2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series

Last updated October 18, 2024

The 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series was an Australian based motor racing series for V8 Supercars. It began on 15 March 2002 at the Adelaide Street Circuit and ended on 1 December at Sandown International Raceway after 13 rounds. It was the fourth V8 Supercar Championship Series but the first to carry that name, previous championships having been contested as the Shell Championship Series. The winner of the Drivers Championship, Mark Skaife, was also awarded the 43rd Australian Touring Car Championship.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2002 series. The series consisted of 11 sprint rounds with one driver per car and two endurance rounds (the Queensland 500 and the Bathurst 1000) with each car shared by two drivers.

Manufacturer	Vehicle	Team	No.	Drivers	Events		Co-Drivers	Events
Ford	Falcon AU	00 Motorsport	00	Craig Lowndes	All		Neil Crompton	9–10
			7	Rodney Forbes	All		Neal Bates	9–10
			27	Neil Crompton	1–8, 11–13		—
		Stone Brothers Racing	4	Marcos Ambrose	All		Paul Weel	9–10
			9	David Besnard	All		Simon Wills	9
			9	David Besnard	All		Wayne Gardner	10
		Glenn Seton Racing	5	Glenn Seton	All		Owen Kelly	9
		Glenn Seton Racing	5	Glenn Seton	All		David Besnard	10
		Larkham Motorsport	10	Mark Larkham	All		Will Power	9–10
		Dick Johnson Racing	17	Steven Johnson	All		Paul Radisich	9–10
			18	Paul Radisich	1–8, 11–13		—
			18	Alan Jones	9–10		Greg Ritter	9–10
		Brad Jones Racing	21	Brad Jones	All		John Bowe	9–10
			888	John Bowe	1–8, 11–13		—
			888	John Cleland	9–10		Tim Leahey	9–10
		Steven Ellery Racing	31	Steven Ellery	All		Luke Youlden	9–10
		Paragon Motorsport	40	Cameron McLean	All		Tony Scott	9–10
		Paul Weel Racing	43	Paul Weel	1–8, 11–13		—
		Paul Weel Racing	43	Mark Porter	9–10		Geoff Full	9–10
		Briggs Motor Sport	65	Max Wilson	All		Dean Canto	9–10
			66	Tony Longhurst	All		Matthew White	9–10
			600	Simon Wills	1–7		—
				Steve Owen	8–10		Dale Brede	9–10
				Greg Ritter	11		—
				Dean Canto	12–13		—
		Paul Little Racing	75	Anthony Tratt	1–12		Paul Stokell	9–10
		Paul Little Racing	75	Paul Stokell	13		—
Holden	Commodore VT	Team Kiwi Racing	021	Jason Richards	All		John McIntyre	9
	Commodore VT	Team Kiwi Racing	021	Jason Richards	All		Simon Wills	10
	Commodore VX	Holden Racing Team	1	Mark Skaife	All		Jason Bright	9
			1	Mark Skaife	All		Jim Richards	10
			2	Jason Bright	1-8, 10-13		Tomas Mezera	9–10
			2	Jim Richards	9		Tomas Mezera	9–10
		Holden Young Lions (HRT)	02	Rick Kelly	All		Nathan Pretty	9–10
		Kmart Racing (HRT)	15	Todd Kelly	1–8, 11–13		—
			15	Yvan Muller	9–10		Andy Priaulx	9–10
			51	Greg Murphy	All		Todd Kelly	9–10
		Lansvale Smash Repairs	3	Cameron McConville	All		Warren Luff	9–10
		Perkins Engineering	8	Russell Ingall	1–8, 11–13		—
			11	Larry Perkins	1–5, 7–13		Paul Dumbrell	9–10
			16	Steven Richards	All		Russell Ingall	9–10
		Imrie Motorsport	14	Tomas Mezera	1–2		—
				Steve Owen	3
				Stephen White	4
				Wayne Wakefield	5, 7–8
				Daryl Beattie	9–10		Christian D'Agostin	9
				Daryl Beattie	9–10		Tyler Mecklem	10
				Simon Wills	13		—
		McDougall Motorsport	22	Dugal McDougall	1–3, 7–10		Alan Gurr	9–10
		Romano Racing	24	Paul Romano	1–4, 7–8		—
		Paul Morris Motorsport	29	Paul Morris	1–10, 13		Wayne Wakefield	9–10
		Garry Rogers Motorsport	34	Garth Tander	All		Jason Bargwanna	9–10
			35	Jason Bargwanna	1–8, 11–13		—
				Jamie Whincup	9–10		Max Dumesny	9
				Jamie Whincup	9–10		Mark Noske	10
		John Faulkner Racing	46	John Faulkner	All		Rick Bates	9–10
		Rod Nash Racing	54	Craig Baird	All		Mark Noske	9
		Rod Nash Racing	54	Craig Baird	All		Peter Brock	10
Wildcard Entries
Ford	Falcon AU	Brad Jones Racing	20	Andrew Jones	10		Matthew Coleman	10
		Stone Brothers Racing	36	Wayne Gardner	1, 3–4		—
		Michael Simpson Racing	56	Michael Simpson	10		Kevin Mundy	10
		Halliday Motorsport	61	Ross Halliday	1		—
		Halliday Motorsport	161	Greg Crick	1, 9–10		Phillip Scifleet	9–10
		Dick Johnson Racing	71	Greg Ritter	2–3	—
		Nilsson Motorsport	87	Allan Grice	10	Ross Halliday Peter Doulman ¹	10
Holden	Commodore VT ^[1]	Matthew White Racing	24	Matthew White	13	—
			76	Matthew White	2	—
			76	Andrew Miedecke	9	Tony Quinn	9
		Phoenix Motorsport	59	Ron Searle	10	Jamie Miller	10
	Commodore VX	Imrie Motorsport	13	David Krause	10	Christian D'Agostin	10
		Lansvale Smash Repairs	23	Trevor Ashby	1	—
		Doulman Automotive	24	Peter Doulman	10	Bob McDonald	10
		Clive Wiseman Racing	50	Stephen White	1	—

^1 – Ross Halliday was the entered co-driver, but was replaced prior to race start with Peter Doulman.

Team changes

Having been contracted out to Romano Racing in 2001, the Holden Young Lions program returned to being operated out of the Holden Racing Team with Rick Kelly.^[2]
Glenn Seton Racing contracted from two cars to one.
Following the departure of Fred Gibson as team principal, Gibson Motorsport was renamed 00 Motorsport and expanded from two cars to three with Neil Crompton joining the team on a full-time basis.^[3]
Perkins Engineering expanded from two cars to three with Steven Richards joining the team after a year with Glenn Seton Racing.
Brad Jones Racing expanded from one car to two with John Bowe joining the team from Briggs Motor Sport.^[4]
Briggs Motor Sport expanded from one car to three with a franchise purchased from Fred Gibson.

Driver changes

Rick Kelly joined the series with the Holden Young Lions
Steven Richards left Glenn Seton Racing to join Perkins Engineering
John Bowe left Briggs Motor Sport to join Brad Jones Racing ^[4]
Tony Longhurst left Rod Nash Racing to join Briggs Motor Sport^[5]
Max Wilson joined the series with Briggs Motor Sport
Craig Baird returned to the series replacing Tony Longhurst at Rod Nash Racing
Neil Crompton joined 00 Motorsport on a full time basis, haing driven for the team as an endurance driver in 2001

Race calendar

The 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series consisted of 13 rounds which included 11 sprint rounds of two or three races and two single race endurance rounds.

Rd.	Race Title, Circuit	Location / State	Date	Format	Winner	Car	Team	Report
1	Adelaide 500, Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	14 – 17 Mar	Two races	Mark Skaife	Holden VX Commodore	Holden Racing Team	Report
2	Phillip Island V8 Challenge, Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	12 – 14 Apr	Two races	Mark Skaife	Holden VX Commodore	Holden Racing Team	Report
3	Sydney V8 Challenge, Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	26 – 28 Apr	Three races	Mark Skaife	Holden VX Commodore	Holden Racing Team	Report
4	Darwin V8 Challenge, Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	17–19 May	Three races	Mark Skaife	Holden VX Commodore	Holden Racing Team	Report
5	Canberra 400, Canberra Street Circuit	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	7–9 June	Three races	Mark Skaife	Holden VX Commodore	Holden Racing Team
6	VB 300, Wanneroo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	28 – 30 Jun	Three races	Jason Bright	Holden VX Commodore	Holden Racing Team
7	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	26 – 28 Jul	Two races	Mark Skaife	Holden VX Commodore	Holden Racing Team
8	Winton Challenge, Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	16 – 18 Aug	Two races	Jason Bright	Holden VX Commodore	Holden Racing Team
9	Queensland 500, Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	13 – 15 Sep	One 500 km race	David Besnard Simon Wills	Ford AU Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	Report
10	Bathurst 1000, Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	10 – 13 Oct	One 1000 km race	Mark Skaife Jim Richards	Holden VX Commodore	Holden Racing Team	Report
11	Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge, Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	25 – 27 Oct	Two races	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VX Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport
12	Boost Mobile V8 International, Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, Auckland Region, New Zealand	8 – 10 Nov	Three races	Greg Murphy	Holden VX Commodore	K-Mart Racing Team	Report
13	Betta Electrical V8 Ultimate, Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	29 Nov – 1 Dec	Two races	Marcos Ambrose	Ford AU Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing

Adelaide

Phillip Island

Eastern Creek

Darwin

Canberra

Perth

Oran Park

Winton

Ipswich

Bathurst

Gold Coast

Sandown

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Australian rounds

Pukekohe

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New Zealand rounds

Points system

Championship points were awarded according to the follow table.^[6]

Round	Event	Day	Distance	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd
1	Clipsal 500	Sat	250 km	200	160	128	104	88	80	72	64	60	56	52	48	44	40	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2
		Sun	250 km	200	160	128	104	88	80	72	64	60	56	52	48	44	40	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2
2	Phillip Island	Sun	150 km	100	80	64	52	44	40	36	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
		Sun	150 km	100	80	64	52	44	40	36	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
3	Eastern Creek	Sat	20 min	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
		Sun	150 km	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
		Sun	150 km	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
4	Hidden Valley	Sat	20 min	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
		Sun	100 km	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
		Sun	100 km	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
5	Canberra 400	Sat	25 laps	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
		Sun	25 laps	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
		Sun	50 laps	240	192	154	125	106	96	86	77	72	67	62	58	53	48	43	41	38	36	34	31	29	26	24	22	19	17	14	12	10	7	5	3
6	VB300	Sat	100 km	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
		Sun	100 km	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
		Sun	100 km	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
7	Oran Park	Sun	150 km	100	80	64	52	44	40	36	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
		Sun	150 km	100	80	64	52	44	40	36	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
8	Winton	Sun	100 km	100	80	64	52	44	40	36	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
		Sun	100 km	100	80	64	52	44	40	36	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
9	VIP Petfoods Queensland 500	Sun	500 km	400	320	256	208	176	160	144	128	120	112	104	96	88	80	72	68	64	60	56	52	48	44	40	36	32	28	24	20	16	12	8	4
10	Bob Jane T-Marts 1000	Sun	1000 km	400	320	256	208	176	160	144	128	120	112	104	96	88	80	72	68	64	60	56	52	48	44	40	36	32	28	24	20	16	12	8	4
11	Honda Indy 300	Sat	100 km	100	80	64	52	44	40	36	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
		Sun	100 km	100	80	64	52	44	40	36	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
12	Boost Mobile NZ V8 International	Sat	100 km	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
		Sun	100 km	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
		Sun	100 km	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
13	Sandown V8 Ultimate	Sat	150 km	80	64	51	42	35	32	29	26	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
		Sun	300 km	160	128	102	83	70	64	58	51	48	45	42	38	35	32	29	27	26	24	22	21	19	18	16	14	13	11	10	8	6	5	3	2

In rounds 9 & 10 points were split equally between drivers sharing the car, each being awarded half the number of tabled points for the round.^[6]

Championship results

Drivers Championship

Pos	Driver	Car^[7]	Penalty	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Rd 12	Rd 13	Pts
1	Mark Skaife	Holden VX Commodore	0	400	180	240	224	340	109	200	82	Ret	200	9	80	163	2227
2	Greg Murphy	Holden VX Commodore	0	320	16	106	135	125	182	10	108	56	44	115	186	166	1569
3	Marcos Ambrose	Ford AU Falcon	0	128	100	170	110	105	64	132	132	88	24	80	125	240	1498
4	Jason Bright	Holden VX Commodore	20	88	82	49	208	117	208	144	200	Ret	128	66	106	83	1459
5	Todd Kelly	Holden VX Commodore	0	108	144	89	118	266	77	Ret	144	56	44	100	157	42	1345
6	Steven Richards	Holden VX Commodore	0	216	13	66	103	165	52	116	60	160	160	88	79	32	1310
7	Craig Lowndes	Ford AU Falcon	0	208	24	139	32	195	56	60	8	80	Ret	144	50	55	1051
8	David Besnard	Ford AU Falcon	0	22	54	62	88	159	122	54	58	200	Ret	30	30	109	988
9	Russell Ingall	Holden VX Commodore	0	96	34	45	24	157	42	88	70	160	160	Ret	67	30	973
10	Garth Tander	Holden VX Commodore	0	160	49	119	73	58	42	58	84	128	Ret	69	19	26	885
11	Tony Longhurst	Ford AU Falcon	0	102	76	44	35	109	69	52	16	18	80	60	62	69	792
12	John Bowe	Ford AU Falcon	0	92	41	70	38	122	93	24	58	60	34	25	34	88	779
13	Jason Bargwanna	Holden VX Commodore	0	116	Ret	36	66	70	61	5	35	128	Ret	144	49	55	765
14	Steven Johnson	Ford AU Falcon	0	120	60	53	40	138	18	8	6	44	Ret	56	26	57	626
15	Brad Jones	Ford AU Falcon	0	54	25	38	68	87	71	5	56	60	34	8	73	42	621
16	Rick Kelly	Holden VX Commodore	0	Ret	57	39	21	0	49	50	58	Ret	104	11	115	70	574
17	Neil Crompton	Ford AU Falcon	0	Ret	39	55	38	71	67	64	37	80	Ret	32	65	21	569
18	Larry Perkins	Holden VX Commodore	30	92	40	33	37	47		19	36	72	88	38	64	32	568
19	Jason Richards	Holden VT Commodore Holden VX Commodore	0	60	8	39	24	125	39	23	23	22	52	52	36	41	544
20	Simon Wills	Ford AU Falcon Holden VX Commodore	0	34	39	26	28	38	40	34		200	52			5	496
21	Steve Ellery	Ford AU Falcon	0	Ret	20	44	38	23	37	72	13	40	60	26	37	68	478
22	Paul Weel	Ford AU Falcon	0	44	34	18	32	20	40	Ret	1	88	24	43	56	68	468
23	Mark Larkham	Ford AU Falcon	0	92	14	32	52	63	14	21	14	52	30	23	26	31	464
24	Glenn Seton	Ford AU Falcon	0	30	60	35	67	19	38	52	19	Ret	Ret	17	32	49	418
25	Cameron McLean	Ford AU Falcon	0	18	DNQ	17	27	49	57	14	32	36	64	34	37	19	404
26	Paul Radisich	Ford AU Falcon	0	Ret	100	67	22	26	26	35	16	44	Ret	58	Ret	4	398
27	Craig Baird	Holden VX Commodore	0	48	42	20	36	93	22	16	32	Ret	20	24	15	12	380
28	Cameron McConville	Holden VX Commodore	0	Ret	78	42	28	31	69	20	16	Ret	36	38	15	2	375
29	John Faulkner	Holden VX Commodore	0	Ret	Ret	83	8	96	35	31	14	Ret	56	15	13	14	365
30	Rodney Forbes	Ford AU Falcon	0	70	Ret	14	1	9	33	11	35	48	40	16	24	36	337
31	Anthony Tratt	Ford AU Falcon	0	54	DNQ	DNQ	27	58	15	27	2	24	48	30	36		321
32	Max Wilson	Ford AU Falcon	0	Ret	15	32	45	16	53	9	19	Ret	Ret	32	63	35	319
33	Jim Richards	Holden VX Commodore	0									104	200				304
34	Tomas Mezera	Holden VX Commodore	0	DNQ	DNQ							104	128				232
35	Paul Morris	Holden VX Commodore	0	16	DNQ	DNQ	13	40	64	20	17	14	Ret			6	190
36	Greg Ritter	Ford AU Falcon	0		DNQ	36						64	72	13			185
37	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VX Commodore	0									72	88				160
38	Alan Jones	Ford AU Falcon	0									64	72				136
39	Nathan Pretty	Holden VX Commodore	0									Ret	104				104
40	Tony Scott	Ford AU Falcon	0									36	64				100
40	Luke Youlden	Ford AU Falcon	0									40	60				100
42	Matthew White	Ford AU Falcon	0		DNQ							18	80			Ret	98
44	Neal Bates	Ford AU Falcon	0									48	40				88
45	Dean Canto	Ford AU Falcon	0									Ret	Ret		52	34	86
46	Will Power	Ford AU Falcon	0									52	30				82
47	Paul Stokell	Ford AU Falcon	0									24	48			9	81
48	Steve Owen	Ford AU Falcon	0			DNQ					10	28	32				70
48	Wayne Wakefield	Holden VX Commodore	0					26		23	7	14	Ret				70
50	Wayne Gardner	Ford AU Falcon	0	36		DNQ	26						DNS				62
51	Dale Brede	Ford AU Falcon	0									28	32				60
51	John Cleland	Ford AU Falcon	0									32	28				60
51	Tim Leahey	Ford AU Falcon	0									32	28				60
54	Rick Bates	Holden VX Commodore	0									Ret	56				56
55	Stephen White	Holden VX Commodore	0	32	DNQ		11										43
56	Dugal McDougall	Holden VX Commodore	0	DNQ	24	DNQ				9	8	Ret	Ret				41
57	Christian D'Agostin	Holden VX Commodore	0									16	22				38
58	Warren Luff	Holden VX Commodore	0									Ret	36				36
59	Greg Crick	Ford AU Falcon	0	DNQ								34	Ret				34
59	Phillip Scifleet	Ford AU Falcon	0									34	Ret				34
61	Geoff Full	Ford AU Falcon	0									30	Ret				30
61	Mark Porter	Ford AU Falcon	0									30	Ret				30
63	Jamie Whincup	Holden VX Commodore	0									26	Ret				26
63	Max Dumesny	Holden VX Commodore	0									26					26
63	Ron Searle	Holden VT Commodore	0										26				26
63	Jamie Miller	Holden VT Commodore	0										26				26
67	David Krause	Holden VX Commodore	0										22				22
67	John McIntyre	Holden VX Commodore	0									22					22
69	Peter Brock	Holden VX Commodore	0										20				20
69	Andrew Miedecke	Holden VT Commodore ^[1]	0									20					20
69	Tony Quinn	Holden VT Commodore ^[1]	0									20					20
72	Michael Simpson	Ford AU Falcon	0										18				18
72	Kevin Mundy	Ford AU Falcon	0										18				18
74	Daryl Beattie	Holden VX Commodore	0									16	Ret				16
	Andy Priaulx	Holden VX Commodore	0									Ret	Ret
	Yvan Muller	Holden VX Commodore	0									Ret	Ret
	Mark Noske	Holden VX Commodore	0									Ret	Ret
	Alan Gurr	Holden VX Commodore	0									Ret	Ret
	Owen Kelly	Ford AU Falcon	0									Ret	DNS
	Allan Grice	Ford AU Falcon	0										Ret
	Peter Doulman	Ford AU Falcon	0										Ret
	Andrew Jones	Ford AU Falcon	0										Ret
	Matthew Coleman	Ford AU Falcon	0										Ret
	Tyler Mecklem	Holden VX Commodore	0										Ret
	Ross Halliday	Ford AU Falcon	0	DNQ									DNS
	Bob McDonald	Holden VX Commodore	0										DNS
	Trevor Ashby	Holden VX Commodore	0	DNQ
	Paul Romano	Holden VX Commodore	150	32	14	DNQ	22			12	12						-58
Pos	Driver	Car	Penalty	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Rd 12	Rd 13	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Champion Team of the Series

Champion Team of the Series was won by the Holden Racing Team,^[8] which was awarded the title as the team of the winning driver.^[9]

Champion Manufacturer of the Series

Champion Manufacturer of the Series was won by Holden,^[8] which was awarded the title as the manufacturer with the most round wins.^[9]

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References

1 2 3 The Natsoft results for the Queensland 500 lists car 76 as a Holden Commodore VS, however an image accompanying the race report on page 24 of Auto Action , 18–24 September 2002 shows the car to be a Holden Commodore VT.
↑ Paul Romano Speedcafe 20 May 2011
↑ Gibson Motorsport Merchandise Pty Ltd vs Robert James Forbes & Others Federal Court of Australia
1 2 About BJR Brad Jones Racing
↑ Tony Longhurst limbering up for last lap Speedcafe 11 October 2013
1 2 Sporting Rules Retrieved on 21 November 2011
↑ racing.natsoft.com.au
1 2 2002 V8 SUPERCAR AWARD WINNERS at www.motorsportworld.com.au Retrieved on 21 November 2011
1 2 Gala Award Winners, 2011 V8 Supercar Operations Manual, page 149

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[Car-76-1] 1 2 3 The Natsoft results for the Queensland 500 lists car 76 as a Holden Commodore VS, however an image accompanying the race report on page 24 of Auto Action , 18–24 September 2002 shows the car to be a Holden Commodore VT.

[2] Paul Romano Speedcafe 20 May 2011

[3] Gibson Motorsport Merchandise Pty Ltd vs Robert James Forbes & Others Federal Court of Australia

[BJR-4] 1 2 About BJR Brad Jones Racing

[5] Tony Longhurst limbering up for last lap Speedcafe 11 October 2013

[Points-6] 1 2 Sporting Rules Retrieved on 21 November 2011

[7] racing.natsoft.com.au

[2002Awards-8] 1 2 2002 V8 SUPERCAR AWARD WINNERS at www.motorsportworld.com.au Retrieved on 21 November 2011

[Operations-9] 1 2 Gala Award Winners, 2011 V8 Supercar Operations Manual, page 149

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