2002 Sandown 500

It was the second Sandown 500 since the former touring car endurance race was revived for production cars and would be the last as Sandown would regain the rights to the 500 kilometre V8 Supercar race the following year.

It was won by Paul Stokell and Anthony Tratt driving a Lamborghini Diablo GTR.

Former Australian rules football player turned media personality Sam Newman, who by his own admission was not even a good race driver, let alone a professional one, was the first driver out to set a time in the runoff in his Class G2 Ferrari 360 Challenge.

As it turned out, his was the only lap run in dry conditions as the rain started almost as he crossed the finish line.

Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).