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CHAMPIONS:
2003
M AMBROSE
2002 M SKAIFE
2001 M SKAIFE
2000 M SKAIFE
1999 C LOWNDES
1998 C LOWNDES
1997 G SETON
ADJUSTED
POINTS STANDING in 2003
each
driver can drop 1 worst round result
2004
TEAM CHANGES:
Besnard
out of FPV
Larkham
retires
Winterbottom
joins Larkham team |
2003
V8 SUPERCAR SEASON:
- 13 round championship
(Mar 23 - Nov 30); No race in Canberra ACT
- Winton race moved
up from Round 8 to Round 4
- Ffinal round at
Eastern Creek instead of Sandown; new 400km race with shoot-out for
the entire field
- New 500km endurance
race at Sandown
2003
RACE RESULTS: (2003
calendar 2003
teams)
-
R13
of 13, EASTERN CREEK, Nov 30 -
won by Ambrose, Ford
*** AMBROSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIP ***
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R12
of 13, NEW ZEALAND,
Nov 9 -
won by Murphy, Holden
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R11
of 13, GOLDCOAST,
Oct 26 -
won by Ingall, Ford
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R10
of 13, BATHURST 1000,
Oct 12 ** endurance race **
-
won by Murphy / R Kelly, Holden
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R9
of 13, SANDOWN / MELBOURNE 500,
Sept 14 ** endurance race **
- won by
Skaife / T Kelly, Holden ENDURANCE
DRIVER PAIRINGS
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R8
of 13, ORAN PARK, NSW, Aug 17 -
won by Ambrose, Ford
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R7
of 13, QUEENSLAND, July 20 -
won by Ingall, Ford ** his first win with Ford **
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R6
of 13, HIDDEN VALLEY, June 29 -
won by Ambrose, Ford (R1 Skaife R2+3 Ambrose)
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R5
of 13, BARBAGELLO, June 8 - won
by Ambrose, Ford (R1 Murphy R2 Skaife R3 Ambrose)
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R4
of 13, WINTON, May 25 -
won by Ambrose, Ford
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R3
of 13, EASTERN CREEK, May 4
- won by Ambrose, Ford
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R2
of 13, PHILLIP ISLAND, April 13 -
won by Lowndes, Ford
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R1
of 13, ADELAIDE, Mar 22-23
- won by Skaife, Holden
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SUPPORT
RACE - Australian F1 GP, March 9 - won by Bright &
Ingall
NEW
HOLDEN TEAM OWNERSHIP
With the collapse
of TWR, Holden temporarily took over the ownership of Holden factory teams
(HRT, Team Brock, K Mart Racing). As manufacturers can't be team owners
under TEGA regulation, new ownership structure has been decided:
HRT - owned by Mark
Skaife - see below
K Mart Racing - owned by John Kelly (father of Todd and Rick)
Team Brock - owned by Kees Weel
SKAIFE
TAKES OVER HRT
(JUNE, 2003):
5 times Australian Touring Car champion will follow in the footsteps
of other champion owner drivers Dick Johnson and Larry Perkins. Skaife
will become the sole owner of the the team he drives for - HRT (Holden
Racing Team). He joined HRT in 1998 and went on to win 3 champions in
a row (2000, 2001, 2002). He has a 5 year contract to drive for the team
until end of 2006 season and a 10 year contract as team owner. The ownership
change has been forced by the collapse of the team owner Tom Walkingshaw
Racing UK (which also used to own the defunct Arrows Formula 1 team).
NEW
DRIVERS IN 2003: Drivers
who will make their full time V8 Supercar debut this year
- Jamie
Whincup (age 19) - winner Formula Ford 2002; joins Garry Rogers
- Paul Dumbrell -
winner Konica V8 Lites 2002; joins Team Perkins
- Mark Noske
CARS IN 2003:
- Ford
Falcon BA
- Holden
Commodore VY
- both
cars will use identical front suspension (double wishbone)
MAIN
DRIVER / TEAM CHANGES FROM 2002:
- Craig
Lowndes, Glen Seton and David Besnard
join the new Ford Performance Racing (FPR) team
- Larry
Perkins
retires from full time racing; he will continue to oversee his Perkins
Castrol team.
- Russell
Ingall
moves from Larry Perkins Holden team to Stone Brothers Ford team
- Team
Brock
joins Tom Walkinshaw Holden Racing Team stable; 2 new drivers - Jason
Bright and Paul Weel
- Todd
Kelly
moves from K Mart Holden to Holden Racing Team
- Jason
Bargwanna
moves from Holden to join Ford Mark Larkham team
- Neil
Crompton
leaves Ford 00 Motorsports
- Craig
Baird(NZ) moves
from Team Brock to Team Kiwi
- Max
Wilson moves from Briggs Motorsports to Dick Johnson Racing
- Team
Dynamik - a new NZ based team with 2 New Zealand drivers -
Jason Richards (from Team Kiwi) and Simon Wills.
The team will be run by Malcolm Ramsay and Kieran Wills (Simon's
father).
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2003
KONICA V8 Championship
FINAL STANDING
- 1 Mark
Winterbottom, 1084 points **** 2003 CHAMPION ****
- 2 Matthew White,
1026 points
- 3 Mark Porter,
876 points
- 4 Brett Peters
812
- 5 Luke Youlden
766
- 6 Dale Brede, 740
- 7 Peter Gazzard
712
- 8 Owen Kelly, 702
points
- 9 Kevin Mundy,
684
- 10 Andrew Jones
658
- Round 1
Wakefield Park, Goulburn NSW, Feb 23
WINNER: Mark Winterbottom, Ford
- Round 2
Adelaide, Mar 22
WINNER: Mark Winterbottom, Ford
- Round 3
Eastern Creek, May 4
WINNER: Mark Winterbottom, Ford
- Round 4
Phillip Island, VIC, July 6
- Round 5
Winton, Victoria, Aug 3
WINNER: Andrew Jones
- Round 6
Mallala, SA, Aug 31
- SUPPORT RACE -
Bathurst 1000, Oct 11
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