2003 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000

2003 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000
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The 2003 Bob Jane T-Marts Bathurst 1000 was the seventh running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 47th race that traces its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island.

It was held on 12 October 2003 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst and was the tenth round of the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

The race was won by Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly driving a Kmart Racing Team run Holden VY Commodore. It was the fifth consecutive victory for Holden, a new record. It was Murphy's third victory in the race and Kelly became the youngest driver to win the race, eclipsing the previous record set by Craig Lowndes in 1996.

On Saturday Murphy also recorded the fastest lap in the circuits history to take pole position during the Top Ten Shootout. The time stood as the fastest ever in a V8 Supercar for 7 years until Craig Lowndes lapped barely a few hundredths faster in practice during the 2010 event, although neither are officially recognised as the lap record as only race laps contribute to lap records.

Top ten shootout

Pos No Team Driver Car Time
Pole 51 Kmart Racing Team New Zealand Greg Murphy Holden VY Commodore 2:06.8594
2 21 Brad Jones Racing Australia John Bowe Ford BA Falcon 2:07.9556
3 2 Holden Racing Team New Zealand Jim Richards Holden VY Commodore 2:08.1466
4 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Australia Garth Tander Holden VY Commodore 2:08.4127
5 4 Stone Brothers Racing Australia Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon 2:08.4442
6 6 Ford Performance Racing Australia Craig Lowndes Ford BA Falcon 2:08.4587
7 1 Holden Racing Team Australia Mark Skaife Holden VY Commodore 2:08.5696
8 17 Dick Johnson Racing Australia Steven Johnson Ford BA Falcon 2:08.6875
9 65 Team Betta Electrical New Zealand Paul Radisich Ford BA Falcon 2:09.0925
DNS 11 Castrol Perkins Racing New Zealand Steven Richards Holden VY Commodore

Official results

Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
Shootout
Pos
Series
Points
1 51 Kmart Racing Team New Zealand Greg Murphy
Australia Rick Kelly
Holden VY Commodore 161 1 1 192
2 6 Ford Performance Racing Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Glenn Seton
Ford BA Falcon 161 7 6 188
3 31 Supercheap Auto Racing Australia Steven Ellery
Australia Luke Youlden
Ford BA Falcon 161 11 184
4 11 Castrol Perkins Racing New Zealand Steven Richards
Australia Larry Perkins
Holden VY Commodore 161 6 DNS 180
5 2 Holden Racing Team New Zealand Jim Richards
Australia Tony Longhurst
Holden VY Commodore 161 8 3 176
6 4 Pirtek Racing Australia Marcos Ambrose
Australia Russell Ingall
Ford BA Falcon 161 4 5 172
7 65 Team Betta Electrical New Zealand Paul Radisich
Sweden Rickard Rydell
Ford BA Falcon 161 9 9 168
8 1 Holden Racing Team Australia Mark Skaife
Australia Todd Kelly
Holden VY Commodore 161 2 7 164
9 888 Ozmail Racing Team United Kingdom John Cleland
Australia Andrew Jones
Ford BA Falcon 160 19 160
10 21 Ozmail Racing Team Australia John Bowe
Australia Brad Jones
Ford BA Falcon 159 3 2 156
11 45 Team Dynamik France Nicolas Minassian
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Holden VY Commodore 158 27 152
12 18 Dick Johnson Racing Brazil Max Wilson
Australia David Brabham
Ford BA Falcon 158 14 148
13 17 Dick Johnson Racing Australia Steven Johnson
Australia Warren Luff
Ford BA Falcon 156 10 8 144
14 8 Castrol Perkins Racing Australia Paul Dumbrell
Australia Tomas Mezera
Holden VX Commodore 155 16 140
15 59 Phoenix Motorsport Australia Jamie Miller
Australia Ron Searle
Holden VX Commodore [1] 155 36 136
16 99 Thexton Motor Racing New Zealand David Thexton
Australia Stephen Voight
Ford AU Falcon 153 39 132
17 021 Team Kiwi Racing New Zealand Craig Baird
New Zealand Mark Porter
Holden VX Commodore 149 26 128
18 20 Larkham Motor Sport Australia Grant Johnson
Australia Kerry Wade
Ford AU Falcon 148 33 124
19 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Australia Garth Tander
Australia Jamie Whincup
Holden VY Commodore 146 5 4 120
20 3 Lansvale Racing Team Australia Cameron McConville
Australia Tim Leahey
Holden VX Commodore 144 28 116
21 13 Robert Smith Racing Australia Steve Owen
Australia Phillip Scifleet
Holden VX Commodore [2] 141 23 112
22 44 Team Dynamik New Zealand Simon Wills
New Zealand Jason Richards
Holden VY Commodore 139 20 108
23 89 Sydney Star Motorsport Australia Mal Rose
Australia Grant Elliott
Ford AU Falcon 126 37 104
DNF 16 Team Brock Australia Greg Ritter
Australia Marcus Marshall
Holden VX Commodore 159 12 100
DNF 66 Team Betta Electrical Australia Dean Canto
Australia Matthew White
Ford BA Falcon 147 17 96
DNF 10 Larkham Motor Sport Australia Jason Bargwanna
Australia Mark Larkham
Ford BA Falcon 118 21 92
DNF 19 Ford Performance Racing Australia David Besnard
Australia Owen Kelly
Ford BA Falcon 115 22 88
DNF 55 Fernández Racing Australia José Fernández
Australia David Russell
Ford AU Falcon 113 35 84
DNF 75 Toll Racing Australia Anthony Tratt
Australia Paul Stokell
Ford BA Falcon 106 30 80
DNF 9 Caltex Havoline Race Team Australia Mark Winterbottom
Australia Mark Noske
Ford BA Falcon 102 18 76
DNF 46 Holden Young Lions Australia Dale Brede
Australia Tony Ricciardello
Holden VX Commodore 72 34
DNF 5 Ford Performance Racing Australia Darren Hossack
Australia Adam Macrow
Ford BA Falcon 63 25
DNF 23 ICS Team Ford Australia Rick Bates
Australia Neal Bates
Ford AU Falcon 62 29
DNF 50 Team Brock Australia Jason Bright
Australia Paul Weel
Holden VX Commodore 44 15
DNF 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport Australia Nathan Pretty
Denmark Allan Simonsen
Holden VX Commodore 42 32
DNF 15 Kmart Racing United Kingdom Andy Priaulx
Australia Cameron McLean
Holden VX Commodore 33 24
DNF 69 Spiess Heckler Racing Australia Robert Jones
Australia Peter Doulman
Holden VX Commodore 32 38
DNF 29 Team Sirromet Wines Australia Paul Morris
New Zealand John Faulkner
Holden VY Commodore 5 13
DNF 72 Robert Smith Racing Australia Alan Gurr
New Zealand Jonny Reid
Holden VX Commodore 4 31
DNQ 24 Team Sirromet Wines Australia Wayne Wakefield
Australia Andy McElrea[3]
Holden VX Commodore[4] 0

Statistics

References

  1. The Great Race 2003, photograph on page 197
  2. The Great Race 2003, photograph on page 150
  3. Author: SpeedCafe © (8 January 2010). "Wayne Wakefield". Speedcafe. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. The Great Race 2003, photograph on page 78

External links

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