The 2002 V8 Supercars Oran Park round was the seventh round of the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was the 32nd ATCC/V8 Supercar event to be held at Oran Park and was held on the weekend of 26 to 28 July at the Oran Park Raceway in Narellan, New South Wales.

Mark Skaife continued his domination of the championship series by winning both races of the weekend and claiming overall round honours in the process. Marcos Ambrose and Craig Lowndes had shown pace for the Ford brand but a comibination of slow pitstops and technical issues curtailed their efforts. A surprise package throughout the weekend was Cameron McConville of the Lansvale Racing Team who topped the first practice session and was on course for a podium in race one before a power steering failure forced him to retire.

Background The event was held on the weekend of 26 to 28 July 2002. It was the 32nd ATCC/V8 Supercar event to be held at Oran Park and consisted of two 150 km races with compulsory pitstops.

Mark Skaife entered the round as the championship leader in what had been a dominant campaign, having won all five of the six rounds run thus far.

Entry list

There were 36 drivers entered into the event with no necessitation for pre-qualifying.

Multiple drivers returned to the series for this round including Larry Perkins, Wayne Wakefield with Imrie Motorsport, Paul Romano and Dugal McDougall.

Race report Qualifying Series debutant Max Wilson had continued his strong qualifying form by securing his first provisional pole position in the V8 Supercar series. Jason Richards qualified in tenth position and thus secured Team Kiwi Racing's first top ten shootout berth in its history.

Pos No Name Team Vehicle Time 1 65 Max Wilson Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.0234 2 4 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.0559 3 2 Jason Bright Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.1198 4 1 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.2309 5 3 Cameron McConville Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.2778 6 34 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.2841 7 5 Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.2974 8 8 Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.3287 9 00 Craig Lowndes 00 Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.3738 10 021 Jason Richards Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VT) 1:09.3839 11 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.4016 12 888 John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.4311 13 9 David Besnard Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.4425 14 15 Todd Kelly Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.4446 15 54 Craig Baird Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.4702 16 51 Greg Murphy Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.5042 17 40 Cameron McLean Paragon Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.5062 18 16 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.5902 19 31 Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.6215 20 600 Simon Wills Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.6260 21 10 Mark Larkham Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.6367 22 21 Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.6394 23 24 Paul Romano Romano Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.8045 24 35 Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.8158 25 29 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.8202 26 27 Neil Crompton 00 Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.8251 27 18 Paul Radisich Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.8969 28 02 Rick Kelly Holden Young Lions Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.9045 29 66 Tony Longhurst Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.9054 30 46 John Faulkner John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.9523 31 43 Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.9673 32 11 Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 1:10.0601 33 75 Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:10.1053 34 7 Rodney Forbes 00 Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:10.1117 35 14 Wayne Wakefield Imrie Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 1:10.2802 36 22 Dugal McDougall McDougall Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 1:12.8343 Source:

Top ten shootout Pos No Name Team Vehicle Time 1 4 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:08.8177 2 2 Jason Bright Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.0350 3 00 Craig Lowndes 00 Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.6288 4 1 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.7731 5 3 Cameron McConville Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.7741 6 34 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.8390 7 5 Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.8748 8 8 Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 1:09.8808 9 65 Max Wilson Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 1:09.9801 10 021 Jason Richards Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VT) 1:10.5160 Source:

Race 1 Pos No Name Team Vehicle Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 1 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 58 01:19:50.4404 4 2 2 Jason Bright Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 1.106 2 3 16 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 1.932 18 4 4 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 2.183 1 5 8 Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 2.508 8 6 31 Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 3.646 19 7 27 Neil Crompton 00 Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 5.256 26 8 02 Rick Kelly Holden Young Lions Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 5.433 28 9 5 Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 5.788 PL 10 34 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 8.052 6 11 66 Tony Longhurst Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 8.668 29 12 00 Craig Lowndes 00 Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 8.920 3 13 18 Paul Radisich Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 9.649 27 14 29 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 9.702 25 15 600 Simon Wills Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 10.177 20 16 46 John Faulkner John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 11.558 30 17 54 Craig Baird Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 11.563 15 18 021 Jason Richards Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VT) 58 + 13.264 PL 19 9 David Besnard Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 13.839 13 20 11 Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 13.934 32 21 24 Paul Romano Romano Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 15.111 23 22 14 Wayne Wakefield Imrie Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 15.395 35 23 75 Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 16.896 33 24 65 Max Wilson Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 17.639 9 25 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 18.791 11 26 40 Cameron McLean Paragon Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 57 + 1 lap 17 27 10 Mark Larkham Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 57 + 1 lap 21 28 21 Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 56 + 2 laps 22 Ret 35 Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 55 Accident damage 24 Ret 22 Dugal McDougall McDougall Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 44 Mechanical 36 Ret 888 John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 42 Accident damage 12 Ret 15 Todd Kelly Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia Holden Commodore (VX) 41 Power steering 14 Ret 51 Greg Murphy Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia Holden Commodore (VX) 32 Steering 16 Ret 43 Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 26 Accident 31 Ret 7 Rodney Forbes 00 Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 26 Accident 34 Ret 3 Cameron McConville Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 14 Power steering 5 Fastest Lap: Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing) - 1:09.2530 on lap 2 Source:

Race 2 Pos No Name Team Vehicle Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 1 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 58 01:12:28.4745 1 2 4 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 15.276 4 3 2 Jason Bright Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 18.814 2 4 16 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 20.506 3 5 8 Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 24.361 5 6 9 David Besnard Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 31.759 19 7 00 Craig Lowndes 00 Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 32.221 12 8 31 Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 36.511 6 9 34 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 40.610 10 10 27 Neil Crompton 00 Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 47.162 7 11 66 Tony Longhurst Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 54.757 11 12 888 John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 55.338 PL 13 5 Glenn Seton Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 58 + 56.379 9 14 3 Cameron McConville Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 56.854 36 15 02 Rick Kelly Holden Young Lions Holden Commodore (VX) 58 + 1:04.308 8 16 75 Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 57 + 1 lap 23 17 600 Simon Wills Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 57 + 1 lap 15 18 10 Mark Larkham Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 57 + 1 lap 27 19 46 John Faulkner John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 57 + 1 lap 16 20 18 Paul Radisich Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 57 + 1 lap 13 21 14 Wayne Wakefield Imrie Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 57 + 1 lap 22 22 7 Rodney Forbes 00 Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 57 + 1 lap 35 23 51 Greg Murphy Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia Holden Commodore (VX) 57 + 1 lap 33 24 22 Dugal McDougall McDougall Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 57 + 1 lap 30 25 021 Jason Richards Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VT) 57 + 1 lap 18 26 40 Cameron McLean Paragon Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 57 + 1 lap 26 27 11 Larry Perkins Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 57 + 1 lap 20 28 35 Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 54 + 4 laps 29 Ret 54 Craig Baird Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 45 Retired 17 Ret 43 Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 29 Retired 34 Ret 24 Paul Romano Romano Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 29 Retired 21 Ret 65 Max Wilson Briggs Motorsport Ford Falcon (AU) 2 Rear wing 24 Ret 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2 Accident damage 25 Ret 21 Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (AU) 2 Accident damage 28 Ret 29 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 1 Power steering 14 Ret 15 Todd Kelly Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia Holden Commodore (VX) 1 Accident 32 Fastest Lap: Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing) - 1:10.1963 on lap 11 Source:

Championship standings No Driver Team 1 1 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 1693 2 2 Jason Bright Holden Racing Team 896 3 51 Greg Murphy Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia 894 4 4 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing 809 5 15 Todd Kelly Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia 802

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