2002 Australian GT Production Car Championship

The 2002 Australian GT Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group 3E Series Production Cars. Entries competed in the following five classes:

  • Class A : GT Performance Cars
  • Class B : Sports Touring Cars
  • Class C : V8 Touring Cars
  • Class D : 6 Cylinder Touring Cars
  • Class E : 4 Cylinder Touring Cars

Class A cars contested an eight round series [1] with three races per round, with the exception of the first round which was staged over two races.

Class B, C, D & E cars contested an eight round series [1] with two races per round

  • Round 1, Adelaide Parklands Circuit, South Australia, 16 & 17 March
  • Round 2, Symmons Plains International Raceway, Tasmania, 7 April
  • Round 3, Oran Park, New South Wales, 5 May
  • Round 4, Winton Motor Raceway, Victoria, 23 June
  • Round 5, Queensland Raceway, Ipswich, Queensland, 14 July
  • Round 6, Wakefield Park, New South Wales, 11 August
  • Round 7, Sandown International Motor Raceway, Victoria, 7 September
  • Round 8, Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Victoria, 22 September

Category Managers "PROCAR Australia" promoted the two series as separate entities however CAMS recognises Brett Peters, the winner of the GT Permormance class, as the overall 2002 Australian GT Production Car Championship winner. [2]

Results

GT Performance
Position [3] Driver No. Car Entrant R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Total
1 Brett Peters 1 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Century Batteries 110 165 170 81 156 54 175 166 1077
2 Geoff Full 6 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Turbo EVO VII Nepean EFI 121 100 82 175 122 155 125 180 1060
3 Graham Alexander 57 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Turbo EVO V Corio Auto Parts Plus 95 132 98 117 92 65 160 78 837
4 Mark King 34 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Turbo EVO VII Ling Springs / Delphi 36 118 110 84 90 165 76 118 797
5 Wayne Boatwright 60 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Bilstein / Falken 76 87 89 117 60 116 96 145 786
6 David Wood 16 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Kleenduct Australia Pty Ltd 60 157 105 170 54 145 1 - 692
7 Peter Floyd 300 HSV VX GTS 300kW Floyd Motorsport 95 100 145 93 123 121 - - 677
8 Steve Knight 23 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Turbo EVO VI Mitsubishi Electric 17 74 92 140 - 38 145 44 550
9 Barry Morcom 11 HSV VX GTS 300kW BGC Fibre Cement 48 116 70 42 100 72 - 40 488
10 John Falk 87 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Tankworld / FRP Pools - 64 52 50 105 33 85 96 485
11 Peter Roma 30 Mazda RX-7 supercard.com.au 72 - 104 0 92 52 17 63 400
12 Anton Mechtler 9 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Turbo EVO VII Anton Mechtler - - 89 22 90 55 92 - 348
13 Trevor Haines 17 FTE AU TE50 Yamaha - 48 24 46 81 20 - 104 323
14 Dennis Gilbert 38 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Turbo EVO V & EVO VI Castran Gilbert Pty Ltd 48 66 10 25 44 - 80 32 305
15 Bob Pearson 33 Mazda RX-7 PRO_DUCT Mototsport Pty Ltd 34 37 54 - - 8 60 - 193
16 Bob Hughes 15 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Turbo EVO VI Bob ughes Special Vehicles - - - 78 - 112 - - 190
17 Peter Boylan 7 BMW M3 Coupe E46 & Mitsubishi Lancer EVO V Quirks Refrigeration & Anton Mechtler - - 34 59 - - - 76 169
18 Barrie Nesbitt 5 HSV VX GTS 300kW Craig Dontas - - - 31 57 52 - - 140
19 Gary Deane 91 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Brett Peters - - - - - - 76 50 126
20 Richard Davis 25 HSV VX GTS 300kW Adelaide Caravan Park 28 - 8 19 22 16 - - 93
21 Louis Chan 18 Nissan 200SX Spec-R Proconept / Wurth / Motul - - - - - 56 - - 56
22 Don Pulver 96 Nissan 200SX Spec-R Advanced Power - - - 4 - - - 49 53
23 Roger Oglvie 10 Mitsubishi Lancer RS Turbo EVO V Driving Force - - - - - - - 48 48
24 Greg Haysom 200 Nissan 200SX Spec-R Fluff - - - - - 21 - 6 27
25 Jim Stewart 41 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Wendy's Ice Cream - - 25 - - - - - 25
26 Paul Mitolo 63 Mazda RX-7 Paul Mitolo 14 - - - - - - - 14
27 Mike Fitzgerald 42 Nissan 200SX Spec-R Aussie Hire Building Equipment - - - - - - - 11 11
28 John Grounds 220 Nissan 200SX Spec-R Donut King - - - - - - - 8 8

GT Production
Position [3] Driver No. Car Entrant R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Total
1 Colin Osborne 13 Toyota Celica VVTL-i Osborne Motorsport 77 56 81 120 86 98 79 113 710
2 Scott Loadsman 62 Holden VX Commodore SS Wakeling Holden - 125 115 98 90 19 96 125 668
3 Steve Cramp 27 BMW 323i Scouts Australia 100 108 52 53 68 110 95 76 662
4 Martin Doxey 17 Holden Astra SRi Holden / Quadrant / CVG 64 80 100 36 28 52 77 90 527
5 Aaron McGill 31 & 49 Toyota Celica VVTL-I & Toyota MR2 Osborne Motorsport 81 90 64 64 37 65 34 51 486
6 David Russell 68 Proton Satria GTi Caltex Havoline - - 60 110 110 120 74 - 474
7 David Runkel 86 Proton Satria GTi David Runkel 48 68 - 48 52 72 60 60 408
8 Rick Bates 22 Daihatsu Sirion GTVi Daihatsu Motor Corp 37 48 52 28 44 49 44 48 350
9 Steven Grocl 35 Volkswagen Beetle RSi Steven Grocl 76 - 32 90 - - 71 - 269
10 Nathan Pilkington 77 Mitsubishi FTO V6 Jack Green Energy 125 - 93 - - - - - 218
11 Daryl Coon 70 Ford AU Falcon XR6 Daryl Coon - - - - - 72 120 - 192
12 Alan Holgersson 95 Ford AUII Falcon XR8 220 Jayell / Delatite Ford - - - - 98 91 - - 189
13 John McIlroy 95 Ford AUII Falcon XR8 220 Jayell / Delatite Ford - - 96 91 - - - - 187
14 Stephen White 19 Proton Satria GTi Team Satria Racing - - - - - - 45 90 135
15 Darren Palmer 28 Honda S2000 Sports Ross Palmer Motorsport - - - - 125 - - - 125
16 Bill Fulton 40 Honda Integra Type-R Nilsson Motorsport - 105 - - - - - - 105
17 Ian Luff 66 Honda Integra Type-R Len Cave 100 - - - - - - - 100
18 Dave Mertens 71 Holden Vectra GL Holden / Quadrant / CVG - - - - - - 28 60 88
19 Peter Boylan 28 Honda S2000 Sports Ross Palmer Motorsport - 69 - - - - - - 69
20 Carol Jackson 10 Honda Civic VTi-R 1.6 Carol Jackson - - - - 68 - - - 68
21 James Dutton 66 Honda Integra Nilsson Motorsport - - - - - - - 56 56
22 Kosi Kalaitzidis 21 Proton Satria GTi Kosi Kalaitzidis 50 - - - - - - - 50
23 John Cowley 28 Honda S2000 Sports Ross Palmer Motorsport 48 - - - - - - - 48
24 Allan Shephard 66 Honda Integra Type-R Sting Bar Cronulla - - - - - 45 - - 45
25 Chris Poulton 44 Mitsubishi FTO V6 NEC Projection - - - - - 44 - - 44
26 Nic Lucas 21 Proton M21 H&R Suspension Systems - - - 40 - - - - 40
27 Guy Edmonds 26 Honda Integra Type-R SMI Security - - - 28 - - - - 28

Class Awards
Position [4] Driver No. Car Entrant Total
Class B : Sports Touring Cars
1 Colin Osborne 13 Toyota Celica VVTL-i Osborne Motorsport 864
2 Steve Cramp 27 BMW 323i Scouts Australia 852
3 Aaron McGill 31 & 49 Toyota Celica VVTL-I & Toyota MR2 Osborne Motorsport 713
4 Steven Grocl 35 Volkswagen Beetle RSi Steven Grocl 360
5 Nathan Pilkington 77 Mitsubishi FTO V6 Jack Green Energy 245
6 Darren Palmer 28 Honda S2000 Sports Ross Palmer Motorsport 125
7 Bill Fulton 40 Honda Integra Type-R Nilsson Motorsport 116
8 Ian Luff 66 Honda Integra Type-R Len Cave 100
9 James Dutton 66 Honda Integra Nilsson Motorsport 96
10 Peter Boylan 28 Honda S2000 Sports Ross Palmer Motorsport 93
11 Chris Poulton 44 Mitsubishi FTO V6 NEC Projection 90
12 Allan Shephard 66 Honda Integra Type-R Sting Bar Cronulla 85
13 John Cowley 28 Honda S2000 Sports Ross Palmer Motorsport 64
14 Guy Edmonds 26 Honda Integra Type-R SMI Security 40
Class C : V8 Touring Cars
1 Scott Loadsman 62 Holden VX Commodore SS Wakeling Holden 795
2 Alan Holgersson 95 Ford AUII Falcon XR8 220 Jayell / Delatite Ford 243
3 John McIlroy 95 Ford AUII Falcon XR8 220 Jayell / Delatite Ford 231
Class D : 6 Cylinder Touring Cars
1 Daryl Coon 74 & 70 Ford AU Falcon XR6 Daryl Coon 250
Class E : 4 Cylinder Touring Cars
1 Martin Doxey 17 Holden Astra SRi Holden / Quadrant / CVG 799
2 David Runkel 86 Proton Satria GTi David Runkel 722
3 Rick Bates 22 Daihatsu Sirion GTVi Daihatsu Motor Corp 694
4 David Russell 68 Proton Satria GTi Caltex Havoline 550
5 Stephen White 19 Proton Satria GTi Team Satria Racing 1766
6 Dave Mertens 71 Holden Vectra GL Holden / Quadrant / CVG 145
7 Carol Jackson 10 Honda Civic VTi-R 1.6 Carol Jackson 111
8 Nic Lucas 21 Proton M21 H&R Suspension Systems 90
9 Kosi Kalaitzidis 21 Proton Satria GTi Kosi Kalaitzidis 65

References
  1. 2002 PROCAR Calendar Retrieved from web.archive.org on 14 March 2009
  2. Australian Titles Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 14 March 2009. Archived 2009-05-14.
  3. PROCAR Points Tables Retrieved from web.archive.org on 14 March 2009
  4. 2002 GTP Class Points Retrieved from web.archive.org on 14 March 2009
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