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2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series

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 Commodore
Holden 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 Commodore
Ford AU Falcon	28	AUS Matthew White	All
Steven Ellery Racing	Ford AU Falcon	30	AUS Luke Youlden	All
Clyde Lawrence Racing	Holden VS Commodore
Holden 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 Commodore
Ford 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
22–23 February	New South Wales Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	AUS Mark Winterbottom
20–21 March	South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	AUS Mark Winterbottom
3–4 May	New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	AUS Mark Winterbottom
5–6 July	Victoria Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	AUS Matthew White
2–3 August	Victoria Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	AUS Andrew Jones
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
Points	Round 2
Points
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
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:

Pos.	Driver	No.	WAK
New South Wales	ADE
South Australia	EAS
New South Wales	PHI
Victoria	WIN
Victoria	MAL
South Australia	Pen.	Points	1	922 (1084)	2	864 (1026)	3	780 (876)	4	718 (812)	5	688 (766)	6	680 (740)	7	680 (702)	8	658 (712)	9	626	10	612 (684)	11	604 (658)	12	542 (560)	13	536 (622)	14	510	15	496 (536)	16	470 (552)	17	440 (490)	18	434 (484)	19	432	20	370 (380)	21	338	22	322 (354)	23	310	24	278 (336)	25	264 (288)	26	238 (348)	27	234 (326)	28	182 (248)	29	160 (226)	30	130 (232)	31	114 (188)	32	114 (170)	33	56 (86)	34	52	35	48 (86)	36	42	–	0 (166)	–	0 (162)	–	0 (78)	–	0 (66)	–	0	–	0	Pos.	Driver	No.	WAK
New South Wales	ADE
South Australia	EAS
New South Wales	PHI
Victoria	WIN
Victoria	MAL
South Australia	Pen.	Points
AUS Mark Winterbottom	41	1	6	1	1	3	1	2	1	6	7	13	3	2	1	1	1	0
AUS Matthew White	28	4	8	6	4	6	7	1	6	3	1	2	9	4	2	8	2	0
NZL Mark Porter	64	8	12	4	3	13	2	Ret	4	9	9	24	2	Ret	4	7	3	0
AUS Brett Peters	40	14	1	7	8	8	Ret	11	7	11	3	11	22	8	9	12	7	0
AUS Luke Youlden	30	7	3	5	20	2	4	7	23	1	2	4	13	6	19	Ret	10	50
AUS Dale Brede	46	Ret	4	16	2	5	13	4	3	Ret	DNS	3	Ret	7	7	Ret	6	0
AUS Owen Kelly	72	2	9	2	11	1	15	3	26	2	Ret	25	1	3	Ret	DNS	DNS	0
AUS Peter Gazzard	88	Ret	13	8	5	7	9	5	21	5	6	6	12	Ret	6	Ret	DNS	0
AUS Craig Bastian	47	17	7	11	Ret	9	5	10	9	23	10	14	7	10	18	13	19	0
AUS Kevin Mundy	56	9	14	10	7	15	6	6	20	24	14	8	Ret	9	11	Ret	DNS	0
AUS Andrew Jones	12	6	2	9	24				2	4	Ret	1	5	1	3	Ret	4	0
AUS David Russell	110	Ret	DNS	DNS	13	12	11	9	13	7	11	10	18	11	Ret	17	Ret	0
AUS Jamie Miller	59	19	19	17	16	14	12	14	16	18	13	19	15	22	15	11	11	0
AUS Terry Wyhoon	25	Ret	DNS	DNS	12	17	Ret	12	12	Ret	DNS	12	4	15	12	4	17	0
AUS José Fernández	55	10	10	DNS	9	16	3	8	14	10	17				Ret	DNS	13	0
AUS Todd Wanless	22	5	15	14	14	10	8	Ret				5	Ret	20	16	3	15	0
AUS Tony Ricciardello	71	3	5	3	21	4	10	Ret	Ret	17	18	Ret	8	Ret				0
AUS Robert Jones	69				15	Ret	17	13	8	Ret	DNS	18	11	14	10	9	9	0
AUS Mark Howard	94	11	17	15	Ret	Ret	16	16	18	19	16	22	14	16	17	Ret	16	0
AUS Grant Elliott	98	16	Ret	DNS	10	11	Ret	DNS	28	Ret	Ret	9	19	Ret	13	Ret	14	0
AUS Tony D'Alberto	96					Ret	14	15	10	21	8	Ret	DNS	DNS	14	5	8	0
AUS Tim Gordon	49	22	20	Ret	23	22	Ret	17	29	Ret	21	23	20	18	Ret	14	Ret	0
AUS Clyde Lawrence	35	13	16	19	17	20	Ret	DNS				Ret	DNS	DNS	20	16	20	0
AUS Tony Evangelou	300	21	11	13	18				24	13	Ret	20	16	23				0
AUS Shane Beikoff	68	18	21	12	19	21	18	18				21	Ret	DNS				0
AUS Steve Owen	14								27	8	5	Ret	6	5	8	10	Ret	0
AUS Adam Wallis	89								17	14	22	15	10	21	21	2	12	0
AUS David Thexton	100								19	16	15	17	23	17	Ret	15	18	0
AUS Graham Crawford	87	15	Ret	18	22				22	20	20							0
AUS Marcus Marshall	27								5	25	4	7	17	Ret				0
AUS Tim Rowse	77								15	15	12	16	Ret	13				0
AUS Peter Doulman	26								11	12	19	26	Ret	12				0
AUS Richard Mork	77	20	18	Ret		18	Ret	Ret										0
AUS Derek van Zelm	58								Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	21	19				0
AUS Peter Best	90					Ret	Ret	19	25	22	DNS							0
AUS Geoff Full	14	12	Ret	Ret	Ret													0
AUS Warren Luff	71														5	6	5	0
AUS Michael Simpson	77				6													0
AUS Mathew Hunt	38					19	19	Ret										0
AUS Bob McDonald	26	Ret	22	Ret														0
AUS Phillip Nichols	666	DNS	DNS	DNS		DNS	DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS	DNS							0
AUS Ron Searle	95	DNS	DNS	DNS														0

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20040302070854/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/v8data/2003/MNR_DP_PRG_FRM_MAIN.html ''2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series Points, www.v8supercars.com.au, via web.archive.org'']

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