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, held on 13 October 2002 at the

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just outside Bathurst in

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. It was the tenth round of the

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. The race was the sixth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the

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that occurred in 1997. It was the 45th race for which a lineage can be traced back to the

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held at

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(including the 1960 race itself). The race was won by

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and Jim Richards driving a

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prepared

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. The pair were re-united in sharing a car at Bathurst for the first time in seven years having previously won the race together in

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and

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. It was Skaife's fourth win and the seventh and final win for Richards, placing him second on the list of Bathurst 1000 winners. It was also the fourth win for the

, successfully defending their

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victory. This race is notable for featuring the longest stop-go penalties in the history of the V8 Supercars. A five-minute penalty was awarded to Greg Murphy due to a pit-lane infringement and a similar penalty was imposed on the Team Brock car (No. 05) for a similar offence.

Entry List

Qualifying

Top Fifteen Shootout

Runoff results as follows:

Starting grid

The following table represents the final starting grid for the race on Sunday:

Official results

Race results as follows: *

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practiced the #5 Falcon but was replaced by

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due to illness after Besnard own car was withdrawn after it was crashed heavily by

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** Ross Halliday practiced the #87 Falcon but was replaced by

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after Doulman's own car (#24) failed to qualify.
*** Steven Johnson, Matthew Coleman and Peter Doulman (whose names are shown within brackets in the table above) did not drive during the race.Steve Normoyle, The Great Race - 2002, Chevron Publishing Group, page 238

Statistics

* Provisional Pole Position – #21 John Bowe – 2:08.3873 * Pole Position – #1 Mark Skaife – 2:08.8278 * Fastest Lap – #21 Brad Jones – 2:09.5705 * Winners' Average Speed – 143.35 km/hThe Great Race – 2002, Chevron Publishing Group, page 231

References

External links

Official race results

Official V8 Supercar website

CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
{{ATCC rounds 2000–2009 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales

Entry List

Qualifying

Qualifying

Top Fifteen Shootout

Starting grid

Official results

Statistics

References

Further reading

External links