules, v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. ↑ "2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series points". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 4 August 2002. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  3. ↑ "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 05/05/2002 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series - Round 2". National Software. 5 May 2002. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Winton Motor Raceway 07/07/2002 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series - Round 4". National Software. 7 July 2002. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  6. ↑ "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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