2003 Bathurst 24 Hour
The 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour was the second 24-hour race run at Bathurst. The race started at 2:00pm on 22 November 2003 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst and finished at 2:00pm on 23 November.
2003 Bathurst 24 Hour | |||
Previous: | 2002 | Next: | none |
The race was held for five classes of GT and production car classes and was intended as a showcase for the racing categories promoted by PROCAR, which included FIA N-GT, Grand-Am GT, Australian Nations Cup Groups 1 and 2, GT Performance and Production Cars.
Class structure
Class A
The leading class contained vehicles eligible for international FIA N-GT, American Grand-Am GT and the Australian Nations Cup Group 1 category. It featured BMW M3 GTR, Ferrari 360 N-GT, Mosler MT900R, Porsche 996 GT3-RS, Porsche 996 GT3-RC, Lamborghini Diablo GTR, and the "Nations Cup" version of the Holden Monaro, the 427C
Class B
Consisted of Nations Cup Group 2 cars: Ferrari 360 Modena, Porsche 996 GT3 Cup and international GTs of varying kinds, Morgan Aero 8, Porsche 996 GT3 S and a modified BMW M Coupe.
Class D
A production based class featuring cars from the Australian Performance Car Championship. The entry consisted of BMW M Coupe, BMW M3, Ford Falcon GT, HSV X Series GTS, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII, Nissan 200SX, Nissan 350Z and Subaru Impreza WRX.
Class E
A production based class featuring cars from the Australian Production Car Championship. The entry consisted of Alfa Romeo 156 GTA, Ford Falcon XR6T, Holden Commodore VY, Honda Integra, Honda S2000 and Toyota Celica SX.
Class F
A mixed bag of leftovers, it included Future Touring Ford Falcon, Holden VX Commodore & Holden VY Commodore, a Nürburgring VLN series BMW M3, a Supertouring BMW 320i, an old GT-Production BMW M3-R, New Zealand Schedule S touring car Toyota Altezza and Mitsubishi Mirage Cup one-make series cars.
Top 10 Qualifiers
The top 10 qualifiers for the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour were as follows:[1]
Pos | No | Team | Driver | Car | Qual |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pole | 427 | Holden Monaro 427C | 2:13.2856 | ||
2 | 05 | Holden Monaro 427C | 2:15.9739 | ||
3 | 420 | BMW M3 GTR | 2:17.6832 | ||
4 | 900 | Mosler MT900R | 2:18.1074 | ||
5 | 54 | Porsche 996 GT3 RC | 2:19.3319 | ||
6 | 20 | Lamborghini Diablo GTR | 2:19.5626 | ||
7 | 48 | Ferrari 360 N-GT | 2:21.1258 | ||
8 | 6 | Porsche 996 GT3 S Cup | 2:21.7062 | ||
9 | 7 | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 2:22.8980 | ||
10 | 8 | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 2:23.2392 | ||
Official results
Results as follows:[2]
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Laps | Qual Pos |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Engine | |||||||
1 | A | 05 | Holden Monaro 427C | 527 | 2 | ||
Chevrolet LS6 7.0L V8 | |||||||
2 | A | 427 | Holden Monaro 427C | 527 | 1 | ||
Chevrolet LS6 7.0L V8 | |||||||
3 | A | 54 | Porsche 996 GT3 RC | 515 | 5 | ||
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
4 | B | 6 | Porsche 996 GT3 S Cup | 514 | 8 | ||
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
5 | A | 900 | Mosler MT900R | 507 | 4 | ||
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 | |||||||
6 | B | 7 | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | 495 | 9 | ||
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
7 | A | 8 | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 491 | 10 | ||
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
8 | A | 20 | Lamborghini Diablo GTR | 487 | 6 | ||
Lamborghini 6.0L V12 | |||||||
9 | D | 71 | BMW M3 | 469 | 19 | ||
BMW M54 3.2L I6 | |||||||
10 | F | 59 | Holden VX Commodore | 460 | 18 | ||
Holden 5.0L V8 | |||||||
11 | D | 27 | BMW M Coupe | 459 | 28 | ||
BMW M54 3.2L I6 | |||||||
12 | F | 41 | Holden VY Commodore | 451 | 16 | ||
Holden 5.0L V8 | |||||||
13 | D | 60 | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 449 | 32 | ||
Subaru EJ 2.0L Turbo Flat-4 | |||||||
14 | D | 2 | Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII | 445 | 22 | ||
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
15 | D | 91 | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 439 | 26 | ||
Subaru EJ 2.0L Turbo Flat-4 | |||||||
16 | E | 13 | Toyota Celica SX | 436 | 43 | ||
Toyota 2ZZ-GE 1.8L I4 | |||||||
17 | D | 3 | FPV BA GT | 434 | 36 | ||
Ford Modular 5.4L V8 | |||||||
18 | F | 23 | BMW M3-R | 431 | 23 | ||
BMW M50 3.0L I6 | |||||||
19 | F | 18 | Ford Falcon EL XR8 | 427 | 33 | ||
Ford Windsor 5.0L V8 | |||||||
20 | E | 95 | Ford Falcon BA XR6T | 427 | 39 | ||
Ford Barra 4.0L Turbo I6 | |||||||
21 | E | 31 | Toyota Celica SX | 424 | 45 | ||
Toyota 2ZZ-GE 1.8L I4 | |||||||
22 | F | 37 | Mitsubishi Mirage | 421 | 38 | ||
Mitsubishi 1.5L I4 | |||||||
23 | B | 4 | BMW M Coupe | 419 | 17 | ||
BMW M54 3.2L I6 | |||||||
24 | F | 42 | Toyota Altezza | 411 | 30 | ||
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4 | |||||||
25 | B | 11 | Ferrari 360 Modena | 392 | 25 | ||
Ferrari 3.6L V8 | |||||||
26 | E | 62 | Holden Commodore VY SS | 382 | 35 | ||
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 | |||||||
27 | E | 45 | Honda Integra Type-R | 380 | 44 | ||
Honda B18C 1.8L I4 | |||||||
28 | D | 44 | HSV VX GTS 300 | 336 | 31 | ||
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 | |||||||
29 | D | 200 | Nissan 200SX Spec-R | 290 | 40 | ||
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
30 | A | 70 | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 280 | 11 | ||
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
31 | D | 17 | FPV BA GT | 232 | 29 | ||
Ford Modular 5.4L V8 | |||||||
32 | D | 222 | Nissan 200SX Spec-R | 125 | 34 | ||
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
33 | F | 301 | BMW 320i | 50 | 14 | ||
BMW S14 2.0L I4 | |||||||
DNF | A | 888 | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 474 | 13 | ||
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
DNF | E | 28 | Honda S2000 | 411 | 37 | ||
Honda F20C 2.0L I4 | |||||||
DNF | E | 156 | Alfa Romeo 156 GTA | 353 | 42 | ||
Alfa Romeo 3.2L V6 | |||||||
DNF | A | 24 | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | 325 | 12 | ||
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | |||||||
DNF | A | 48 | Ferrari 360 N-GT | 287 | 7 | ||
Ferrari 3.6L V8 | |||||||
DNF | D | 57 | Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII | 186 | 20 | ||
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
DNF | A | 420 | BMW M3 GTR | 131 | 3 | ||
BMW N62 5.0L V8 | |||||||
DNF | B | 66 | Morgan Aero 8 | 97 | 15 | ||
BMW M62 4.6L V8 | |||||||
DNF | D | 77 | Nissan 350Z | 65 | 27 | ||
Nissan VQ35DE 3.5L V6 | |||||||
DNF | D | 26 | BMW M Coupe | 62 | 21 | ||
BMW M54 3.2L I6 | |||||||
DNF | D | 75 | Nissan 200SX Spec-R | 42 | 41 | ||
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4 | |||||||
DNF | F | 40 | BMW M3 | 25 | 24 | ||
BMW M52 3.2L I6 | |||||||
References
- Back Holden Heroes Grab Pole Position For Bathurst 24-hr International Race
- Mount Panorama - Bathurst 23/11/2003 Bathurst 24hr 2003 Archived 31 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine National Software retrieved on 4 April 2008
Statistics
- Pole Position - #427 Garth Tander - 2:13.2856
- Fastest Lap - #427 Garth Tander - 2:14.4894 (lap 524)
- Average Speed - 136 km/h
External links
- Official race results
- Race photos from www.progalleries.com.au Retrieved 8/6/2008
- Race photos from www.pbase.com Retrieved 8/6/2008