2002 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 2002 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Holden racing cars with the 2002 CAMS Gold Star awarded to the winning driver.^[1] It was the 46th Australian Drivers' Championship.

2002 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The championship was won by Will Power driving a Reynard 94D for Ralt Australia.

Teams and drivers

Entrant	Chassis	No	Drivers	Rounds
Greg Murphy Racing	Reynard 95D	4	Peter Hill	2–6
		22		1
	Reynard 95D	5	Tim Leahey	6
			Peter Hackett	2–3
		66		1
	Reynard 97D	6	Roger Oakshott	2–6
Ken Smith Motorsport	Reynard 93D	7	Nelson Hartley	1–3, 5–6
Ralt Australia	Reynard 94D	10	Brett Campbell	5–6
	Reynard 94D	11	Will Power	All
	Reynard 96D	12	Mark Noske	1
			Stewart McColl	2–6
Millar Motors	Reynard 92D	17	Mark Ellis	1, 3, 6
National Neon Signs	Reynard 92D	24	Terry Clearihan	1
		27		3, 5–6
Peters Racing	Reynard 91D	24	Ian Peters	2–4
Roger Oakshott Racing	Reynard 97D	28	Roger Oakshott	1
CRD Motorsport	Reynard 92D	49	Rohan Carrig	All
Hocking Motorsport	Reynard 97D	74	Akihiro Asai	All
	Reynard 97D	75	Christian Murchison	All
	Reynard 96D	76	Les Crampton	1–2, 4

Schedule

The championship was contested over a six-round series with two races per round:^[2]

Rnd		Circuit	State / Territory	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	13–15 April	Mark Noske	Will Power	Will Power	Ralt Australia
	R2					Will Power	Will Power	Ralt Australia
2	R1	Eastern Creek International Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	26–28 April	Peter Hackett	Will Power	Stewart McColl	Ralt Australia
	R2					Will Power	Stewart McColl	Ralt Australia
3	R1	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	17–19 May	Christian Murchison	Stewart McColl	Stewart McColl	Ralt Australia
	R2					Stewart McColl	Christian Murchison	Hocking Motorsport
4	R1	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	14–16 June	Will Power	Christian Murchison	Will Power	Ralt Australia
	R2					Will Power	Will Power	Ralt Australia
5	R1	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	2–4 August	Will Power	Will Power	Will Power	Ralt Australia
	R2					Will Power	Peter Hill	Greg Murphy Racing
6	R1	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	16–18 August	Christian Murchison	Tim Leahey	Will Power	Ralt Australia
	R2					Will Power	Will Power	Ralt Australia

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first ten finishers in each race.^[1]

Championship standings

Position[2]	Driver[2]	No[3]	Car[3]	Entrant[3]	Rd1 R1	Rd1 R2	Rd2 R1	Rd2 R2	Rd3 R1	Rd3 R2	Rd4 R1	Rd4 R2	Rd5 R1	Rd5 R2	Rd6 R1	Rd6 R2	Total[2]
1	Will Power	11	Reynard 94D	Ralt Australia	20	20	15	15	-	12	20	20	20	15	20	20	197
2	Stewart McColl	12	Reynard 96D	Ralt Australia	-	-	20	20	20	15	12	12	10	12	12	10	143
3	Peter Hill	22 4	Reynard 95D Reynard 94D Reynard 97D	Peter Hill Murphy Motorsport	12	15	10	12	-	4	-	10	15	20	8	4	110
4	Christian Murchison	75	Reynard 97D	Hocking Motorsport	15	6	-	-	15	20	15	15	-	-	-	8	94
5	Akihiro Asai	74	Reynard 97D	Hocking Motorsport	10	3	8	10	10	8	10	-	-	2	15	12	88
6	Nelson Hartley	7	Reynard 93D	Ken Smith Motorsport	-	-	-	8	8	6	-	-	12	10	6	6	56
7	Peter Hackett	66 5	Reynard 95D	Peter Hill Murphy Motorsport	-	10	12	6	12	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	50
8	Roger Oakeshott	28 6	Reynard 97D	Roger Oakshott Sportsmed SA	8	8	4	2	-	-	8	-	8	8	2	1	49
9	Terry Clearihan	27	Reynard 92D	National Neon Signs	-	1	-	1	6	3	6	6	-	6	4	3	36
10	Ian Peters	24	Reynard 91D Reynard 96D	Peters Racing	-	4	3	4	-	1	-	8	6	4	-	-	30
11	Rohan Carrig	49	Reynard 92D Reynard 98D	CRD Motorsport	-	-	6	3	3	-	4	4	3	-	3	2	28
12	Tim Leahey	5	Reynard 95D	Murphy Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	15	25
13	Mark Noske	12	Reynard 96D	John Herman	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
14	Les Crampton	76	Reynard 96D Reynard 97D	Hocking Motorsport	-	2	2	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	10
15	Brett Campbell	10	Reynard 90D	Ralt Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	7
16	Mark Ellis	17	Reynard 92D	Mantis Racing	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	7

Notes

• Points shown in the above table include minor variations from those shown in the referenced source due to mathematical errors evident in that source.
• Formula Holden regulations required cars to use an approved Holden V6 engine.^[4]

Silver Star

The Silver Star award was won by Roger Oakeshott ahead of Terry Clearihan and Rohan Carrig.^[5]