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 on 8 September 2002. It was won by Paul Stokell and Anthony Tratt driving a Lamborghini Diablo GTR.

Classes

Cars competed in four classes:^[3]

Nations Cup Group 1
Nations Cup Group 2
GT Production Class A
GT Production Class B

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]

Weather conditions were threatening when the runoff started. Former Australian rules football player turned media personality Sam Newman, who by his own admission was not even a good race driver, let alone a professional one, was the first driver out to set a time in the runoff in his Class G2 Ferrari 360 Challenge. As it turned out, his was the only lap run in dry conditions as the rain started almost as he crossed the finish line. His lap ended up being the fastest by 6.0448 seconds.

Pos	No	Entrant	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 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	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 N-GT	1:26.3881
5	88	Prancing Horse Racing	Brad Jones	Ferrari 360 N-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 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	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	Entrant	Drivers	Chassis	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Entrant	Drivers	Engine	Laps
1	G1	2	Crazy John's Team Lamborghini Australia	Paul Stokell Anthony Tratt	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	161
1	G1	2	Crazy John's Team Lamborghini Australia	Paul Stokell Anthony Tratt	Lamborghini 5.7L V12	161
2	G1	5	V.I.P. Petfoods (Aust) P/L	Jim Richards Tony Quinn	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	161
2	G1	5	V.I.P. Petfoods (Aust) P/L	Jim Richards Tony Quinn	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	161
3	G1	888	Prancing Horse Racing	John Bowe Steve Beards	Ferrari 360 N-GT	160
3	G1	888	Prancing Horse Racing	John Bowe Steve Beards	Ferrari 3.6L V8	160
4	G1	3	Falken Tyres Fitzgerald Racing	Peter Fitzgerald Matthew Coleman	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	158
4	G1	3	Falken Tyres Fitzgerald Racing	Peter Fitzgerald Matthew Coleman	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	158
5	G2	54	Prancing Horse Racing	Paul Morris John Teulan	Ferrari 360 Challenge	155
5	G2	54	Prancing Horse Racing	Paul Morris John Teulan	Ferrari 3.6L V8	155
6	G2	17	Prancing Horse Racing	Sam Newman Scott Shearman	Ferrari 360 Challenge	153
6	G2	17	Prancing Horse Racing	Sam Newman Scott Shearman	Ferrari 3.6L V8	153
7	A	57	Corio Auto Parts Plus	Graham Alexander John Wodberry	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V	147
7	A	57	Corio Auto Parts Plus	Graham Alexander John Wodberry	Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4	147
8	A	34	King Springs Delphi	Mark King Geoff Full	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII	146
8	A	34	King Springs Delphi	Mark King Geoff Full	Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4	146
9	A	96	Don Pulver	Don Pulver Mark Brame	Nissan 200SX Spec-R	146
9	A	96	Don Pulver	Don Pulver Mark Brame	Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4	146
10	A	18	Coopers	Michael Brock Gary Young	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII	144
10	A	18	Coopers	Michael Brock Gary Young	Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4	144
11	A	38	Castran Gilbert Pty Ltd	Dennis Gilbert Trevor McGuiness	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VI	141
11	A	38	Castran Gilbert Pty Ltd	Dennis Gilbert Trevor McGuiness	Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4	141
12	A	1	Century Batteries	Gary Deane Grant Denyer Brett Peters	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	140
12	A	1	Century Batteries	Gary Deane Grant Denyer Brett Peters	Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4	140
13	A	19	Yamaha	Trevor Haines Bob Hughes Ed Aitken	Ford Tickford TE50	139
13	A	19	Yamaha	Trevor Haines Bob Hughes Ed Aitken	Ford Windsor 5.6L V8	139
14	A	220	Donut King	Tony Alford John Grounds Michael Robinson	Nissan 200SX Spec-R	137
14	A	220	Donut King	Tony Alford John Grounds Michael Robinson	Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4	137
15	G1	8	QBE Insurance	John Smith Wayne Cooper Wayne Boatwright	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	135
15	G1	8	QBE Insurance	John Smith Wayne Cooper Wayne Boatwright	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	135
16	B	28	Ross Palmer Motorsport	James Phillip Ken Talbert	Honda S2000	133
16	B	28	Ross Palmer Motorsport	James Phillip Ken Talbert	Honda F20C 2.0L I4	133
17	B	13	Osborne Motorsport	Trevor Keene Robert Rubis	Toyota MR2 Bathurst	131
17	B	13	Osborne Motorsport	Trevor Keene Robert Rubis	Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4	131
18	A	200	Donut King	Greg Haysom Rodney Woods Craig Dean	Nissan 200SX Spec-R	124
18	A	200	Donut King	Greg Haysom Rodney Woods Craig Dean	Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4	124
DNF	A	222	Donut King	Len Cave Matt Turner	Nissan 200SX Spec-R	126
DNF	A	222	Donut King	Len Cave Matt Turner	Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4	126
DNF	B	66	Nilsson Motor Sport	Klark Quinn Mike Kilpatrick Andrew Haberfield	Honda Integra Type-R	107
DNF	B	66	Nilsson Motor Sport	Klark Quinn Mike Kilpatrick Andrew Haberfield	Honda B18C 1.8L I4	107
NC	A	23	Mitsubishi Electric	Steve Knight Andrew Taplin	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VI	98
NC	A	23	Mitsubishi Electric	Steve Knight Andrew Taplin	Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4	98
DNF	G1	88	Prancing Horse Racing	Maher Algadrie Brad Jones	Ferrari 360 N-GT	88
DNF	G1	88	Prancing Horse Racing	Maher Algadrie Brad Jones	Ferrari 3.6L V8	88
NC	G1	7	D'arcy Russell Racing	D'arcy Russell Darren Palmer	Chrysler Viper ACR	82
NC	G1	7	D'arcy Russell Racing	D'arcy Russell Darren Palmer	Dodge 8.0L V10	82
DNF	A	47	MGC Racing	Mark Cohen Philip Polites	HSV VX GTS 300kW	79
DNF	A	47	MGC Racing	Mark Cohen Philip Polites	Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8	79
DNF	B	31	Osborne Motorsport	Neil Dunkley Steve Drake	Toyota MR2 Bathurst	64
DNF	B	31	Osborne Motorsport	Neil Dunkley Steve Drake	Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4	64
DNF	A	55	Mortgage House	Barrie Nesbitt David Lawson Mal Rose	HSV VX GTS 300kW	54
DNF	A	55	Mortgage House	Barrie Nesbitt David Lawson Mal Rose	Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8	54
DNF	B	44	NEC Projection	Chris Poulton Richard Hing	Mitsubishi FTO	18
DNF	B	44	NEC Projection	Chris Poulton Richard Hing	Mitsubishi 6A12 2.0L V6	18
DNS	A	300	Floyd Motorsport	Peter Floyd Rod Wilson	HSV VX GTS 300kW	0
DNS	A	300	Floyd Motorsport	Peter Floyd Rod Wilson	Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8	0

Statistics

Provisional Pole Position - #5 Jim Richards - 1:21.4133^[6]
Pole Position - #17 Sam Newman - 1:18.5170
Fastest Lap - #5 Jim Richards - 1:13.8765
Race Average Speed - 139 km/h

References

^ PROCAR Statistics, Page 65 Retrieved from web.archive.org on 26 December 2008
^ From Falcons To Ferraris, Lambo, Porsche, Viper, Stars In Line For Sundays Sandown 500, 4/9/2002, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
^ PROCAR Statistics, Page 67 Retrieved from web.archive.org on 26 December 2008
^ "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500 Top Gun Challenge". National Software. 7 September 2002. Archived from the original on 4 September 2004. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
^ "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway 2002 Sandown 500". National Software. 8 September 2002. Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
^ "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500 Qualifying 1". Natsoft. 7 September 2002. Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2008.

External links

[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, 4/9/2002, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

[3] PROCAR Statistics, Page 67 Retrieved from web.archive.org on 26 December 2008

[q2002-4] "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500 Top Gun Challenge". National Software. 7 September 2002. Archived from the original on 4 September 2004. Retrieved 2 August 2008.

[i2002-5] "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway 2002 Sandown 500". National Software. 8 September 2002. Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2008.

[6] "Sandown 500 Sandown International Motor Raceway Sandown 500 Qualifying 1". Natsoft. 7 September 2002. Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2008.

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