The 2002
Australian GT Production Car Championship The Australian GT Production Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title, organised by Procar Australia Pty Ltd, for drivers of Group 3E Series Production Cars.
PROCAR had first promoted a national series for production bas ...
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
[2002 PROCAR Calendar]
Retrieved from web.archive.org on 14 March 2009 with three races per round, with the exception of the first round which was staged over two races.
* Round 1,
Adelaide Parklands Circuit,
South Australia
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, 16 & 17 March
* Round 2,
Symmons Plains International Raceway,
Tasmania
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, 7 April
* Round 3,
Oran Park,
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, 5 May
* Round 4,
Winton Motor Raceway
Winton Motor Raceway is a motor racing track in Winton, near Benalla, Victoria, Australia.
History
The Benalla Auto Club began planning for a permanent racing track around 1958, as a replacement for their existing track at Barjarg. In 1960 it ...
,
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
, 23 June
* Round 5,
Queensland Raceway
Queensland Raceway nicknamed "the paperclip" is a motor racing circuit located at Willowbank in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. The circuit did host Supercars Championship until 2019, drifting as well as club level racing and ride days.
Qu ...
,
Ipswich, Queensland
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, 14 July
* Round 6,
Wakefield Park
Wakefield Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit located near Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. It is named after Charles Wakefield, the founder of Castrol. The founders of Wakefield Park, John Carter and amateur racer and former ...
, New South Wales, 11 August
* Round 7,
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Ventnor, on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The current circuit was first used in 1956.
History Road circuit
Motor racing on Phillip Island began in 1928 with t ...
, Victoria, 22 September
* Round 8,
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
The Surfers Paradise Street Circuit is a temporary street circuit in Surfers Paradise, in Queensland, Australia. The beach-side track has several fast sections and two chicanes, having been shortened from an original length in 2010. It is th ...
, Queensland, 24 & 26 October
Class B, C, D & E cars contested an eight round series
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
Sandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in the suburb of Springvale in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. Sandown is considered a power circuit with its " drag strip" front and back straights be ...
, 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.
Australian Titles
etrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 14 March 2009. 2009-05-14.
Results
GT Performance
GT Production
Class Awards
References
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External links
2002 Race Results Archive
Retrieved from www.natsoft.biz on 14 March 2009
2002 PROCAR Image Galleries
Retrieved from web.archive.org on 14 March 2009
Australian GT Production Car Championship
GT Production Car Championship
Procar Australia