The 2002 Sandown 500 was an Australian motor race for Production Cars.PROCAR Statistics, Page 65 Retrieved from web.archive.org on 26 December 2008 Organised by Procar Australia,Sandown 500 Meeting Bigger & Better in 2002 With Live TV Plus The Great Aussie Ute Race, 19/8/2002, procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org it 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 raceFrom 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 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:PROCAR Statistics, Page 67 Retrieved from web.archive.org on 26 December 2008 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:

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'sTeam Lamborghini Australia Paul Stokell Lamborghini Diablo GTR 1:27.2870 7 3 Falken TyresFitzgerald 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 SpringsDelphi 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:

Pos Class No Entrant Drivers Chassis Laps Engine 1 G1 2 Crazy John'sTeam 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 TyresFitzgerald 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 SpringsDelphi 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 Provisional Pole Position - #5 Jim Richards - 1:21.4133 Pole Position - #17 Sam Newman - 1:18.5170 Fastest Lap - #5 Jim Richards - 1:13.8765 Race Average Speed - 139 km/h

References

External links 2002 Sandown 500, www.procar.com.au via web.archive.org David Twomey, Lambo Charges to 500 Victory, www.sports-racer.com, as archived at web.archive.org