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.

Track map of the Sandown Raceway

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   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

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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
  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 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 161
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
3 G1 888 Prancing Horse Racing   John Bowe
  Steve Beards
Ferrari 360 N-GT 160
Ferrari 3.6L V8
4 G1 3 Falken Tyres
Fitzgerald Racing
  Peter Fitzgerald
  Matthew Coleman
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 158
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   Michael Brock
  Gary Young
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
  Brett Peters
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 140
Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
13 A 19 Yamaha   Trevor Haines
  Bob Hughes
  Ed Aitken
Ford 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 Boatwright
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 135
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
  Rodney Woods
  Craig Dean
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 124
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF A 222 Donut King   Len Cave
  Matt Turner
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 126
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF B 66 Nilsson Motor Sport   Klark Quinn
  Mike Kilpatrick
  Andrew Haberfield
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 N-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
  Steve Drake
Toyota MR2 Bathurst 64
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
DNF A 55 Mortgage House   Barrie Nesbitt
  David Lawson
  Mal Rose
HSV VX GTS 300kW 54
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
DNF B 44 NEC Projection   Chris Poulton
  Richard 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

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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2002
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