2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship

The 2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing titleAustralian Title Conditions, 2003 CAMS Manual of Australian Motor Sport, page 7-13 for drivers of GT sports carsLeague of Nations, 2003 Official Program, V8 Clipsal 500, pages 96-97 complying with Group 2E Nations Cup regulations.Specifications of Automobiles, 2003 CAMS Manual of Australian Motor Sport, page 7-1 The championship, which was managed by Procar Australia as part of the 2003 Procar Championship Series,Sporting & Technical Regulations for the 2003 PROCAR Championship Series Retrieved on 19 September 2010 was the fourth Australian Nations Cup Championship.Australian Titles ex www.cams.com.au (31 October 2013) via www.webcitation.org Retrieved on 31 October 2013 The title was won by Paul Stokell driving a Lamborghini Diablo GTR. thumb|Paul Stokell won the title driving a Lamborghini Diablo (pictured above in 2001) Calendar The championship was contested over an eight-round series2003 Event Calendar from www.procar.com.au Retrieved from web.archive.org on 19 September 2010 with three races per round.2003 Race Results Archive at racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved on 31 October 2013 Round Circuit State Date Race Winners Round winner Car Report 1 Adelaide Street Circuit South Australia 22–23 March R1 - John Bowe R2 - John Bowe R3 - Paul Stokell John BoweStokell Wins Nations Cup Thriller In Adelaide, procar.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 31 October 2013 Ferrari 360 N-GT 2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship - Round 1 2 Symmons Plains Tasmania 26–27 April R1 - John Bowe R2 - Nathan Pretty R3 - Paul Stokell Nathan PrettyPretty Wins Nations Cup Round For Monaro, procar.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 31 October 2013 Holden Monaro 427C 2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship - Round 2 3 Wakefield Park New South Wales 31 May - 1 JuneEvent Information, PCS (Rnd 3) - Wakefield Pk, 30/5/03 - 1/6/03, from procar.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 31 October 2013 R1 - John Bowe R2 - John Bowe R3 - John Bowe John BoweBowe Boosts Nations Cup Lead With Three Wins At Wakefield Park, procar.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 31 October 2013 Ferrari 360 N-GT 2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship - Round 3 4 Queensland Raceway Queensland 14–15 June R1 - Paul Stokell R2 - Nathan Pretty R3 - Paul Stokell Paul StokellStokell Beats Bowe In Brilliant Battle Of Italian Exotics, procar.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 31 October 2013 Lamborghini Diablo GTR 2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship - Round 4 5 Oran Park New South Wales 12–13 July R1 - Paul Stokell R2 - Paul Stokell R3 - Paul Stokell Paul StokellStokell Takes Nations Cup Lead After Clean Sweep At Oran Park, procar.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 31 October 2013 Lamborghini Diablo GTR 2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship - Round 5 6 Phillip Island Victoria 9–10 August R1 - Paul Stokell R2 - Nathan Pretty R3 - Paul Stokell Paul StokellCourageous Stokell Fights Back Into Nations Cup Lead At Phillip Island, procar.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 31 October 2013 Lamborghini Diablo GTR 2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship - Round 6 7 Winton Motor Raceway Victoria 20–21 September R1 - John Bowe R2 - Paul Stokell R3 - Nathan Pretty Nathan PrettyPretty Takes Winton Round, But Stokell & Bowe To Fight Out Nations Cup Final, procar.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 31 October 2013 Holden Monaro 427C 2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship - Round 7 8 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland 23–26 October R1 - Peter Brock R2 - Paul Stokell R3 - ** Paul StokellShort and Early, Auto Action, Oct 29 - Nov 5 2003, pages 46 & 47 Lamborghini Diablo GTR 2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship - Round 8 Note: ** Race 3 at the Surfers Paradise round was cancelled due to a security issue. Points system Championship points were awarded on a 30-20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first 15 finishers in each race. In addition, three points were awarded to the driver earning pole position. Results Position2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship - Outright Points, www.procar.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 19 September 20102003 Australian Nations Cup Championship - Group Points, www.procar.com.au Retrieved on 7 November 2003 (URL no longer valid) Driver No. Car Entrant Points 1 Paul Stokell 27 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Crazy John's 539 2 John Bowe 888 Ferrari 360 N-GTDodge Viper ACRPorsche 911 GT3 RS Verve 501 493 3 Nathan Pretty 427 Holden Monaro 427C Garry Rogers Motorsport 374 4 Peter Brock 05 Holden Monaro 427C Garry Rogers Motorsport 265 5 James Koundouris 33 99 Porsche 911 GT3 ClubsportFerrari 360 Modena Challenge Supabarn EmporiumMark Coffey Racing 156 6 Greg Crick 2 Dodge Viper ACR Geoff Morgan 148 7 Sam Newman 17 Lamborghini Diablo GTRLamborghini Diablo SVR Crazy John's 144 8 Allan Simonsen 88 Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge Mark Coffey Racing 129 9 Martin Wagg 67 Porsche 911 GT3 RS JMC Group 127 10 Anthony Tratt 75 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Toll / IPEC 92 11 Gary Young 8 Maserati TrofeoPorsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Trident Racing Martin Wagg 61 12 Mark Eddy 30 Porsche 911 GT3 Hot Sand Surfwear 51 13 Paul Blackie 24 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Pro-Floor 49 14 Rod Wilson 28 11 Maserati TrofeoFord Mustang Cobra R Trident Racing & Pirelli 41 15 Jim Richards 1 Porsche 911 GT3 OAMPS Insurance 40 16 John Teulan 54 Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge Industrie Central 36 17 D'arcy Russell 7 Dodge Viper ACR D'arcy Russell Racing 35 18 Wayne Hennig 55 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Wayne Hennig 34 VJ Angelo 4 BMW Z3 GT VJ Angelo 34 20 Peter Hackett 37 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Cactus 32 21 Simon Bartter 70 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Red Rooster 31 22 Tony Quinn 32 Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera VIP Petfoods 28 23 Rusty French 6 Porsche 911 GT3 Skye Sands 26 24 David Stevens 66 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Securetel 25 25 Jonathon Webb 22 Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera Tekno Autosports 23 26 Neil Bryson 25 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport CGA Bryson 22 27 Wayne Park 58 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Property Solutions Group 20 28 Kevin Miller 58 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Property Solutions Group 17 29 Dean Koutsoumidis 71 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Equity-one Finance & Investments 16 30 Murray Carter 18 Chevrolet Corvette C5 Murray Carter 15 31 Klaus Engelhorn 48 Ferrari 360 N-GT BE Racing 14 32 Stuart Kostera 48 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Dunlop Super Dealers 13 Theo Koundouris 33 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Supabarn Emporium 13 34 Kim Burke 68 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport JK Burke 12 35 David Lawson 28 Maserati Trofeo Trident Racing 11 36 Andrew Miedecke 36 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Whiteline Transport 8 37 Andrew Taplin 16 Porsche 911 GT3 Andrew Taplin 7 38 Maher Algadri 70 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Verve 501 6 39 Russell Wright 50 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Kingfisher Luxury Boats 1 Group 1 1 Paul Stokell 27 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Crazy John's 540 2 John Bowe 888 Ferrari 360 N-GTDodge Viper ACRPorsche 911 GT3 RS Verve 501 494 3 Nathan Pretty 427 Holden Monaro 427C Garry Rogers Motorsport 375 4 Peter Brock 05 Holden Monaro 427C Garry Rogers Motorsport 265 5 Greg Crick 2 Dodge Viper ACR Geoff Morgan 148 6 Martin Wagg 67 Porsche 911 GT3 RS JMC Group 140 7 Anthony Tratt 75 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Toll / IPEC 95 8 Mark Eddy 30 Porsche 911 GT3 Hot Sand Surfwear 77 9 Sam Newman 17 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Crazy John's 60 10 Jim Richards 1 Porsche 911 GT3 OAMPS Insurance 40 11 D'arcy Russell 7 Dodge Viper ACR D'arcy Russell Racing 38 12 Peter Hackett 37 Lamborghini Diablo GTR Cactus 32 13 Klaus Engelhorn 48 Ferrari 360 N-GT BE Racing 19 Group 2 1 James Koundouris 33 99 Porsche 911 GT3 ClubsportFerrari 360 Modena Challenge Supabarn EmporiumMark Coffey Racing 410 2 Allan Simonsen 88 Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge Mark Coffey Racing 342 3 Sam Newman 17 Lamborghini Diablo SVR Crazy John's 218 4 Gary Young 8 Maserati TrofeoPorsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Trident Racing Martin Wagg 130 5 Paul Blackie 24 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Pro-Floor 101 6 Rod Wilson 28 11 Maserati TrofeoFord Mustang Cobra R Trident RacingPirelli 96 7 VJ Angelo 4 BMW Z3 GT VJ Angelo 94 8 Tony Quinn 32 Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera VIP Petfoods 93 9 Rusty French 6 Porsche 911 GT3 Skye Sands 83 10 John Teulan 54 Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge Industrie Central 75 Wayne Hennig 55 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Wayne Hennig 75 12 Simon Bartter 70 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Red Rooster 71 13 Neil Bryson 25 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport CGA Bryson 57 14 David Stevens 66 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Securetel 56 15 Dean Koutsoumidis 71 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Equity-one Finance & Investments 53 16 Jonathon Webb 22 Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera Tekno Autosports 52 17 Kevin Miller 58 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Property Solutions Group 48 18 Murray Carter 18 Chevrolet Corvette C5 Murray Carter 41 19 Wayne Park 58 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Property Solutions Group 36 20 Kim Burke 68 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport JK Burke 32 21 David Lawson 28 Maserati Trofeo Trident Racing 30 22 Stuart Kostera 48 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Dunlop Super Dealers 29 Theo Koundouris 33 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Supabarn Emporium 29 24 Andrew Miedecke 36 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Whiteline Transport 20 25 Maher Algadri 70 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Verve 501 18 26 Andrew Taplin 16 Porsche 911 GT3 Andrew Taplin 16 27 Russell Wright 50 Porsche 911 GT3 Clubsport Kingfisher Luxury Boats 6 Manufacturers Trophy The Manufacturers Trophy was awarded to the manufacturer which attained the highest number of cumulative points over all rounds, inclusive of pole position points. Points were awarded as per the drivers championship to the two highest scoring finishers from each marque in each race. Position2003 Australian Nations Cup Championship - Manufacturers Points, www.procar.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 30 October 2013 Manufacturer Car(s) Points 1 GER Porsche 911 GT3911 GT3 RS911 GT3 Cup911 GT3 Carrera911 GT3 Clubsport 1,221 2 ITA Lamborghini Diablo GTRDiablo SVR 945 3 ITA Ferrari 360 N-GT360 Modena Challenge 901 4 AUS Holden Monaro 427C 639 5 USA Dodge Viper ACR 248 6 ITA Maserati Trofeo 201 7 GER BMW Z3 GT 94 8 USA Chevrolet Corvette C5 41 9 USA Ford Mustang Cobra R 25 Notes and references External links Image gallery Category:Australian Nations Cup Championship Nations Cup Championship