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{{Infobox Race Report
|name               = [[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] 2002 Motegi 500 KM
|Circuit            = File:Twin Ring Motegi oval map svg.png
|Race_No            = 1
|Season_No          = 1
|year               = 2002
|series             = Motegi 500 KM
|date               = 
|official name      = 2002 DoCoMo Motegi 500 KM
|location           = Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Japan
|course             = Permanent racing facility<br>2.493 km (1.549 mi)
|distance           = 200 laps, 498.6  km (309.8 mi)
|weather            = Sunny
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==Teams and drivers==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
! Team
! #
! Driver
! Chassis
! Engine
|-
|rowspan="2"|Olympic [[Kondo Racing|Kondo Racing Team]]
|3
|{{JPN}} Seiji Ara
|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 99L
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|-
|4
|{{JPN}} Katsutomo Kaneishi
|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 99L<br>[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 2KL
|-
|rowspan="2"|Team 5ZIGEN
|5
|{{JPN}} Naoki Hattori
|rowspan="2"|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 01L
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|-
|6
|{{JPN}} Ryo Michigami
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Team LeMans]]
|7
|{{JPN}} Masami Kageyama
|rowspan="2"|[[Reynard]] 02L
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|-
|8
|{{JPN}} Takeshi Tsuchiya
|-
|rowspan="2"|Team Nova
|9
|{{JPN}} Kiyoto Yamamoto
|rowspan="2"|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 99L
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|-
|10
|{{JPN}} Haruki Kurosawa
|-
|rowspan="2"|Cosmo Oil Racing Team Cerumo
|11
|{{FRA}} Benoît Tréluyer
|rowspan="2"|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 99L<br>[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 01L
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|-
|12
|{{JPN}} Yuji Tachikawa
|-
|rowspan="2"|Mooncraft
|14
|{{JPN}} Yudai Igarashi
|rowspan="2"|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 01L
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|-
|15
|{{JPN}} Akira Iida
|-
|rowspan="2"|Dome 
|17
|{{GER}} Dominik Schwager
|rowspan="2"|Dome D02
|rowspan="2"|Mugen MF308
|-
|18
|{{FRA}} Sébastien Philippe
|-
|rowspan="3"|Xbox Team Impul
|19
|{{JPN}} Satoshi Motoyama
|rowspan="3"|Reynard 02L
|rowspan="3"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|-
|20
|{{GER}} Michael Krumm
|-
|21
|{{DEN}} Tom Kristensen
|-
|Team 22
|22
|{{JPN}} Daisuke Ito
|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 99L
|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|-
|rowspan="2"|Hunnisett Racing
|23
|{{IND}} Parthiva Sureshwaren
|rowspan="2"|Reynard 01L
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|-
|24
|{{IND}} Karun Chandkok
|-
|rowspan="2"|PIAA Nakajima Racing
|31
|{{IRL}} Ralph Firman
|rowspan="2"|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 01L
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|-
|32
|{{JPN}} Tsugio Matsuda
|-
|Team Goddard
|44
|{{GBR}} Mark Goddard
|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 2KL
|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|-
|rowspan="3"|Autobacs Racing Team Aguri
|55
|{{JPN}} Juichi Wakisaka
|rowspan="3"|Reynard 02L
|rowspan="3"|Mugen MF308
|-
|56
|{{JPN}} Toshihiro Kaneishi
|-
|57
|{{JPN}} Yuji Ide
|-
|DoCoMo Team Dandelion Racing
|68
|{{FRA}} Jonathan Cochet
|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 2KL
|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|-
|rowspan="2"|Kunimitsu Heros Racing
|98
|{{JPN}} Hidetoshi Mitsusada
|Reynard 01L
|rowspan="2"|[[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen]] MF308
|-
|99
|{{JPN}} Hiroki Katoh
|[[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] 01L
|-
|}