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.

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]

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]

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

References

1. "Race Results - Top 15 Shootout". V8 Supercars Australia. September 2002. Archived from the original on 19 October 2002. Retrieved 19 October 2002.
2. "Race Results - Race 1". V8 Supercars Australia. September 2002. Archived from the original on 19 October 2002. Retrieved 19 October 2002.

External links

• Official website for the race at V8Supercars Australia via archive.org
• www.v8supercar.com.au at 29 September 2002 via web.archive.org
• 2002 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500 photos from www.pbase.com