2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series

The 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series was a motor racing series for V8 Supercars. The series, which was the seventh 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.

2003 V8 Supercar
Drivers' Champion:
Marcos Ambrose
Teams' Champion:
Stone Brothers Racing
Manufacturers' Championship:
Ford
Previous: 2002 Next: 2004
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.

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.

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

* = Drove in Sandown 500 only

** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

Results and Standings

Race 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 Format Winner Team Report
1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide,
Adelaide Street Circuit		 Adelaide, South Australia 18–22 Mar 2 races Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Report
2 Phillip Island Phillip Island, Victoria 11–13 Apr 1 race Craig Lowndes Ford Performance Racing
3 Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek, New South Wales 2–4 May 1 race Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing
4 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 23–25 May 1 race Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing
5 VB 300,
Barbagallo Raceway		 Perth, Western Australia 6–8 Jun 3 races Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing
6 Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 27–29 Jun 3 races Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing
7 BigPond 300,
Queensland Raceway		 Ipswich, Queensland 18–20 Jul 1 race Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing
8 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 15–17 Aug 1 race Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing
9 Betta Electrical Sandown 500,
Sandown International Raceway		 Melbourne, Victoria 11–13 Sep 1 race Mark Skaife
Todd Kelly		 Holden Racing Team Report
10 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000,
Mount Panorama Circuit		 Bathurst, New South Wales 9–12 Oct 1 race Greg Murphy
Rick Kelly		 K-mart Racing Team Report
11 Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge,
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit		 Surfers Paradise, Queensland 23–26 Oct 2 races Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing
12 Placemakers V8 International,
Pukekohe Park Raceway		 Pukekohe, New Zealand 7–9 Nov 3 races Greg Murphy K-mart Racing Team Report
13 VIP Petfoods Main Event,
Eastern Creek Raceway		 Eastern Creek, New South Wales 28–30 Nov 2 races Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing

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
 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 2085
2 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 1983
3 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 1817
4 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 1770
5 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 1756
6 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 1709
7 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 1701
8 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 1675
9 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 1628
10 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 1618
11 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 1478
12 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 1470
13 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 1450
14 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 1341
15 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 1266
16 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 1229
17 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 1214
18 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 1191
19 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 1164
20 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 1127
21 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 1059
22 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 1059
23 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 1047
24 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 1001
25 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 0 949
26 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 0 909
27 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 0 906
28 Mark Noske 23/9 Ret 13 30 27 18 17 19 19 19 25 29 21 14 25 Ret Ret 25 Ret DNS DNS 17 13 0 905
29 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 0 887
30 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 0 856
31 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 0 678
32 Greg Ritter 00/16 22 13 14 28 20 29 26 20 22 Ret 0 537
33 David Thexton 99 DNQ DNQ DNQ 29 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 23 DNQ 26 16 DNQ DNQ 26 27 26 DNQ DNQ 0 348
34 Rodney Forbes 7 25 21 27 25 DSQ 23 25 28 21 28 26 0 238
35 Luke Youlden 31 2 3 0 188
36 Larry Perkins 11 6 4 0 180
37 Tony Longhurst 2 10 5 0 176
37 Jim Richards 2 10 5 0 176
39 Rickard Rydell 65 7 7 0 168
40 Owen Kelly 19 8 Ret 0 164
41 John Cleland 888 20 9 0 160
41 Andrew Jones 888 20 9 0 160
43 Wayne Wakefield 24/45 DNQ 21 DNQ DNQ 28 DNQ 0 156
44 Nicolas Minassian 45 28 11 0 152
44 Mark Winterbottom 9 11 Ret 0 152
46 David Brabham 18 19 12 0 148
47 Cameron McLean 15 12 Ret 0 148
47 Andy Priaulx 15 12 Ret 0 148
49 Warren Luff 17 15 13 0 144
49 John Faulkner 29 13 Ret 0 144
51 Matthew White 66 14 Ret 0 140
51 Tomas Mezera 8 Ret 14 0 140
53 Darren Hossack 5 17 Ret 0 128
53 Adam Macrow 5 17 Ret 0 128
53 Mark Porter 021 Ret 17 0 128
56 Grant Johnson 20 23 18 0 124
56 Kerry Wade 20 23 18 0 124
56 Nathan Pretty 33 18 Ret 0 124
59 Tim Leahey 3 Ret 20 0 116
60 Steve Owen 13 21 21 0 112
60 Phillip Scifleet 13 21 21 0 112
62 Marcus Marshall 16 22 Ret 0 108
63 Dale Brede 46 24 Ret 0 100
63 Tony Ricciardello 46 24 Ret 0 100
65 Neal Bates 23 25 Ret 0 100
65 Rick Bates 23 25 Ret 0 100
67 Alan Gurr 24/72 27 Ret 0 88
67 Andy McElrea 24 27 DNQ 0 88
69 Paul Stokell 75 30 Ret 0 80
69 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 0
Pos. Driver No. ADE
 PHI
 EAS1
 WIN
 BAR
 HID
 QLD
 ORA
 SAN
 BAT
 SUR
 PUK
 EAS2
 Pen. Pts.
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

See also

2003 V8 Supercar season

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