2002 Bathurst 24 Hour

The 2002 Bathurst 24 Hour was an endurance motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race, which was the first 24-hour event to be held at Mount Panorama, started at 4:00pm on 16 November and finished at 4:00pm on 17 November. It was the first 24 Hour race to be held in Australia since the 1954 Mount Druitt 24 Hours Road Race.

The race was open to several classes of GT and other production based cars and was intended as a showcase for the racing categories promoted by PROCAR, which included Nations Cup, GT Performance and GT Production. While there was much speculation about the highly popular V8 Brute Utes class also being eligible there was resistance to the idea and they ran short sprint races as a support category. Ten classes were announced, but only five classes attracted entries.

The race was won by Garth Tander, Steven Richards, Nathan Pretty and Cameron McConville driving a Holden Monaro. The Holden quartet completed 532 laps of the 6.213 km (3.861 mi) long public road circuit for a total distance of 3,305.316 km (2,053.828 mi).

The race was open to entries in ten Groups.

For FIA N-GT, British GTO, All Japan GT and Nations Cup (Group 1) cars. It featured the Ferrari 360 N-GT, Mosler MT900R, Porsche 996 GT3-RS, Porsche 996 GT3 Cup and the controversial Holden Monaro 427C which did not have a production counterpart.

For Porsche Supercup cars. No entries were received.

For Nations Cup (Group 2) cars and Super Touring Cars. Only three BMWs entered, Super Touring versions of the 318i and 320i and a modified Z3 M Coupe.

For FIA Super 2000 cars. No entries were received.