2002 Bathurst 24 Hour
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The 2002 Bathurst 24 Hour was an endurance motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit
just outside Bathurst
in New South Wales
, Australia
. The race, which was the first 24 hour event to be held at Mount Panorama, started at 4:00pm on 16 November and finished at 4:00pm on 17 November.
The race was open to several classes of GT and other production based cars and was intended as a showcase for the racing categories promoted by PROCAR
, which included Nations Cup
, GT Performance and GT Production
. While there was much speculation about the highly popular V8 Brute Utes
class also being eligible there was resistance to the idea and they ran short sprint races as a support category. Ten classes were announced, but only five classes attracted entries.
, Mosler MT900R
, Porsche 996 GT3-RS
, Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
and the controversial Holden Monaro 427C CV8
which did not have a production counterpart.
versions of the 318i
and 320i
and a modified Z3 M Coupe
.
. The entry consisted of BMW ME Coupe
, Ford Tickford T3 TE50
, HSV Y Series GTS
, Mazda RX-7 Series 8
, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
, Nissan 200SX
, Nissan 350Z
and Subaru Impreza WRX STi
.
. The entry consisted of BMW 323i
, Holden VX Commodore
, Holden VY Commodore, Honda S2000
and Toyota MR2 Bathurst
.
s and a Holden V8 engined Mitsubishi Magna
, a pair of Nürburgring
VLN series BMW M3
s and a late concession for Mitsubishi Mirage Cup
one-make series cars.
Mount Panorama Circuit
Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour motor race, held each February, and the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October...
just outside Bathurst
Bathurst, New South Wales
-CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...
in New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The race, which was the first 24 hour event to be held at Mount Panorama, started at 4:00pm on 16 November and finished at 4:00pm on 17 November.
The race was open to several classes of GT and other production based cars and was intended as a showcase for the racing categories promoted by PROCAR
Australian GT Production Car Championship
The Australian GT Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title, organised by PROCAR Australia Pty Ltd, for drivers of Group 3E Series Production Cars.PROCAR had first promoted a national series for production based cars in 1994...
, which included Nations Cup
Australian Nations Cup Championship
The Australian Nations Cup Championship was a motor racing title sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport from 2000 to 2004.-History:...
, GT Performance and GT Production
Australian GT Production Car Championship
The Australian GT Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title, organised by PROCAR Australia Pty Ltd, for drivers of Group 3E Series Production Cars.PROCAR had first promoted a national series for production based cars in 1994...
. While there was much speculation about the highly popular V8 Brute Utes
V8 Utes
The V8 Ute Racing Series is an Australian motor racing series for utilities, derived from the Australian Production Car Championship. It was conceived in 2000 by PROCAR chief Ross Palmer and launched March 2001, as V8 Brute Utes, at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide...
class also being eligible there was resistance to the idea and they ran short sprint races as a support category. Ten classes were announced, but only five classes attracted entries.
Class 1
The leading class contained vehicles from the international FIA N-GT category and Group 1 cars from the Australian Nations' Cup category. It featured the Ferrari 360 N-GTFerrari 360
The Ferrari 360 is a mid-engine midsize two-seater sports car produced from late 1999 until 2005. The 360 replaced the Ferrari F355 and was itself replaced by the fairly similar Ferrari F430...
, Mosler MT900R
Mosler MT900
The MT900 is a sports car built in the United States and the United Kingdom by Mosler. Three submodels have also been produced. The MT900R was a racing version of the MT900. The basic car was updated as the MT900S for 2005, with the MT900S Photon being its racing variant. The original MT900 was...
, Porsche 996 GT3-RS
Porsche 911 GT3
The Porsche 911 GT3 is a higher performance version of the Porsche 911 sports car. It is the latest in a line of high performance models, beginning with the 1973 911 RS...
, Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
Porsche 911 GT3
The Porsche 911 GT3 is a higher performance version of the Porsche 911 sports car. It is the latest in a line of high performance models, beginning with the 1973 911 RS...
and the controversial Holden Monaro 427C CV8
Holden Monaro
The Holden Monaro is an automobile that was produced by GM Holden Ltd, an Australian subsidiary of General Motors, between 1968 and 1977 and between 2001 and 2005...
which did not have a production counterpart.
Class 3
A class open to Group 2 cars from the Australian Nations' Cup category and to Supertouring cars. Only three BMWs entered, SupertouringSupertouring
Super Touring, Class 2 or Class II was a motor racing Touring Cars category defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile for national touring car racing in 1993. It was based on the "2 litre Touring Car Formula" created for the British Touring Car Championship in 1990...
versions of the 318i
BMW E36
The BMW E36 is the third generation of the 3 Series compact executive cars produced by BMW. It was introduced in late 1990 for Europe and in late 1991 for US and Canada. It was the successor to the E30 3 Series and was eventually replaced by the E90 3 Series in 2005, though E36 coupes were still...
and 320i
BMW E36
The BMW E36 is the third generation of the 3 Series compact executive cars produced by BMW. It was introduced in late 1990 for Europe and in late 1991 for US and Canada. It was the successor to the E30 3 Series and was eventually replaced by the E90 3 Series in 2005, though E36 coupes were still...
and a modified Z3 M Coupe
BMW M Coupe
The BMW M Coupe is a Shooting-brake styled high-performance automobile produced by BMW. As of February 2009, two generations of the M Coupe have been manufactured, one based on the E36/8 Z3 Coupe and the second off of the E86 Z4 Coupe. Both generations have a "sister" Convertible/Roadster model...
.
Class 5
A production based class featuring GT Performance CarsAustralian GT Production Car Championship
The Australian GT Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title, organised by PROCAR Australia Pty Ltd, for drivers of Group 3E Series Production Cars.PROCAR had first promoted a national series for production based cars in 1994...
. The entry consisted of BMW ME Coupe
BMW M Coupe
The BMW M Coupe is a Shooting-brake styled high-performance automobile produced by BMW. As of February 2009, two generations of the M Coupe have been manufactured, one based on the E36/8 Z3 Coupe and the second off of the E86 Z4 Coupe. Both generations have a "sister" Convertible/Roadster model...
, Ford Tickford T3 TE50
Ford AU Falcon
The Ford AU Falcon and Fairmont are the first of the sixth generation series of the Ford Falcon, a full-size car produced by Ford Australia...
, HSV Y Series GTS
HSV GTS
The HSV GTS is an Australian high performance luxury sedan, produced by HSV. The fundamental underpinnings are based on the mainstream Holden Commodore models of the same years. The car is powered by GM's 6.2 litre LS3 V8 engine, with a maximum power output of 442 PS...
, Mazda RX-7 Series 8
Mazda RX-7
Series 1 is commonly referred to as the "SA22C" from the first alphanumerics of the vehicle identification number. This series of RX-7 had exposed steel bumpers and a high-mounted indentation-located license plate, called by Werner Buhrer of Road & Track magazine a "Baroque depression."In 1980...
, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, colloquially known as the Lancer Evo or Evo, is a high-performance sedan manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors. There have been ten official versions to date, and the designation of each model is most commonly a roman numeral...
, Nissan 200SX
Nissan Silvia
The S12 was produced from 1984 to 1988, with revisions to the exterior trim in 1987 . It was sold in three configurations—a coupe , a hatchback, and a widebody chassis called grandprix .A number of different engines were equipped in the S12 chassis, depending on production year and more...
, Nissan 350Z
Nissan 350Z
The Nissan 350Z is a two seat sports car that was manufactured by Nissan from 2002 to 2009 and marks the fifth generation of Nissan's Z-car line. The 350Z entered production in late 2002 and was sold and marketed as a 2003 model. The first year there was only a coupe, as the roadster did not debut...
and Subaru Impreza WRX STi
Subaru Impreza WRX
The Subaru Impreza WRX is a turbocharged version of the Subaru Impreza, an all-wheel drive, four-door passenger vehicle. It is available as a sedan or wagon....
.
Class 9
A production based class featuring cars from the Australian GT Production Car ChampionshipAustralian GT Production Car Championship
The Australian GT Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title, organised by PROCAR Australia Pty Ltd, for drivers of Group 3E Series Production Cars.PROCAR had first promoted a national series for production based cars in 1994...
. The entry consisted of BMW 323i
BMW E36
The BMW E36 is the third generation of the 3 Series compact executive cars produced by BMW. It was introduced in late 1990 for Europe and in late 1991 for US and Canada. It was the successor to the E30 3 Series and was eventually replaced by the E90 3 Series in 2005, though E36 coupes were still...
, Holden VX Commodore
Holden VX Commodore
The Holden VX Commodore, Berlina and Calais range of full-size cars were the eleventh instalment of Holden Commodore, a model manufactured by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors...
, Holden VY Commodore, Honda S2000
Honda S2000
The Honda S2000 is a roadster that was manufactured by the Japanese automaker Honda Motor Company. It was launched in April 1999 and was created to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary. The car was first shown as a concept at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1995, following which it was launched in...
and Toyota MR2 Bathurst
Toyota MR2
The Toyota MR2 is a two-seat, mid-engined, rear wheel drive sports car produced by Central Motors, a part of Toyota, from 1984 until July 2007 when production stopped in Japan...
.
Class 10
A mixed bag of leftovers, it included Future Touring Cars; Holden CommodoreHolden Commodore
The Holden Commodore is an automobile manufactured since 1978 by the Holden subsidiary of General Motors in Australia, and, formerly, in New Zealand. In the mid-1970s, Holden established proposals to replace the long-serving Kingswood nameplate with a smaller, Opel-based model...
s and a Holden V8 engined Mitsubishi Magna
Mitsubishi Magna
The Mitsubishi Magna was a mid-size car offered between May 1985 and September 2005 by Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited . Manufactured at the Tonsley Park assembly plant, Magna spanned three generations before being replaced by the Mitsubishi 380...
, a pair of Nürburgring
Nürburgring
The Nürburgring is a motorsport complex around the village of Nürburg, Germany. It features a modern Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. It is located about...
VLN series BMW M3
BMW M3
The BMW M3 is a high-performance version of the BMW 3 Series, developed by BMW's in-house motorsport division, BMW M. M3 models have been derived from the E30, E36, E46 and E90/E92/E93 3-series, and sold with coupé, sedan and convertible body styles...
s and a late concession for Mitsubishi Mirage Cup
Mitsubishi Mirage
Mitsubishi launched the Mirage as a three-door front wheel drive hatchback in 1978, as a response to the first fuel crisis some years before. It had a distinctive design with large windows and Mitsubishi's Super Shift transmission . A five-door joined the range in 1979...
one-make series cars.
Official results
Results as follows:Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Laps | Qual Pos |
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1 | 1 | 427 | Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Garry Rogers Motorsport Garry Rogers Motorsport is an Australian motor racing team presently competing in V8 Supercar.-The early years:Garry Rogers Motorsport has its origins in Garry Rogers' own exploits in Sports Sedans during the late 1960s and the 1970s. In the mid-1970s Rogers got more serious, running a BDA Escort... |
Australia Garth Tander Garth Tander Garth Tander is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver. Since 1998 Tander has been a competitor in touring car racing series V8 Supercar Championship Series. Tander was the 2007 series champion for the HSV Dealer Team and is a three-time winner in Australia's most... New Zealand Steven Richards Steven Richards Steven Richards is a New Zealand racing driver, currently competing in the with the team. He previously raced in the V8 Supercar series for Ford Performance Racing.... Australia Nathan Pretty Australia Cameron McConville Cameron McConville Cameron 'Cam' McConville is an Australian racing driver and motorsport media personality. While retired from full-time competition McConville still races occasionally and is an indemand endurance event co-driver. McConville spent 14 years as a professional driver, ten of those in the largest... |
Holden Monaro 427C | 532 | 2 |
Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918... LS6 7.0L V8 V8 engine A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower angle, with all eight pistons driving a common crankshaft.... |
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2 | 1 | 11 | United Kingdom Rollcentre Racing | United Kingdom Martin Short United Kingdom Mark Pashley United Kingdom Charles Lamb Sri Lanka Dilantha Malagamuwa |
Mosler MT900R | 509 | 5 |
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 | |||||||
3 | 10 | 16 | Germany Duller Motorsport | United Kingdom Howard Redhouse United Kingdom Peter Hannen Australia Domenic Beninca |
BMW M3 | 505 | 13 |
BMW BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands... M52 BMW M52 The BMW M52 is a Straight 6 piston engine. Displacement ranges from 2000 cc to 3200 cc. It is a DOHC 24-valve engine, originally introduced with VANOS Variable Valve Timing. It replaced the BMW M50 engine in 1994 and was replaced in 2001 with the BMW M54 engine... 3.2L I6 |
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4 | 10 | 15 | Germany Duller Motorsport | United Kingdom Ian Donaldson United Kingdom Robert Brooks United Kingdom Robert Wilson United Kingdom Andrew Donaldson |
BMW M3 | 497 | 11 |
BMW M52 3.2L I6 | |||||||
5 | 3 | 35 | United Kingdom Sterling Motorsport | Australia VJ Angelo Australia Ric Shaw United Kingdom Mathew Marsh Australia Ross Buckingham |
BMW M Coupe | 496 | 16 |
BMW M54 BMW M54 The BMW M54 is a straight-6 engine, debuting in the year 2000. It is an evolution of the BMW M52. The engine has Double VANOS variable valve timing to adjust timing of both intake and exhaust valves.-M54B22:... 3.2L I6 |
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6 | 5 | 71 | Australia Peter Boylan | Australia Peter Boylan Australia Damien White Australia Peter McKay |
BMW M3 | 491 | 15 |
BMW M54 3.2L I6 | |||||||
7 | 5 | 23 | Australia Peters Racing | Australia Brett Peters Australia Gary Deane Australia Robert Rubis Australia John Falk |
Subaru Impreza WRX STi Subaru Impreza WRX STI The Subaru Impreza WRX STI, has the highest trim in the Subaru Impreza compact car line, produced by Japanese automaker Subaru.In the late 1980s, Subaru created the Subaru Tecnica International division to coordinate development for the FIA World Rally Championship and other motorsports activities... |
482 | 17 |
Subaru EJ Subaru EJ engine The Subaru EJ engine is a series of automotive engines manufactured by Subaru and introduced in 1989, intended to succeed the previous Subaru EA engine. The EJ series is the mainstay of Subaru's engine line, with all engines of this series being 16-valve flat-4 horizontal, with configurations... 2.0L Turbo Turbocharger A turbocharger, or turbo , from the Greek "τύρβη" is a centrifugal compressor powered by a turbine that is driven by an engine's exhaust gases. Its benefit lies with the compressor increasing the mass of air entering the engine , thereby resulting in greater performance... Flat-4 Flat-4 A flat-4 or horizontally opposed-4 is a flat engine with four cylinders arranged horizontally in two banks of two cylinders on each side of a central crankcase... |
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8 | 5 | 60 | Australia Protecnica Racing | Australia Scott Anderson Australia Wayne Boatright Australia Ross Almond Australia Ross Halliday |
Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 475 | 23 |
Subaru EJ 2.0L Turbo Flat-4 | |||||||
9 | 4 | 17 | Australia Trevor Haines | Australia Trevor Haines Australia Mark King Australia Trevor Sheumack Australia James Phillip |
Ford Tickford T3 TE50 | 474 | 24 |
Ford Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK... Windsor 5.6L V8 |
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10 | 9 | 62 | Australia Scott Loadsman | Australia Scott Loadsman Australia Ian Luff Australia Ray Lintott Australia David Russell |
Holden Commodore VX SS Holden VX Commodore The Holden VX Commodore, Berlina and Calais range of full-size cars were the eleventh instalment of Holden Commodore, a model manufactured by Holden, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors... |
463 | 34 |
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 | |||||||
11 | 10 | 44 | Australia Mal Rose | Australia Gary Young Australia Gary Quartly Australia Anthony Robson |
Mitsubishi Mirage | 459 | 30 |
Mitsubishi 1.5L I4 | |||||||
12 | 10 | 14 | Australia David Borg | Australia David Borg Australia Allan Shepherd Australia Jack Elsegood Jack Elsegood Jack Elsegood, December 22, 1973 in Sydney Australia, is a former Australian Rugby League player and now race driver. He played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles from 1993 - 1996 then moved across town to the Sydney Roosters from 1997 - 2000. After retiring from football at the end of the 2000... |
Mitsubishi Mirage | 457 | 31 |
Mitsubishi 1.5L I4 | |||||||
13 | 9 | 26 | Australia Novacastrian Motorsport | Australia Wayne Moore Australia Roger Townshend Australia Klark Quinn Australia Tony Blanche |
BMW 323i BMW E36 The BMW E36 is the third generation of the 3 Series compact executive cars produced by BMW. It was introduced in late 1990 for Europe and in late 1991 for US and Canada. It was the successor to the E30 3 Series and was eventually replaced by the E90 3 Series in 2005, though E36 coupes were still... |
455 | 35 |
BMW M52 2.5L I4 | |||||||
14 | 9 | 29 | Australia Ross Palmer Motorsport | Australia Peter Hansen Germany Hermann Tilke Hermann Tilke Hermann Tilke is a German engineer and auto racer, who has designed numerous Formula One motor racing circuits.-Racing:... Australia Melinda Price |
Honda S2000 | 451 | 32 |
Honda Honda is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than... F20C Honda F20C engine The F20C and F22C1 are inline-4 engines produced by Honda. They are one of the few Honda 4-cylinder automobile engines that are designed to sit longitudinally for rear wheel drive.... 2.0L I4 |
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15 | 1 | 99 | Australia Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia | New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards (race driver) Jim Richards is a New Zealand racing driver who has spent most of his racing life in Australia. While retired from professional racing, Richards continues to compete in the historic category Touring Car Masters while running a team in the Australian GT Championship... Australia Matt Weiland Indonesia Maher Algadrie Australia Peter Fitzgerald |
Porsche 996 GT3 R Porsche 911 GT3 The Porsche 911 GT3 is a higher performance version of the Porsche 911 sports car. It is the latest in a line of high performance models, beginning with the 1973 911 RS... |
451 | 4 |
Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry.... 3.6L Flat-6 |
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16 | 5 | 200 | Australia Donut King Racing | Australia Greg Haysom Australia Craig Dean Australia Paul Stubber Australia Chris Smith |
Nissan 200SX Spec-R Nissan 200SX From 1995 to 1998 Nissan applied the name "200SX" to two different lines of automobiles in different markets these years.In 1995, Nissan reintroduced the 200SX nameplate in United States and Canada to designate a two-door version of the Nissan Sentra , known in Japan and Mexico as Lucino, replacing... |
448 | 33 |
Nissan Nissan Motors , usually shortened to Nissan , is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. It was a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn .... SR20DET Nissan SR engine The Nissan SR engine is a 1.6 L, 1.8 L, or 2.0 L straight-4 4-stroke internal combustion gasoline engine manufactured by Nissan Motors. It features an aluminum head and aluminum block with steel sleeves in selected models and features a DOHC 4-valve design, with variable valve timing... 2.0L Turbo I4 |
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17 | 10 | 32 | Australia Steve Williams | Australia Steve Williams Australia Graham Moore Australia Mike Kilpatrick |
Holden Commodore VX | 438 | 14 |
Holden Holden V8 engine The Holden V8 is an overhead valve V8 engine which was produced by the Australian General Motors subsidiary Holden between 1969 and 2000. The engine was used initially in the Kingswood and Monaro model ranges; it was later utilised in the Torana and Commodore ranges... 5.0L V8 |
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18 | 5 | 220 | Australia Donut King Racing | Australia Tony Alford Australia John Grounds United Kingdom Tony Quinn Australia Grant Denyer Grant Denyer Grant Denyer is an Australian television reporter, personality and motor racing driver.-Television career:In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media, he gained a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist... |
Nissan 200SX Spec-R | 426 | 27 |
Nissan SR engine 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
19 | 10 | 28 | Australia Mal Rose | Australia Mal Rose Australia Peter Leemhuis Australia Shane Brangwin |
Mitsubishi Mirage | 425 | 29 |
Mitsubishi 1.5L I4 | |||||||
20 | 5 | 45 | Australia Allan Walls | Australia Allan Walls Australia Dennis Cribbin Australia Roland Hill |
HSV GTS 300kW | 424 | 20 |
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 | |||||||
21 | 5 | 222 | Australia Donut King Racing | Australia Ray Ayton Australia Rodney Woods Australia Hugh Harrison Australia Michael Robinson |
Nissan 200SX Spec-R | 424 | 28 |
Nissan SR engine 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
22 | 10 | 40 | Australia Compuware | Australia Terry Bosnjak Australia Warren Luff Warren Luff Warren Luff born 21 April 1976 in Sydney Australia, is best known as a race driver, stunt driver and driver training instructor. He is the son of well known driver training instructor Ian Luff... Australia Ian Palmer Australia Ray Sidebottom |
Mitsubishi Magna | 420 | 10 |
Holden 5.0L V8 | |||||||
DNF | 1 | 24 | United Kingdom Cirtek Motorsport | Australia David Brabham David Brabham David Brabham is an Australian racing driver and one of the most successful and experienced specialists in sports car racing. He has won three international Sports Car series and is one of four Australians to have won the Le Mans 24 Hour sports car race, winning the event in... Austria Manfred Jurasz Australia Allan Grice Allan Grice Allan Maxwell Grice OAM , known to motor-racing fans as Gricey, is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000 , and as a privateer driver of a Holden in the Australian Touring Car Championship.Grice also had a successful second... Australia Darren Palmer |
Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 488 | 3 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
DNF | 5 | 77 | Australia Nathan Pilkington | Australia Nathan Pilkington Australia Ian Mitchell Australia Mark Williamson Australia Elton Goonan |
Nissan 350Z Nissan 350Z The Nissan 350Z is a two seat sports car that was manufactured by Nissan from 2002 to 2009 and marks the fifth generation of Nissan's Z-car line. The 350Z entered production in late 2002 and was sold and marketed as a 2003 model. The first year there was only a coupe, as the roadster did not debut... |
436 | 25 |
Nissan Nissan Motors , usually shortened to Nissan , is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. It was a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn .... VQ35DE Nissan VQ engine The VQ is a V6 piston engine produced by Nissan with displacements varying from 2.0 L to 4.0 L. It is an aluminum block DOHC 4-valve design with aluminum heads. It is fitted with Nissan's EGI/ECCS sequential multi-point fuel injection system... 3.5L V6 V6 engine A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of three cylinders, usually set at either a right angle or an acute angle to each other, with all six pistons driving a common crankshaft... |
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DNF | 5 | 9 | Australia Anton Mechtler | Australia Anton Mechtler Australia Wayne Park New Zealand Kevin Bell Australia Bob Hughes |
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII | 387 | 26 |
Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Motors is a multinational automaker headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. In 2009 it was the fifth-largest Japan-based automaker and the 17th-largest in the world measured by production... 4G63 Mitsubishi Sirius engine The Mitsubishi Sirius or 4G6/4D6 engine is the name of one of Mitsubishi Motors' four series of inline 4 automobile engines, along with Astron, Orion, and Saturn. The 4G6 are gasoline engines, the 4D6 diesels.-4G61:... 2.0L Turbo I4 |
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DNF | 5 | 27 | Australia Novacastrian Motorsport | Australia Wayne Russell Australia Steve Cramp Australia Garry Holt Australia Darren Edwards |
BMW M Coupe | 384 | 21 |
BMW M54 3.2L I6 | |||||||
NC | 5 | 33 | Australia Pro-Duct Motorsport | Australia Bob Pearson Australia Mark Brame Australia Bruce Stewart Australia Peter Roma |
Mazda RX-7 Twin Turbo | 364 | 8 |
Mazda Mazda is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales... 13B-REW Mazda Wankel engine The Mazda Wankel engines are family of car engines derived from experiments in the early 1960s by Felix Wankel, a German engineer... 1.3L Rotary |
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DNF | 10 | 41 | Australia Geoffrey Parker | Australia Geoff Parker Australia Jeff Watters Australia David Sala Australia Peter Gazzard |
Holden Commodore VY | 348 | 12 |
Holden 5.0L V8 | |||||||
NC | 9 | 13 | Australia Osborne Motorsport | Australia Colin Osborne Australia John Roecken Australia Ron Masing |
Toyota MR2 Bathurst | 324 | 36 |
Toyota 3S-GE Toyota S engine The Toyota S Series engines are a family of straight-4 engines with displacement from 1.8 L to 2.2 L produced by Toyota Motor Corporation. The series has cast iron engine blocks and alloy cylinder heads.-Table of S-block engines:-1S:... 2.0L I4 |
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DNF | 3 | 19 | New Zealand Bruce Miles | New Zealand Bruce Miles New Zealand Murray Cleland New Zealand Gary Geeves |
BMW 320i | 263 | 9 |
BMW S14 2.0L I4 | |||||||
DNF | 5 | 5 | Australia Graham Alexander | Australia Graham Alexander Australia John Woodberry Australia Barry Morcom |
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V | 230 | 19 |
Mitsubishi Sirius engine 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
NC | 9 | 31 | Australia Osborne Motorsport | Australia Trevor Keene Australia Scott Fleming Australia Andrew Leithhead |
Toyota MR2 Bathurst | 196 | 37 |
Toyota S engine 2.0L I4 | |||||||
DNF | 1 | 6 | United Kingdom AD Holdings | Australia Peter Floyd Australia Chris Maries Australia Rod Wilson Australia Gary MacDonald |
Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 195 | 7 |
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
DNF | 3 | 22 | New Zealand DCH Motorsport | New Zealand Dennis Chapman New Zealand Debbie Chapman New Zealand Lindsay O'Donnell New Zealand Scott O'Donnell |
BMW 318i | 126 | 22 |
BMW S14 2.0L I4 | |||||||
DNF | 1 | 888 | Australia Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia | Australia John Bowe John Bowe (racing driver) John Bowe is an Australian racing driver, presently racing a 1969 Ford Mustang in the historic series, Touring Car Masters.... Australia Brad Jones Australia Paul Morris Paul Morris (motorsport) Paul Morris is a V8 Supercar racecar driver.-Early career:Paul Morris started his motor racing career at the age of 19 in 1987, driving in the Queensland Gemini Series. He won Rookie of the Year in his debut season, and won the state championship the following year. He spent the next three years... Australia John Teulan |
Ferrari 360 N-GT | 96 | 1 |
Ferrari 3.6L V8 | |||||||
DNF | 1 | 52 | Germany Seikel Motorsport Seikel Motorsport Seikel Motorsport was a German auto racing team founded by Peter Seikel in 1968. After running national series, the team moved on to touring car racing before finally grand tourer racing... |
Canada Tony Burgess Tony Burgess Tony Burgess is the author of several books including the novel Pontypool Changes Everything. Other works include People Live Still in Cashtown Corners, Ravenna Gets, The Hellmouths of Bewdley, and Caesarea... New Zealand Andrew Bagnall Andrew Bagnall Andrew Bagnall is a motor racing driver born in Wellington, New Zealand on 14 February 1947. He raced in Australian Touring Car Championship in the late 1980s, and in the New Zealand Touring Car Championship in 1990 and in some races of the 1997 and 1998 FIA GT Championship seasons... United States John Lloyd Germany Jürgen Alzen Jürgen Alzen Jürgen Alzen is a race car driver from Germany.He drove one race in both the FIA GT Championship and the American Le Mans Series of 2001 for his own Alzen Porsche team. He has also raced in Australia appearing in both the 2002 and 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour races held at the Mount Panorama Circuit... |
Porsche 996 GT3-RS Porsche 911 GT3 The Porsche 911 GT3 is a higher performance version of the Porsche 911 sports car. It is the latest in a line of high performance models, beginning with the 1973 911 RS... |
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Statistics
- Pole Position - #888 John Bowe - 2:15.0742
- Fastest Lap - #427 Garth Tander - 2:14.3267
- Average Speed - 138 km/h
External links
- 2002 Bathurst 24 Hour race statistics Retrieved from web.archive.org on 1 December 2008
- 2002 Bathurst 24 Hour images Retrieved from www.pbase.com on 1 December 2008