2002 Australian 250 GP Championship - Round 2

Russell Holland got the worst start ever with the bike bogging down on the line and him going from pole to the back of the field in one go. Holland had proved fastest all weekend and got back to 5th by the end of the first lap. Western Australia's Peter Taplin in the lead at this stage. It only took Holland 3 laps to overhaul Taplin and he immediately started to stretch the gap by over 2 seconds per lap. Mark Stanley and Adam Brunskill battled throughout the race for 3rd but it was Russell Holland who took the win by some 29 seconds over Peter Taplin with Brunskill getting the better of Stanley on the last lap for 3rd.

1    Russell Holland (NSW)    Yamaha TZ     17:55.3938   4 1:10.3587*
2    Peter Taplin (WA)        Honda RS      18:24.6820   3 1:12.5842 
3    Adam Brunskill (VIC)     Yamaha TZ     18:28.8000  11 1:11.7572 
4    Mark Stanley (NSW)       Honda RS      18:31.3483  11 1:12.2968 
5    Earl Lynch (QLD)         Yamaha TZ     18:31.9275  11 1:12.6876 
6    Jeff Thomas (SA)         Honda RS      18:32.0119   8 1:13.1860 
7    Matt Tingate (VIC)       Yamaha TZ     18:47.7791   9 1:13.6942 
8    Keith Greentree (NSW)    Honda RS      18:48.0473  10 1:13.8960 
9    Chris Wilkie (NSW)       Honda RS      18:49.0936  14 1:14.2058 
10   Shawn Klueh (VIC)        Yamaha TZ     18:56.1565   9 1:13.5064 
11   Mark Rowling (NSW)       Yamaha TZ     19:03.6905  10 1:14.9623 
12   Don Street (VIC)         Honda RS      19:10.3794   9 1:15.3615 
13   Rodney Camm (VIC)        Honda RS      17:57.6667  10 1:15.3898 
14   Darren Parkinson         Yamaha TZ     18:27.5874   3 1:16.1750 
DNF  Richard Easton (NSW)     Yamaha TZ     14:26.3491  11 1:16.8536