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2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500

Field	Value
flag	Victoria
title	2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500
round_no	9
season_no	13
year	2003
series	V8SC
track_map	Sandown (Australia) track map.svg
date	12–14 September
location	Melbourne, Victoria
circuit	Sandown International Raceway
weather	Rain
race1_laps	141
race1_dist	437
pole1	Marcos Ambrose
pole1_team	Stone Brothers Racing
pole1_time	1:11.8554
winner1	Mark Skaife
Todd Kelly
winner1_team	Holden Racing Team
winner1_time	3:26:50.4750
first_round	Mark Skaife
Todd Kelly
first_round_team	Holden Racing Team
first_pts	192
second_round	Steven Ellery
Luke Youlden
second_round_team	Steven Ellery Racing
second_pts	188
third_round	Greg Murphy
Rick Kelly
third_round_team	Kmart Racing Team
third_pts	184

Todd Kelly Todd Kelly Luke Youlden Rick Kelly

The 2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 was an endurance race for V8 Supercars. The event was staged at the Sandown International Raceway near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia on 14 September 2003 as Round 9 of the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The programmed race distance was 161 laps of the 3.1 km circuit (499 km) however the race was declared at 141 laps (437 km) due to the effects of the weather and a 19-minute delayed start due to a support category incident. It was the 36th Sandown 500 endurance race.

The race was won by Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly driving a Holden VY Commodore.

Top 10 Shootout

url=http://www.v8supercar.com.au/v8data/2003/evnt_149/raceresult.asp?ssn=2003&ind=M&rid=199&eid=149&ts=PS	title=Top 10 Shootout, www.v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org	access-date=2004-01-13	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040113000846/http://www.v8supercar.com.au/v8data/2003/evnt_149/raceresult.asp?ssn=2003&ind=M&rid=199&eid=149&ts=PS	archive-date=2004-01-13
4	AUS Marcos Ambrose	Pirtek Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.8554
1	AUS Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	1:12.2797
51	NZL Greg Murphy	K-Mart Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	1:12.3744
65	NZL Paul Radisich	Betta Electrical	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.6438
44	NZL Simon Wills	Team Dynamik	Holden VY Commodore	1:12.6448
17	AUS Steven Johnson	Shell Helix Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.6711
6	AUS Craig Lowndes	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.6823
21	AUS John Bowe	OzEmail Racing Team	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.9444
31	AUS Steven Ellery	Super Cheap Auto racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:20.6263
29	AUS Paul Morris	Sirromet - Life Style Wine	Holden VY Commodore	Excluded

Race results

url=http://www.v8supercar.com.au/v8data/2003/evnt_149/raceresult.asp?ssn=2003&ind=M&rid=274&eid=149&ts=PS	title=Race results, v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org	access-date=2003-10-02	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031002220105/http://www.v8supercar.com.au/v8data/2003/evnt_149/raceresult.asp?ssn=2003&ind=M&rid=274&eid=149&ts=PS	archive-date=2003-10-02	url-status=dead	df= }}	No.	url=http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/latestnews/newsdisplay.asp?gid=8237	title=Betta Electrical Sandown 500 The One That Got Away, V8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org	access-date=2003-10-08	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031008014758/http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/latestnews/newsdisplay.asp?gid=8237	archive-date=2003-10-08	url-status=dead	df= }}	Entrant	Car	Laps	Qual
Pos	Shootout
Pos	Series
Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
1	AUS Mark Skaife
AUS Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	141	2	2	192
31	AUS Steven Ellery
AUS Luke Youlden	Super Cheap Auto Racing	Ford BA Falcon	141	5	9	188
51	NZL Greg Murphy
AUS Rick Kelly	K-Mart Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	141	4	3	184
21	AUS John Bowe
AUS Brad Jones	OzEmail Racing Team	Ford BA Falcon	141	8	8	180
4	AUS Marcos Ambrose
AUS Russell Ingall	Pirtek Racing	Ford BA Falcon	140	3	1	176
11	NZL Steven Richards
AUS Larry Perkins	Castrol Perkins Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	140	21		172
65	NZL Paul Radisich
SWE Rickard Rydell	Betta Electrical	Ford BA Falcon	140	1	4	168
19	AUS David Besnard
AUS Owen Kelly	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	140	23		164
10	AUS Jason Bargwanna
AUS Mark Larkham	Orrcon Racing	Ford BA Falcon	140	17		160
2	NZL Jim Richards
AUS Tony Longhurst	Holden Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	140	26		156
9	AUS Mark Winterbottom
AUS Mark Noske	Caltex Havoline Race Team	Ford BA Falcon	140	14		152
15	GBR Andy Priaulx
AUS Cameron McLean	K-Mart Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	140	15		148
29	AUS Paul Morris
NZL John Faulkner	Sirromet - Life Style Wine	Holden VY Commodore	139	9	EXC	144
66	AUS Dean Canto
AUS Matthew White	Betta Electrical	Ford BA Falcon	139	18		140
17	AUS Steven Johnson
AUS Warren Luff	Shell Helix Racing	Ford BA Falcon	139	7	6	136
6	AUS Craig Lowndes
AUS Glenn Seton	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	139	10	7	132
5	AUS Darren Hossack
AUS Adam Macrow	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	139	22		128
34	AUS Garth Tander
AUS Nathan Pretty	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	138	11		124
18	BRA Max Wilson
AUS David Brabham	Shell Helix Racing	Ford BA Falcon	138	12		120
888	GBR John Cleland
AUS Andrew Jones	OzEmail Racing Team	Ford BA Falcon	138	19		116
13	AUS Steve Owen
AUS Phillip Scifleet	Robert Smith Racing	Holden VX Commodore	137	30		112
16	AUS Greg Ritter
AUS Marcus Marshall	Team Brock	Holden VX Commodore	137	20		108
20	AUS Grant Johnson
AUS Kerry Wade	Orrcon Racing	Ford AU Falcon	137	31		104
46	Australia Dale Brede
Australia Tony Ricciardello	Holden Yound Lions	Holden VX Commodore	136	33		100
23	AUS Rick Bates
AUS Neal Bates	INXS Team Ford	Ford AU Falcon	136	32		96
99	NZL David Thexton
AUS Brett Peters	Thexton Motor Racing	Ford AU Falcon	133	35		92
24	AUS Alan Gurr
AUS Andy McElrea	Romano Racing	Holden VX Commodore	133	34		88
45	FRA Nicolas Minassian
AUS Wayne Wakefield	Team Dynamik	Holden VY Commodore	132	27		84
33	AUS Jamie Whincup
DNK Allan Simonsen	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	130	28		80
75	AUS Anthony Tratt
AUS Paul Stokell	Toll Racing	Ford BA Falcon	128	29		76
50	AUS Jason Bright
AUS Paul Weel	Team Brock	Holden VX Commodore	117	13		72
44	NZL Simon Wills
NZL Jason Richards	Team Dynamik	Holden VY Commodore	139	6	5	68
8	AUS Paul Dumbrell
AUS Tomas Mezera	Castrol Perkins Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	113	24
021	NZL Craig Baird
NZL (Mark Porter) +	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden VX Commodore	54	16
3	AUS Cameron McConville
AUS (Tim Leahey) +	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Holden VX Commodore	13	25

Mark Porter did not drive car 021 during the race and Tim Leahey did not drive car 3 during the race.

Statistics

Provisional Pole Position - #65 Paul Radisich - 1:11.0674
Pole Position - #4 Marcos Ambrose - 1:11.8554
Fastest Lap - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:12.0236
Race Average Speed - 127 km/h

References

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