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2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series
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The 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series was an Australian based motor racing series for V8 Supercars. It began on 15 March 2002 at the Adelaide Street Circuit and ended on 1 December at Sandown International Raceway after 13 rounds. It was the fourth V8 Supercar Championship Series but the first to carry that name, previous championships having been contested as the Shell Championship Series. The winner of the Drivers Championship, Mark Skaife, was also awarded the 43rd Australian Touring Car Championship.



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The 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series consisted of 13 rounds which included 11 sprint rounds of two or three races and two single race endurance rounds.
New Zealand rounds
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The following drivers and teams competed in the 2002 series. The series consisted of 11 sprint rounds with one driver per car and two endurance rounds (the Queensland 500 and the Bathurst 1000) with each car shared by two drivers.
^1 – Ross Halliday was the entered co-driver, but was replaced prior to race start with Peter Doulman.
Team changes
- Having been contracted out to Romano Racing in 2001, the Holden Young Lions program returned to being operated out of the Holden Racing Team with Rick Kelly.[2]
- Glenn Seton Racing contracted from two cars to one.
- Following the departure of Fred Gibson as team principal, Gibson Motorsport was renamed 00 Motorsport and expanded from two cars to three with Neil Crompton joining the team on a full-time basis.[3]
- Perkins Engineering expanded from two cars to three with Steven Richards joining the team after a year with Glenn Seton Racing.
- Brad Jones Racing expanded from one car to two with John Bowe joining the team from Briggs Motor Sport.[4]
- Briggs Motor Sport expanded from one car to three with a franchise purchased from Fred Gibson.
Driver changes
- Rick Kelly joined the series with the Holden Young Lions
- Steven Richards left Glenn Seton Racing to join Perkins Engineering
- John Bowe left Briggs Motor Sport to join Brad Jones Racing[4]
- Tony Longhurst left Rod Nash Racing to join Briggs Motor Sport[5]
- Max Wilson joined the series with Briggs Motor Sport
- Craig Baird returned to the series replacing Tony Longhurst at Rod Nash Racing
- Neil Crompton joined 00 Motorsport on a full time basis, haing driven for the team as an endurance driver in 2001
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Results and standings
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Results summary
Points system
Championship points were awarded according to the follow table.[6]
In rounds 9 & 10 points were split equally between drivers sharing the car, each being awarded half the number of tabled points for the round.[6]

Drivers Championship
Champion Team of the Series
Champion Team of the Series was won by the Holden Racing Team,[8] which was awarded the title as the team of the winning driver.[9]
Champion Manufacturer of the Series
Champion Manufacturer of the Series was won by Holden,[8] which was awarded the title as the manufacturer with the most round wins.[9]
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