2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series

The 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the third series held for second tier V8 Supercar teams. The series began on 31 March 2002 at Wakefield Park and finished on 4 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park having been contested over five rounds held across three different states.

The series was dominated by Paul Dumbrell who won twelve races during the course of the 15 race series. Dumbrell finished 484 points clear of the only other driver to win more than one race, Dale Brede.

Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers competed in the 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series. Team Car No. Driver Rounds Imrie Motor Sport Holden Commodore (VT) 13 Steve Owen 2–5 Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 20 Andrew Jones 4 Terry Wyhoon Racing Ford Falcon (EL) 25 Terry Wyhoon All M3 Motorsport Holden Commodore (VT) 26 Bob McDonald All Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 30 Bob Thorn 1 Luke Youlden 2, 5 South Pacific Motor Sport Holden Commodore (VS) 38 Mathew Hunt 1–3 Craig Bastian Ford Falcon (EL) 47 Craig Bastian 1–3 Michael Simpson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 56 Kevin Mundy All Ford Falcon (EL) 93 Michael Simpson All 94 Mark Howard All Motorsport Engineering Services Holden Commodore (VT) 58 Derek van Zelm 1–2 Halliday Motor Sport Ford Falcon (AU) 61 Ross Halliday All 161 Greg Crick All Independent Race Cars Australia Holden Commodore (VX) 64 Paul Dumbrell All Shane Beikoff Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 68 Shane Beikoff 1, 3, 5 Phill Foster 2, 4 CarTrek Racing Holden Commodore (VS) Holden Commodore (VX) 69 Robert Jones 1–2, 4–5 Holden Commodore (VS) 79 Paul Freestone 4 Graphic Skills Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 70 David Skillender 5 Robert Smith Racing Holden Commodore (VT) 72 Robert Smith All TanderSport Holden Commodore (VS) 74 Leanne Ferrier 1, 3–5 Matthew White Racing Holden Commodore (VT) 76 Matthew White All Holden Commodore (VS) 90 Michael Turner All V8 Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 77 Richard Mork 1, 3–4 MSport Ford Falcon (AU) 78 Mark Porter All The Race Centre Ford Falcon (AU) 87 Rod Salmon 1–2 Harris Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 88 Craig Harris All 89 Dale Brede All Phoenix Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) 95 Ron Searle All Sydney Star Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 98 Grant Elliott All AJG Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 99 Wesley May 1–3 MoPro Ford Falcon (EL) 110 Grant Johnson All Clyde Lawrence Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 140 Clyde Lawrence 1–2, 4–5 A.N.T. Racing Holden Commodore (VS) 300 Tony Evangelou 2, 4

Race calendar

Round Date Circuit Location Winning driver 1 30–31 March Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales Dale Brede 2 4–5 May Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Paul Dumbrell 3 15–16 June Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Paul Dumbrell 4 6–7 July Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria Paul Dumbrell 5 3–4 August Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia Paul Dumbrell

Points system The season consisted of five rounds across three different states. Each round consisted of three races. Points were awarded for the first 32 positions at each raceSporting Rules, v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org but at no race during the series did more than 22 cars finish. The third race of a race weekend carried approximately 50% more points than each of the first two races. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd Race 1/2Points 80 64 51 42 35 32 29 26 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 Race 3Points 120 96 77 62 53 48 43 38 36 35 33 32 30 29 27 26 24 23 21 20 18 17

Series standings Points table referenced, in part, as follows:

Pos. Driver No. WAK PHI ORA WIN MAL Points 1 Paul Dumbrell 64 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1322 2 Dale Brede 89 2 2 1 2 5 2 2 5 4 Ret 3 Ret 8 1 3 838 3 Greg Crick 161 4 3 3 3 3 4 13 3 2 10 20 3 5 3 5 753 4 Steve Owen 13 10 6 6 Ret 4 7 14 2 2 2 6 2 579 5 Mark Porter 78 6 6 13 5 2 5 5 2 5 Ret 22 6 3 Ret 6 556 6 Craig Harris 88 7 1 6 4 7 Ret 4 14 8 3 5 5 9 7 DNS 519 7 Matthew White 76 3 11 4 Ret Ret 16 6 6 3 2 4 14 7 Ret 8 504 8 Grant Elliot 98 9 7 7 6 8 Ret 3 9 6 5 6 4 15 13 11 477 9 Ron Searle 95 16 10 9 11 13 8 8 10 10 7 10 16 13 11 15 387 10 Grant Johnson 110 13 8 8 12 9 19 11 8 Ret 4 7 9 14 10 13 377 11 Ross Halliday 61 17 15 14 14 12 10 15 15 13 9 12 15 10 8 12 357 12 Kevin Mundy 56 10 9 15 20 11 7 7 18 20 16 11 13 11 DNS DNS 307 13 Luke Youlden 30 7 4 3 4 5 4 287 14 Michael Turner 90 Ret 17 18 9 10 13 12 Ret 12 8 21 10 DNS 15 17 284 15 Terry Wyhoon 25 8 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 20 7 9 DNS 23 Ret 16 9 14 255 16 Mark Howard 94 18 Ret Ret 16 18 15 18 19 17 Ret 16 12 20 16 20 226 17 Shane Beikoff 68 19 13 12 16 13 14 17 14 16 193 18 Leanne Ferrier 74 DNS DNS DNS 9 Ret DNS 18 8 Ret 6 4 7 182 19 Clyde Lawrence 140 21 21 17 Ret 19 17 12 17 18 19 Ret 19 181 20 Robert Jones 69 Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret 6 18 8 12 12 10 176 21 Michael Simpson 93 5 12 5 Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 21 Ret DNS 9 163 22 Bob McDonald 26 22 20 DNS Ret Ret Ret 17 16 16 Ret 14 Ret 18 17 18 156 23 Robert Smith 72 20 16 19 17 Ret Ret 19 17 19 Ret DNS 19 DNS DNS DNS 139 24 Mathew Hunt 38 15 DNS 10 18 Ret Ret 14 12 18 131 25 Richard Mork 77 Ret DNS DNS Ret 11 15 13 15 11 120 26 Craig Bastian 47 DNS DNS DNS 8 20 18 10 Ret 11 118 27 Rod Salmon 87 14 14 16 15 15 DNS 100 28 Phill Foster 68 Ret 16 14 15 19 20 98 29 Andrew Jones 20 17 9 7 83 30 Tony Evangelou 300 13 14 11 DNS DNS DNS 72 31 Wesley May 99 12 Ret DNS DNS 17 12 DNS DNS DNS 69 32 Paul Freestone 79 11 13 17 66 33 Derek van Zelm 58 Ret 18 11 DNS DNS DNS 48 34 Bob Thorn 30 11 19 Ret 36 – David Skillender 70 DNS DNS DNS 0 Pos. Driver No. WAK PHI ORA WIN MAL Points

2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series

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