2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series

Motor racing competition February 2020 V8 Supercar V8 Supercar Championship Series Drivers' Champion:Marcos AmbroseTeams' Champion:Stone Brothers RacingManufacturers' Championship:Ford 2003 Support series:Konica SeriesPorsche Carrera Cup AustraliaAustralian V8 Ute Racing Series thumb|upright|Marcos Ambrose won his first V8 Supercar Championship with Stone Brothers Racing. thumb|upright|Greg Murphy finished second for the second consecutive season. thumb|upright|Mark Skaife finished third, ending a three season long winning streak. The 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series was a motor racing series for V8 Supercars. The series, which was the fifth V8 Supercar Championship Series, began on 22 March 2003 in Adelaide and ended on 30 November at Eastern Creek Raceway after 13 rounds. It ended with the awarding of the 44th Australian Touring Car Championship title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to Tasmanian driver Marcos Ambrose. It was the first time a Stone Brothers Racing driver had won the championship and marked the first title win by a Ford driver since Glenn Seton in 1997, ending a five-year run by Holden Racing Team. Calendar The 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series consisted of 13 rounds which included eleven sprint rounds of one, two or three races and two longer distance endurance races requiring two drivers per car. Rd.Round Name,CircuitCity / stateDate 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide, Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 20–23 March 2 Phillip Island Phillip Island, Victoria 11–13 April 3 Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek, New South Wales 2–4 May 4 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 23–25 May 5 VB 300, Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 6–8 June 6 Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 27–29 June 7 BigPond 300, Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 18–20 July 8 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 15–17 August 9 Betta Electrical Sandown 500, Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 12–14 September 10 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000, Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 9–12 October 11 Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge, Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 23–26 October 12 Placemakers V8 International, Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand 7–9 November 13 VIP Petfoods Main Event, Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek, New South Wales 28–30 November Australia 400 left Australian rounds Australia -34.55 138.37 Adelaide left Australia -38.30 145.14 Phillip Island left Australia -33.98 150.72 Eastern Creek top Australia -36.31 146.05 Winton left Australia -31.39 115.47 Perth right Australia -12.36 130.74 Darwin left Australia -27.41 152.39 Ipswich top Australia -34.20 150.44 Oran Park bottom Australia -37.87 145.30 Sandown right Australia -33.26 149.33 Bathurst left Australia -27.59 153.25 Gold Coast bottom New Zealand 200 left New Zealand rounds New Zealand -37.12 174.55 Pukekohe left Teams and drivers The following drivers and teams competed in the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The series consisted of eleven rounds of sprint racing and two rounds (the Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000) of endurance racing with each car piloted by two drivers. ManufacturerVehicleTeamNo. Car NumberDriversEventsEndurance Event Drivers Ford Falcon AU Ford Performance Racing 5 Australia Glenn Seton 1–3 Rod Nash Racing (FPR Satellite team of Ford Performance Racing) 19 Australia David Besnard 1–6 00 Motorsport 7 Australia Rodney Forbes 1–3 Larkham Motorsport 10 Australia Mark Larkham 1–8, 11–13rowspan=2 20 Australia Jason Bargwanna 1–7 AUS Grant Johnson 9–10 AUS Kerry Wade Noske Motorsport 23 Australia Mark Noske 1–8, 11–13 Australia Neal Bates 9–10 Australia Rick Bates Paul Little Racing 75 Australia Anthony Tratt 1–7 Thexton Motor Racing 99 New Zealand David Thexton 1–4, 6–13 Australia Brett Peters* Australia Stephen Voight** Falcon BA Stone Brothers Racing 4 Australia Marcos Ambrose All AUS Russell Ingall 9 Australia Russell Ingall 1–8, 11–13 Australia Mark Noske 9–10 Australia Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 5 Australia Glenn Seton 4–8, 11–13 Australia Darren Hossack 9–10 Australia Adam Macrow 6 Australia Craig Lowndes All Australia Glenn Seton Rod Nash Racing (FPR Satellite team of Ford Performance Racing) 7 Australia David Besnard 11–13 19 7–10 Australia Owen Kelly 00 Motorsport 7 Australia Rodney Forbes 4, 6 rowspan=3 00 5 Australia Greg Ritter 1–4, 6 Larkham Motorsport 10 Australia Mark Larkham 9–10 Australia Jason Bargwanna 20 Australia Jason Bargwanna 8, 11–13 Dick Johnson Racing 17 Australia Steven Johnson All Australia Warren Luff 18 Brazil Max Wilson All Australia David Brabham Brad Jones Racing 21 Australia Brad Jones All Australia John Bowe 888 Australia John Bowe 1–8, 11–13 GBR John Cleland 9–10 Australia Andrew Jones Steven Ellery Racing 31 Australia Steven Ellery All Australia Luke Youlden Briggs Motorsport 8 1–8Triple Eight Race Engineering 5 9–13 65 New Zealand Paul Radisich All Sweden Rickard Rydell 66 Australia Dean Canto All Australia Matthew White Paul Little Racing 75 Australia Anthony Tratt 8–13 Australia Paul Stokell Holden Commodore VX Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia 4 1–4 (HRT Satellite team of Holden Racing Team)John Kelly Racing 9 5–13 (HRT Satellite team of Holden Racing Team) 15 Australia Rick Kelly 1–8, 11–13 Australia Cameron McLean 9–10 UK Andy Priaulx 51 New Zealand Greg Murphy 1–7 Lansvale Smash Repairs 3 Australia Cameron McConville All Australia Tim Leahey Perkins Engineering 8 Australia Paul Dumbrell All Australia Tomas Mezera 11 New Zealand Steven Richards 1–5 Paul Weel Racing 16 Australia Paul Weel 1–8, 11–13 Australia Marcus Marshall 9–10 Australia Greg Ritter 50 Australia Jason Bright All Australia Paul Weel Team Kiwi Racing 021 New Zealand Craig Baird All New Zealand Mark Porter Romano Racing 24 Australia Paul Romano 1 Paul Morris Motorsport 24 Australia Wayne Wakefield 3–4, 7–8, 10 New Zealand Andy McElrea Australia Alan Gurr 9 Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Australia Jamie Whincup 1–9, 11–12 Denmark Allan Simonsen Australia Nathan Pretty 10 Commodore VY Holden Racing Team 1 Australia Mark Skaife All AUS Todd Kelly 2 Australia Todd Kelly 1–8, 11–13 New Zealand Jim Richards 9–10 Australia Tony Longhurst John Kelly Racing (HRT Satellite team of Holden Racing Team) 51 New Zealand Greg Murphy 8–13 AUS Rick Kelly Perkins Engineering 11 New Zealand Steven Richards 6–13 Australia Larry Perkins Paul Morris Motorsport 29 Australia Paul Morris All New Zealand John Faulkner Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Australia Jamie Whincup 13 34 Australia Garth Tander All Australia Nathan Pretty*Australia Jamie Whincup** Team Dynamik 44 New Zealand Simon Wills All NZL Jason Richards 45 NZL Jason Richards 1–8, 11–13 France Nicolas Minassian 9–10 Australia Wayne Wakefield*Denmark Jan Magnussen** Wildcard Entries Ford Falcon AU Fernández Racing 55 Australia José Fernández 10 Australia David Russell Sydney Star Racing 89 Australia Mal Rose 10 Australia Grant Elliott** Holden Commodore VX Robert Smith Racing 13 Australia Phillip Scifleet 9–10 Australia Steve Owen 72 Australia Alan Gurr 10 New Zealand Jonny Reid Lansvale Smash Repairs 24 Australia David Krause 13 John Faulkner Racing 46 Australia Tony Ricciardello 9–10 Australia Dale Brede Phoenix Motorsport 59 Australia Jamie Miller 10 Australia Ron Searle Robert Jones Racing 69 Australia Robert Jones 10 Australia Peter Doulman * = Drove in Sandown 500 only ** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only Driver changes Jason Bright left the Holden Racing Team to join Paul Weel Racing. Todd Kelly left Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia to join the Holden Racing Team replacing Jason Bright. Rick Kelly left Holden Young Lions to join Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia replacing his brother Todd. Russell Ingall left Perkins Engineering to join Stone Brothers Racing replacing David Besnard. David Besnard left Stone Brothers Racing to join Ford Performance Racing. Craig Lowndes left 00 Motorsport to join Ford Performance Racing. Greg Ritter returned to the Supercars Championship joining 00 Motorsport replacing Craig Lowndes. Larry Perkins stepped down from full-time competition. He joined Steven Richards for the endurance rounds. Mark Noske returned to the Supercars Championship joining ICS Team Ford. He later joined Mark Winterbottom for the endurance rounds. Neal Bates substituted for him at ICS Team Ford. Jason Bargwanna left Garry Rogers Motorsport to join Larkham Motorsport. Paul Radisich and Max Wilson effectively swapped seats, with Radisich moving to Briggs Motor Sport and Wilson to Dick Johnson Racing. Jason Richards left Team Kiwi Racing to join Team Dynamik. Craig Baird left Rod Nash Racing and replaced Jason Richards at Team Kiwi Racing. Team changes Ford Performance Racing expanded to a three car team. Perkins Engineering scaled down to a two car team. Following the collapse of Tom Walkinshaw Racing in February, the Holden Racing Team and Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia entries were sold to Skaife Sports Pty Ltd and John Kelly Racing respectively.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-06-02/skaife-named-owner-of-holden-racing-team/1864242 Skaife named owner of Holden Racing Team ABC News 2 June 2003 9 April 2023 www.abc.net.auhttps://www.theage.com.au/sport/motorsport/holden-completes-v8-racing-team-sale-20030606-gdvtwb.html Holden completes V8 racing team sale 6 June 2003 The Age 9 April 2023 Results and standings Results summary Round Round number Race Event Pole position Race winners Round winner Report Race Report 1 R1 Adelaide AUS Jason Bright AUS Marcos Ambrose AUS Mark Skaife(Holden Racing Team, Holden) report R2 AUS Mark Skaife 2 Phillip Island AUS Mark Skaife AUS Craig Lowndes(Ford Performance Racing, Ford) report 3 Eastern Creek 1 AUS Marcos Ambrose AUS Marcos Ambrose(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) report 4 Winton AUS Marcos Ambrose AUS Marcos Ambrose(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) report 5 R1 Perth NZL Greg Murphy NZL Greg Murphy AUS Marcos Ambrose(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) report R2 AUS Mark Skaife R3 AUS Marcos Ambrose 6 R1 Darwin AUS Mark Skaife AUS Mark Skaife AUS Marcos Ambrose(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) report R2 AUS Marcos Ambrose R3 AUS Marcos Ambrose 7 Ipswich AUS Marcos Ambrose AUS Russell Ingall(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) report 8 Oran Park AUS Marcos Ambrose AUS Marcos Ambrose(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) report 9 Sandown AUS Marcos Ambrose AUS Mark SkaifeAUS Todd Kelly(Holden Racing Team, Holden) report 10 Bathurst NZL Greg Murphy NZL Greg MurphyAUS Rick Kelly(John Kelly Racing, Holden) report 11 R1 Gold Coast AUS Todd Kelly AUS Russell Ingall AUS Russell Ingall(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) report R2 AUS Russell Ingall 12 R1 Pukekohe NZL Greg Murphy NZL Greg Murphy NZL Greg Murphy(John Kelly Racing, Holden) report R2 NZL Greg Murphy R3 AUS Mark Skaife 13 R1 Eastern Creek 2 AUS Mark Skaife AUS Marcos Ambrose AUS Marcos Ambrose(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) report R2 AUS Marcos Ambrose Drivers championship Drivers were required to drop the points earned at their worst round from their total, regardless of how many rounds were entered. Drivers who only entered one round lost all their points. Pos. Position Driver No. Car Number ADESouth Australia PHIVictoria EAS1New South Wales WINVictoria BARWestern Australia HIDNorthern Territory QLDQueensland ORANew South Wales SANVictoria BATNew South Wales SURQueensland PUKNZL EAS2New South Wales Pen. Penalties Pts. Points 1 AUS Marcos Ambrose 4 1 Ret 17 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 5 6 6 4 6 23 9 1 1 0 2085 2181 total 2 NZL Greg Murphy 51 10 11 3 5 14 1 4 3 6 5 2 8 11 3 1 2 2 1 1 3 23 DNS 0 1983 2013 total 3 AUS Mark Skaife 1 2 1 6 19 6 2 1 23 1 2 3 Ret 3 1 8 3 3 7 2 1 7 Ret 105 1817 1853 total 4 AUS Jason Bright 50 3 6 2 4 2 12 10 10 3 4 4 5 19 31 Ret 4 Ret 21 3 2 2 2 0 1770 5 AUS Craig Lowndes 6 Ret 7 1 2 10 6 Ret 17 28 27 15 6 2 16 2 15 9 16 12 18 6 4 0 1756 1814 total 6 NZL Steven Richards 11 4 2 7 8 3 4 3 8 9 6 5 Ret 23 6 4 Ret 22 20 6 6 4 16 50 1709 7 AUS Russell Ingall 9 7 12 10 3 4 5 27 14 Ret 17 8 1 8 5 6 1 1 19 26 10 DSQ DSQ 90 1701 8 AUS Rick Kelly 15 9 24 11 9 11 10 9 4 14 7 18 9 24 3 1 5 7 8 13 5 25 10 25 1675 1729 total 9 AUS Todd Kelly 2 5 5 5 Ret DSQ 7 7 2 7 24 Ret 3 6 1 8 10 Ret 2 4 4 3 Ret 0 1628 10 NZL Paul Radisich 65 12 4 12 15 7 16 13 6 5 8 23 Ret Ret 7 7 11 6 5 7 8 12 7 0 1618 11 AUS John Bowe 888 Ret 23 21 30 8 30 11 11 10 10 7 7 7 4 10 14 10 12 10 Ret 11 14 0 1478 1496 total 12 AUS Garth Tander 34 13 15 4 6 Ret 9 5 5 4 3 24 25 4 18 19 16 Ret 3 Ret 21 22 5 0 1470 1506 total 13 AUS Paul Weel 16 14 3 8 11 5 13 6 7 12 11 13 10 16 22 Ret 13 16 15 11 12 29 Ret 0 1450 14 AUS Jason Bargwanna 20 15 19 26 14 13 Ret Ret DNS 17 13 20 17 15 9 Ret 17 13 4 5 13 9 6 0 1341 1343 total 15 AUS Glenn Seton 5 18 10 9 26 12 14 15 18 Ret 16 17 Ret Ret 16 2 12 5 11 9 11 18 Ret 0 1266 16 AUS Steven Johnson 17 6 Ret 18 17 19 29 18 12 13 29 12 12 Ret 15 13 8 8 10 Ret 16 20 Ret 0 1229 1268 total 17 BRA Max Wilson 18 26 Ret 16 16 9 24 17 13 Ret 20 16 24 Ret 19 12 9 23 18 24 19 5 3 0 1214 1244 total 18 AUS Cameron McConville 3 8 Ret Ret 12 17 21 8 9 23 14 14 15 9 Ret 20 19 15 Ret 18 20 10 8 0 1191 19 AUS Steven Ellery 31 29 DSQ 20 22 25 11 16 Ret 8 15 9 14 21 2 3 Ret Ret 9 21 14 24 23 0 1164 1176 total 20 AUS Brad Jones 21 24 18 15 Ret 26 15 14 15 15 21 10 Ret 12 4 10 Ret 18 22 22 15 16 18 0 1127 21 AUS David Besnard 19/7 Ret Ret Ret 13 24 20 20 Ret 24 18 28 11 13 8 Ret 7 Ret 25 15 Ret 28 11 0 1059 22 NZL Simon Wills 44 16 9 22 7 Ret 8 Ret 16 11 9 6 Ret Ret Ret 22 22 11 13 8 7 Ret 22 0 1059 23 AUS Paul Morris 29 27 20 13 10 Ret 18 Ret 20 Ret 23 30 4 Ret 13 Ret 20 19 14 16 Ret 8 19 0 1047 24 AUS Dean Canto 66 20 Ret 29 23 23 27 22 26 18 12 19 22 10 14 Ret Ret 24 17 14 25 15 9 0 1001 1025 total 25 AUS Mark Larkham 10 23 16 23 18 22 26 23 27 26 30 21 Ret 18 9 Ret 18 17 27 20 23 19 Ret 0 949 979 total 26 NZL Jason Richards 45 28 Ret 28 21 15 28 12 25 16 31 24 20 5 Ret 22 23 Ret DNS DNS DNS 14 21 0 909 27 AUS Jamie Whincup 33 17 22 25 Ret Ret 22 Ret 21 20 Ret 11 16 20 29 19 25 12 28 17 Ret 13 15 0 906 28 AUS Mark Noske 23/9 Ret 13 30 27 18 17 19 19 19 25 29 21 14 11 Ret Ret 25 Ret DNS DNS 17 13 0 905 29 AUS Paul Dumbrell 8 11 8 31 20 Ret 19 26 Ret 27 22 Ret 13 17 Ret 14 26 21 24 28 17 21 12 0 887 30 NZL Craig Baird 021 21 14 19 24 DSQ 25 24 22 22 19 27 18 22 Ret 17 21 14 23 19 22 26 20 0 856 31 AUS Anthony Tratt 75 19 Ret 24 Ret 16 31 21 24 25 Ret DNS 19 Ret 30 Ret 24 20 Ret 25 24 27 17 0 678 32 AUS Greg Ritter 00/16 22 13 14 28 20 29 26 20 22 Ret 0 537 567 total 33 NZL David Thexton 99 DNQ DNQ DNQ 29 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 23 DNQ 26 16 DNQ DNQ 26 27 26 DNQ DNQ 0 348 34 AUS Rodney Forbes 7 25 21 27 25 DSQ 23 25 28 21 28 26 0 238 35 AUS Luke Youlden 31 2 3 0 188 372 total 36 AUS Larry Perkins 11 6 4 0 180 352 total 37 AUS Tony Longhurst 2 10 5 0 176 332 total 37 NZL Jim Richards 2 10 5 0 176 332 total 39 SWE Rickard Rydell 65 7 7 0 168 336 total 40 AUS Owen Kelly 19 8 Ret 0 164 252 total 41 GBR John Cleland 888 20 9 0 160 276 total 41 AUS Andrew Jones 888 20 9 0 160 276 total 43 AUS Wayne Wakefield 24/45 DNQ 21 DNQ DNQ 28 DNQ 0 156 44 FRA Nicolas Minassian 45 28 11 0 152 236 total 44 AUS Mark Winterbottom 9 11 Ret 0 152 228 total 46 AUS David Brabham 18 19 12 0 148 268 total 47 AUS Cameron McLean 15 12 Ret 0 148 47 GBR Andy Priaulx 15 12 Ret 0 148 49 AUS Warren Luff 17 15 13 0 144 280 total 49 NZL John Faulkner 29 13 Ret 0 144 51 AUS Matthew White 66 14 Ret 0 140 236 total 51 AUS Tomas Mezera 8 Ret 14 0 140 53 AUS Darren Hossack 5 17 Ret 0 128 53 AUS Adam Macrow 5 17 Ret 0 128 53 NZL Mark Porter 021 Ret 17 0 128 56 AUS Grant Johnson 20 23 18 0 124 228 total 56 AUS Kerry Wade 20 23 18 0 124 228 total 56 AUS Nathan Pretty 33 18 Ret 0 124 59 AUS Tim Leahey 3 Ret 20 0 116 60 AUS Steve Owen 13 21 21 0 112 224 total 60 AUS Phillip Scifleet 13 21 21 0 112 224 total 62 AUS Marcus Marshall 16 22 Ret 0 108 208 total 63 AUS Dale Brede 46 24 Ret 0 100 63 AUS Tony Ricciardello 46 24 Ret 0 100 65 AUS Neal Bates 23 25 Ret 0 100 65 AUS Rick Bates 23 25 Ret 0 100 67 AUS Alan Gurr 24/72 27 Ret 0 88 67 NZL Andy McElrea 24 27 DNQ 0 88 69 AUS Paul Stokell 75 30 Ret 0 80 156 total 69 DNK Allan Simonsen 33 29 Ret 0 80 DNK Jan Magnussen 45 11 0 0 152 total AUS Jamie Miller 59 15 0 0 136 total AUS Ron Searle 59 15 0 0 136 total AUS Stephen Voight 99 16 0 0 132 total AUS Grant Elliott 89 23 0 0 104 total AUS Mal Rose 89 23 0 0 104 total AUS Brett Peters 99 26 0 0 92 total AUS Paul Romano 24 Ret Ret 0 0 AUS David Krause 24 Ret Ret 0 0 AUS Jose Fernandez 55 Ret 0 0 84 total AUS David Russell 55 Ret 0 0 84 total AUS Peter Doulman 69 Ret 0 0 AUS Robert Jones 69 Ret 0 0 NZL Jonny Reid 72 Ret 0 0 Pos. Position Driver No. Car Number ADESouth Australia PHIVictoria EAS1New South Wales WINVictoria BARWestern Australia HIDNorthern Territory QLDQueensland ORANew South Wales SANVictoria BATNew South Wales SURQueensland PUKNZL EAS2New South Wales Pen. Penalties Pts. PointsBold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap See also 2003 V8 Supercar season References External links Official V8 Supercar site 2003 Racing Results Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20071014034454/http://natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2003 14 October 2007 Images from the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series Retrieved from www.motorsport.com on 27 September 2009 Category:Supercars Championship seasons V8 Supercar Championship Series