2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series
The 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing competition held for V8 Supercars. It was the fourth V8 Supercar Development Series. The series began on 23 February 2003 at Wakefield Park and finished on 31 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park after sixteen races at six rounds held across three different states.
2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series | |||
Previous: | 2002 | Next: | 2004 |
Series winner Mark Winterbottom won eight of the 16 races and four of the six rounds. The new points system placed an increased emphasis on finishing races and series runner up Matthew White scored just 58 points less than Winterbottom, despite taking only two race wins and six top three race finishes.
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series. This was the last season that the Holden VS Commodore and Ford EL Falcon was eligible.
Team | Car | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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Brad Jones Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 12 | 1–2, 4–6 | |
Imrie Motor Sport | Holden VX Commodore | 14 | 1–2 | |
4–6 | ||||
Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 22 | 1–3, 5–6 | |
Terry Wyhoon Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 25 | All | |
M3 Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore Holden VX Commodore |
26 | 1 | |
4–5 | ||||
Howard Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 27 | 4–5 | |
49 | All | |||
94 | All | |||
Matthew White Racing | Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon |
28 | All | |
Steven Ellery Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 30 | All | |
Clyde Lawrence Racing | Holden VS Commodore Holden VX Commodore |
35 | 1–3, 5–6 | |
South Pacific Motor Sport | Holden VS Commodore | 38 | 3 | |
Peters Motorsport | Ford AU Falcon | 40 | All | |
Stone Brothers Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 41 | All | |
Holden Young Lions | Holden VX Commodore | 46 | All | |
96 | 3–6 | |||
Craig Bastian | Ford AU Falcon | 47 | All | |
Fernández Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 55 | 1–4, 6 | |
Kevin Mundy Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 56 | All | |
Motorsport Engineering Services | Holden VT Commodore | 58 | 4–5 | |
Phoenix Motorsport | Holden VX Commodore | 59 | All | |
Independent Race Cars Australia | Holden VX Commodore | 64 | All | |
Shane Beikoff Racing | Holden VS Commodore Ford EL Falcon |
68 | 1–3, 5 | |
Spiess Heckler Racing | Holden VX Commodore | 69 | 2–6 | |
Dick Johnson Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 71 | 1–5 | |
6 | ||||
Robert Smith Racing | Holden VX Commodore | 72 | All | |
V8 Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 77 | 1, 3 | |
2 | ||||
4–5 | ||||
Graham Crawford | Ford EL Falcon | 87 | 1–2, 4 | |
Halliday Motor Sport | Ford AU Falcon | 88 | All | |
Sydney Star Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 89 | 4–6 | |
Holden VS Commodore | 98 | All | ||
Peter Best | Holden VS Commodore | 90 | 3–4 | |
Thexton Motor Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 100 | 4–6 | |
Chance of a Lifetime | Ford AU Falcon | 110 | All | |
A.N.T. Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 300 | 1–2, 4–5 | |
Nichols Motorsport | Ford EL Falcon | 666 | 1, 3–4 | |
Race calendar
Round | Date | Circuit | Location | Winning driver |
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1 | 22–23 February | Goulburn, New South Wales | ||
2 | 20–21 March | Adelaide, South Australia | ||
3 | 3–4 May | Sydney, New South Wales | ||
4 | 5–6 July | Phillip Island, Victoria | ||
5 | 2–3 August | Benalla, Victoria | ||
6 | 30–31 August | Mallala, South Australia | ||
Points system
The series consisted of six rounds across three different states. Rounds 1 and 3–6 consisted of three races. The second race of each weekend saw the finishing order of race 1 reversed to form the grid, a 'reverse grid' race. Round 2 consisted of a single race. Points were awarded for all cars who finished each race in finishing order. Points may have been offered beyond the 29th position but at no point during the series did more than 29 cars finish a race. Round 2's single race carried three times the points of a single race elsewhere in the series. The pointscore also saw the worst round result deducted, although the worst result had to be a round the competitor had entered.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th |
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Rounds 1 & 3–6 Points |
64 | 62 | 60 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 52 | 50 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
Round 2 Points |
192 | 186 | 180 | 174 | 168 | 162 | 156 | 150 | 144 | 138 | 132 | 126 | 120 | 114 | 108 | 102 | 96 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 72 | 66 | 60 | 54 | 48 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 24 |
Series standings
Points table referenced, in part, as follows:[1]
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