2002 Australian Super Touring Series

The 2002 Australian Super Touring Car Series was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition open to Super Touring Cars. It was the tenth running of an Australian series for Super Touring Cars and the second to be contested under the Australian Super Touring Series name. The series began on 24 March 2002 at Oran Park Raceway and ended on 24 November 2002 at Oran Park Raceway after five rounds. It would be the final season for such touring cars until the 2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series, which is a contemporary take on the four-cylinder touring car formula.

2002 Australian Super Touring Series
Previous: 2001 Next: 2019 (TCR)

Future Touring Cars

The grids for the 2002 championship were bolstered with cars from the Future Touring Car category. This category, which catered for V8 powered cars that had competed previously in AUSCAR racing, made its debut in a support event to the 1999 Bathurst 500. While the Future Touring Cars and the Super Touring Cars raced together in the same events, drivers competed for two separate titles with separate points scoring for each category.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2002 Australian Super Touring Championship.

Team Manufacturer Car model No Driver
Mumbo Racing Nissan Primera 2 David Towe
Ford Mondeo 12 Sam Dale
MPD Racing BMW 318is 3 Luke Searle
Team MGM Alfa Romeo 155 TS 7 Andre Morgan
Justin Wade Peugeot 405 Mi16 10 Craig Neilson
OMP Racing Nissan Primera 21 Andrew Haberfield
SAE Racing BMW 320i 30 Alan Gurr
Knight Racing Ford Mondeo 31 Grant Johnson
Matthew Fox
88 Peter Hills
TC Motorsport Peugeot 406 35 Ric Shaw
Hi-Tech Motorsport Nissan Primera 69 Matthew Fox
Motorsport Developments Toyota Carina 77 Malcolm Rea
99 Claude Elias
Carlos Rolfo
Peugeot 405 Mi16
Phoenix Motorsport Toyota Camry 95 Jamie Miller
Redline Motorsport Toyota Camry 96 Michael Kerslake
Hyundai Lantra 97 Paul Leabeater

Race Calendar

The 2002 Australian Super Touring Championship was contested over a five-round series, with three races held each round.

Rd./Race Circuit Location & State Date Winner Team
1/1 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 24 Mar 2002 Peter Hills Knight Racing
1/2 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 24 Mar 2002 Alan Gurr Knight Racing
1/3 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 24 Mar 2002 Alan Gurr Knight Racing
2/1 Mallala Motor Sport Park Adelaide, South Australia 21 Apr 2002 Alan Gurr Knight Racing
2/2 Mallala Motor Sport Park Adelaide, South Australia 21 Apr 2002 Alan Gurr Knight Racing
2/3 Mallala Motor Sport Park Adelaide, South Australia 21 Apr 2002 Alan Gurr Knight Racing
3/1 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 23 Jun 2002 Alan Gurr Knight Racing
3/2 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 23 Jun 2002 Alan Gurr Knight Racing
3/3 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 23 Jun 2002 Alan Gurr Knight Racing
4/1 Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales 29 Sep 2002 Alan Gurr Knight Racing
4/2 Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales 29 Sep 2002 Alan Gurr Knight Racing
4/3 Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales 29 Sep 2002 Alan Gurr Knight Racing
5/1 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 24 Nov 2002 Peter Hills Knight Racing
5/2 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 24 Nov 2002 Alan Gurr Knight Racing
5/3 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 24 Nov 2002 Luke Searle MPD Racing

Results

Drivers Championship
Pos Driver ORA 1 ORA 2 ORA 3 MAL 1 MAL 2 MAL 3 QLD 1 QLD 2 QLD 3 WAK 1 WAK 2 WAK 3 ORA 4 ORA 5 ORA 6 Pts
1 Alan Gurr DSQ 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 283
2 Peter Hills 1st DNS Ret 2nd 2nd 2nd 6th 4th 2nd 2nd 6th 2nd 1st 2nd 5th 236
3 Andre Morgan 4th 6th 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 4th Ret DNS 5th 5th 3rd DNS DNS DNS 165
4 Paul Leabeater 6th 4th 4th Ret DNS DNS 3rd 6th 7th Ret 4th 5th 4th Ret DNS 145
5 Grant Johnson 2nd 2nd 5th Ret 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 9th Ret DNS DNS 138
6 Sam Dale 5th Ret DNS Ret 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd DNS Ret 4th 5th 120
7 Malcolm Rea 9th 5th 6th 4th 5th 5th DNS 9th 6th 119
8 Luke Searle 5th 5th Ret 3rd 3rd 1st 88
9 Michael Kerslake 8th Ret DNS 7th 8th 5th Ret DNS DNS 56
10 Claude Elias 7th 7th DNS 7th 7th Ret 56
11 Ric Shaw 3rd 3rd 2nd 56
12 Clayton Pyne 4th 2nd 4th 53
13 Andrew Haberfield 4th 7th 4th 48
14 Matthew Fox Ret DNS DNS 5th 5th 3rd 48
15 Craig Neilson 9th 10th 8th 33
16 Carlos Rolfo 5th DNS DNS Ret Ret DNS 16
17 David Towe Ret DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver ORA 1 ORA 2 ORA 3 MAL 1 MAL 2 MAL 3 QLD 1 QLD 2 QLD 3 WAK 1 WAK 2 WAK 3 ORA 4 ORA 5 ORA 6 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

See also

References
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