2002 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000

2002 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000

Event Information
Round 10 of 13 in the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	10–13 October 2002
Location	Bathurst, New South Wales
Venue	Mount Panorama Circuit
Weather	Fine with patchy rain and hail
Results
Race 1 Distance 161 laps 1000 km Pole position Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 2:08.8278 Winner Mark Skaife Jim Richards Holden Racing Team 6:58:41.0260
Round Results First Mark Skaife Jim Richards Holden Racing Team 200 pts Second Steven Richards Russell Ingall Perkins Engineering 160 pts Third Jason Bright Tomas Mezera Holden Racing Team 128 pts

The 2002 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 was a motor race for V8 Supercars, held on 13 October 2002 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. It was the tenth round of the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

The race was the sixth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 45th race for which a lineage can be traced back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island (including the 1960 race itself).

The race was won by Mark Skaife and Jim Richards driving a Holden Racing Team prepared Holden VX Commodore. 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 1991 and 1992. 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 Holden Racing Team, successfully defending their 2001 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.^[1]