# 2002 ASCAR season

The 2002 ASCAR season was the second season of United Kingdom-based NASCAR style stock car racing, originally known as ASCAR.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | Car | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Shear-Speed | Pontiac | 3 | Paul Sheard | 1 |
| Shear-Speed | Pontiac | 18 | Paul Sheard | 1 |
| Shear-Speed | Pontiac | 58 | Tom Guinchard | 1 |
| Shear-Speed | Pontiac | 88 | Lee O'Keefe | 5 |
| Shear-Speed | Pontiac | 88 | Chris Robinson | 1 |
| Colin Blower Motorsport | Chevrolet | 5 | Rob Speak | All |
| Hodgson Motorsport | Chevrolet Pontiac | 6 | Stevie Hodgson | All |
| Hodgson Motorsport | Chevrolet Pontiac | 55 | Kevin McGarrity | 3 |
| RML | Chevrolet | 7 | Kelvin Burt | All |
| RML | Chevrolet | 8 | Nicolas Minassian | All |
| Fast Tec Motorsport | Ford | 11 | Paul Evans | 1 |
| Fast Tec Motorsport | Ford | 11 | Lee Fitzpatrick | 1 |
| Fast Tec Motorsport | Ford | 11 | Nick Kjaer | All |
| Fast Tec Motorsport | Ford | 11 | Ben Collins | 1 |
| Fast Tec Motorsport | Ford | 11 | Paula Cook | 1 |
| Fast Tec Motorsport | Ford | 12 | Mark Proctor | All |
| TorqueSpeed | Chevrolet | 24 | John Mickel | 6 |
| Team West-Tec | Chevrolet | 28 | Anthony Swan | All |
| Team West-Tec | Ford | 96 | Mark Claussner | 1 |
| Team West-Tec | Ford | 96 | Roland Rehfeld | 4 |
| Deuce Racing | Chevrolet | 48 | Peter Storm | 2 |
| Deuce Racing | Chevrolet | 48 | Ian McKellar Jr. | 1 |
| Deuce Racing | Chevrolet | 48 | Kevin McGarrity | 1 |
| Deuce Racing | Chevrolet | 48 | Randy Tolsma | 1 |
| Deuce Racing | Chevrolet | 48 | Brandon Whitt | 1 |
| Deuce Racing | Chevrolet | 84 | Toby Scheckter | 3 |
| Deuce Racing | Chevrolet | 84 | Derek Hayes | 4 |
| Xcel Motorsport | Ford | 67 | Darren Manning | 6 |
| Xcel Motorsport | Ford | 67 | Colin McRae | 1 |
| Xcel Motorsport | Ford | 67 | Matt Neal | 1 |
| Xcel Motorsport | Ford | 76 | Jason Plato | All |
| Team HTML | Pontiac | 68 | Roland Rehfeld | 4 |
| Team HTML | Pontiac | 68 | Paul Sheard | 1 |
| Team HTML | Pontiac | 68 | Colin White | 1 |
| Team HTML | Pontiac | 69 | Darren Turner | All |
| Steward Racing | Ford | 75 | John Steward | 6 |
| Team Catchpole Racing | Chevrolet | 77 | Phil Weaver | 7 |
| CWS Racing | Chevrolet | 78 | Colin White | All |

## Race calendar

The season consisted of eight meetings with either two or three races taking place at each. The grid for the opening race of each meeting was set by a qualifying session with the second race grid being set by the finishing order of the first. Two meetings were held at the EuroSpeedway in Germany with the remaining six at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in the United Kingdom.
| Round | Round | Circuit/Location | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Led Most Laps | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | R1 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 5 May | Darren Manning | Stevie Hodgson | Colin White | Colin White | CWS Racing |
| 1 | R2 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 5 May | | Nicolas Minassian | Nicolas Minassian | Nicolas Minassian | RML |
| 2 | R3 | EuroSpeedway | 25 May | Kelvin Burt | Colin White | Stevie Hodgson | Colin White | CWS Racing |
| 2 | R4 | EuroSpeedway | 26 May | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain |
| 2 | R5 | EuroSpeedway | 26 May | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain |
| 3 | R6 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 8 June | Colin White | Darren Turner | Nicolas Minassian | Darren Turner | Team HTML |
| 3 | R7 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 9 June | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain |
| 3 | R8 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 9 June | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain | Cancelled due to rain |
| 4 | R9 | EuroSpeedway | 20 July | Darren Turner | Darren Turner | Darren Turner | Darren Turner | Team HTML |
| 4 | R10 | EuroSpeedway | 21 July | | Darren Turner | Darren Turner | Darren Turner | Team HTML |
| 4 | R11 | EuroSpeedway | 21 July | | Nicolas Minassian | Darren Manning | Darren Manning | Xcel Motorsport |
| 5 | R12 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 4 August | Darren Turner | Darren Turner | Nicolas Minassian | Darren Turner | Team HTML |
| 5 | R13 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 4 August | | Darren Turner | Darren Turner | Darren Turner | Team HTML |
| 6 | R14 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 24 August | Darren Turner | Kelvin Burt | Kelvin Burt | Kelvin Burt | RML |
| 6 | R15 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 25 August | | Kelvin Burt | Kelvin Burt | Kelvin Burt | RML |
| 6 | R16 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 25 August | | Kelvin Burt | Kelvin Burt | Kelvin Burt | RML |
| 7 | R17 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 13 September | Darren Turner | Darren Turner | Darren Turner | Kevin McGarrity | Hodgson Motorsport |
| 7 | R18 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 14 September | Kelvin Burt | Kelvin Burt | Kelvin Burt | Kevin McGarrity | Hodgson Motorsport |
| 8 | R19 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 6 October | Nicolas Minassian | Nicolas Minassian | Kelvin Burt | Roland Rehfeld | Team West-Tec |
| 8 | R20 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 6 October | | Darren Turner | Nicolas Minassian | Darren Turner | Team HTML |

## Final points standings

| Pos | Driver | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | R15 | R16 | R17 | R18 | R19 | R20 | Pts |
| 1 | Nicolas Minassian | 3 | 1* | 2* | C | C | 7* | C | C | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2* | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3* | 2535 |
| 2 | Kelvin Burt | 7 | 4 | 5 | C | C | 3 | C | C | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1* | 1* | 1* | 11 | 17* | 14* | 5 | 2498 |
| 3 | Jason Plato | 6 | 8 | 3 | C | C | 5 | C | C | 3 | 3* | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 4* | 4 | 2493 |
| 4 | Colin White | 1* | 2 | 1* | C | C | 11 | C | C | 4* | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10* | 13 | 10 | 2463 |
| 5 | Roland Rehfeld | 13 | 14 | 12 | C | C | 15 | C | C | 6 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2* | 13* | 1* | 2 | 2296 |
| 6 | Mark Proctor | 11 | 7 | 9 | C | C | 8 | C | C | 7 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2196 |
| 7 | Darren Turner | | | | | | 1* | C | C | 1* | 1* | 13 | 1* | 1* | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14* | 16 | 3 | 1* | 2116 |
| 8 | Stevie Hodgson | 4* | 3 | 4* | C | C | 13* | C | C | 14 | DNS | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 2101 |
| 9 | Rob Speak | 10 | 5 | 16 | C | C | 12 | C | C | 10 | 13 | 11 | 8 | DNS | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 1971 |
| 10 | Anthony Swan | 5 | 13 | 15 | C | C | 4 | C | C | 12 | DNS | DNS | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1950 |
| 11 | Darren Manning | 17* | DNS | 10 | C | C | 6 | C | C | 2* | 4* | 1* | 5 | 2* | 14 | 5 | 5 | | | | | 1693 |
| 12 | John Mickel | 2 | 11 | 7 | C | C | 2 | C | C | 13 | 2 | 2* | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | DNS | | | | | 1675 |
| 13 | John Steward | 12 | 12 | 6 | C | C | | | | 9 | 9 | 14 | | | 11 | 13 | 9 | 16 | DNS | 10 | 9 | 1528 |
| 14 | Phil Weaver | 8 | 16 | 13 | C | C | 16 | C | C | 8 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 18 | | | | 17 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 1414 |
| 15 | Derek Hayes | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 1197 |
| 16 | Lee O'Keefe | 15 | 9 | 11 | C | C | 17 | C | C | 11 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 14 | | | | | | | | 1088 |
| 17 | Kevin McGarrity | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 10 | DNS | 11 | 7 | 1* | 1* | 18 | DNS | 961 |
| 18 | Toby Scheckter | 14 | 10 | 8 | C | C | 10 | C | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | 514 |
| 19 | Peter Storm | 18 | DNS | 14 | C | C | 14 | C | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | 326 |
| 20 | Paul Evans | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 285 |
| 21 | Ben Collins | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 3 | | | 280 |
| 22 | Matt Neal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 8 | 280 |
| 23 | Randy Tolsma | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 9 | | | 275 |
| 24 | Ian McKellar Jr. | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 8 | | | | | | | | 258 |
| 25 | Chris Robinson | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 15 | | | 240 |
| 26 | Shaun Richardson | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | DNS | 11 | | | | | 236 |
| 27 | Brandon Whitt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 15 | 236 |
| 28 | Tom Guinchard | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 216 |
| 29 | Lee Fitzpatrick | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 15 | | | | | | | | 208 |
| 30 | Colin McRae | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | 6 | | | 150 |
| 31 | Mark Claussner | | | | | | 9 | C | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | 135 |
| 32 | Paula Cook | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | DC | 135 |
| 33 | Paul Sheard | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | 16 | 16 | DNS | DNS | | | 12 | DC | 122 |