2002 Australian Super Touring Series

The 2002 Australian Super Touring Car Series was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition open to Super Touring Cars. It was the tenth running of an Australian series for Super Touring Cars and the second to be contested under the Australian Super Touring Series name. The series began on 24 March 2002 at Oran Park Raceway and ended on 24 November 2002 at Oran Park Raceway after five rounds. It would be the final season for such touring cars until the 2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series, which is a contemporary take on the four-cylinder touring car formula.

Future Touring Cars edit

The grids for the 2002 championship were bolstered with cars from the Future Touring Car category. This category, which catered for V8 powered cars that had competed previously in AUSCAR racing, made its debut in a support event to the 1999 Bathurst 500. While the Future Touring Cars and the Super Touring Cars raced together in the same events, drivers competed for two separate titles with separate points scoring for each category.

Teams and drivers edit

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2002 Australian Super Touring Championship.

Team	Manufacturer	Car model	No	Driver
Mumbo Racing	Nissan	Primera	2	David Towe
Mumbo Racing	Ford	Mondeo	12	Sam Dale
MPD Racing	BMW	318is	3	Luke Searle
Team MGM	Alfa Romeo	155 TS	7	Andre Morgan
Justin Wade	Peugeot	405 Mi16	10	Craig Neilson
OMP Racing	Nissan	Primera	21	Andrew Haberfield
SAE Racing	BMW	320i	30	Alan Gurr
Knight Racing	Ford	Mondeo	31	Grant Johnson Matthew Fox
Knight Racing	Ford	Mondeo	88	Peter Hills
TC Motorsport	Peugeot	406	35	Ric Shaw
Hi-Tech Motorsport	Nissan	Primera	69	Matthew Fox
Motorsport Developments	Toyota	Carina	77	Malcolm Rea
	Toyota	Carina	99	Claude Elias Carlos Rolfo
	Peugeot	405 Mi16	99	Claude Elias Carlos Rolfo
Phoenix Motorsport	Toyota	Camry	95	Jamie Miller
Redline Motorsport	Toyota	Camry	96	Michael Kerslake
Redline Motorsport	Hyundai	Lantra	97	Paul Leabeater

Race Calendar edit

The 2002 Australian Super Touring Championship was contested over a five-round series, with three races held each round.

Rd./Race	Circuit	Location & State	Date	Winner	Team
1/1	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	24 Mar 2002	Peter Hills	Knight Racing
1/2	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	24 Mar 2002	Alan Gurr	Knight Racing
1/3	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	24 Mar 2002	Alan Gurr	Knight Racing
2/1	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Adelaide, South Australia	21 Apr 2002	Alan Gurr	Knight Racing
2/2	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Adelaide, South Australia	21 Apr 2002	Alan Gurr	Knight Racing
2/3	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Adelaide, South Australia	21 Apr 2002	Alan Gurr	Knight Racing
3/1	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	23 Jun 2002	Alan Gurr	Knight Racing
3/2	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	23 Jun 2002	Alan Gurr	Knight Racing
3/3	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	23 Jun 2002	Alan Gurr	Knight Racing
4/1	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	29 Sep 2002	Alan Gurr	Knight Racing
4/2	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	29 Sep 2002	Alan Gurr	Knight Racing
4/3	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	29 Sep 2002	Alan Gurr	Knight Racing
5/1	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	24 Nov 2002	Peter Hills	Knight Racing
5/2	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	24 Nov 2002	Alan Gurr	Knight Racing
5/3	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	24 Nov 2002	Luke Searle	MPD Racing

Results edit

Drivers Championship edit

Pos	Driver	ORA 1	ORA 2	ORA 3	MAL 1	MAL 2	MAL 3	QLD 1	QLD 2	QLD 3	WAK 1	WAK 2	WAK 3	ORA 4	ORA 5	ORA 6	Pts
1	Alan Gurr	DSQ	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	283
2	Peter Hills	1st	DNS	Ret	2nd	2nd	2nd	6th	4th	2nd	2nd	6th	2nd	1st	2nd	5th	236
3	Andre Morgan	4th	6th	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	4th	Ret	DNS	5th	5th	3rd	DNS	DNS	DNS	165
4	Paul Leabeater	6th	4th	4th	Ret	DNS	DNS	3rd	6th	7th	Ret	4th	5th	4th	Ret	DNS	145
5	Grant Johnson	2nd	2nd	5th	Ret	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	9th	Ret	DNS	DNS				138
6	Sam Dale	5th	Ret	DNS				Ret	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	DNS	Ret	4th	5th	120
7	Malcolm Rea	9th	5th	6th	4th	5th	5th	DNS	9th	6th							119
8	Luke Searle							5th	5th	Ret				3rd	3rd	1st	88
9	Michael Kerslake	8th	Ret	DNS				7th	8th	5th	Ret	DNS	DNS				56
10	Claude Elias	7th	7th	DNS										7th	7th	Ret	56
11	Ric Shaw	3rd	3rd	2nd													56
12	Clayton Pyne										4th	2nd	4th				53
13	Andrew Haberfield							4th	7th	4th							48
14	Matthew Fox										Ret	DNS	DNS	5th	5th	3rd	48
15	Craig Neilson							9th	10th	8th							33
16	Carlos Rolfo				5th	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	DNS							16
17	David Towe													Ret	DNS	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	ORA 1	ORA 2	ORA 3	MAL 1	MAL 2	MAL 3	QLD 1	QLD 2	QLD 3	WAK 1	WAK 2	WAK 3	ORA 4	ORA 5	ORA 6	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

References edit

External links edit

2002 Racing Results Archive