# 2002–03 New Zealand V8 season

The 2002–03 New Zealand V8 season (the leading motorsport category in New Zealand) consisted of seven rounds beginning on 19–20 October 2002 and ending 29–30 March 2003.

## Calendar

| Round | Date | Venue | Winner |
| 1 | 19–20 October | Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park, Christchurch | Mark Pederson Paul Radisich |
| 2 | 9–10 November | Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe | Paul Manuell |
| 3 | 4–5 January | Teretonga Park, Invercargill | Mark Pedersen |
| 4 | 11–12 January | Timaru International Motor Raceway, Timaru | John McIntyre |
| 5 | 1–2 February | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding | Mark Pedersen |
| 6 | 15–16 March | Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupō | Paul Pedersen |
| 7 | 29–30 March | Manfeild Autocourse, Feilding | Mark Pedersen |

## Points structure

Points for the 2002/2003 championship are allocated as follows:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
| Points | 32 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

## Results

| Pos. | Driver | RUA | PUK | TER | TIM | MAN1 | TAU | MAN2 | Pts |
| 1 | Mark Pedersen | 32 | 27 | 70 | 35 | 78 | 37 | 74 | 353 |
| 2 | Paul Pedersen | 20 | 13 | 59 | 39 | 30 | 96 | 70 | 327 |
| 3 | John McIntyre | | 12 | 69 | 72 | 48 | 77 | 43 | 321 |
| 4 | Andy Booth | | 29 | 58 | 69 | 72 | 31 | 53 | 312 |
| 5 | Paul Manuell | | 55 | 53 | 49 | 61 | 41 | 33 | 292 |
| 6 | Michael Thom | | 34 | 54 | 58 | 38 | 50 | 20 | 254 |
| 7 | Andrew Anderson | | 52 | 52 | 39 | 47 | 40 | 18 | 248 |
| 8 | Wade Henshaw | 10 | 34 | 28 | 24 | 45 | 33 | 59 | 233 |
| 9 | Nick Ross | | 6 | 39 | 39 | 35 | 60 | 43 | 222 |
| 10 | Dean Perkins | 6 | 27 | 16 | 47 | 54 | 30 | 28 | 208 |
| 11 | Dale Lambert | | | 12 | 62 | 34 | 39 | 42 | 189 |
| 12 | Peter Van Breugel | 9 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 34 | 29 | 24 | 154 |
| 13 | Adam Brook | 13 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 29 | 132 |
| 14 | Brady Kennett | | 14 | 20 | 16 | 46 | | 26 | 122 |
| 15 | Aaron Harris | | 20 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 119 |
| 16 | Phil Stewart | | 22 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 94 |
| 17 | Kevin Williams | | 18 | | | 21 | 27 | 27 | 93 |
| 18 | Glenn Collins | 20 | | 24 | 12 | 17 | 10 | | 83 |
| 19 | Bernard Gillon | 10 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 80 |
| 20 | Peter Butler | 12 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 63 |
| 21 | Rob Lewis | 16 | | | 41 | | | | 57 |
| 22 | Grant Shivas | 11 | | | 7 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 54 |
| 23 | Michael Wallace | | 9 | 21 | 14 | | 9 | | 53 |
| 24 | Paul Radisich | 32 | | | | | | 13 | 45 |
| 25 | Andrew Fawcet | 8 | | | | | | 24 | 32 |
| 26 | Miles Pope | | 20 | | | 3 | 8 | | 31 |
| 27 | Paul Hinton | | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 31 |
| 28 | Dean McMillan | | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 | | 29 |
| 29 | Paul Kelly | 27 | | | | | | | 27 |
| 30 | Roger Townshend | 27 | | | | | | | 27 |
| 31 | Mike Pero | 23 | | | | | | | 23 |
| 32 | Rick Armstrong | 23 | | | | | | | 23 |
| 33 | Steve Rae | 16 | 2 | | | | | | 18 |
| 34 | Peter Sturgeon | 18 | | | | | | | 18 |
| 35 | Stephen Jones | 18 | | | | | | | 18 |
| 36 | Martin Hicks | 18 | | | | | | | 18 |
| 37 | Mark Wootton | | 7 | | | 5 | 5 | | 17 |
| 38 | Murray Lamb | 14 | | | | | | | 14 |
| 39 | Graeme Fisher | 14 | | | | | | | 14 |
| 40 | Kevin Bell | 13 | | | | | | | 13 |
| 41 | Kevin Hyde | 12 | | | | | | | 12 |
| 42 | Brendan Price | 11 | | | | | | | 11 |
| 43 | Greg Brinck | 9 | | | | | | | 9 |
| 44 | Wayne Huxford | 8 | | | | | | | 8 |
| 45 | Maurice Shapley | 7 | | | | | | | 7 |
| 46 | Tony Rees | 7 | | | | | | | 7 |
| 47 | Julia Huzziff | | | | | | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 48 | Grant Silvester | 6 | | | | | | | 6 |
| 49 | Chris Ward | 5 | | | 1 | | | | 6 |
| 50 | Ashley Hall | | | | | | | 6 | 6 |
| 51 | Duane Spurdle | | 5 | | | | | | 5 |
| 52 | Les Summerfield | 5 | | | | | | | 5 |
| 53 | Dave Nichols | | | | | 1 | 2 | | 3 |
| 54 | Graham Stokes | | | | | | | 3 | 3 |
| 55 | Ken Smith | | | | | | 1 | | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | RUA | PUK | TER | TIM | MAN1 | TAU | MAN2 | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |