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CARRERA CUP AUSTRALIA

2003 INAUGURAL SEASON

JIM RICHARDS WINS CHAMPIONSHIP

• He has won 6 rounds out of 8 so far (Phillip Island, Eastern Creek, Queensland, Sandown, Bathurst, Goldcoast)
• Marcus Marshall won the 3rd round (Winton)
• Tim Leahey won the 4th round (Hidden Valley)

FINAL ROUND: NOV 30, 2003 - EASTERN CREEK

FINAL STANDING
1 Richards, 1475 pts
2 Marshall, 1194
3 Fitzgerald, 1050
4 Leahey, 780
5 Bell, 666
6 Coleman 663
7 Pedersen 8 Webb 9 Quinn 10 Cook

NEW PORSCHE

2003 CALENDAR + RESULTS:

• 9 round championship; run as support category for V8 Supercar race; plus non championship race at Australian F1 GP and CART race in Queensland

• AUSTRALIAN F1 GP SUPPORT, MAR 6-9, 2003
  Race 1, 2, 3 - won by Alex Davidson

• R1 Apr 13 Phillip Island, Victoria - won by Richards
  OVERALL: 1 J Richards 2 Fitzgerald 3 Marshall

• R2 May 4 Eastern creek, Sydney - won by Richards
  RACE 1: 1 Jim Richards 2 Marshall 3 Fitzgerald 4 Leahey 5 Coleman 6 Bell
  RACE 2: 1 Jim Richards 2 Marshall 3 Leahey 4 Coleman 5 Fitzgerald 6 Bell
  RACE 3: 1 Jim Richards 2 Marshall 3 Leahey 4 Fitzgerald 5 Bell 6 Dutton

• R3 May 25 Winton, Victoria - won by Marshall
  RACE 2: 1 Marcus Marshall 2 Richards 3 Leahey 4 Coleman 5 Miededcke 6 Fitzgerald
  RACE 3: 1 Marcus Marshall 2 Leahey 3 Fitzgerald 4 Miededcke 5 Cook 6 Jane
  *** first race win for Marcus Marshall ***

• R4 Jun 29 Hidden valley, Darwin - won by Leahey
  RACE 1: 1 Jim Richards 2 Leahey 3 Marshall 4 Fitzgerald 5 Taplin 6 Pedersen
  RACE 2: 1 Jim Richards 2 Leahey 3 Fitzgerald 4 Bell 5 Pedersen 6 Morgan
  RACE 3: 1 Kevon Bell 2 Leahey 3 Marshall 4 Coelman 5 Richards 6 Pedersen
  *** first win for Kevin Bell ***

• R5 July 20 Queensland, Ipswich - won by Richards
  RACE 1: 1 Jim Richards 2 Marshall 3 Fitzgerald
  RACE 2: 1 Jim Richards 2 Marshall 3 Leahey
  RACE 2: 1 Jim Richards 2 Marshall 3 Leahey

• R6 Sep 9 Sandown, Melbourne - won by Richards
  RACE 1: 1 Peter Fitzgerald 2 Miedecke 3 Richards 4 Webb 5 Quinn
  RACE 2: 1 Jim Richards 2 Bell 3 Pedersen 4 Webb 5 Quinn
  RACE 2: 1 Jim Richards 2 Fitzgerald 3 Webb 4 Leahey 5 Marshall

• R7 Oct 12 Bathurst (Bathurst 1000 endurance)
  RACE 1: 1 Jim Richards 2 Bell 3 Marshall
  RACE 2: 1 Jim Richards 2 Marshall 3 Fitzgerald
  RACE 2: 1 Jim Richards 2 Marshall 3 Quinn

• R8 Oct 25-26 Gold Coast Queensland (Champ Car World Series, CART)
  RACE 1: 1 Jim Richards 2 O'Brien 3 Marshall
  RACE 2: 1 Jim Richards 2 Marshall 3 Fitzgerald
  RACE 3: 1 Jim Richards 2 Marshall 3 Quinn

• R9 Nov 30 Eastern Creek, NSW
  RACE 1: 1 Alex Davidson 2 Jim Richards 3 Coleman
  RACE 2: 1 Alex Davidson 2 Jim Richards 3 Coleman
  RACE 3: 1 Alex Davidson 2 Jim Richards 3 Fitzgerald

CARRERA CUP CAR: photo

• factory built in Germany, race Porsche 911 GT3
• car price approx $250,000 AUD; available from Porsche Australia
• 3.6L, 6 cylinder boxer engine
• 287KW power
• 6 piston caliper front brakes; 4 piston caliper rear brakes
• 18 inch BBS aluminium wheels; centre lock
• Michelin 24 / 64 - 18 tyres
• 89 litre fuel tank
• adjustable rear wing
• air jacks
• welded roll cage
• keft hand drive
• weight 1150 kg

DRIVERS: include

• Alex Davidson - Australian driver in international Porsche Supercup
• Jim Richards - 3 times Nations Cup champion; 6 times Bathurst winner
• Peter Fitzgerald - GT Production champion
• Geoff Morgan - Nation Cup runner-up
• Tim Leahey, Marcus Marshall, Matt Coleman, Kevin Bell, James Dutton