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2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series

Motor racing competition

Marcos Ambrose Teams' Champion: Stone Brothers Racing Manufacturers' Championship: Ford Konica Series Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Australian V8 Ute Racing 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.

Calendar

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Clipsal 500 Adelaide,
Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	20–23 March
Phillip Island	Phillip Island, Victoria	11–13 April
Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	2–4 May
Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	23–25 May
VB 300,
Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	6–8 June
Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	27–29 June
BigPond 300,
Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	18–20 July
Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	15–17 August
Betta Electrical Sandown 500,
Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	12–14 September
Bob Jane T-Marts 1000,
Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	9–12 October
Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge,
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	23–26 October
Placemakers V8 International,
Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	7–9 November
VIP Petfoods Main Event,
Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	28–30 November

Teams and drivers

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.

Manufacturer	Vehicle	Team	No.	Drivers	Events
Falcon AU	Ford Performance Racing	5	Australia Glenn Seton	1–3
Rod Nash Racing (FPR)	19	Australia David Besnard	1–6
00 Motorsport	7	Australia Rodney Forbes	1–3
Larkham Motorsport	10	Australia Mark Larkham	1–8, 11–13
20	Australia Jason Bargwanna	1–7
AUS Grant Johnson	9–10	AUS Kerry Wade
Noske Motorsport	23	Australia Mark Noske	1–8, 11–13
Australia Neal Bates	9–10	Australia Rick Bates
Paul Little Racing	75	Australia Anthony Tratt	1–7
Thexton Motor Racing	99	New Zealand David Thexton	1–4, 6–13	Australia Brett Peters*
Australia Stephen Voight**
Falcon BA	Stone Brothers Racing	4	Australia Marcos Ambrose	All	AUS Russell Ingall
9	Australia Russell Ingall	1–8, 11–13
Australia Mark Noske	9–10	Australia Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing	5	Australia Glenn Seton	4–8, 11–13
Australia Darren Hossack	9–10	Australia Adam Macrow
6	Australia Craig Lowndes	All	Australia Glenn Seton
Rod Nash Racing (FPR)	7	Australia David Besnard	11–13
19	7–10	Australia Owen Kelly
00 Motorsport	7	Australia Rodney Forbes	4, 6	rowspan=3
00	5
Australia Greg Ritter	1–4, 6
Larkham Motorsport	10	Australia Mark Larkham	9–10	Australia Jason Bargwanna
20	Australia Jason Bargwanna	8, 11–13
Dick Johnson Racing	17	Australia Steven Johnson	All	Australia Warren Luff
18	Brazil Max Wilson	All	Australia David Brabham
Brad Jones Racing	21	Australia Brad Jones	All	Australia John Bowe
888	Australia John Bowe	1–8, 11–13
GBR John Cleland	9–10	Australia Andrew Jones
Steven Ellery Racing	31	Australia Steven Ellery	All	Australia Luke Youlden
Briggs Motorsport 8
Triple Eight Race Engineering 5	65	New Zealand Paul Radisich	All	Sweden Rickard Rydell
66	Australia Dean Canto	All	Australia Matthew White
Paul Little Racing	75	Australia Anthony Tratt	8–13	Australia Paul Stokell
Commodore VX	Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia 4 (HRT)
John Kelly Racing 9 (HRT)	15	Australia Rick Kelly	1–8, 11–13
Australia Cameron McLean	9–10	UK Andy Priaulx
51	New Zealand Greg Murphy	1–7
Lansvale Smash Repairs	3	Australia Cameron McConville	All	Australia Tim Leahey
Perkins Engineering	8	Australia Paul Dumbrell	All	Australia Tomas Mezera
11	New Zealand Steven Richards	1–5
Paul Weel Racing	16	Australia Paul Weel	1–8, 11–13
Australia Marcus Marshall	9–10	Australia Greg Ritter
50	Australia Jason Bright	All	Australia Paul Weel
Team Kiwi Racing	021	New Zealand Craig Baird	All	New Zealand Mark Porter
Romano Racing	24	Australia Paul Romano	1
Paul Morris Motorsport	24	Australia Wayne Wakefield	3–4, 7–8, 10	New Zealand Andy McElrea
Australia Alan Gurr	9
Garry Rogers Motorsport	33	Australia Jamie Whincup	1–9, 11–12	Denmark Allan Simonsen
Australia Nathan Pretty	10
Commodore VY	Holden Racing Team	1	Australia Mark Skaife	All	AUS Todd Kelly
2	Australia Todd Kelly	1–8, 11–13
New Zealand Jim Richards	9–10	Australia Tony Longhurst
John Kelly Racing (HRT)	51	New Zealand Greg Murphy	8–13	AUS Rick Kelly
Perkins Engineering	11	New Zealand Steven Richards	6–13	Australia Larry Perkins
Paul Morris Motorsport	29	Australia Paul Morris	All	New Zealand John Faulkner
Garry Rogers Motorsport	33	Australia Jamie Whincup	13
34	Australia Garth Tander	All	Australia Nathan Pretty*
Australia Jamie Whincup**
Team Dynamik	44	New Zealand Simon Wills	All	NZL Jason Richards
45	NZL Jason Richards	1–8, 11–13
France Nicolas Minassian	9–10	Australia Wayne Wakefield*
Denmark Jan Magnussen**
Falcon AU	Fernández Racing	55	Australia José Fernández	10	Australia David Russell
Sydney Star Racing	89	Australia Mal Rose	10	Australia Grant Elliott**
Commodore VX	Robert Smith Racing	13	Australia Phillip Scifleet	9–10	Australia Steve Owen
72	Australia Alan Gurr	10	New Zealand Jonny Reid
Lansvale Smash Repairs	24	Australia David Krause	13
John Faulkner Racing	46	Australia Tony Ricciardello	9–10	Australia Dale Brede
Phoenix Motorsport	59	Australia Jamie Miller	10	Australia Ron Searle
Robert Jones Racing	69	Australia Robert Jones	10	Australia Peter Doulman

= Drove in Sandown 500 only

** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

Driver changes

Jason Bright left the Holden Racing Team to join Paul Weel Racing.
Todd Kelly left Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia to join the Holden Racing Team replacing Jason Bright.
Rick Kelly left Holden Young Lions to join Tom Walkinshaw Racing Australia replacing his brother Todd.
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 endurance rounds.
Mark Noske returned to the Supercars Championship joining ICS Team Ford. He later joined Mark Winterbottom for the endurance rounds. Neal Bates substituted for him at ICS Team Ford.
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 Rod Nash Racing and replaced Jason Richards at Team Kiwi Racing.

Team changes

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.

Results and standings

Results summary

Round	Race	Event	Pole position	Race winners
Adelaide	AUS Jason Bright	nowrap	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Mark Skaife
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)	[report](2003-clipsal-500)
	AUS Mark Skaife
Phillip Island	AUS Mark Skaife	AUS Craig Lowndes
(Ford Performance Racing, Ford)
Eastern Creek 1	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
Winton	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
Perth	NZL Greg Murphy	NZL Greg Murphy	AUS Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
	AUS Mark Skaife
AUS Marcos Ambrose
Darwin	AUS Mark Skaife	AUS Mark Skaife	AUS Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
	AUS Marcos Ambrose
AUS Marcos Ambrose
Ipswich	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Russell Ingall
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
Oran Park	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
Sandown	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Mark Skaife
AUS Todd Kelly
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)	[report](2003-sandown-500)
Bathurst	NZL Greg Murphy	NZL Greg Murphy
AUS Rick Kelly
(John Kelly Racing, Holden)	[report](2003-bathurst-1000)
Gold Coast	AUS Todd Kelly	nowrap	AUS Russell Ingall	AUS Russell Ingall
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
	AUS Russell Ingall
Pukekohe	NZL Greg Murphy	NZL Greg Murphy	NZL Greg Murphy
(John Kelly Racing, Holden)	[report](2003-placemakers-v8-international)
	NZL Greg Murphy
AUS Mark Skaife
Eastern Creek 2	AUS Mark Skaife	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
	AUS Marcos Ambrose

Drivers championship

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
South Australia	PHI
Victoria	EAS1
New South Wales	WIN
Victoria	BAR
Western Australia	HID
Northern Territory	QLD
Queensland	ORA
New South Wales	SAN
Victoria	BAT
New South Wales	SUR
Queensland	PUK
NZL	EAS2
New South Wales	Pen.	Pts.	1	2085	2	1983	3	1817	4	1770	5	1756	6	1709	7	1701	8	1675	9	1628	10	1618	11	1478	12	1470	13	1450	14	1341	15	1266	16	1229	17	1214	18	1191	19	1164	20	1127	21	1059	22	1059	23	1047	24	1001	25	949	26	909	27	906	28	905	29	887	30	856	31	678	32	537	33	348	34	238	35	188	36	180	37	176	37	176	39	168	40	164	41	160	41	160	43	156	44	152	44	152	46	148	47	148	47	148	49	144	49	144	51	140	51	140	53	128	53	128	53	128	56	124	56	124	56	124	59	116	60	112	60	112	62	108	63	100	63	100	65	100	65	100	67	88	67	88	69	80	69	80	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pos.	Driver	No.	ADE
South Australia	PHI
Victoria	EAS1
New South Wales	WIN
Victoria	BAR
Western Australia	HID
Northern Territory	QLD
Queensland	ORA
New South Wales	SAN
Victoria	BAT
New South Wales	SUR
Queensland	PUK
NZL	EAS2
New South Wales	Pen.	Pts.
AUS 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
NZL 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
NZL 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
NZL 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
BRA 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
NZL 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
NZL 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
AUS 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
NZL 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
AUS 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
AUS Greg Ritter	00/16	22	13	14	28	20				29	26	20			22	Ret								0
NZL David Thexton	99	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	29	DNQ				DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	23	DNQ	26	16	DNQ	DNQ	26	27	26	DNQ	DNQ	0
AUS Rodney Forbes	7	25	21	27	25	DSQ	23	25	28	21	28	26												0
AUS Luke Youlden	31														2	3								0
AUS Larry Perkins	11														6	4								0
AUS Tony Longhurst	2														10	5								0
NZL Jim Richards	2														10	5								0
SWE Rickard Rydell	65														7	7								0
AUS Owen Kelly	19														8	Ret								0
GBR John Cleland	888														20	9								0
AUS Andrew Jones	888														20	9								0
AUS Wayne Wakefield	24/45				DNQ	21							DNQ	DNQ	28	DNQ								0
FRA Nicolas Minassian	45														28	11								0
AUS Mark Winterbottom	9														11	Ret								0
AUS David Brabham	18														19	12								0
AUS Cameron McLean	15														12	Ret								0
GBR Andy Priaulx	15														12	Ret								0
AUS Warren Luff	17														15	13								0
NZL John Faulkner	29														13	Ret								0
AUS Matthew White	66														14	Ret								0
AUS Tomas Mezera	8														Ret	14								0
AUS Darren Hossack	5														17	Ret								0
AUS Adam Macrow	5														17	Ret								0
NZL Mark Porter	021														Ret	17								0
AUS Grant Johnson	20														23	18								0
AUS Kerry Wade	20														23	18								0
AUS Nathan Pretty	33														18	Ret								0
AUS Tim Leahey	3														Ret	20								0
AUS Steve Owen	13														21	21								0
AUS Phillip Scifleet	13														21	21								0
AUS Marcus Marshall	16														22	Ret								0
AUS Dale Brede	46														24	Ret								0
AUS Tony Ricciardello	46														24	Ret								0
AUS Neal Bates	23														25	Ret								0
AUS Rick Bates	23														25	Ret								0
AUS Alan Gurr	24/72														27	Ret								0
NZL Andy McElrea	24														27	DNQ								0
AUS Paul Stokell	75														30	Ret								0
DNK Allan Simonsen	33														29	Ret								0
DNK Jan Magnussen	45															11								0
AUS Jamie Miller	59															15								0
AUS Ron Searle	59															15								0
AUS Stephen Voight	99															16								0
AUS Grant Elliott	89															23								0
AUS Mal Rose	89															23								0
AUS Brett Peters	99														26									0
AUS Paul Romano	24	Ret	Ret																					0
AUS David Krause	24																					Ret	Ret	0
AUS Jose Fernandez	55															Ret								0
AUS David Russell	55															Ret								0
AUS Peter Doulman	69															Ret								0
AUS Robert Jones	69															Ret								0
NZL Jonny Reid	72															Ret								0

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References

(2 June 2003). "Skaife named owner of Holden Racing Team". ABC News.
(6 June 2003). "Holden completes V8 racing team sale".

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