2003 2 Hour Showroom Showdown

2003 2 Hour Showroom Showdown Race 2002 none thumb|250px|Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit The 2003 2 Hour Showroom Showdown Race was an endurance race for Australian GT Production Cars. The event was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on Saturday 22 November 2003 as a support event on the program for the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour. This was the seventh and final Showroom Showdown production car endurance race. Rod Salmon and Grant Park, driving a Subaru Impreza WRX STi won the race by 27 seconds ahead of the Mazda RX-7 driven by Bob Pearson with the Ford Falcon-based Tickford TE50 of John Falk finishing third. Class structure Cars competed in the following three classes: Class A : GT-Performance class cars Class B : Mitsubishi Mirage Cup Class C : GT-Production class cars Results Pos. Position Class No. Car number Team / Entrant Drivers Car LapsTime/Retired Engine 1 A 60 Falken Tyres Rod Salmon Grant Park Subaru Impreza WRX STi 36 2:02:00.4090 2.0 L Subaru EJ20 turbocharged H4 2 A 33 Pro-Duct Motorsport Bob Pearson Mazda RX-7 Turbo 36 +27.421 1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW twin-turbocharged twin-rotor 3 A 87 FPR Pools / Tankworld John Falk FTE TE50 36 +1:02.038 5.0 L Ford Synergy 5000 V8 4 A 300 Floyd Motorsport Peter Floyd HSV VX GTS 300kW 36 +1:14.425 5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8 5 C 30 GAM Electric / Softronic Systems David Ryan Michael Craig Ford BA Falcon XR6T 36 +2:03.105 4.0 L Ford Barra 240T turbocharged I6 6 A 23 Mitsubishi Electric Steve Knight Charlie Kovacs Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VI 36 +2:06.078 2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4 7 A 35 Ric Shaw Racing James Parish Ric Shaw Mazda RX-7 Turbo 36 +2:20.581 1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW twin-turbocharged twin-rotor 8 A 91 The PMM Group Jim McKnoulty Dean Wanless Subaru Impreza WRX STi 36 +2:23.150 2.0 L Subaru EJ20 turbocharged H4 9 A 11 Rondo Building Supplies Graham Alexander Barry Morcom HSV VX GTS 300kW 35 +1 lap 5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8 10 C 62 Solace / Wakeling Scott Loadsman Ian Luff Holden VX Commodore SS 35 +1 lap 5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8 11 A 15 Bob Hughes Special Vehicles Bob Hughes Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VI 35 +1 lap 2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4 12 C 27 Go Karts Go Chris Alajajian BMW E36 323i 35 +1 lap 2.5 L BMW M52B25 I6 13 C 32 Circle Corporation David Capraro John Milan Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 35 +1 lap 3.2 L Alfa Romeo 3.2 24V V6 14 B 69 Northshore Mitsubishi Kean Booker Rocco Rinaldo Mitsubishi Mirage 34 +2 laps 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 15 C 7 Hankook Tyres / DBA Peter Conroy Terry Conroy Honda Integra Type-R 34 +2 laps 1.8 L Honda B18C I4 16 B 40 Supercar Experience Ash Samadi Mitsubishi Mirage 34 +2 laps 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 17 B 41 grog2go.com.au Brendon Cook Mitsubishi Mirage 34 +2 laps 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 18 B 66 Maxisteel Yanis Derums Mitsubishi Mirage 34 +2 laps 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 19 C 68 Proton Cars Australia Nicolas Lucas Tengku Mahaleel Proton Satria GTi 33 +3 laps 1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4 20 C 24 Wizard Financial David Borg Sam Astuti Mitsubishi Mirage 33 +3 laps 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 21 C 67 Proton Cars Australia Geoff Russell David Russell Proton Satria GTi 33 +3 laps 1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4 22 B 3 Dentbuster-Equity-One Francois Jouy Richard Luff Mitsubishi Mirage 33 +3 laps 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 23 B 16 Karecla Patisserie Kurt Bieder Mitsubishi Mirage 30 +6 laps 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 DNF A 9 Mek-Tek Motorsport Anton Mechtler Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VII 19 2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4 DNF A 63 Novatec Construction Systems Paul Mitolo Dale Brede Mazda RX-7 Turbo 14 1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW twin-turbocharged twin-rotor DNF C 22 Daihatsu Motor Corporation Leanne Ferrier Rick Bates Daihatsu Sirion GTVi 10 1.3 L Toyota 2SZ-FE I4 DNF A 96 Advanced Power Don Pulver Tony Wilson Nissan 200SX GT 9 2.0 L Nissan SR20DET turbocharged I4 DNF B 4 Platetronic Richard Gartner Enzo Piazza Mitsubishi Mirage 3 1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4 DNF A 70 Altiris Michael Sainsbury Wayne Boatright Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2 2.0 L Subaru EJ20 turbocharged H4 DNF A 43 Hydralyte Lee Clinnick C. Coles Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2.0 L Subaru EJ20 turbocharged H4 DNS A 38 Castran Gilbert Dennis Gilbert Glen Gilbert HSV VX GTS 300kW 5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8 References Natsoft Race Result* Category:Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales 2 Hour