2002 Queensland 500

The 2002 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 was an endurance race for V8 Supercars staged at Queensland Raceway, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia on 15 September 2002. Race distance was 161 laps of the 3.121 km circuit, totalling 502 km. The event was round nine of the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was the fourth and last Queensland 500 to be held for V8 Supercars, although the race name was revived in 2006 for a club level endurance race for Sports and Touring Cars.

Queensland 2002 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500
Event Information
Round 9 of 13 in the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date13–15 September 2002
LocationIpswich, Queensland
VenueQueensland Raceway
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 161 laps 500 km
Pole position Marcos Ambrose
Stone Brothers Racing		 1:10.8726
Winner David Besnard
Simon Wills
Stone Brothers Racing		 3:38:04.2825
Round Results
First
400 pts
Second
320 pts
Third
256 pts

The 2002 race was won by David Besnard and Simon Wills driving a Ford AU Falcon.

Top Fifteen Shootout

Top Fifteen Shootout results as follows:[1]

Pos No Team Driver Car Time
1 4 Stone Brothers Racing Australia Marcos Ambrose Ford AU Falcon 1:10.8726
2 1 Holden Racing Team Australia Jason Bright Holden VX Commodore 1:10.9174
3 21 OzEmail Racing Team Australia John Bowe Ford AU Falcon 1:11.1053
4 9 Stone Brothers Racing Australia David Besnard Ford AU Falcon 1:11.1886
5 51 K-Mart Racing New Zealand Greg Murphy Holden VX Commodore 1:11.3777
6 66 Team Betta Electrical Brazil Max Wilson Ford AU Falcon 1:11.3900
7 02 Holden Young Lions Australia Rick Kelly Holden VX Commodore 1:11.4080
8 16 Castrol Perkins Race Team Australia Russell Ingall Holden VX Commodore 1:11.4485
9 11 Castrol Perkins Race Team Australia Larry Perkins Holden VX Commodore 1:11.8369
10 54 Team Brock New Zealand Craig Baird Holden VX Commodore 1:11.9253
11 10 Orrcon Racing Australia Mark Larkham Ford AU Falcon 1:11.9604
12 65 Team Betta Electrical Australia Matthew White Ford AU Falcon 1:11.9950
13 15 K-Mart Racing United Kingdom Andy Priaulx Holden VX Commodore 1:12.0921
14 31 Supercheap Auto Racing Australia Steven Ellery Ford AU Falcon 1:12.3594
15 5 Ford Credit Racing Australia Glenn Seton Ford AU Falcon 1:13.0188

Official results
David Besnard and Simon Wills won the race driving a Ford Falcon AU. The car is pictured in 2018.

Race results as follows:[2]

Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos		 Shootout
Pos		 Series
Points
1 9 Stone Brothers Racing Australia David Besnard
New Zealand Simon Wills		 Ford AU Falcon 161 2 4 400
2 16 Castrol Perkins Race Team New Zealand Steven Richards
Australia Russell Ingall		 Holden VX Commodore 161 12 8 320
3 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Australia Garth Tander
Australia Jason Bargwanna		 Holden VX Commodore 161 16 256
4 2 Holden Racing Team New Zealand Jim Richards
Australia Tomas Mezera		 Holden VX Commodore 161 20 208
5 4 Stone Brothers Racing Australia Marcos Ambrose
Australia Paul Weel		 Ford AU Falcon 161 1 1 176
6 00 00 Motorsport Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Neil Crompton		 Ford AU Falcon 161 23 160
7 11 Castrol Perkins Race Team Australia Larry Perkins
Australia Paul Dumbrell		 Holden VX Commodore 161 11 9 144
8 18 Shell Helix Racing Australia Greg Ritter
Australia Alan Jones		 Ford AU Falcon 161 22 128
9 21 OzEmail Racing Team Australia John Bowe
Australia Brad Jones		 Ford AU Falcon 161 6 3 120
10 51 K-Mart Racing New Zealand Greg Murphy
Australia Todd Kelly		 Holden VX Commodore 161 5 5 112
11 10 Orrcon Racing Australia Mark Larkham
Australia Will Power		 Ford AU Falcon 160 15 11 104
12 7 00 Motorsport Australia Rodney Forbes
Australia Neal Bates		 Ford AU Falcon 160 26 96
13 17 Shell Helix Racing New Zealand Paul Radisich
Australia Steven Johnson		 Ford AU Falcon 160 17 88
14 31 Supercheap Auto Racing Australia Steven Ellery
Australia Luke Youlden		 Ford AU Falcon 160 13 14 80
15 40 VIP Petfoods Racing Australia Cameron McLean
Australia Tony Scott		 Ford AU Falcon 159 18 72
16 161 Halliday Motor Sport Australia Greg Crick
Australia Phillip Scifleet		 Ford AU Falcon 159 29 68
17 888 OzEmail Racing Team United Kingdom John Cleland
Australia Tim Leahey		 Ford AU Falcon 158 24 64
18 43 Paul Weel Racing Australia Geoff Full
New Zealand Mark Porter		 Ford AU Falcon 158 33 60
19 600 CAT Racing Australia Steve Owen
Australia Dale Brede		 Ford AU Falcon 157 25 56
20 35 Garry Rogers Motorsport Australia Jamie Whincup
Australia Max Dumesny		 Holden VX Commodore 156 31 52
21 75 Toll Racing Australia Anthony Tratt
Australia Paul Stokell		 Ford AU Falcon 156 30 48
22 021 Team Kiwi Racing New Zealand Jason Richards
New Zealand John McIntyre		 Holden VX Commodore 155 21 44
23 76 VIP Petfoods Australia Andrew Miedecke
United Kingdom Tony Quinn		 Holden VT Commodore 149 35 40
24 65 Team Betta Electrical Australia Tony Longhurst
Australia Matthew White		 Ford AU Falcon 145 10 12 36
25 14 Imrie Motor Sport Australia Christian D'Agostin
Australia Daryl Beattie		 Holden VX Commodore 145 34 32
26 29 Paul Morris Motorsport Australia Paul Morris
Australia Wayne Wakefield		 Holden VX Commodore 139 27 28
DNF 02 Holden Young Lions Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Nathan Pretty		 Holden VX Commodore 139 7 7
DNF 15 K-Mart Racing France Yvan Muller
United Kingdom Andy Priaulx		 Holden VX Commodore 95 9 13
DNF 66 Team Betta Electrical Brazil Max Wilson
Australia Dean Canto		 Ford AU Falcon 88 4 6
DNF 1 Holden Racing Team Australia Mark Skaife
Australia Jason Bright		 Holden VX Commodore 62 3 2
DNF 5 Ford Credit Racing Australia Glenn Seton
Australia Owen Kelly		 Ford AU Falcon 61 14 15
DNF 22 Pepsi Racing Australia Dugal McDougall
Australia Alan Gurr		 Holden VX Commodore 53 32
DNF 54 Team Brock New Zealand Craig Baird
Australia Mark Noske		 Holden VX Commodore 44 8 10
DNF 3 Lansvale Racing Team Australia Cameron McConville
Australia Warren Luff		 Holden VX Commodore 33 19
DNF 46 John Faulkner Racing New Zealand John Faulkner
Australia Rick Bates		 Holden VX Commodore 33 28

Statistics
  • Provisional Pole Position – #4 Marcos Ambrose – 1:10.7937
  • Pole Position – #4 Marcos Ambrose – 1:10.8726
  • Fastest Lap – #51 Greg Murphy – 1:11.7057 – 157 km/h
  • Race time of winning car – 03:38:04.2825 – 138 km/h

References
  1. "Race Results - Top 15 Shootout". V8 Supercars Australia. September 2002. Archived from the original on 19 October 2002. Retrieved 19 October 2002.
  2. "Race Results - Race 1". V8 Supercars Australia. September 2002. Archived from the original on 19 October 2002. Retrieved 19 October 2002.
Supercars Championship
Previous race:
2002 Winton V8 Supercar Round		 2002 Supercars Championship Next race:
2002 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000
Previous year:
2001 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500		 Queensland 500 Next year:
500 km race: 2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500
QldV8 Supercars: 2003 BigPond 300
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