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The 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car

Touring car

A touring car, or tourer, is an open car seating five or more. Touring cars may have two or four doors. Often, the belt line is lowered in the front doors to give the car a more sportive character. They were often fitted with a folding roof and side curtains. Engines on early models were either in...

series held for V8 Supercars. It was the third series held for second tier V8 Supercar

Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series

The Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series is an Australian touring car competition, specifically the second tier series for V8 Supercar competitors. Competing vehicles are older than those utilised in the V8 Supercar Championship series and are run by smaller teams with lower budgets...

teams. The season began on 31 March 2002 at Wakefield Park

Wakefield Park

Wakefield Park is a motor racing circuit located near Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. It is named after Charles Cheers Wakefield, the founder of Castrol Oil...

and finished on 4 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park. The season consisted of five rounds held across three different states.

The series was dominated by Paul Dumbrell

Paul Dumbrell

Paul Dumbrell , is an Australian racing driver who currently drives for Rod Nash Racing in the V8 Supercar Championship Series...

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 have competed during the 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series.

Team	No	Driver	Model
Imrie Motor Sport	13	Steve Owen	VT Commodore Holden VT Commodore The Holden VT Commodore, Berlina, and Calais are the tenth iteration of the Holden Commodore, a full-size car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors...
Brad Jones Racing Brad Jones Racing Brad Jones Racing is an Australian motor racing team centred around brothers Kim and Brad Jones and is based in Albury, New South Wales. Presently the team compete in the V8 Supercar Series, which they joined in 2000. Recently they have also returned to the Australian Formula Ford Championship...	20	Andrew Jones Andrew Jones (Race Driver) Andrew Jones is a racing driver for Brad Jones Racing in the V8 Supercar series. Jones has had success in a number of forms of motorsport in Australia....	AU Falcon Ford AU Falcon The Ford AU Falcon and Fairmont are the first of the sixth generation series of the Ford Falcon, a full-size car produced by Ford Australia...
Terry Wyhoon Racing	25	Terry Wyhoon	EL Falcon Ford EL Falcon The Ford EL Falcon is a full-size car that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Australia between 1996 and 1998. The EL Falcon served as the final chapter of the fifth generation "E-series" architecture, which began with the EA of 1988. Ford discontinued the car in 1998, and replaced it...
M3 Motorsport	26	Bob McDonald	VT Commodore Holden VT Commodore The Holden VT Commodore, Berlina, and Calais are the tenth iteration of the Holden Commodore, a full-size car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors...
Steven Ellery Racing	30	Bob Thorn Luke Youlden Luke Youlden Luke Youlden is an Australian motor racing driver. He is the son of two-time Australian Production Car champion Kent Youlden. Youlden has been a V8 Supercar endurance co-driver for various teams since 2001 but has never raced in the series full-time...	AU Falcon Ford AU Falcon The Ford AU Falcon and Fairmont are the first of the sixth generation series of the Ford Falcon, a full-size car produced by Ford Australia...
South Pacific Motor Sport	38	Mathew Hunt	VS Commodore Holden VS Commodore The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model...
Craig Bastian	47	Craig Bastian	EL Falcon Ford EL Falcon The Ford EL Falcon is a full-size car that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Australia between 1996 and 1998. The EL Falcon served as the final chapter of the fifth generation "E-series" architecture, which began with the EA of 1988. Ford discontinued the car in 1998, and replaced it...
Michael Simpson Racing	56	Kevin Mundy	AU Falcon Ford AU Falcon The Ford AU Falcon and Fairmont are the first of the sixth generation series of the Ford Falcon, a full-size car produced by Ford Australia...
	93	Michael Simpson	EL Falcon Ford EL Falcon The Ford EL Falcon is a full-size car that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Australia between 1996 and 1998. The EL Falcon served as the final chapter of the fifth generation "E-series" architecture, which began with the EA of 1988. Ford discontinued the car in 1998, and replaced it...
	94	Mark Howard
Motorsport Engineering Services	58	Derek van Zelm	VT Commodore Holden VT Commodore The Holden VT Commodore, Berlina, and Calais are the tenth iteration of the Holden Commodore, a full-size car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors...
Halliday Motor Sport	61	Ross Halliday	AU Falcon Ford AU Falcon The Ford AU Falcon and Fairmont are the first of the sixth generation series of the Ford Falcon, a full-size car produced by Ford Australia...
Halliday Motor Sport	161	Greg Crick
Independent Race Cars Australia	64	Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell , is an Australian racing driver who currently drives for Rod Nash Racing in the V8 Supercar Championship Series...	VX Commodore Holden VX Commodore The Holden VX Commodore, Berlina and Calais range of full-size cars were the eleventh instalment of Holden Commodore, a model manufactured by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors...
Shane Beikoff Racing	68	Shane Beikoff Phill Foster	VS Commodore Holden VS Commodore The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model...
Spiess Heckler Racing	69	Robert Jones	VS Commodore Holden VS Commodore The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model... VX Commodore Holden VX Commodore The Holden VX Commodore, Berlina and Calais range of full-size cars were the eleventh instalment of Holden Commodore, a model manufactured by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors...
Spiess Heckler Racing	79	Paul Freestone	VS Commodore Holden VS Commodore The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model...
Graphic Skills Racing	70	David Skillender	VS Commodore Holden VS Commodore The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model...
Robert Smith Racing	72	Robert Smith	VT Commodore Holden VT Commodore The Holden VT Commodore, Berlina, and Calais are the tenth iteration of the Holden Commodore, a full-size car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors...
Tandersport	74	Leanne Ferrier Leanne Tander -Leanne Tander is an Australian racecar driver having raced cars such as Formula Ford, Formula 3 and V8 Supercars.- Career :...	VS Commodore Holden VS Commodore The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model...
Matthew White Racing	76	Matthew White	VT Commodore Holden VT Commodore The Holden VT Commodore, Berlina, and Calais are the tenth iteration of the Holden Commodore, a full-size car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors...
Matthew White Racing	90	Michael Turner	VS Commodore Holden VS Commodore The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model...
V8 Racing	77	Richard Mork	VS Commodore Holden VS Commodore The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model...
MSport	78	Mark Porter	AU Falcon Ford AU Falcon The Ford AU Falcon and Fairmont are the first of the sixth generation series of the Ford Falcon, a full-size car produced by Ford Australia...
The Race Centre	87	Rod Salmon	AU Falcon Ford AU Falcon The Ford AU Falcon and Fairmont are the first of the sixth generation series of the Ford Falcon, a full-size car produced by Ford Australia...
Harris Racing	88	Craig Harris	AU Falcon Ford AU Falcon The Ford AU Falcon and Fairmont are the first of the sixth generation series of the Ford Falcon, a full-size car produced by Ford Australia...
Harris Racing	89	Dale Brede
Phoenix Motorsport	95	Ron Searle	VS Commodore Holden VS Commodore The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model...
Sydney Star Racing	98	Grant Elliott	VS Commodore Holden VS Commodore The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model...
AJG Racing	99	Wesley May	VS Commodore Holden VS Commodore The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model...
MoPro	110	Grant Johnson	EL Falcon Ford EL Falcon The Ford EL Falcon is a full-size car that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Australia between 1996 and 1998. The EL Falcon served as the final chapter of the fifth generation "E-series" architecture, which began with the EA of 1988. Ford discontinued the car in 1998, and replaced it...
Clyde Lawrence Racing	140	Clyde Lawrence	VS Commodore Holden VS Commodore The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model...
A.N.T. Racing	300	Tony Evangelou	VS Commodore Holden VS Commodore The Holden VS Commodore, released in 1995, was the ninth model of the Holden Commodore, a large car built by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors. The VS Commodore served as a mechanical update of the second generation architecture, destined to assist sales before the all-new VT model...

Race calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Location	Winning driver
1	30-31 March	Wakefield Park Wakefield Park Wakefield Park is a motor racing circuit located near Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. It is named after Charles Cheers Wakefield, the founder of Castrol Oil...	Goulburn Goulburn, New South Wales Goulburn is a provincial city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Goulburn Mulwaree Council Local Government Area. It is located south-west of Sydney on the Hume Highway and above sea-level. On Census night 2006, Goulburn had a population of 20,127 people... , New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...	Dale Brede
2	4-5 May	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing racing circuit on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The circuit was opened in 1956.-Road circuit:...	Phillip Island, Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....	Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell , is an Australian racing driver who currently drives for Rod Nash Racing in the V8 Supercar Championship Series...
3	15-16 June	Oran Park Raceway Oran Park Raceway Oran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which was operational from 1962 to 2010....	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...	Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell , is an Australian racing driver who currently drives for Rod Nash Racing in the V8 Supercar Championship Series...
4	6-7 July	Winton Motor Raceway Winton Motor Raceway Winton Motor Raceway is a Motor Racing track in Winton, near Benalla, Victoria, Australia.-History:The Benalla Auto Club began planning for a permanent racing track around 1958. In 1960 it was decided to build the track at Winton Recreation Reserve and was completed in twelve months...	Benalla Benalla, Victoria Benalla is a city of just over 9,000 people located just off the Hume Freeway in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, about southwest of Wangaratta. Its Local Government Area is the Rural City of Benalla.- Overview :... , Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....	Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell , is an Australian racing driver who currently drives for Rod Nash Racing in the V8 Supercar Championship Series...
5	3-4 August	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala Mallala Mallala may refer to:Mallala, South Australia, a town on the northern Adelaide PlainsMallala Motor Sport Park, a motor racing circuit north of the town*RAAF Base Mallala, the previous use of the site of the racing circuit... , South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...	Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell , is an Australian racing driver who currently drives for Rod Nash Racing in the V8 Supercar Championship Series...

Results and standings

The season consisted of five rounds across three different states. Each round consisted of three races. Points were awarded for all cars who finished each race in finishing order. Points may have been offered beyond the 22nd position but at no point during the season did more than 22 cars finish a race. The third race of a race weekend carried approximately 50% more points than 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

Drivers championship

Points table referenced, in part, as follows:

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Pos	Driver	WAK Wakefield Park Wakefield Park is a motor racing circuit located near Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. It is named after Charles Cheers Wakefield, the founder of Castrol Oil...			PHI Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing racing circuit on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The circuit was opened in 1956.-Road circuit:...			ORA Oran Park Raceway Oran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which was operational from 1962 to 2010....			WIN Winton Motor Raceway Winton Motor Raceway is a Motor Racing track in Winton, near Benalla, Victoria, Australia.-History:The Benalla Auto Club began planning for a permanent racing track around 1958. In 1960 it was decided to build the track at Winton Recreation Reserve and was completed in twelve months...			MAL			Pts
1	Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell Paul Dumbrell , is an Australian racing driver who currently drives for Rod Nash Racing in the V8 Supercar Championship Series...	1	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1322
2	Dale Brede	2	2	1	2	5	2	2	5	4	Ret	3	Ret	8	1	3	838
3	Greg Crick	4	3	3	3	3	4	13	3	2	10	20	3	5	3	5	753
4	Steve Owen				10	6	6	Ret	4	7	14	2	2	2	6	2	579
5	Mark Porter	6	6	13	5	2	5	5	2	5	Ret	22	6	3	Ret	6	556
6	Craig Harris	7	1	6	4	7	Ret	4	14	8	3	5	5	9	7	DNS	519
7	Matthew White	3	11	4	Ret	Ret	16	6	6	3	2	4	14	7	Ret	8	504
8	Grant Elliot	9	7	7	6	8	Ret	3	9	6	5	6	4	15	13	11	477
9	Ron Searle	16	10	9	11	13	8	8	10	10	7	10	16	13	11	15	387
10	Grant Johnson	13	8	8	12	9	19	11	8	Ret	4	7	9	14	10	13	377
11	Ross Halliday	17	15	14	14	12	10	15	15	13	9	12	15	10	8	12	357
12	Kevin Mundy	10	9	15	20	11	7	7	18	20	16	11	13	11	DNS	DNS	307
13	Luke Youlden Luke Youlden Luke Youlden is an Australian motor racing driver. He is the son of two-time Australian Production Car champion Kent Youlden. Youlden has been a V8 Supercar endurance co-driver for various teams since 2001 but has never raced in the series full-time...				7	4	3							4	5	4	287
14	Michael Turner	Ret	17	18	9	10	13	12	Ret	12	8	21	10	DNS	15	17	284
15	Terry Wyhoon	8	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	20	7	9	DNS	23	Ret	16	9	14	255
16	Mark Howard	18	Ret	Ret	16	18	15	18	19	17	Ret	16	12	20	16	20	226
17	Shane Beikoff	19	13	12				16	13	14				17	14	16	193
18	Leanne Ferrier Leanne Tander -Leanne Tander is an Australian racecar driver having raced cars such as Formula Ford, Formula 3 and V8 Supercars.- Career :...	DNS	DNS	DNS				9	Ret	DNS	18	8	Ret	6	4	7	182
19	Clyde Lawrence	21	21	17	Ret	19	17				12	17	18	19	Ret	19	181
20	Robert Jones	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	Ret				6	18	8	12	12	10	176
21	Michael Simpson	5	12	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	DNS	9	163
22	Bob McDonald	22	20	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	16	16	Ret	14	Ret	18	17	18	156
23	Robert Smith	20	16	19	17	Ret	Ret	19	17	19	Ret	DNS	19	DNS	DNS	DNS	139
24	Mathew Hunt	15	DNS	10	18	Ret	Ret	14	12	18							131
25	Richard Mork	Ret	DNS	DNS				Ret	11	15	13	15	11				120
26	Craig Bastian	DNS	DNS	DNS	8	20	18	10	Ret	11							118
27	Rod Salmon	14	14	16	15	15	DNS										100
28	Phill Foster				Ret	16	14				15	19	20				98
29	Andrew Jones Andrew Jones (Race Driver) Andrew Jones is a racing driver for Brad Jones Racing in the V8 Supercar series. Jones has had success in a number of forms of motorsport in Australia....										17	9	7				83
30	Tony Evangelou				13	14	11				DNS	DNS	DNS				72
31	Wesley May	12	Ret	DNS	DNS	17	12	DNS	DNS	DNS							69
32	Paul Freestone										11	13	17				66
33	Derek van Zelm	Ret	18	11	DNS	DNS	DNS										48
34	Bob Thorn	11	19	Ret													36
	David Skillender													DNS	DNS	DNS

External links

2002 Racing Results Archive

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