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.

2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series
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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 VT Commodore 13 Steve Owen 2–5
Brad Jones Racing Ford AU Falcon 20 Andrew Jones 4
Terry Wyhoon Racing Ford EL Falcon 25 Terry Wyhoon All
M3 Motorsport Holden VT Commodore 26 Bob McDonald All
Steven Ellery Racing Ford AU Falcon 30 Bob Thorn 1
Luke Youlden 2, 5
South Pacific Motor Sport Holden VS Commodore 38 Mathew Hunt 1–3
Craig Bastian Ford EL Falcon 47 Craig Bastian 1–3
Michael Simpson Racing Ford AU Falcon 56 Kevin Mundy All
Ford EL Falcon 93 Michael Simpson All
94 Mark Howard All
Motorsport Engineering Services Holden VT Commodore 58 Derek van Zelm 1–2
Halliday Motor Sport Ford AU Falcon 61 Ross Halliday All
161 Greg Crick All
Independent Race Cars Australia Holden VX Commodore 64 Paul Dumbrell All
Shane Beikoff Racing Holden VS Commodore 68 Shane Beikoff 1, 3, 5
Phill Foster 2, 4
Spies Hecker Racing Holden VS Commodore
Holden VX Commodore		 69 Robert Jones 1–2, 4–5
Holden VS Commodore 79 Paul Freestone 4
Graphic Skills Racing Holden VS Commodore 70 David Skillender 5
Robert Smith Racing Holden VT Commodore 72 Robert Smith All
TanderSport Holden VS Commodore 74 Leanne Ferrier 1, 3–5
Matthew White Racing Holden VT Commodore 76 Matthew White All
Holden VS Commodore 90 Michael Turner All
V8 Racing Holden VS Commodore 77 Richard Mork 1, 3–4
MSport Ford AU Falcon 78 Mark Porter All
The Race Centre Ford AU Falcon 87 Rod Salmon 1–2
Harris Racing Ford AU Falcon 88 Craig Harris All
89 Dale Brede All
Phoenix Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 95 Ron Searle All
Sydney Star Racing Holden VS Commodore 98 Grant Elliott All
AJG Racing Holden VS Commodore 99 Wesley May 1–3
MoPro Ford EL Falcon 110 Grant Johnson All
Clyde Lawrence Racing Holden VS Commodore 140 Clyde Lawrence 1–2, 4–5
A.N.T. Racing Holden VS Commodore 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 race [1] 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 1/2
Points		 80 64 51 42 35 32 29 26 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11
Race 3
Points		 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:[2]

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 96 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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
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See also

References
  1. Sporting Rules, v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. "2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series points". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 4 August 2002. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
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