2002 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
Date	13–15 September 2002
Location	Ipswich, Queensland
Venue	Queensland Raceway
Weather	Fine
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 David Besnard Simon Wills Stone Brothers Racing 400 pts Second Steven Richards Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering 320 pts Third Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna Garry Rogers Motorsport 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