2002 Sandown 500
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The 2002 Sandown 500 was an Australian motor race for Production Cars[1] which drew its entries from those competing in the Australian Nations Cup Championship and Australian GT Production Car Championship. It was the second Sandown 500 since the former touring car endurance race was revived for production cars and would be the last as Sandown would regain the rights to the 500 kilometre V8 Supercar race the following year.
The race, which was the 35th Sandown 500 endurance race[2] was held at Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 8 September 2002. It was won by Paul Stokell and Anthony Tratt driving a Lamborghini Diablo GTR.
Classes
Cars competed in four classes:[3]
- Nations Cup Group 1
- Nations Cup Group 2
- GT Production Class A
- GT Production Class B
Sandown 500 Top Gun Challenge
After qualifying was completed the fastest ten cars competed in a one-lap runoff for the top ten grid positions. Runoff results as follows:[4]
Weather conditions were threatening when the runoff started. Former Australian rules football player turned media personality Sam Newman, who by his own admission was not even a good race driver, let alone a professional one, was the first driver out to set a time in the runoff in his Class G2 Ferrari 360 Challenge. As it turned out, his was the only lap run in dry conditions as the rain started almost as he crossed the finish line. His lap ended up being the fastest by 6.0448 seconds.
| Pos | No | Entrant | Driver | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Prancing Horse Racing | Template:Flagicon Sam Newman | Ferrari 360 Challenge | 1:18.5170 |
| 2 | 5 | V.I.P. Petfoods (Aust) P/L | Template:Flagicon Jim Richards | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 1:24.5618 |
| 3 | 54 | Prancing Horse Racing | Template:Flagicon Paul Morris | Ferrari 360 Challenge | 1:25.6568 |
| 4 | 888 | Prancing Horse Racing | Template:Flagicon John Bowe | Ferrari 360 N-GT | 1:26.3881 |
| 5 | 88 | Prancing Horse Racing | Template:Flagicon Brad Jones | Ferrari 360 N-GT | 1:26.8075 |
| 6 | 2 | Crazy John's Team Lamborghini Australia |
Template:Flagicon Paul Stokell | Lamborghini Diablo GTR | 1:27.2870 |
| 7 | 3 | Falken Tyres Fitzgerald Racing |
Template:Flagicon Peter Fitzgerald | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | 1:28.0665 |
| 8 | 7 | D'arcy Russell Racing | Template:Flagicon D'arcy Russell | Chrysler Viper ACR | 1:34.1841 |
| 9 | 34 | King Springs Delphi |
Template:Flagicon Mark King | Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII | 1:41.5410 |
| DNS | 300 | Floyd Motorsport | Template:Flagicon Peter Floyd | HSV VX GTS 300kW |
Official results
Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Race results as follows:[5]
Statistics
- Provisional Pole Position - #5 Jim Richards - 1:21.4133[6]
- Pole Position - #17 Sam Newman - 1:18.5170
- Fastest Lap - #5 Jim Richards - 1:13.8765
- Race Average Speed - 139 km/h
References
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- ↑ PROCAR Statistics, Page 65 Retrieved from web.archive.org on 26 December 2008
- ↑ From Falcons To Ferraris, Lambo, Porsche, Viper, Stars In Line For Sundays Sandown 500, 4/9/2002, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ↑ PROCAR Statistics, Page 67 Retrieved from web.archive.org on 26 December 2008
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