2002 Bathurst 24 Hour

The 2002 Bathurst 24 Hour was the first 24 hour race run at Bathurst. The race started at 4:00pm on November 16, 2002 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst and finished at 4:00pm on November 17.

The race was held for several classes of GT and production car classes 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.

Class 1

The leading class contained vehicles eligible for international FIA N-GT and the Australian Nations' Cup category. It featured the Ferrari 360, Mosler MT900, Porsche 996 GT3-RS and the controversial 7 litre version of the Holden Monaro which did not have a production counterpart.

Class 3

A mixed bag class of racing cars. Only three BMWs entered, Supertouring versions of the 318i and 320i and a modified M Coupe.

Class 5

A production based class featuring cars from the Australian GT-Performance Car Championship. The entry consisted of BMW M Coupe, Tickford version of the Ford Falcon, HSV version of the Holden Commodore, Mazda RX-7, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Nissan 200SX, Nissan 350Z and Subaru Impreza WRX.

Class 9

A production based class featuring cars from the Australian GT-Production Car Championship. The entry consisted of BMW 323i, Holden Commodore, Honda S2000 and Toyota MR2.

Class 10

A mixed bag of leftovers, it included Future Touring Cars; Holden Commodores and a Chevrolet V8 engined Mitsubishi Magna, a pair of Nürburgring VLN series BMW M3s and a late concession for Mitsubishi Mirage Cup one-make series cars.

Official results

Results as follows:

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Qual Pos
					Engine
1	1	427	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garth Tander Steven Richards Nathan Pretty Cameron McConville	Holden Monaro 427C	532	2
					Chevrolet LS6 7.0L V8
2	1	11	Rollcentre Racing	Martin Short Mark Pashley Charles Lamb Dilantha Malagamuwa	Mosler MT900R	509	5
					Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
3	10	16	Duller Motorsport	Howard Redhouse Peter Hannen Domenic Beninca	BMW M3	505	13
					BMW M52 3.2L I6
4	10	15	Duller Motorsport	Ian Donaldson Robert Brooks Robert Wilson Andrew Donaldson	BMW M3	497	11
					BMW M52 3.2L I6
5	3	35	Sterling Motorsport	VJ Angelo Ric Shaw Mathew Marsh Ross Buckingham	BMW M Coupe	496	16
					BMW M54 3.2L I6
6	5	71	Peter Boylan	Peter Boylan Damien White Peter McKay	BMW M3	491	15
					BMW M54 3.2L I6
7	5	23	Peters Racing	Brett Peters Gary Deane Robert Rubis John Falk	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	482	17
					Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
8	5	60	Protecnica Racing	Scott Anderson Wayne Boatright Ross Almond Ross Halliday	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	475	23
					Subaru 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
9	4	17	Trevor Haines	Trevor Haines Mark King Trevor Sheumack James Phillip	Ford Falcon Tickford TE50	474	24
					Ford Windsor 5.6L V8
10	9	62	Scott Loadsman	Scott Loadsman Ian Luff Ray Lintott David Russell	Holden Commodore VX SS	463	34
					Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
11	10	44	Mal Rose	Gary Young Gary Quartly Anthony Robson	Mitsubishi Mirage	459	30
					Mitsubishi 1.5L I4
12	10	14	David Borg	David Borg Allan Shepherd Jack Elsegood	Mitsubishi Mirage	457	31
					Mitsubishi 1.5L I4
13	9	26	Novacastrian Motorsport	Wayne Moore Roger Townshend Klark Quinn Tony Blanche	BMW 323i	455	35
					BMW M52 2.5L I4
14	9	29	Ross Palmer Motorsport	Peter Hansen Hermann Tilke Melinda Price	Honda S2000	451	32
					Honda F20C 2.0L I4
15	1	99	Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia	Jim Richards Matt Weiland Maher Algadrie Peter Fitzgerald	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	451	4
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
16	5	200	Donut King Racing	Greg Haysom Craig Dean Paul Stubber Chris Smith	Nissan 200SX Spec-R	448	33
					Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
17	10	32	Steve Williams	Steve Williams Graham Moore Mike Kilpatrick	Holden Commodore VX	438	14
					Holden 5.0L V8
18	5	220	Donut King Racing	Tony Alford John Grounds Tony Quinn Grant Denyer	Nissan 200SX Spec-R	426	27
					Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
19	10	28	Mal Rose	Mal Rose Peter Leemhuis Shane Brangwin	Mitsubishi Mirage	425	29
					Mitsubishi 1.5L I4
20	5	45	Allan Walls	Allan Walls Dennis Cribbin Roland Hill	HSV GTS 300kW	424	20
					Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
21	5	222	Donut King Racing	Ray Ayton Rodney Woods Hugh Harrison Michael Robinson	Nissan 200SX Spec-R	424	28
					Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
22	10	40	Compuware	Terry Bosnjak Warren Luff Ian Palmer Ray Sidebottom	Mitsubishi Magna	420	10
					Chevrolet 5.0L V8
DNF	1	24	Cirtek Motorsport	David Brabham Manfred Jurasz Allan Grice Darren Palmer	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	488	3
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
DNF	5	77	Nathan Pilkington	Nathan Pilkington Ian Mitchell Mark Williamson Elton Goonan	Nissan 350Z	436	25
					Nissan VQ35DE 3.5L V6
DNF	5	9	Anton Mechtler	Anton Mechtler Wayne Park Kevin Bell Bob Hughes	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII	387	26
					Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF	5	27	Novacastrian Motorsport	Wayne Russell Steve Cramp Garry Holt Darren Edwards	BMW M Coupe	384	21
					BMW M54 3.2L I6
NC	5	33	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Bob Pearson Mark Brame Bruce Stewart Peter Roma	Mazda RX-7 Twin Turbo	364	8
					Mazda 13B-REW 1.3L Rotary
DNF	10	41	Geoffrey Parker	Geoff Parker Jeff Watters David Sala Peter Gazzard	Holden Commodore VY	348	12
					Holden 5.0L V8
NC	9	13	Osborne Motorsport	Colin Osborne John Roecken Ron Masing	Toyota MR2 Bathurst	324	36
					Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
DNF	3	19	Bruce Miles	Bruce Miles Murray Cleland Gary Geeves	BMW 320i	263	9
					BMW S14 2.0L I4
DNF	5	5	Graham Alexander	Graham Alexander John Woodberry Barry Morcom	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo V	230	19
					Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
NC	9	31	Osborne Motorsport	Trevor Keene Scott Fleming Andrew Leithhead	Toyota MR2 Bathurst	196	37
					Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
DNF	1	6	AD Holdings	Peter Floyd Chris Maries Rod Wilson Gary MacDonald	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	195	7
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
DNF	3	22	DCH Motorsport	Dennis Chapman Debbie Chapman Lindsay O'Donnell Scott O'Donnell	BMW 318i	126	22
					BMW S14 2.0L I4
DNF	1	888	Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia	John Bowe Brad Jones Paul Morris John Teulan	Ferrari 360 GT	96	1
					Ferrari 3.6L V8
DNF	1	52	Seikel Motorsport	Tony Burgess Andrew Bagnall John Lloyd Jürgen Alzen	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	58	6
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

References

Statistics

• Pole Position - #888 John Bowe - 2:15.0742
• Fastest Lap - #427 Garth Tander - 2:14.3267
• Average Speed - 138km/h

External links

• Offical race results
• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles