2003 ASCAR season

June 2017 2003 ASCAR 2002 2004 The 2003 ASCAR Season was the third season of United Kingdom-based NASCAR style stock car racing, originally known as ASCAR. From this season 'Days of Thunder' was adopted as a promotional brand inspired by the NASCAR based movie of the same name. It was used alongside the ASCAR brand for the 2003 season before taking over entirely from 2004. Teams and drivers thumb|right|2003 Champion Ben Collins. Team Car No. Car number Driver Rounds Kidd-Richardson Racing Chevrolet 2 AUS Shaun Richardson All Deuce Racing-RML Chevrolet 4 COL Alejandro Lince 7 1-11 33 GBR Peter Falding 1 12-13 44 GBR Anthony Swan All 48 USA Steve Grissom 1 1-2 84 GBR Ben Collins All Team West-Tec Chevrolet 5 GBR Rob Speak 7 1-9, 12-13 42 SWE Niklas Lovén 6 1-6, 9, 12-13 GBR Chris Cooke 1 7-8 FordPontiac 96 NED Michael Vergers 7 1-2, 4-13 GBR Derek Hayes 1 3 Xcel Motorsport Pontiac 6 GBR Stevie Hodgson 5 1-6, 12-13 7 GBR Andrew Kirkaldy 7 1-4, 7-13 Fast Tec Motorsport Pontiac 12 GBR Mark Proctor All Shark Racing Chevrolet 17 GBR Tony King 5 1-3, 5-8, 12-13 TorqueSpeed Chevrolet 24 GBR John Mickel All 25 GBR Ian McKellar Jr. All 26 GBR Oli Playle All Shearspeed Pontiac 39 GBR Andy Smith 1 1-2 IND Phiroze Bilimoria 1 12-13 Intersport Racing Pontiac 40 GBR Kevin Clarke All Scott Racing Services Chevrolet 66 IRE Kieran Dynes 3 7-9, 12-13 Team HTML Pontiac 68 RSA Earl Goddard 1 1-2 ITA Max Papis 1 3 GBR Derek Hayes 4 5-9, 12-13 69 GER Roland Rehfeld All Steward Racing Ford 75 GBR John Steward All Team Catchpole Racing Chevrolet 77 GBR Phil Weaver All CWS Racing Chevrolet 78 GBR Colin White All 79 GBR Chris Cooke 3 3-6 GBR Andy Smith 4 7-13 Race calendar The season consisted of eight meetings with either one or two 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 Circuit/Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Led most laps Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 11 May GBR Ben Collins GER Roland Rehfeld NED Michael Vergers NED Michael Vergers GBR Team West-Tec R2 GBR Ben Collins NED Michael Vergers GER Roland Rehfeld GBR Team HTML 2 R3 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 8 June GER Roland Rehfeld GBR Ben Collins GBR Rob Speak GBR Rob Speak GBR Team West-Tec 3 R4 GER EuroSpeedway 6 July GBR Anthony Swan GBR Ian McKellar Jr. GBR Ben Collins GBR Ian McKellar Jr. GBR TorqueSpeed 4 R5 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 27 July GBR Ben Collins GBR Ben Collins GBR Ben Collins GBR Ian McKellar Jr. GBR TorqueSpeed R6 GBR Derek Hayes GBR Ben Collins GBR Ben Collins GBR RML 5 R7 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 24 August GBR Derek Hayes GBR Derek Hayes NED Michael Vergers NED Michael Vergers GBR Team West-Tec R8 GBR Andy Smith NED Michael Vergers GBR Ben Collins GBR RML 6 R9 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 31 August GER Roland Rehfeld GER Roland Rehfeld GBR Ben Collins GBR Ben Collins GBR RML 7 R10 GER EuroSpeedway 14 September GBR Ben Collins GBR Ben Collins GER Roland Rehfeld GBR Ben Collins GBR RML R11 GBR Ben Collins GBR Colin White GBR Colin White GBR CWS Racing 8 R12 GBR Rockingham Motor Speedway 28 September GBR Ben Collins GBR Ben Collins GBR Ben Collins GBR Ben Collins GBR RML R13 GBR Ben Collins GBR Ben Collins GBR Ben Collins GBR RML Final points standings Pos Driver GBRGBRGER GBR GBRGBR GER GBR Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 1 GBR Ben Collins 4* 2 3 2* 3* 1* 5* 1* 1* 1* 11* 1* 1* 2299 2 GBR Colin White 6 5 10 6 5 7 3 6 4 2 1* 5 4 2044 3 NED Michael Vergers 1* 3* 3 2* 3* 1* 13* 5 11 6 4 5 1963 4 GER Roland Rehfeld 7 1* 9* 17 7 10 2 3 2* 9* 10 3 6 1962 5 GBR Ian McKellar Jr. 20 13 4 1* 1* 12* 15 DNS 3 3 2* 2 2 1821 6 GBR Anthony Swan 15 11 11 8* 11 15 10 5 7 4 3 8 7 1804 7 GBR Mark Proctor 12 DNS 8 7 6 2* 6 2 9 6 5 9 19 1722 8 GBR Phil Weaver 10 6 13 12 10 5 19 17 16 14 14 17 10 1567 9 AUS Shaun Richardson 18 17 20 10 16 9 9 4 6 15 15 18 12 1546 10 GBR Oli Playle 3 4 19 16 15 8 21 18 13 7 13 23 22 1509 11 GBR John Steward 15 10 16 18 18 DNS 8 8 15 13 9 12 13 1421 12 GBR John Mickel 19 DNS 7 5* 12* DNS 17 16 8 5 4* 21 16 1390 13 GBR Andrew Kirkaldy 14 12 12 15 4 14* 17 10 8 7 20 1363 14 GBR Kevin Clarke 21 DNS 6 19 9 6 11 11 14 8 7 22 DNS 1351 15 GBR Rob Speak 8 8 1* 4 14 DNS 18 DNS 11 6 3 1278 16 COL Alejandro Lince 5 16 5 13 13 16 14 15 12 WD WD 1116 17 GBR Andy Smith 13 14 20 7 10 12 12 19 18 1034 18 GBR Stevie Hodgson 2 15 2 9 17 DNS 16 17 1020 19 GBR Tony King 11 9 21 19 DNS 12 9 15 14 923 20 GBR Derek Hayes 17 4 4 16* DNS 19 14 8 892 21 SWE Niklas Lovén DNS 18 18 11 8 11 18 13 21 891 22 GBR Chris Cooke 15 14 DNS 14 7 12 610 23 IRE Kieran Dynes 13 10 20 10 9 603 24 RSA Earl Goddard 9 7 280 25 GBR Peter Falding 11 11 252 26 IND Phiroze Billimoria 20 15 200 27 ITA Max Papis 14 114 28 USA Steve Grissom 17 DNS 102 External links Category:Stock car racing in the United Kingdom ASCAR