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.

Queensland 2002 VIP Petfoods Queensland 500
Event Information
Round 9 of 13 in the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date13–15 September 2002
LocationIpswich, Queensland
VenueQueensland Raceway
WeatherFine
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 400 pts
Second 320 pts
Third 256 pts

The 2002 race was won by David Besnard and Simon Wills driving a Ford AU Falcon.

Top Fifteen Shootout

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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

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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

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  • 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

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  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.
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Supercars Championship
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