The 2002 Clipsal 500 was the fourth running of the

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race. Racing was held from Friday 15 March until Sunday 17 March 2002. The race was held for

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s and was the opening round of the

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Format

The format, unique to V8 Supercar and loosely similar to the

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format, splits the 500 kilometres into two separate 250 kilometres races each held on a different day. Points were assigned separately to the races, with more points allocated for Race 2 over Race 1, and they combined to award a round result.

Official results

Top fifteen shootout

Leg 1

Leg 2

Round results

Statistics

* Provisional Position - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:22.1273 * Pole Position - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:22.7698 * Fastest Lap - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:23.7200 (new lap record)

External links

Official race results

Official V8 Supercar website

References

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Clipsal 500 The Adelaide 500 (also known as the VALO Adelaide 500 for sponsorship reasons) is an annual motor racing event for Supercars held on the streets of the east end of Adelaide, South Australia between 1999 to 2020 and again from 2022. It is sometim ...

2000s in Adelaide