2002 ASCAR season explained

The 2002 ASCAR season was the second season of United Kingdom-based NASCAR style stock car racing, originally known as ASCAR.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car		Driver	Rounds
Shear-Speed	Pontiac	3	Paul Sheard
		18	Paul Sheard
		58	Tom Guinchard
		align=center rowspan=2	88	Lee O'Keefe
		Chris Robinson
Colin Blower Motorsport	Chevrolet	5	Rob Speak	All
Hodgson Motorsport	Chevrolet Pontiac		Stevie Hodgson	All
Hodgson Motorsport	Chevrolet Pontiac	55	Kevin McGarrity
RML	Chevrolet	7	Kelvin Burt	All
RML	Chevrolet	8	Nicolas Minassian	All
Fast Tec Motorsport	Ford	align=center rowspan=5	11	Paul Evans
		Lee Fitzpatrick
		Nick Kjaer
		Ben Collins
		Paula Cook
		12	Mark Proctor
TorqueSpeed	Chevrolet	24	John Mickel
Team West-Tec	Chevrolet	28	Anthony Swan	All
	Ford	align=center rowspan=2	96	Mark Claussner
	Ford	Roland Rehfeld
Deuce Racing	Chevrolet	align=center rowspan=5	48	Peter Storm
		Ian McKellar Jr.
		Kevin McGarrity
		Randy Tolsma
		Brandon Whitt
		align=center rowspan=2	84	Toby Scheckter
		Derek Hayes
Xcel Motorsport	Ford	align=center rowspan=3	67	Darren Manning
		Colin McRae
		Matt Neal
		76	Jason Plato	All
Team HTML	Pontiac	align=center rowspan=3	68	Roland Rehfeld
		Paul Sheard
		Colin White
		69	Darren Turner	All
Steward Racing	Ford	75	John Steward
Team Catchpole Racing	Chevrolet	77	Phil Weaver
CWS Racing	Chevrolet	78	Colin White

Race calendar

The season consisted of eight meetings with either two or three races taking place at each. The grid for the opening race of each meeting was set by a qualifying session with the second race grid being set by the finishing order of the first. Two meetings were held at the EuroSpeedway in Germany with the remaining six at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in the United Kingdom.

Round		Circuit/Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Led Most Laps	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Rockingham Motor Speedway	5 May	Darren Manning	Stevie Hodgson	Colin White	Colin White	CWS Racing
1	R2	Rockingham Motor Speedway	5 May		Nicolas Minassian	Nicolas Minassian	Nicolas Minassian	RML
2	R3	EuroSpeedway	25 May	Kelvin Burt	Colin White	Stevie Hodgson	Colin White	CWS Racing
	R4		26 May	Cancelled due to rain
	R5		26 May
3	R6	Rockingham Motor Speedway	8 June	Colin White	Darren Turner	Nicolas Minassian	Darren Turner	Team HTML
	R7		9 June	Cancelled due to rain
	R8		9 June
4	R9	EuroSpeedway	20 July	Darren Turner	Darren Turner	Darren Turner	Darren Turner	Team HTML
	R10		21 July		Darren Turner	Darren Turner	Darren Turner	Team HTML
	R11		21 July		Nicolas Minassian	Darren Manning	Darren Manning	Xcel Motorsport
5	R12	Rockingham Motor Speedway	4 August	Darren Turner	Darren Turner	Nicolas Minassian	Darren Turner	Team HTML
5	R13	Rockingham Motor Speedway	4 August		Darren Turner	Darren Turner	Darren Turner	Team HTML
6	R14	Rockingham Motor Speedway	24 August	Darren Turner	Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	RML
	R15		25 August		Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	RML
	R16		25 August		Kelvin Burt		Kelvin Burt	RML
7	R17	Rockingham Motor Speedway	13 September	Darren Turner	Darren Turner	Darren Turner	Kevin McGarrity	Hodgson Motorsport
7	R18	Rockingham Motor Speedway	14 September	Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	Kevin McGarrity	Hodgson Motorsport
8	R19	Rockingham Motor Speedway	6 October	Nicolas Minassian	Nicolas Minassian	Kelvin Burt	Roland Rehfeld	Team West-Tec
8	R20	Rockingham Motor Speedway	6 October		Darren Turner	Nicolas Minassian	Darren Turner	Team HTML

Final points standings

Pos	Driver																					Pts
R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18	R19	R20
1	Nicolas Minassian	3	1*	2*	C	C	7*	C	C	15	7	7	2*	17	7	3	2	3	12	2	3*	2535
2	Kelvin Burt	7	4	5	C	C	3	C	C	5	6	12	3	3	1*	1*	1*	11	17*	14*	5	2498
3	Jason Plato	6	8	3	C	C	5	C	C	3	3*	3	7	4	4	9	13	4	8	4*	4	2493
4	Colin White	1*	2	1*	C	C	11	C	C	4*	5	4	6	7	3	4	3	13	10*	13	10	2463
5	Roland Rehfeld	13	14	12	C	C	15	C	C	6	12	6	9	6	5	6	4	2*	13*	1*	2	2296
6	Mark Proctor	11	7	9	C	C	8	C	C	7	8	5	14	9	12	10	14	6	5	7	7	2196
7	Darren Turner						1*	C	C	1*	1*	13	1*	1*	2	2	12	14*	16	3	1*	2116
8	Stevie Hodgson	4*	3	4*	C	C	13*	C	C	14	DNS	10	11	13	13	15	15	12	11	5	13	2101
9	Rob Speak	10	5	16	C	C	12	C	C	10	13	11	8	DNS	6	8	10	7	7	15	12	1971
10	Anthony Swan	5	13	15	C	C	4	C	C	12	DNS	DNS	10	12	9	7	6	9	4	6	6	1950
11	Darren Manning	17*	DNS	10	C	C	6	C	C	2*	4*	1*	5	2*	14	5	5					1693
12	John Mickel	2	11	7	C	C	2	C	C	13	2	2*	4	5	8	14	DNS					1675
13	John Steward	12	12	6	C	C				9	9	14			11	13	9	16	DNS	10	9	1528
14	Phil Weaver	8	16	13	C	C	16	C	C	8	11	8	16	18				17	14	17	14	1414
15	Derek Hayes												12	11	10	12	8	5	2	16	11	1197
16	Lee O'Keefe	15	9	11	C	C	17	C	C	11	10	9	15	14								1088
17	Kevin McGarrity												17	10	DNS	11	7	1*	1*	18	DNS	961
18	Toby Scheckter	14	10	8	C	C	10	C	C													514
19	Peter Storm	18	DNS	14	C	C	14	C	C													326
20	Paul Evans	9	6																			285
21	Ben Collins																	15	3			280
22	Matt Neal																			8	8	280
23	Randy Tolsma																	8	9			275
24	Ian McKellar Jr.												13	8								258
25	Chris Robinson																	10	15			240
26	Shaun Richardson														15	DNS	11					236
27	Brandon Whitt																			11	15	236
28	Tom Guinchard	16	15																			216
29	Lee Fitzpatrick												18	15								208
30	Colin McRae																	DNS	6			150
31	Mark Claussner						9	C	C													135
32	Paula Cook																			9	DC	135
33	Paul Sheard												19	16	16	DNS	DNS			12	DC	122

External links

ASCAR 2002 archive