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.

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:

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

Official results

File:Ford Falcon AU of David Besnard.jpg

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

Race results as follows:

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

External links

• Official website for the race at V8Supercars Australia via archive.org
• www.v8supercar.com.au at 29 September 2002 via web.archive.org
• 2002 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 photos from www.pbase.com