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]

PosNoTeamDriverCarQual
Pole 427 Garry Rogers Motorsport Garth Tander Holden Monaro 427C 2:13.2856
2 05 Garry Rogers Motorsport Greg Murphy Holden Monaro 427C 2:15.9739
3 420 Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia John Bowe BMW M3 GTR 2:17.6832
4 900 Rollcentre Racing Martin Short Mosler MT900R 2:18.1074
5 54 John Teulan Paul Morris Porsche 996 GT3 RC 2:19.3319
6 20 Mark Coffey Racing Paul Stokell Lamborghini Diablo GTR 2:19.5626
7 48 BE Racing David Brabham Ferrari 360 N-GT 2:21.1258
8 6 Jürgen Alzen Motorsport Jürgen Alzen Porsche 996 GT3 S Cup 2:21.7062
9 7 VIP Petfoods Racing Marcus Marshall Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 2:22.8980
10 8 Cirtek Motorsport Peter Floyd 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 Garry Rogers Motorsport Peter Brock
Greg Murphy
Jason Bright
Todd Kelly
Holden Monaro 427C 527 2
Chevrolet LS6 7.0L V8
2 A 427 Garry Rogers Motorsport Nathan Pretty
Garth Tander
Steven Richards
Cameron McConville
Holden Monaro 427C 527 1
Chevrolet LS6 7.0L V8
3 A 54 John Teulan Peter Fitzgerald
Paul Morris
John Teulan
Scott Shearman
Porsche 996 GT3 RC 515 5
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
4 B 6 Jürgen Alzen Motorsport Jürgen Alzen
Uwe Alzen
Michael Bartels
Arno Klasen
Porsche 996 GT3 S Cup 514 8
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
5 A 900 Rollcentre Racing Martin Short
Patrick Pearce
Charles Lamb
Heather Spurle
Mosler MT900R 507 4
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
6 B 7 VIP Petfoods Racing Tony Quinn
Marcus Marshall
Klark Quinn
Grant Denyer
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 495 9
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
7 A 8 Cirtek Motorsport Peter Floyd
Ian Donaldson
Andrew Donaldson
Liz Halliday
Porsche 996 GT3-RS 491 10
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
8 A 20 Mark Coffey Racing Paul Stokell
Allan Simonsen
Luke Youlden
Peter Hackett
Lamborghini Diablo GTR 487 6
Lamborghini 6.0L V12
9 D 71 Peter Boylan Peter Boylan
Geoff Morgan
Rick Bates
Peter Hansen
BMW M3 469 19
BMW M54 3.2L I6
10 F 59 Steve Williams Steve Williams
Graham Moore
Terry Bosnjak
Holden VX Commodore 460 18
Holden 5.0L V8
11 D 27 Novacastrian Motorsport Wayne Russell
Steve Cramp
Mark King
Paul Stubber
BMW M Coupe 459 28
BMW M54 3.2L I6
12 F 41 Geoffrey Parker Geoff Parker
Jeff Watters
David Sala
Peter Gazzard
Holden VY Commodore 451 16
Holden 5.0L V8
13 D 60 Protecnica Racing Wayne Boatwright
Rod Salmon
Glen Hastings
Neil Caswell
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 449 32
Subaru EJ 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
14 D 2 Garry Holt Garry Holt
Gary Young
Michael Brock
Kevin Mundy
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII 445 22
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
15 D 91 Peters Racing Gary Deane
Robert Rubis
Dean Wanless
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 439 26
Subaru EJ 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
16 E 13 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne
John Roecken
Trevor Keene
Steve Grocl
Toyota Celica SX 436 43
Toyota 2ZZ-GE 1.8L I4
17 D 3 Bendigo Motorsports Craig Dean
Chris Smith
Bill Pye
FPV BA GT 434 36
Ford Modular 5.4L V8
18 F 23 Bruce Lynton Bruce Lynton
Beric Lynton
Jamie Cartwright
Matthew Jackson
BMW M3-R 431 23
BMW M50 3.0L I6
19 F 18 Amin Chahda Amin Chahda
Andrew Gillespie
Brett McFarland
Ford Falcon EL XR8 427 33
Ford Windsor 5.0L V8
20 E 95 John McIlroy John McIlroy
Ken Douglas
Chris Stillwell
Phil Kirkham
Ford Falcon BA XR6T 427 39
Ford Barra 4.0L Turbo I6
21 E 31 Osborne Motorsport Stephen Borness
Ash Samadi
David Ratcliff
Andrew Bretherton
Toyota Celica SX 424 45
Toyota 2ZZ-GE 1.8L I4
22 F 37 Donut King Racing Peter Leemhuis
Shane Brangwin
Tony Alford
John Grounds
Mitsubishi Mirage 421 38
Mitsubishi 1.5L I4
23 B 4 Sterling Motorsport VJ Angelo
Ric Shaw
Mark Williamson
Scott O’Donnell
BMW M Coupe 419 17
BMW M54 3.2L I6
24 F 42 Barrie Thomlinson Motorsport Barrie Thomlinson
Barrie Thomlinson Jr.
Andrew Neale
Mike Eady
Toyota Altezza 411 30
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
25 B 11 Motorsport Innovations Richard Wilson
Theo Koundouris
Paul Jenkins
Ian Palmer
Ferrari 360 Modena 392 25
Ferrari 3.6L V8
26 E 62 Scott Loadsman Scott Loadsman
David Russell
Ian Luff
Warren Luff
Holden Commodore VY SS 382 35
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
27 E 45 Allan Shephard Allan Shephard
Martin Bailey
Greg Doyle
Honda Integra Type-R 380 44
Honda B18C 1.8L I4
28 D 44 MGC Racing Mark Cohen
Fabian Coulthard
Geoff Emery
Tony Blanche
HSV VX GTS 300 336 31
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
29 D 200 Haysom Motorsport Greg Haysom
Rodney Woods
Michael Robinson
Graham Hunt
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 290 40
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
30 A 70 Graham Nash Motorsport Mike Newton
Thomas Erdos
Manfred Jurasz
Rod Wilson
Porsche 996 GT3-RS 280 11
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
31 D 17 Trevor Haines Trevor Haines
John Falk
James Phillip
Trevor Sheumack
FPV BA GT 232 29
Ford Modular 5.4L V8
32 D 222 Haysom Motorsport Hugh Harrison
Richard Catchlove
Mike Kirkpatrick
Damian Johnson
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 125 34
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
33 F 301 SAE Racing Alan Gurr
Luke Searle
Alex Yoong
Geoff Full
BMW 320i 50 14
BMW S14 2.0L I4
DNF A 888 Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia Des Wall
Will Power
Paul Freestone
James Koundouris
Porsche 996 GT3-RS 474 13
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
DNF E 28 Ross Palmer Motorsport Anton Mechtler
Charlie Kovacs
James Brock
Mark Brame
Honda S2000 411 37
Honda F20C 2.0L I4
DNF E 156 GTA Motorsport Andrew Leithhead
Peter Doulman
Keith Downie
Keen Booker
Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 353 42
Alfa Romeo 3.2L V6
DNF A 24 Cirtek Motorsport Tim Harvey
Jonathan Rowland
Hermann Tilke
Melinda Price
Porsche 996 GT3-RS 325 12
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
DNF A 48 BE Racing David Brabham
Klaus Engelhorn
Andrea Montermini
Philipp Peter
Ferrari 360 N-GT 287 7
Ferrari 3.6L V8
DNF D 57 Graham Alexander Graham Alexander
John Woodberry
Brett Youlden
Bob Hughes
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII 186 20
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF A 420 Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia John Bowe
Neil Crompton
Greg Crick
Maher Algadrie
BMW M3 GTR 131 3
BMW N62 5.0L V8
DNF B 66 Adam Sharpe Motorsport Neil Cunningham
Adam Sharpe
Keith Ahlers
Tom Shrimpton
Morgan Aero 8 97 15
BMW M62 4.6L V8
DNF D 77 Nathan Pilkington Nathan Pilkington
Dennis Cribbin
Roland Hill
Ryan Hooker
Nissan 350Z 65 27
Nissan VQ35DE 3.5L V6
DNF D 26 Novacastrian Motorsport Mark Westbrook
Wayne Moore
Ian Mitchell
Clayton Pyne
BMW M Coupe 62 21
BMW M54 3.2L I6
DNF D 75 Aaron McGill Aaron McGill
David Auger
Ross Halliday
Martin Miller
Nissan 200SX Spec-R 42 41
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
DNF F 40 Duller Motorsport Frank Mountain
Robert Brooks
Robert Wilson
Daniel Gooding
BMW M3 25 24
BMW M52 3.2L I6
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References

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #427 Garth Tander - 2:13.2856
  • Fastest Lap - #427 Garth Tander - 2:14.4894 (lap 524)
  • Average Speed - 136 km/h
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