The 2002 V8 Supercar season was the 43rd year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.
There were 20 V8 Supercar events held during 2002; a thirteen-round 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series (VCS), two of them endurance races; a five-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2002 Konica V8 Supercar Series (KVS) along with a non-point scoring race supporting the Bathurst 1000 and a V8 Supercar support programme event at the 2002 Australian Grand Prix.