2002 Clipsal 500

The 2002 Clipsal 500 was the fourth running of the Adelaide 500 race. Racing was held from Friday 15 March until Sunday 17 March 2002. The race was held for V8 Supercars and was the opening round of the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

2002 Clipsal 500

Event Information
Round 1 of 13 in the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	15–17 March 2002
Location	Adelaide, South Australia
Venue	Adelaide Street Circuit
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 78 laps 250 km Pole position Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 1:22.7698 Winner Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 2:05:33.3660
Race 2 Distance 78 laps 250 km Winner Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 2:05:03.9534
Round Results First Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 400 pts Second Greg Murphy Kmart Racing Team 288 pts Third Steven Richards Perkins Engineering 208 pts

Format

The format, unique to V8 Supercar and loosely similar to the Pukekohe 500 format, splits the 500 kilometres into two separate 250 kilometres races each held on a different day. Points were assigned separately to the races, with more points allocated for Race 2 over Race 1, and they combined to award a round result.

Official results

The Ford Falcon AU with which Steven Johnson contested the 2002 Clipsal 500 Adelaide. The car is pictured in 2018

Top fifteen shootout

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	1	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:22.7698
2	2	Jason Bright	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:23.1881
3	4	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:23.2154
4	34	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:23.3237
5	65	Max Wilson	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:23.3419
6	8	Russell Ingall	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:23.4492
7	888	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:23.6022
8	00	Craig Lowndes	Gibson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:23.6533
9	11	Larry Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:23.6735
10	600	Simon Wills	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:23.7880
11	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:23.8466
12	16	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:23.8904
13	15	Todd Kelly	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	1:24.0552
14	10	Mark Larkham	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	1:24.1842
15	51	Greg Murphy	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	DNF
Source(s): [1]

Leg 1

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Laps	Time / Retired	Grid
1	1	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	78	2hr 05min 33.336sec	1
2	51	Greg Murphy	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	78	+ 5.272 s	15
3	4	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	78	+ 6.052 s	3
4	00	Craig Lowndes	00 Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	78	+ 8.071 s	8
5	16	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	78	+ 16.183 s	12
6	34	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	78	+ 47.634 s	4
7	66	Tony Longhurst	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	78	+ 1:15.938 s	17
8	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	77	+ 1 lap	11
9	15	Todd Kelly	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	77	+ 1 lap	13
10	35	Jason Bargwanna	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	77	+ 1 lap	19
11	11	Larry Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	77	+ 1 lap	9
12	54	Craig Baird	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	77	+ 1 lap	21
13	7	Rodney Forbes	00 Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	77	+ 1 lap	31
14	10	Mark Larkham	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	77	+ 1 lap	14
15	021	Jason Richards	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	77	+ 1 lap	25
16	75	Anthony Tratt	Paul Little Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	76	+ 2 laps	30
17	50	Stephen White	Clive Wiseman Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	75	+ 3 laps	35
18	5	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	75	+ 3 laps	18
19	888	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	73	+ 5 laps	7
20	21	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	69	+ 9 laps	34
21	8	Russell Ingall	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	67	+ 11 laps	6
Ret	2	Jason Bright	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	72	Suspension	2
Ret	9	David Besnard	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	71	Engine	24
Ret	31	Steve Ellery	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	58	Accident	16
Ret	29	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	58	Retired	29
Ret	65	Max Wilson	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	56	Oil leak	5
Ret	46	John Faulkner	John Faulkner Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	53	Retired	27
Ret	02	Rick Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	48	Accident	22
Ret	24	Paul Romano	Romano Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	48	Accident	26
Ret	27	Neil Crompton	Gibson Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	38	Engine	20
Ret	43	Paul Weel	Paul Weel Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	20	Spun off	32
Ret	3	Cameron McConville	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	16	Engine	33
Ret	40	Cameron McLean	Paragon Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	15	Retired	28
Ret	600	Simon Wills	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	3	Accident damage	10
Ret	36	Wayne Gardner	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	3	Accident damage	23
Ret	18	Paul Radisich	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	2	Engine	35
Source(s): [2]

Leg 2

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time / Retired	Grid
1	1	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	78	2hr 05min 03.953sec	1
2	51	Greg Murphy	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	78	+ 4.094 s
3	16	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	78	+ 18.524 s
4	00	Craig Lowndes	00 Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	78	+ 20.368 s
5	2	Jason Bright	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	78	+ 20.405 s
6	34	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	78	+ 24.081 s
7	8	Russell Ingall	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	78	+ 31.716 s
8	888	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	78	+ 34.915 s
9	35	Jason Bargwanna	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	78	+ 36.064 s
10	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	78	+ 38.735 s
11	10	Mark Larkham	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	78	+ 55.081 s
12	15	Todd Kelly	Kmart Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	78	+ 59.898 s
13	43	Paul Weel	Paul Weel Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	78	+ 1:11.095 s
14	11	Larry Perkins	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore (VX)	78	+ 1:14.450 s
15	36	Wayne Gardner	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	78	+ 1:19.028 s
16	600	Simon Wills	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	77	+ 1 lap
17	24	Paul Romano	Romano Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	77	+ 1 lap
18	66	Tony Longhurst	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	77	+ 1 lap
19	21	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	77	+ 1 lap
20	7	Rodney Forbes	00 Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	75	+ 3 laps
21	021	Jason Richards	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	75	+ 3 laps
22	9	David Besnard	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	73	+ 5 laps
23	75	Anthony Tratt	Paul Little Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	73	+ 5 laps
24	40	Cameron McLean	Paragon Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	71	+ 7 laps
25	29	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	65	+ 13 laps
DNF	4	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	67	Retired
DNF	54	Craig Baird	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore (VX)	60	Retired
DNF	5	Glenn Seton	Glenn Seton Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	49	Retired
DNF	3	Cameron McConville	Lansvale Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)	26	Retired
DNF	18	Paul Radisich	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)	25	Retired
DNF	27	Neil Crompton	00 Motorsport	Ford Falcon (AU)	22	Retired
DNF	46	John Faulkner	John Faulkner Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	16	Retired
DNF	50	Stephen White	Clive Wiseman Racing	Holden Commodore (VT)	0	Retired
DNF	65	Max Wilson	Briggs Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (AU)	0	Retired
DNS	31	Steven Ellery	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford Falcon (AU)		Did Not Start
DNS	02	Rick Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore (VX)		Did Not Start

Round results

Pos	No	Driver	Leg 1 points	Leg 2 points	Total points
1	1	Mark Skaife	200	200	400
2	51	Greg Murphy	128	160	288
3	34	Garth Tander	160	80	240
4	16	Steven Richards	80	128	208
5	00	Craig Lowndes	88	104	192
6	17	Steven Johnson	64	56	120
7	35	Jason Bargwanna	56	60	116
8	15	Todd Kelly	60	48	108
9	4	Marcos Ambrose	104		104
10	66	Tony Longhurst	72	30	102
11	8	Russell Ingall	24	72	96
12	888	John Bowe	28	64	92
13	10	Mark Larkham	40	52	92
14	11	Larry Perkins	52	40	92
15	2	Jason Bright		88	88
16	7	Rodney Forbes	44	26	70
17	021	Jason Richards	36	24	60
18	21	Brad Jones	26	28	54
19	75	Anthony Tratt	34	20	54
20	54	Craig Baird	48		48
21	43	Paul Weel		44	44
22	36	Wayne Gardner		36	36
23	600	Simon Wills		34	34
24	24	Paul Romano		32	32
25	50	Stephen White	32		32
26	5	Glenn Seton	30		30
27	9	David Besnard		22	22
28	40	Cameron McLean		18	18
29	29	Paul Morris		16	16
DNF	3	Cameron McConville
DNF	02	Rick Kelly
DNF	18	Paul Radisich
DNF	27	Neil Crompton
DNF	31	Steve Ellery
DNF	46	John Faulkner
DNS	65	Max Wilson

Statistics

• Provisional Position - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:22.1273
• Pole Position - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:22.7698
• Fastest Lap - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:23.7200 (new lap record)

External links

• Official race results
• Official V8 Supercar website