2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series Explained

The 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the third series held for second tier V8 Supercar teams. The series began on 31 March 2002 at Wakefield Park and finished on 4 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park having been contested over five rounds held across three different states.

The series was dominated by Paul Dumbrell 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 competed in the 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series.

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Imrie Motor Sport	Holden Commodore (VT)	13	Steve Owen	2 - 5
Brad Jones Racing		20	Andrew Jones	4
Terry Wyhoon Racing		25	Terry Wyhoon	All
M3 Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VT)	26	Bob McDonald	All
Steven Ellery Racing		30	Bob Thorn	1
			Luke Youlden	2, 5
South Pacific Motor Sport	Holden Commodore (VS)	38	Mathew Hunt	1 - 3
Craig Bastian		47	Craig Bastian	1 - 3
Michael Simpson Racing		56	Kevin Mundy	All
	Ford Falcon (EL)	93	Michael Simpson	All
		94	Mark Howard	All
Motorsport Engineering Services	Holden Commodore (VT)	58	Derek van Zelm	1 - 2
Halliday Motor Sport		61	Ross Halliday	All
		161	Greg Crick	All
Independent Race Cars Australia	Holden Commodore (VX)	64	Paul Dumbrell	All
Shane Beikoff Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	68	Shane Beikoff	1, 3, 5
			Phill Foster	2, 4
CarTrek Racing	Holden Commodore (VS) Holden Commodore (VX)	69	Robert Jones	1 - 2, 4 - 5
	Holden Commodore (VS)	79	Paul Freestone	4
Graphic Skills Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	70	David Skillender	5
Robert Smith Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	72	Robert Smith	All
TanderSport	Holden Commodore (VS)	74	Leanne Ferrier	1, 3 - 5
Matthew White Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	76	Matthew White	All
	Holden Commodore (VS)	90	Michael Turner	All
V8 Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	77	Richard Mork	1, 3 - 4
MSport		78	Mark Porter	All
The Race Centre		87	Rod Salmon	1 - 2
Harris Racing		88	Craig Harris	All
		89	Dale Brede	All
Phoenix Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VS)	95	Ron Searle	All
Sydney Star Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	98	Grant Elliott	All
AJG Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	99	Wesley May	1 - 3
MoPro		110	Grant Johnson	All
Clyde Lawrence Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	140	Clyde Lawrence	1 - 2, 4 - 5
A.N.T. Racing	Holden Commodore (VS)	300	Tony Evangelou	2, 4

Race calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Location	Winning driver
1	30 - 31 March	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	Dale Brede
2	4 - 5 May	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	Paul Dumbrell
3	15 - 16 June	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Paul Dumbrell
4	6 - 7 July	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	Paul Dumbrell
5	3 - 4 August	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	Paul Dumbrell

Points system

The season consisted of five rounds across three different states. Each round consisted of three races. Points were awarded for the first 32 positions at each race^[1] but at no race during the series did more than 22 cars finish. The third race of a race weekend carried approximately 50% more points than each of 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

Series standings

Points table referenced, in part, as follows:^[2]

Pos. Driver No. WAK PHI ORA WIN MAL Points 1 Paul Dumbrell 64 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1322 2 Dale Brede 89 2 2 1 2 5 2 2 5 4 Ret 3 Ret 8 1 3 838 3 Greg Crick 161 4 3 3 3 3 4 13 3 2 10 20 3 5 3 5 753 4 Steve Owen 13 10 6 6 Ret 4 7 14 2 2 2 6 2 579 5 Mark Porter 78 6 6 13 5 2 5 5 2 5 Ret 22 6 3 Ret 6 556 6 Craig Harris 88 7 1 6 4 7 Ret 4 14 8 3 5 5 9 7 DNS 519 7 Matthew White 76 3 11 4 Ret Ret 16 6 6 3 2 4 14 7 Ret 8 504 8 Grant Elliot 98 9 7 7 6 8 Ret 3 9 6 5 6 4 15 13 11 477 9 Ron Searle 95 16 10 9 11 13 8 8 10 10 7 10 16 13 11 15 387 10 Grant Johnson 110 13 8 8 12 9 19 11 8 Ret 4 7 9 14 10 13 377 11 Ross Halliday 61 17 15 14 14 12 10 15 15 13 9 12 15 10 8 12 357 12 Kevin Mundy 56 10 9 15 20 11 7 7 18 20 16 11 13 11 DNS DNS 307 13 Luke Youlden 30 7 4 3 4 5 4 287 14 Michael Turner 90 Ret 17 18 9 10 13 12 Ret 12 8 21 10 DNS 15 17 284 15 Terry Wyhoon 25 8 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 20 7 9 DNS 23 Ret 16 9 14 255 16 Mark Howard 94 18 Ret Ret 16 18 15 18 19 17 Ret 16 12 20 16 20 226 17 Shane Beikoff 68 19 13 12 16 13 14 17 14 16 193 18 Leanne Ferrier 74 DNS DNS DNS 9 Ret DNS 18 8 Ret 6 4 7 182 19 Clyde Lawrence 140 21 21 17 Ret 19 17 12 17 18 19 Ret 19 181 20 Robert Jones 69 Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret 6 18 8 12 12 10 176 21 Michael Simpson 93 5 12 5 Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 21 Ret DNS 9 163 22 Bob McDonald 26 22 20 DNS Ret Ret Ret 17 16 16 Ret 14 Ret 18 17 18 156 23 Robert Smith 72 20 16 19 17 Ret Ret 19 17 19 Ret DNS 19 DNS DNS DNS 139 24 Mathew Hunt 38 15 DNS 10 18 Ret Ret 14 12 18 131 25 Richard Mork 77 Ret DNS DNS Ret 11 15 13 15 11 120 26 Craig Bastian 47 DNS DNS DNS 8 20 18 10 Ret 11 118 27 Rod Salmon 87 14 14 16 15 15 DNS 100 28 Phill Foster 68 Ret 16 14 15 19 20 98 29 Andrew Jones 20 17 9 7 83 30 Tony Evangelou 300 13 14 11 DNS DNS DNS 72 31 Wesley May 99 12 Ret DNS DNS 17 12 DNS DNS DNS 69 32 Paul Freestone 79 11 13 17 66 33 Derek van Zelm 58 Ret 18 11 DNS DNS DNS 48 34 Bob Thorn 30 11 19 Ret 36  - David Skillender 70 DNS DNS DNS 0 Pos. Driver No. WAK PHI ORA WIN MAL Points

See also

• 2002 V8 Supercar season

External links

• Race Results - Wakefield Park, www.v8supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org
• 2002 Racing Results Archive
• 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series points, www.v8supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org
• Image of Series winner Paul Dumbrell (Holden VX Commodore), www.v8supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20031209175236/http://www3.v8supercar.com.au/downloads/operationsman/2002opman/downloads/opman082002/Div%20D%20FINAL.4.pdf Sporting Rules, v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
2. Web site: 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series points. Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 4 August 2002. 2008-12-12.