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2002 Sandown 500

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Track map of the Sandown Raceway

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

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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

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Paul Stokell and Anthony Tratt won the race driving a Lamborghini Diablo GTR similar to that pictured above

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 Australia Sam Newman Ferrari 360 Challenge 1:18.5170
2 5 V.I.P. Petfoods (Aust) P/L New Zealand Jim Richards Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 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 N-GT 1:26.3881
5 88 Prancing Horse Racing Australia Brad Jones Ferrari 360 N-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 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 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

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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
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 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 161
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
3 G1 888 Prancing Horse Racing Australia John Bowe
Australia Steve Beards
Ferrari 360 N-GT 160
Ferrari 3.6L V8
4 G1 3 Falken Tyres
Fitzgerald Racing
Australia Peter Fitzgerald
Australia Matthew Coleman
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 158
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 Michael Brock
Australia Gary Young
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
Australia Brett Peters
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 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 Boatwright
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 135
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 Rodney Woods
Australia Craig Dean
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 124
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF A 222 Donut King Australia Len Cave
Australia Matt Turner
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 126
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF B 66 Nilsson Motor Sport Australia Klark Quinn
Australia Mike Kilpatrick
Australia Andrew Haberfield
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 N-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 Steve Drake
Toyota MR2 Bathurst 64
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
DNF A 55 Mortgage House Australia Barrie Nesbitt
Australia David Lawson
Australia Mal Rose
HSV VX GTS 300kW 54
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
DNF B 44 NEC Projection Australia Chris Poulton
Australia Richard 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

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  • 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

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  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
  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.
  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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