2002 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500

The 2002 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 was an endurance race for V8 Supercars staged at Queensland Raceway, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia on 15 September 2002. Race distance was 161 laps of the 3.121 km circuit, totalling 502 km. The event was round nine of the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was the fourth and last Queensland 500 to be held for V8 Supercars, although the race name was revived in 2006 for a club level endurance race for Sports and Touring Cars.

2002 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500
Event Information
Round 9 of 13 in the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date13–15 September 2002
LocationIpswich, Queensland
VenueQueensland Raceway
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 161 laps 500 km
Pole position Marcos Ambrose
Stone Brothers Racing		 1:10.8726
Winner David Besnard
Simon Wills
Stone Brothers Racing		 3:38:04.2825
Round Results
First
400 pts
Second
320 pts
Third
256 pts

The 2002 race was won by David Besnard and Simon Wills driving a Ford AU Falcon.

Top Fifteen Shootout

Top Fifteen Shootout results as follows:[1]

Pos No Team Driver Car Time
1 4 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford AU Falcon 1:10.8726
2 1 Holden Racing Team Jason Bright Holden VX Commodore 1:10.9174
3 21 OzEmail Racing Team John Bowe Ford AU Falcon 1:11.1053
4 9 Stone Brothers Racing David Besnard Ford AU Falcon 1:11.1886
5 51 K-Mart Racing Greg Murphy Holden VX Commodore 1:11.3777
6 66 Team Betta Electrical Max Wilson Ford AU Falcon 1:11.3900
7 02 Holden Young Lions Rick Kelly Holden VX Commodore 1:11.4080
8 16 Castrol Perkins Race Team Russell Ingall Holden VX Commodore 1:11.4485
9 11 Castrol Perkins Race Team Larry Perkins Holden VX Commodore 1:11.8369
10 54 Team Brock Craig Baird Holden VX Commodore 1:11.9253
11 10 Orrcon Racing Mark Larkham Ford AU Falcon 1:11.9604
12 65 Team Betta Electrical Matthew White Ford AU Falcon 1:11.9950
13 15 K-Mart Racing Andy Priaulx Holden VX Commodore 1:12.0921
14 31 Supercheap Auto Racing Steven Ellery Ford AU Falcon 1:12.3594
15 5 Ford Credit Racing Glenn Seton Ford AU Falcon 1:13.0188

Official results
David Besnard and Simon Wills won the race driving a Ford Falcon AU. The car is pictured in 2018.

Race results as follows:[2]

Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos		 Shootout
Pos		 Series
Points
1 9 Stone Brothers Racing David Besnard
Simon Wills		 Ford AU Falcon 161 2 4 400
2 16 Castrol Perkins Race Team Steven Richards
Russell Ingall		 Holden VX Commodore 161 12 8 320
3 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Garth Tander
Jason Bargwanna		 Holden VX Commodore 161 16 256
4 2 Holden Racing Team Jim Richards
Tomas Mezera		 Holden VX Commodore 161 20 208
5 4 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose
Paul Weel		 Ford AU Falcon 161 1 1 176
6 00 00 Motorsport Craig Lowndes
Neil Crompton		 Ford AU Falcon 161 23 160
7 11 Castrol Perkins Race Team Larry Perkins
Paul Dumbrell		 Holden VX Commodore 161 11 9 144
8 18 Shell Helix Racing Greg Ritter
Alan Jones		 Ford AU Falcon 161 22 128
9 21 OzEmail Racing Team John Bowe
Brad Jones		 Ford AU Falcon 161 6 3 120
10 51 K-Mart Racing Greg Murphy
Todd Kelly		 Holden VX Commodore 161 5 5 112
11 10 Orrcon Racing Mark Larkham
Will Power		 Ford AU Falcon 160 15 11 104
12 7 00 Motorsport Rodney Forbes
Neal Bates		 Ford AU Falcon 160 26 96
13 17 Shell Helix Racing Paul Radisich
Steven Johnson		 Ford AU Falcon 160 17 88
14 31 Supercheap Auto Racing Steven Ellery
Luke Youlden		 Ford AU Falcon 160 13 14 80
15 40 VIP Petfoods Racing Cameron McLean
Tony Scott		 Ford AU Falcon 159 18 72
16 161 Halliday Motor Sport Greg Crick
Phillip Scifleet		 Ford AU Falcon 159 29 68
17 888 OzEmail Racing Team John Cleland
Tim Leahey		 Ford AU Falcon 158 24 64
18 43 Paul Weel Racing Geoff Full
Mark Porter		 Ford AU Falcon 158 33 60
19 600 CAT Racing Steve Owen
Dale Brede		 Ford AU Falcon 157 25 56
20 35 Garry Rogers Motorsport Jamie Whincup
Max Dumesny		 Holden VX Commodore 156 31 52
21 75 Toll Racing Anthony Tratt
Paul Stokell		 Ford AU Falcon 156 30 48
22 021 Team Kiwi Racing Jason Richards
John McIntyre		 Holden VX Commodore 155 21 44
23 76 VIP Petfoods Andrew Miedecke
Tony Quinn		 Holden VT Commodore 149 35 40
24 65 Team Betta Electrical Tony Longhurst
Matthew White		 Ford AU Falcon 145 10 12 36
25 14 Imrie Motor Sport Christian D'Agostin
Daryl Beattie		 Holden VX Commodore 145 34 32
26 29 Paul Morris Motorsport Paul Morris
Wayne Wakefield		 Holden VX Commodore 139 27 28
DNF 02 Holden Young Lions Rick Kelly
Nathan Pretty		 Holden VX Commodore 139 7 7
DNF 15 K-Mart Racing Yvan Muller
Andy Priaulx		 Holden VX Commodore 95 9 13
DNF 66 Team Betta Electrical Max Wilson
Dean Canto		 Ford AU Falcon 88 4 6
DNF 1 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife
Jason Bright		 Holden VX Commodore 62 3 2
DNF 5 Ford Credit Racing Glenn Seton
Owen Kelly		 Ford AU Falcon 61 14 15
DNF 22 Pepsi Racing Dugal McDougall
Alan Gurr		 Holden VX Commodore 53 32
DNF 54 Team Brock Craig Baird
Mark Noske		 Holden VX Commodore 44 8 10
DNF 3 Lansvale Racing Team Cameron McConville
Warren Luff		 Holden VX Commodore 33 19
DNF 46 John Faulkner Racing John Faulkner
Rick Bates		 Holden VX Commodore 33 28

Statistics
  • Provisional Pole Position – #4 Marcos Ambrose – 1:10.7937
  • Pole Position – #4 Marcos Ambrose – 1:10.8726
  • Fastest Lap – #51 Greg Murphy – 1:11.7057 – 157 km/h
  • Race time of winning car – 03:38:04.2825 – 138 km/h

References
  1. Top 15 Shootout at racing.natsoft.com.au via www.webcitation.org
  2. VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 race results at racing.natsoft.com.au via www.webcitation.org
Supercars Championship
Previous race:
2002 Winton V8 Supercar Round		 2002 Supercars Championship Next race:
2002 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000
Previous year:
2001 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500		 Queensland 500 Next year:
500 km race: 2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500
QldV8 Supercars: 2003 BigPond 300
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