2002 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 Explained

Flag:	New South Wales
2002 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000
Round No:	10
Season No:	13
Year:	2002
Series:	V8SC
Track Map:	Mount Panorama Circuit Map Overview.PNG
Date:	10–13 October
Location:	Bathurst, New South Wales
Circuit:	Mount Panorama Circuit
Weather:	Fine with patchy rain and hail
Race1 Laps:	161
Race1 Dist:	1000
Pole1 Time:	2:08.8278
Winner1:
First Round:
First Pts:	200
Second Round:
Second Pts:	160
Third Round:
Third Pts:	128

The 2002 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 was a motor race for V8 Supercars, held on 13 October 2002 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. It was the tenth round of the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

The race was the sixth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 45th race for which a lineage can be traced back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island (including the 1960 race itself).

The race was won by Mark Skaife and Jim Richards driving a Holden Racing Team prepared Holden VX Commodore. The pair were re-united in sharing a car at Bathurst for the first time in seven years having previously won the race together in 1991 and 1992. It was Skaife's fourth win and the seventh and final win for Richards, placing him second on the list of Bathurst 1000 winners. It was also the fourth win for the Holden Racing Team, successfully defending their 2001 victory.

This race is notable for featuring the longest stop-go penalties in the history of the V8 Supercars. A five-minute penalty was awarded to Greg Murphy due to a pit-lane infringement and a similar penalty was imposed on the Team Brock car (No. 05) for a similar offence.^[1]

Entry List

	Drivers	Team (Sponsor)	Car			Drivers	Team (Sponsor)	Car
00	Craig Lowndes Neil Crompton				21	Brad Jones John Bowe
1	Mark Skaife Jim Richards				22	Dugal McDougall Alan Gurr
02	Rick Kelly Nathan Pretty				24	Peter Doulman Robert McDonald
2	Jason Bright Tomas Mezera				29	Paul Morris Wayne Wakefield
3	Cameron McConville Warren Luff				31	Steven Ellery Luke Youlden
4	Marcos Ambrose Paul Weel				34	Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna
05	Peter Brock Craig Baird				35	Jamie Whincup Mark Noske
5	Glenn Seton Owen Kelly				40	Cameron McLean Tony Scott
7	Rodney Forbes Neal Bates				43	Mark Porter Geoff Full
9	Wayne Gardner David Besnard				46	John Faulkner Rick Bates
10	Mark Larkham Will Power				51	Greg Murphy Todd Kelly
11	Larry Perkins Paul Dumbrell				56	Michael Simpson Kevin Mundy
13	Christian D'Agostin David Krause				59	Jamie Miller Ron Searle
14	Daryl Beattie Tyler Mecklem				65	Max Wilson Dean Canto
15	Yvan Muller Andy Priaulx				66	Tony Longhurst Matthew White
16	Steven Richards Russell Ingall				75	Anthony Tratt Paul Stokell
17	Steven Johnson Paul Radisich				87	Allan Grice Ross Halliday
18	Greg Ritter Alan Jones				161	Greg Crick Phillip Scifleet
20	Andrew Jones Matthew Coleman				600	Steve Owen Dale Brede
021	Jason Richards Simon Wills				888	John Cleland Tim Leahey

Qualifying

Qualifying

^[2]		Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap
1	21				2:08.3873
2	1				2:08.4047	+0.0174
3	2				2:09.0170	+0.6297
4	16				2:09.1405	+0.7532
5	00				2:09.3559	+0.9686
6	65				2:09.4655	+1.0782
7	31				2:09.6381	+1.2508
8	34				2:09.6631	+1.2758
9	11				2:09.6931	+1.3058
10	51				2:09.7464	+1.3591
11	4				2:09.8100	+1.4227
12	5				2:10.0471	+1.6598
13	02				2:10.0979	+1.7106
14	29				2:10.1493	+1.7620
15	18				2:10.1569	+1.7696
16	10				2:10.2221	+1.8348	16
17	888				2:10.2432	+1.8559	17
18	15				2:10.3216	+1.9343	18
19	40				2:10.4261	+2.0388	19
20	3				2:10.5120	+2.1247	20
21	66				2:10.5701	+2.1828	21
22	17				2:10.5905	+2.2032	22
23	600				2:10.6554	+2.2681	23
24	161				2:10.7541	+2.3668	24
25	46				2:10.8767	+2.4894	25
26	05				2:10.9689	+2.5816	26
27	43				2:11.0927	+2.7054	27
28	35				2:11.5330	+3.1457	28
29	7				2:12.2725	+3.8852	29
30	22				2:13.2921	+4.9048	30
31	20				2:13.5751	+5.1878	31
32	14				2:14.1437	+5.7564	32
33	75				2:14.7125	+6.3252	33
34	56				2:14.8405	+6.4532	34
35	13				2:14.9576	+6.5703	35
36	24				2:16.1397	+7.7524	36
37	87				2:20.6176	+12.2303	37
DNQ	021						38
DNQ	59						39
DNQ	9						DNS

Top Fifteen Shootout

Runoff results as follows:^[3]

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
1	1	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife	Holden VX Commodore	2:08.8278
2	21	OzEmail Racing Team	John Bowe	Ford AU Falcon	2:09.0988
3	2	Holden Racing Team	Jason Bright	Holden VX Commodore	2:09.2949
4	16	Castrol Perkins Race Team	Steven Richards	Holden VX Commodore	2:09.9794
5	51	K-Mart Racing	Todd Kelly	Holden VX Commodore	2:10.0135
6	02	Holden Young Lions	Rick Kelly	Holden VX Commodore	2:10.0402
7	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Marcos Ambrose	Ford AU Falcon	2:10.1008
8	00	Gibson Motor Sport	Craig Lowndes	Ford AU Falcon	2:10.2383
9	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garth Tander	Holden VX Commodore	2:10.3194
10	29	Team Sirromet Wines	Paul Morris	Holden VX Commodore	2:10.5614
11	31	Supercheap Auto Racing	Steven Ellery	Ford AU Falcon	2:10.6719
12	11	Castrol Perkins Race Team	Larry Perkins	Holden VX Commodore	2:10.8570
13	65	Team Betta Electrical	Max Wilson	Ford AU Falcon	2:11.1268
DNS	5	Ford Tickford Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford AU Falcon
DSQ	18	Shell Helix Racing	Greg Ritter	Ford AU Falcon	2:10.0652

Starting grid

The following table represents the final starting grid for the race on Sunday:

1		1		21				2
3			2		16			4
5		51		02				6
7			4		00			8
9		34		29				10
11			31		11			12
13		65		5				14
15			18		10			16
17		888		15				18
19			40		3			20
21		66		17				22
23			600		161			24
25		46		05				26
27			43		35			28
29		7		22				30
31			20		14			32
33		75		56				34
35			13		87			36
37		021		59				38

Official results

Race results as follows:^[4]

Pos	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife Jim Richards	Holden Commodore VX	161	6:58:41.0260	1	200
2	16	Perkins Engineering	Steven Richards Russell Ingall	Holden Commodore VX	161	+2.9372	4	160
3	2	Holden Racing Team	Jason Bright Tomas Mezera	Holden Commodore VX	161	+7.9454	3	128
4	02	Holden Young Lions	Rick Kelly Nathan Pretty	Holden Commodore VX	161	+12.7516	6	104
5	11	Perkins Engineering	Larry Perkins Paul Dumbrell	Holden Commodore VX	161	+20.1791	12	88
6	66	Briggs Motor Sport	Tony Longhurst Matthew White	Ford Falcon AU	161	+25.5411	21	80
7	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Greg Ritter Alan Jones	Ford Falcon AU	161	+51.5093	15	72
8	40	Paragon Motorsport	Cameron McLean Tony Scott	Ford Falcon AU	161	+55.7491	19	64
9	31	Steven Ellery Racing	Steven Ellery Luke Youlden	Ford Falcon AU	160	+1 lap	11	60
10	46	John Faulkner Racing	John Faulkner Rick Bates	Holden Commodore VX	160	+1 lap	25	56
11	021	Team Kiwi Racing	Jason Richards Simon Wills	Holden Commodore VX	160	+1 lap	38	52
12	75	Paul Little Racing	Anthony Tratt Paul Stokell	Ford Falcon AU	160	+1 lap	33	48
13	51	K-Mart Racing Team	Greg Murphy Todd Kelly	Holden Commodore VX	159	+2 laps	5	44
14	7	Gibson Motor Sport	Rodney Forbes Neal Bates	Ford Falcon AU	159	+2 laps	29	40
15	3	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Cameron McConville Warren Luff	Holden Commodore VX	159	+2 laps	20	36
16	21	Brad Jones Racing	John Bowe Brad Jones	Ford Falcon AU	158	+3 laps	2	34
17	600	Briggs Motor Sport	Steve Owen Dale Brede	Ford Falcon AU	158	+3 laps	23	32
18	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Mark Larkham Will Power	Ford Falcon AU	157	+4 laps	16	30
19	888	Brad Jones Racing	John Cleland Tim Leahey	Ford Falcon AU	157	+4 laps	17	28
20	59	Phoenix Motorsport	Jamie Miller Ron Searle	Holden Commodore VT	155	+6 laps	39	26
21	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Marcos Ambrose Paul Weel	Ford Falcon AU	154	+7 laps	7	24
22	13	Imrie Motorsport	Christian D'Agostin David Krause	Holden Commodore VX	145	+16 laps	35	22
23	05	Team Brock	Craig Baird Peter Brock	Holden Commodore VX	136	+25 laps	26	20
24	56	Michael Simpson Racing	Kevin Mundy Michael Simpson	Ford Falcon AU	129	+32 laps	34	18
DNF	29	Paul Morris Motorsport	Paul Morris Wayne Wakefield	Holden Commodore VX	135	Accident	10
DNF	00	Gibson Motor Sport	Craig Lowndes Neil Crompton	Ford Falcon AU	127	Overheating	8
DNF	15	K-Mart Racing Team	Yvan Muller Andy Priaulx	Holden Commodore VX	122	Engine	18
DNF	65	Briggs Motor Sport	Max Wilson Dean Canto	Ford Falcon AU	108	Accident	13
DNF	5	Glenn Seton Racing	Glenn Seton David Besnard Owen Kelly*	Ford Falcon AU	102	Gearbox	14
DNF	161	Halliday Motor Sport	Greg Crick Phillip Scifleet	Ford Falcon AU	94	Retired	24
DNF	43	Paul Weel Racing	Geoff Full Mark Porter	Ford Falcon AU	93	Accident	27
DNF	14	Imrie Motorsport	Tyler Mecklem Daryl Beattie	Holden Commodore VX	84	Accident	32
DNF	22	McDougall Motorsport	Dugal McDougall Alan Gurr	Holden Commodore VX	82	Retired	30
DNF	35	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Jamie Whincup Mark Noske	Holden Commodore VX	72	Accident	28
DNF	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna	Holden Commodore VX	51	Accident	9
DNF	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Paul Radisich (Steven Johnson)***| Ford Falcon AU| 29| Accident/Brakes| 22| |-! DNF| 20| Brad Jones Racing| Andrew Jones (Matthew Coleman)***	Ford Falcon AU	14	Retired	31
DNF	87	Nilsson Motorsport	Allan Grice (Peter Doulman)*** (Ross Halliday)**	Ford Falcon AU	1	Engine	37
DNS^[5]	24	Doulman Automotive		Holden Commodore VT		Did Not Start
DNS	9	Stone Brothers Racing	David Besnard Wayne Gardner	Ford Falcon AU		Crash in Practice 2

* Owen Kelly practiced the #5 Falcon but was replaced by David Besnard due to illness after Besnard own car was withdrawn after it was crashed heavily by Wayne Gardner
** Ross Halliday practiced the #87 Falcon but was replaced by Peter Doulman after Doulman's own car (#24) failed to qualify.
*** Steven Johnson, Matthew Coleman and Peter Doulman (whose names are shown within brackets in the table above) did not drive during the race.^[6]

Statistics

• Provisional Pole Position – #21 John Bowe – 2:08.3873
• Pole Position – #1 Mark Skaife – 2:08.8278
• Fastest Lap – #21 Brad Jones – 2:09.5705
• Winners' Average Speed – 143.35 km/h^[7]

Further reading

• The Great Race 22 . Normoyle . Steve . The Great Race: Tooheys 1000 Bathurst Sunday Sept 30 1990 . Chevron Publishing Group . 2003 . 1031-6124.
• Auto Action, 9–15 October 2002

External links

• Official race results
• Official V8 Supercar website
• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles

Notes and References

1. Steve Normoyle, The Great Race - 2002, Chevron Publishing Group, page 226
2. http://racing.natsoft.com.au/637823286/object_871367.85Y/Result?14{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
3. Web site: Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 Mount Panorama – Bathurst V8 Supercars – Top 15 Shootout . National Software . 12 October 2002 . 2008-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060910025428/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?13%2F10%2F2002.MOUN.Q7 . 10 September 2006 . dead . dmy-all .
4. Web site: Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 Mount Panorama – Bathurst V8 Supercars 1000 . National Software . 13 October 2002 . 2008-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060910024428/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?13%2F10%2F2002.MOUN.R8 . 10 September 2006 . dead . dmy-all .
5. The Great Race – 2002, Chevron Publishing Group, page 246
6. Steve Normoyle, The Great Race - 2002, Chevron Publishing Group, page 238
7. The Great Race – 2002, Chevron Publishing Group, page 231