2002 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 2002 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Holden racing cars with the 2002 CAMS Gold Star awarded to the winning driver.[1] It was the 46th Australian Drivers' Championship.

2002 Australian Drivers' Championship
Previous: 2001 Next: 2003

The championship was won by Will Power driving a Reynard 94D for Ralt Australia.

Teams and drivers
Entrant Chassis No Drivers Rounds
Greg Murphy Racing Reynard 95D 4 Peter Hill 2–6
22 1
Reynard 95D 5 Tim Leahey 6
Peter Hackett 2–3
66 1
Reynard 97D 6 Roger Oakshott 2–6
Ken Smith Motorsport Reynard 93D 7 Nelson Hartley 1–3, 5–6
Ralt Australia Reynard 94D 10 Brett Campbell 5–6
Reynard 94D 11 Will Power All
Reynard 96D 12 Mark Noske 1
Stewart McColl 2–6
Millar Motors Reynard 92D 17 Mark Ellis 1, 3, 6
National Neon Signs Reynard 92D 24 Terry Clearihan 1
27 3, 5–6
Peters Racing Reynard 91D 24 Ian Peters 2–4
Roger Oakshott Racing Reynard 97D 28 Roger Oakshott 1
CRD Motorsport Reynard 92D 49 Rohan Carrig All
Hocking Motorsport Reynard 97D 74 Akihiro Asai All
Reynard 97D 75 Christian Murchison All
Reynard 96D 76 Les Crampton 1–2, 4

Schedule

The championship was contested over a six-round series with two races per round:[2]

Rnd Circuit State / Territory Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 13–15 April Mark Noske Will Power Will Power Ralt Australia
R2 Will Power Will Power Ralt Australia
2 R1 Eastern Creek International Raceway Eastern Creek, New South Wales 26–28 April Peter Hackett Will Power Stewart McColl Ralt Australia
R2 Will Power Stewart McColl Ralt Australia
3 R1 Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 17–19 May Christian Murchison Stewart McColl Stewart McColl Ralt Australia
R2 Stewart McColl Christian Murchison Hocking Motorsport
4 R1 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 14–16 June Will Power Christian Murchison Will Power Ralt Australia
R2 Will Power Will Power Ralt Australia
5 R1 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia 2–4 August Will Power Will Power Will Power Ralt Australia
R2 Will Power Peter Hill Greg Murphy Racing
6 R1 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 16–18 August Christian Murchison Tim Leahey Will Power Ralt Australia
R2 Will Power Will Power Ralt Australia

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first ten finishers in each race.[1]

Championship standings
Position [2] Driver [2] No [3] Car [3] Entrant [3] Rd1 R1 Rd1 R2 Rd2 R1 Rd2 R2 Rd3 R1 Rd3 R2 Rd4 R1 Rd4 R2 Rd5 R1 Rd5 R2 Rd6 R1 Rd6 R2 Total [2]
1 Will Power 11 Reynard 94D Ralt Australia 20 20 15 15 - 12 20 20 20 15 20 20 197
2 Stewart McColl 12 Reynard 96D Ralt Australia - - 20 20 20 15 12 12 10 12 12 10 143
3 Peter Hill 22
4		 Reynard 95D
Reynard 94D
Reynard 97D		 Peter Hill
Murphy Motorsport		 12 15 10 12 - 4 - 10 15 20 8 4 110
4 Christian Murchison 75 Reynard 97D Hocking Motorsport 15 6 - - 15 20 15 15 - - - 8 94
5 Akihiro Asai 74 Reynard 97D Hocking Motorsport 10 3 8 10 10 8 10 - - 2 15 12 88
6 Nelson Hartley 7 Reynard 93D Ken Smith Motorsport - - - 8 8 6 - - 12 10 6 6 56
7 Peter Hackett 66
5		 Reynard 95D Peter Hill
Murphy Motorsport		 - 10 12 6 12 10 - - - - - - 50
8 Roger Oakeshott 28
6		 Reynard 97D Roger Oakshott
Sportsmed SA		 8 8 4 2 - - 8 - 8 8 2 1 49
9 Terry Clearihan 27 Reynard 92D National Neon Signs - 1 - 1 6 3 6 6 - 6 4 3 36
10 Ian Peters 24 Reynard 91D
Reynard 96D		 Peters Racing - 4 3 4 - 1 - 8 6 4 - - 30
11 Rohan Carrig 49 Reynard 92D
Reynard 98D		 CRD Motorsport - - 6 3 3 - 4 4 3 - 3 2 28
12 Tim Leahey 5 Reynard 95D Murphy Motorsport - - - - - - - - - - 10 15 25
13 Mark Noske 12 Reynard 96D John Herman - 12 - - - - - - - - - - 12
14 Les Crampton 76 Reynard 96D
Reynard 97D		 Hocking Motorsport - 2 2 - - - 3 3 - - - - 10
15 Brett Campbell 10 Reynard 90D Ralt Australia - - - - - - - - 4 3 - - 7
16 Mark Ellis 17 Reynard 92D Mantis Racing - - - - 4 2 - - - - 1 - 7

Notes
  • Points shown in the above table include minor variations from those shown in the referenced source due to mathematical errors evident in that source.
  • Formula Holden regulations required cars to use an approved Holden V6 engine.[4]

Silver Star

The Silver Star award was won by Roger Oakeshott ahead of Terry Clearihan and Rohan Carrig.[5]

References
  1. CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 2002, page 7-13
  2. 2002 Australian Drivers’ Championship - Points Allocation, www.formulaholden.com via web.archive.org
  3. Results, www.formulaholden.com, as archived at web.archive.org
  4. Formula Holden, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 2002, page 7-24
  5. POWER-FUL DISPLAY NETS CHAMPIONSHIP, OAKESHOTT STRIKES SILVER - 18.08.02, www.formulaholden.com, as archived at web.archive.org
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