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.
Mark Noske returned to the Supercars Championship joining ICS Team Ford for the Single Driver Rounds. He joined Mark Winterbottom for the Enduro Rounds. He was replaced by Professional Australian Rally Driver Neal Bates for the Enduro Rounds.
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.
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.
2003 Racing Results Archive 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
Retrieved from www.motorsport.com on 27 September 2009
January 20, 2023
2003, supercar, championship, series, 2003, supercar, drivers, champion, marcos, ambroseteams, champion, stone, brothers, racingmanufacturers, championship, ford, previous, 2002, next, 2004support, series, konica, series, motor, racing, series, supercars, seri. 2003 V8 Supercar Drivers Champion Marcos AmbroseTeams Champion Stone Brothers RacingManufacturers Championship Ford Previous 2002 Next 2004Support series Konica Series 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 drivers Marcos Ambrose won his first V8 Supercar Championship with Stone Brothers Racing Greg Murphy finished second for the second consecutive season Mark Skaife finished third ending a three season long winning streak Contents 1 Teams and drivers 1 1 Driver changes 1 2 Team changes 2 Results and standings 2 1 Race calendar 2 2 Drivers championship 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksTeams and drivers EditThe 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 Team Vehicle No Drivers Events Endurance Event DriversHolden Racing Team Holden VY Commodore 1 Mark Skaife All Jim Richards Tony Longhurst2 Todd Kelly AllTom Walkinshaw Racing Australia 4 HRT John Kelly Racing 9 HRT Holden VX Commodore 15 Rick Kelly All Cameron McLean Andy PriaulxHolden VX Commodore Holden VY Commodore 51 Greg Murphy AllLansvale Smash Repairs Holden VX Commodore 3 Cameron McConville All Tim LeaheyStone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon 4 Marcos Ambrose All Mark Noske Mark Winterbottom9 Russell Ingall AllFord Performance Racing Ford BA Falcon Ford AU Falcon 5 Glenn Seton All Adam Macrow Darren Hossack6 Craig Lowndes AllRod Nash Racing FPR 7 David Besnard 11 13 Owen Kelly19 1 1000 Motorsport Ford AU Falcon Ford BA Falcon 7 Rodney Forbes 1 4 6 Ford BA Falcon 00 5 Greg Ritter 1 4 6Perkins Engineering Holden VX Commodore 8 Paul Dumbrell All Tomas MezeraHolden VX Commodore Holden VY Commodore 11 Steven Richards All Larry PerkinsLarkham Motorsport Ford BA Falcon Ford AU Falcon 10 Mark Larkham All Kerry Wade Grant Johnson20 Jason Bargwanna AllPaul Weel Racing Holden VX Commodore 16 Paul Weel All Marcus Marshall Greg Ritter50 Jason Bright AllDick Johnson Racing Ford BA Falcon 17 Steven Johnson All Warren Luff18 Max Wilson All David BrabhamBrad Jones Racing Ford BA Falcon 21 Brad Jones All John Cleland Andrew Jones888 John Bowe AllTeam Kiwi Racing Holden VX Commodore 021 Craig Baird All Mark PorterNoske Motorsport Ford AU Falcon 23 Mark Noske 1 8 11 13 Rick Bates Neal Bates 9 10Romano Racing Holden VX Commodore 24 Paul Romano 1 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VX Commodore Wayne Wakefield 3 4 7 8 10 Andy McElrea Alan Gurr 9Holden VY Commodore 29 Paul Morris All John FaulknerSteven Ellery Racing Ford BA Falcon 31 Steven Ellery All Luke YouldenGarry Rogers Motorsport Holden VX Commodore Holden VY Commodore 33 Jamie Whincup All Nathan Pretty Allan SimonsenHolden VY Commodore 34 Garth Tander AllTeam Dynamik Holden VY Commodore 44 Simon Wills All Nicolas Minassian Wayne Wakefield Jan Magnussen 45 Jason Richards AllBriggs Motorsport 8 Triple Eight Race Engineering 5 Ford BA Falcon 65 Paul Radisich All Rickard Rydell66 Dean Canto All Matthew WhitePaul Little Racing Ford AU Falcon Ford BA Falcon 75 Anthony Tratt All Paul StokellThexton Motor Racing Ford AU Falcon 99 David Thexton 1 4 6 13 Brett Peters Stephen Voight Wildcard EntriesRobert Smith Racing Holden VX Commodore 13 Phillip Scifleet 9 10 Steve Owen72 Alan Gurr 10 Jonny ReidLansvale Smash Repairs Holden VX Commodore 24 David Krause 13 John Faulkner Racing Holden VX Commodore 46 Tony Ricciardello 9 10 Dale BredeFernandez Racing Ford AU Falcon 55 Jose Fernandez 10 David RussellPhoenix Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 59 Jamie Miller 10 Ron SearleRobert Jones Racing Holden VX Commodore 69 Robert Jones 10 Peter DoulmanSydney Star Racing Ford AU Falcon 89 Mal Rose 10 Grant Elliott Drove in Sandown 500 only Drove in Bathurst 1000 only Driver changes Edit Jason Bright left the Holden Racing Team to join Team Brock Todd Kelly left the K Mart Racing Team to join the Holden Racing Team replacing Jason Bright Rick Kelly left the Holden Young Lions to join the K Mart Racing Team replacing his brother Todd Kelly 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 Enduro Rounds Mark Noske returned to the Supercars Championship joining ICS Team Ford for the Single Driver Rounds He joined Mark Winterbottom for the Enduro Rounds He was replaced by Professional Australian Rally Driver Neal Bates for the Enduro Rounds 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 Team Brock and replaced Jason Richards at Team Kiwi Racing Team changes Edit 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 1 2 Results and standings EditRace calendar Edit 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 Circuit City state Date Format Winner Team Report1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide South Australia 20 23 Mar 2 races Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Report2 Phillip Island Phillip Island Victoria 11 13 Apr 1 race Craig Lowndes Ford Performance Racing3 Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek New South Wales 2 4 May 1 race Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing4 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla Victoria 23 25 May 1 race Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing5 VB 300 Barbagallo Raceway Perth Western Australia 6 8 Jun 3 races Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing6 Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin Northern Territory 27 29 Jun 3 races Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing7 BigPond 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich Queensland 18 20 Jul 1 race Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing8 Oran Park Raceway Sydney New South Wales 15 17 Aug 1 race Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing9 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne Victoria 12 14 Sep 1 race Mark SkaifeTodd Kelly Holden Racing Team Report10 Bob Jane T Marts 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst New South Wales 9 12 Oct 1 race Greg MurphyRick Kelly K mart Racing Team Report11 Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise Queensland 23 26 Oct 2 races Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing12 Placemakers V8 International Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe New Zealand 7 9 Nov 3 races Greg Murphy K mart Racing Team Report13 VIP Petfoods Main Event Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek New South Wales 28 30 Nov 2 races Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Adelaide Phillip Island Eastern Creek Winton Perth Darwin Ipswich Oran Park Sandown Bathurst Gold Coastclass notpageimage Australian rounds Pukekoheclass notpageimage New Zealand rounds Drivers championship Edit 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 Driver No ADE PHI EAS1 WIN BAR HID QLD ORA SAN BAT SUR PUK EAS2 Pen Pts 1 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 20852 Greg Murphy 51 10 11 3 5 14 1 4 3 6 5 2 8 11 3 1 2 2 1 1 3 23 Ret 0 19833 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 18174 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 17705 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 17566 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 17097 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 17018 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 16759 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 162810 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 161811 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 147812 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 147013 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 145014 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 134115 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 126616 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 122917 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 121418 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 119119 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 116420 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 112721 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 105922 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 105923 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 104724 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 100125 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 94926 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 90927 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 90628 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 90529 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 88730 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 85631 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 67832 Greg Ritter 00 16 22 13 14 28 20 29 26 20 22 Ret 0 53733 David Thexton 99 DNQ DNQ DNQ 29 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 23 DNQ 26 16 DNQ DNQ 26 27 26 DNQ DNQ 0 34834 Rodney Forbes 7 25 21 27 25 DSQ 23 25 28 21 28 26 0 23835 Luke Youlden 31 2 3 0 18836 Larry Perkins 11 6 4 0 18037 Tony Longhurst 2 10 5 0 17637 Jim Richards 2 10 5 0 17639 Rickard Rydell 65 7 7 0 16840 Owen Kelly 19 8 Ret 0 16441 John Cleland 888 20 9 0 16041 Andrew Jones 888 20 9 0 16043 Wayne Wakefield 24 45 DNQ 21 DNQ DNQ 28 DNQ 0 15644 Nicolas Minassian 45 28 11 0 15244 Mark Winterbottom 9 11 Ret 0 15246 David Brabham 18 19 12 0 14847 Cameron McLean 15 12 Ret 0 14847 Andy Priaulx 15 12 Ret 0 14849 Warren Luff 17 15 13 0 14449 John Faulkner 29 13 Ret 0 14451 Matthew White 66 14 Ret 0 14051 Tomas Mezera 8 Ret 14 0 14053 Darren Hossack 5 17 Ret 0 12853 Adam Macrow 5 17 Ret 0 12853 Mark Porter 021 Ret 17 0 12856 Grant Johnson 20 23 18 0 12456 Kerry Wade 20 23 18 0 12456 Nathan Pretty 33 18 Ret 0 12459 Tim Leahey 3 Ret 20 0 11660 Steve Owen 13 21 21 0 11260 Phillip Scifleet 13 21 21 0 11262 Marcus Marshall 16 22 Ret 0 10863 Dale Brede 46 24 Ret 0 10063 Tony Ricciardello 46 24 Ret 0 10065 Neal Bates 23 25 Ret 0 10065 Rick Bates 23 25 Ret 0 10067 Alan Gurr 24 72 27 Ret 0 8867 Andy McElrea 24 27 DNQ 0 8869 Paul Stokell 75 30 Ret 0 8069 Allan Simonsen 33 29 Ret 0 80 Jan Magnussen 45 11 0 0 Jamie Miller 59 15 0 0 Ron Searle 59 15 0 0 Stephen Voight 99 16 0 0 Grant Elliott 89 23 0 0 Mal Rose 89 23 0 0 Brett Peters 99 26 0 0 Paul Romano 24 Ret Ret 0 0 David Krause 24 Ret Ret 0 0 Jose Fernandez 55 Ret 0 0 David Russell 55 Ret 0 0 Peter Doulman 69 Ret 0 0 Robert Jones 69 Ret 0 0 Jonny Reid 72 Ret 0 0Pos Driver No ADE PHI EAS1 WIN BAR HID QLD ORA SAN BAT SUR PUK EAS2 Pen Pts Colour ResultGold WinnerSilver Second placeBronze Third placeGreen Points finishBlue Non points finishNon classified finish NC Purple Retired Ret Red Did not qualify DNQ Did not pre qualify DNPQ Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Withdrew WD Race cancelled C Blank Did not practice DNP Did not arrive DNA Excluded EX Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lapSee also Edit2003 V8 Supercar seasonReferences Edit https www abc net au news 2003 06 02 skaife named owner of holden racing team 1864242 https www theage com au sport motorsport holden completes v8 racing team sale 20030606 gdvtwb htmlExternal links EditOfficial V8 Supercar site 2003 Racing Results Archive Archived 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Images from the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series Retrieved from www motorsport com on 27 September 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series amp oldid 1131783817, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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