2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series

July 2020 Konica V8 Supercar Series Konica V8 Supercar Series 2003 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series Konica Parent series:V8 Supercars The 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing competition held for V8 Supercars. It was the fourth V8 Supercar Development Series. The series began on 23 February 2003 at Wakefield Park and finished on 31 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park after sixteen races at six rounds held across three different states. Series winner Mark Winterbottom won eight of the 16 races and four of the six rounds. The new points system placed an increased emphasis on finishing races and series runner up Matthew White scored just 58 points less than Winterbottom, despite taking only two race wins and six top three race finishes. Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers competed in the 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series. This was the last season that the Holden VS Commodore and Ford EL Falcon was eligible. Team Car No. Driver Rounds Brad Jones Racing Ford AU Falcon 12 AUS Andrew Jones 1–2, 4–6 Imrie Motor Sport Holden VX Commodore 14 AUS Geoff Full 1–2 AUS Steve Owen 4–6 Paul Cruickshank Racing Ford AU Falcon 22 AUS Todd Wanless 1–3, 5–6 Terry Wyhoon Racing Ford AU Falcon 25 AUS Terry Wyhoon All M3 Motorsport Holden VT CommodoreHolden VX Commodore 26 AUS Bob McDonald 1 AUS Peter Doulman 4–5 Howard Racing Ford AU Falcon 27 AUS Marcus Marshall 4–5 49 AUS Tim Gordon All 94 AUS Mark Howard All Matthew White Racing Holden VX CommodoreFord AU Falcon 28 AUS Matthew White All Steven Ellery Racing Ford AU Falcon 30 AUS Luke Youlden All Clyde Lawrence Racing Holden VS CommodoreHolden VX Commodore 35 AUS Clyde Lawrence 1–3, 5–6 South Pacific Motor Sport Holden VS Commodore 38 AUS Mathew Hunt 3 Peters Motorsport Ford AU Falcon 40 AUS Brett Peters All Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon 41 AUS Mark Winterbottom All Holden Young Lions Holden VX Commodore 46 AUS Dale Brede All 96 AUS Tony D'Alberto 3–6 Craig Bastian Ford AU Falcon 47 AUS Craig Bastian All Fernández Racing Ford AU Falcon 55 AUS José Fernández 1–4, 6 Kevin Mundy Racing Ford AU Falcon 56 AUS Kevin Mundy All Motorsport Engineering Services Holden VT Commodore 58 AUS Derek van Zelm 4–5 Phoenix Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 59 AUS Jamie Miller All Independent Race Cars Australia Holden VX Commodore 64 NZL Mark Porter All Shane Beikoff Racing Holden VS CommodoreFord EL Falcon 68 AUS Shane Beikoff 1–3, 5 CarTrek Racing Holden VX Commodore 69 AUS Robert Jones 2–6 Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon 71 AUS Tony Ricciardello 1–5 AUS Warren Luff 6 Robert Smith Racing Holden VX Commodore 72 AUS Owen Kelly All V8 Racing Holden VS Commodore 77 AUS Richard Mork 1, 3 AUS Michael Simpson 2 AUS Tim Rowse 4–5 Graham Crawford Ford EL Falcon 87 AUS Graham Crawford 1–2, 4 Halliday Motor Sport Ford AU Falcon 88 AUS Peter Gazzard All Sydney Star Racing Ford AU Falcon 89 AUS Adam Wallis 4–6 Holden VS Commodore 98 AUS Grant Elliott All Peter Best Holden VS Commodore 90 AUS Peter Best 3–4 Phoenix Motorsport Holden VS Commodore 95 AUS Ron Searle 1 Thexton Motor Racing Ford AU Falcon 100 AUS David Thexton 4–6 Chance of a Lifetime Ford AU Falcon 110 AUS David Russell All A.N.T. Racing Holden VS Commodore 300 AUS Tony Evangelou 1–2, 4–5 Nichols Motorsport Ford EL Falcon 666 AUS Phillip Nichols 1, 3–4 Race calendar Round Date Circuit Location Winning driver 1 22–23 February New South Wales Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales AUS Mark Winterbottom 2 20–21 March South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia AUS Mark Winterbottom 3 3–4 May New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales AUS Mark Winterbottom 4 5–6 July Victoria Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria AUS Matthew White 5 2–3 August Victoria Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria AUS Andrew Jones 6 30–31 August South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia AUS Mark Winterbottom Points system The series consisted of six rounds across three different states. Rounds 1 and 3–6 consisted of three races. The second race of each weekend saw the finishing order of race 1 reversed to form the grid, a 'reverse grid' race. Round 2 consisted of a single race. Points were awarded for all cars who finished each race in finishing order. Points may have been offered beyond the 29th position but at no point during the series did more than 29 cars finish a race. Round 2's single race carried three times the points of a single race elsewhere in the series. The pointscore also saw the worst round result deducted, although the worst result had to be a round the competitor had entered. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th Rounds 1 & 3–6Points 64 62 60 58 56 54 52 50 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 Round 2Points 192 186 180 174 168 162 156 150 144 138 132 126 120 114 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 54 48 42 36 30 24 Series standings Points table referenced, in part, as follows:2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series Points, www.v8supercars.com.au, via web.archive.org Pos. Driver No. WAKNew South Wales ADESouth Australia EASNew South Wales PHIVictoria WINVictoria MALSouth Australia Pen. Points 1 AUS Mark Winterbottom 41 1 6 1 1 3 1 2 1 6 7 13 3 2 1 1 1 0 922 (1084) 2 AUS Matthew White 28 4 8 6 4 6 7 1 6 3 1 2 9 4 2 8 2 0 864 (1026) 3 NZL Mark Porter 64 8 12 4 3 13 2 Ret 4 9 9 24 2 Ret 4 7 3 0 780 (876) 4 AUS Brett Peters 40 14 1 7 8 8 Ret 11 7 11 3 11 22 8 9 12 7 0 718 (812) 5 AUS Luke Youlden 30 7 3 5 20 2 4 7 23 1 2 4 13 6 19 Ret 10 50 688 (766) 6 AUS Dale Brede 46 Ret 4 16 2 5 13 4 3 Ret DNS 3 Ret 7 7 Ret 6 0 680 (740) 7 AUS Owen Kelly 72 2 9 2 11 1 15 3 26 2 Ret 25 1 3 Ret DNS DNS 0 680 (702) 8 AUS Peter Gazzard 88 Ret 13 8 5 7 9 5 21 5 6 6 12 Ret 6 Ret DNS 0 658 (712) 9 AUS Craig Bastian 47 17 7 11 Ret 9 5 10 9 23 10 14 7 10 18 13 19 0 626 10 AUS Kevin Mundy 56 9 14 10 7 15 6 6 20 24 14 8 Ret 9 11 Ret DNS 0 612 (684) 11 AUS Andrew Jones 12 6 2 9 24 2 4 Ret 1 5 1 3 Ret 4 0 604 (658) 12 AUS David Russell 110 Ret DNS DNS 13 12 11 9 13 7 11 10 18 11 Ret 17 Ret 0 542 (560) 13 AUS Jamie Miller 59 19 19 17 16 14 12 14 16 18 13 19 15 22 15 11 11 0 536 (622) 14 AUS Terry Wyhoon 25 Ret DNS DNS 12 17 Ret 12 12 Ret DNS 12 4 15 12 4 17 0 510 15 AUS José Fernández 55 10 10 DNS 9 16 3 8 14 10 17 Ret DNS 13 0 496 (536) 16 AUS Todd Wanless 22 5 15 14 14 10 8 Ret 5 Ret 20 16 3 15 0 470 (552) 17 AUS Tony Ricciardello 71 3 5 3 21 4 10 Ret Ret 17 18 Ret 8 Ret 0 440 (490) 18 AUS Robert Jones 69 15 Ret 17 13 8 Ret DNS 18 11 14 10 9 9 0 434 (484) 19 AUS Mark Howard 94 11 17 15 Ret Ret 16 16 18 19 16 22 14 16 17 Ret 16 0 432 20 AUS Grant Elliott 98 16 Ret DNS 10 11 Ret DNS 28 Ret Ret 9 19 Ret 13 Ret 14 0 370 (380) 21 AUS Tony D'Alberto 96 Ret 14 15 10 21 8 Ret DNS DNS 14 5 8 0 338 22 AUS Tim Gordon 49 22 20 Ret 23 22 Ret 17 29 Ret 21 23 20 18 Ret 14 Ret 0 322 (354) 23 AUS Clyde Lawrence 35 13 16 19 17 20 Ret DNS Ret DNS DNS 20 16 20 0 310 24 AUS Tony Evangelou 300 21 11 13 18 24 13 Ret 20 16 23 0 278 (336) 25 AUS Shane Beikoff 68 18 21 12 19 21 18 18 21 Ret DNS 0 264 (288) 26 AUS Steve Owen 14 27 8 5 Ret 6 5 8 10 Ret 0 238 (348) 27 AUS Adam Wallis 89 17 14 22 15 10 21 21 2 12 0 234 (326) 28 AUS David Thexton 100 19 16 15 17 23 17 Ret 15 18 0 182 (248) 29 AUS Graham Crawford 87 15 Ret 18 22 22 20 20 0 160 (226) 30 AUS Marcus Marshall 27 5 25 4 7 17 Ret 0 130 (232) 31 AUS Tim Rowse 77 15 15 12 16 Ret 13 0 114 (188) 32 AUS Peter Doulman 26 11 12 19 26 Ret 12 0 114 (170) 33 AUS Richard Mork 77 20 18 Ret 18 Ret Ret 0 56 (86) 34 AUS Derek van Zelm 58 Ret Ret DNS Ret 21 19 0 52 35 AUS Peter Best 90 Ret Ret 19 25 22 DNS 0 48 (86) 36 AUS Geoff Full 14 12 Ret Ret Ret 0 42 – AUS Warren Luff 71 5 6 5 0 0 (166) – AUS Michael Simpson 77 6 0 0 (162) – AUS Mathew Hunt 38 19 19 Ret 0 0 (78) – AUS Bob McDonald 26 Ret 22 Ret 0 0 (66) – AUS Phillip Nichols 666 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS 0 0 – AUS Ron Searle 95 DNS DNS DNS 0 0 Pos. Driver No. WAKNew South Wales ADESouth Australia EASNew South Wales PHIVictoria WINVictoria MALSouth Australia Pen. Points References External links 2003 Racing Results Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20071014034454/http://natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2003 14 October 2007 See also 2003 V8 Supercar season Konica Category:Supercars Development Series