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2002 Australian Nations Cup Championship

The 2002 Australian Nations Cup Championship was CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title[1] open to GT type cars complying with both Group 3E Series Production Car regulations as published by CAMS and Nations Cup regulations as published by Procar Australia.[2] The title, which was the third Australian Nations Cup Championship,[3] was won by Jim Richards driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup.

Schedule edit

The championship was contested over an eight-round series.[4]

Round[4] Circuit[4][5] State Date[5] Format[5]
1 Adelaide Parklands Circuit South Australia 16 & 17 March Three races
2 Symmons Plains International Raceway Tasmania 7 April Two races
3 Oran Park New South Wales 5 May Three races
4 Winton Motor Raceway Victoria 23 June Three races
5 Queensland Raceway Queensland 14 July Three races
6 Wakefield Park New South Wales 11 August Three races
7 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Victoria 22 September Three races
8 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland 27 October Three races

Points system edit

Outright points were awarded on a 60, 55, 50, 45, 40, 36, 32, 28, 24, 20, 17, 14, 11, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top twenty placegetters in each race with an additional point awarded to the driver gaining pole position for the round.[2]

The same scale was used to award points in Group Two, which was restricted to models nominated as Group Two in PROCAR Australia's Vehicle Eligibility Schedule.[2]

Results edit

Championship results were as follows:

Position[4] Driver[4] No.[5] Car[5] Entrant[5] Ade[4] Sym[4] Ora[4] Win[4] Que[4] Wak[4] Phi[4] Sur[4] Total[4]
1 Jim Richards 1 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup OAMPS 140 105 150 160 165 150 160 181 1211
2 Geoff Morgan 4 Chrysler Viper ACR Geoffrey Morgan 145 105 160 121 170 165 181 130 1177
3 John Bowe 888 Ferrari 360 N-GT
Ferrari 360 Challenge 		Prancing Horse Racing 171 121 171 155 106 181 77 105 1087
4 Paul Stokell 2 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Team Lamborghini Australia 175 - 60 180 - 130 155 155 855
5 Kevin Bell 37 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup BNT G-Tech 84 85 116 108 116 100 104 112 825
6 Peter Fitzgerald 3 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Falken Tyres 116 - - 135 140 104 125 140 760
7 Tony Quinn 5 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup V.I.P. Petfoods (Aust) P/L 100 85 130 32 126 125 121 - 719
8 John Teulan 54 Ferrari 360 Challenge Prancing Horse Racing 51 11 104 68 88 45 36 65 468
9 Scott Shearman 77 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Scott Shearman 52 56 - 64 64 76 76 56 444
10 Sam Newman 17 Ferrari 360 Challenge Prancing Horse Racing 53 48 84 69 44 68 42 31 439
11 Steve Beards 24 Ferrari 360 Challenge Prancing Horse Racing 45 52 45 61 88 62 48 - 401
12 D'arcy Russell 7 Chrysler Viper ACR D'Arcy Russell Racing 108 - - - - - 44 88 240
13 Maher Algadri 88 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
Ferrari 360 Challenge 		Maher Algadri - 52 - 66 0 46 59 - 223
14 Ian Palmer 20 Honda NSX Brabham Cockatoo Creek 26 31 - 45 20 39 - 36 197
15 Brian Carr 88 Ferrari 360 Challenge
Ford Mustang Cobra R 		Prancing Horse Racing - 72 - 30 58 30 - - 190
16 Chris Seidler 11 Porsche 911 Liberty Financial 30 17 57 27 - - - - 131
17 Dean Cook 9 Porsche 911 Liberty Financial 39 - 57 27 - - - - 123
18 Rusty French 6 Chrysler Viper Skye Sands - - - - - - 77 39 116
19 David Scaysbrook 28 Porsche 911 Fuzion - - - - - - 22 88 110
20 Dean Grant 10 Porsche 911 Liberty Financial 19 - 61 - - - - - 80
21 Rod Wilson 99 Ferrari 360 Challenge Prancing Horse Racing - - - - - - - 45 45
22 Paul Morris 88 Ferrari 360 Challenge Prancing Horse Racing - - - - - - - 28 28
23 Max Warwick 83 Porsche 911 Warwick Fabrics - - - - - - 17 - 17
24 Russell Wright 50 Porsche 911 Russell Wright - - - - - - - 14 14
Group Two
1 John Teulan 54 Ferrari 360 Challenge Prancing Horse Racing 160 40 181 170 175 150 156 160 1192
2 Sam Newman 17 Ferrari 360 Challenge Prancing Horse Racing 156 105 155 165 100 176 165 95 1117
3 Steve Beards 24 Ferrari 360 Challenge Prancing Horse Racing 155 105 86 161 171 165 175 - 1018
4 Brian Carr 88 Ferrari 360 Challenge
Ford Mustang Cobra R 		Prancing Horse Racing - 121 - 130 140 140 - - 531
5 Chris Seidler 11 Porsche 911 Liberty Financial 130 45 121 125 - - - - 421
6 David Scaysbrook 28 Porsche 911 Fuzion - - - - - - 135 181 316
7 Dean Cook 9 Porsche 911 Liberty Financial 142 - 155 - - - - - 297
8 Dean Grant 10 Porsche 911 Liberty Financial 116 - 125 - - - - - 241
9 Rod Wilson 99 Ferrari 360 Challenge Prancing Horse Racing - - - - - - - 150 150
10 Max Warwick 83 Porsche 911 Warwick Fabrics - - - - - - 120 - 120
11 Russell Wright 50 Porsche 911 Russell Wright - - - - - - - 45 45

References edit

  1. ^ Specific Conditions, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-13
  2. ^ a b c 2002 Australian Nations Cup Championship Sporting Regulations, 2002, PROCAR Australia Pty Ltd
  3. ^ Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n PROCAR Series Points Tables, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  5. ^ a b c d e f Season 2002 Events, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
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