2003 Clipsal 500

The 2003 Clipsal 500 was the fifth running of the Adelaide 500 race. Racing was held from Friday 21 March until Sunday 23 March 2003. The race was held for V8 Supercars and was the opening round of the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Format

The format, unique to V8 Supercars and loosely similar to the Pukekohe 500 format, split the total distance of 500 kilometres into two separate 250 kilometre races each held on a different day. Points were assigned separately to the races, with more points allocated for Race 2 over Race 1, and they combined to award a round result.

Official results

Top ten shootout

Results sourced from:^[1]

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	50	Paul Weel Racing	Jason Bright	Holden VX Commodore	1:23.3729
2	1	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife	Holden VY Commodore	1:23.4608
3	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	1:23.7897
4	51	K-Mart Racing Team	Greg Murphy	Holden VX Commodore	1:24.0266
5	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Steven Richards	Holden VX Commodore	1:24.1633
6	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Steven Johnson	Ford BA Falcon	1:24.2497
7	888	Brad Jones Racing	John Bowe	Ford BA Falcon	1:24.3838
8	2	Holden Racing Team	Todd Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	1:24.7252
9	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Russell Ingall	Ford BA Falcon	1:25.0673
10	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garth Tander	Holden VY Commodore	1:26.6227

Leg 1

Results sourced from:^[2]

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	78	3	3
2	1	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife	Holden VY Commodore	78	2	2
3	50	Paul Weel Racing	Jason Bright	Holden VX Commodore	78	1	1
4	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Steven Richards	Holden VY Commodore	78	4	5
5	2	Holden Racing Team	Todd Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	78	8	8
6	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Steven Johnson	Ford BA Falcon	78	5	6
7	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Russell Ingall	Ford BA Falcon	78	10	9
8	3	Lansvale Racing Team	Cameron McConville	Holden VX Commodore	78	11
9	15	K-Mart Racing Team	Rick Kelly	Holden VX Commodore	78	12
10	51	K-Mart Racing Team	Greg Murphy	Holden VX Commodore	78	7	4
11	8	Castrol Perkins Racing	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VX Commodore	78	15
12	65	Briggs Motor Sport	Paul Radisich	Ford BA Falcon	78	31
13	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garth Tander	Holden VY Commodore	78	9	10
14	16	Paul Weel Racing	Paul Weel	Holden VX Commodore	78	24
15	20	Larkham Motor Sport	Jason Bargwanna	Ford AU Falcon	78	26
16	44	Team Dynamik	Simon Wills	Holden VY Commodore	78	16
17	33	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Jamie Whincup	Holden VX Commodore	78	21
18	5	Ford Performance Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford AU Falcon	78	13
19	75	Paul Little Racing	Anthony Tratt	Ford AU Falcon	78	22
20	66	Briggs Motor Sport	Dean Canto	Ford BA Falcon	77	14
21	021	Team Kiwi Racing	Craig Baird	Holden VX Commodore	77	25
22	00	Gibson Motor Sport	Greg Ritter	Ford BA Falcon	77	29
23	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Mark Larkham	Ford AU Falcon	77	28
24	21	Brad Jones Racing	Brad Jones	Ford BA Falcon	76	20
25	7	Gibson Motor Sport	Rodney Forbes	Ford AU Falcon	74	30
26	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Max Wilson	Ford BA Falcon	74	34 (DNP)
27	29	Paul Morris Motorsport	Paul Morris	Holden VY Commodore	73	17
28	45	Team Dynamik	Jason Richards	Holden VY Commodore	73	35 (DNP)
29	31	Supercheap Auto Racing	Steve Ellery	Ford BA Falcon	59	23
DNF	23	ICS Team Ford	Mark Noske	Ford AU Falcon	52	19
DNF	19	Ford Performance Racing	David Besnard	Ford AU Falcon	49	27
DNF	888	Brad Jones Racing	John Bowe	Ford BA Falcon	48	6	7
DNF	24	Romano Racing	Paul Romano	Holden VX Commodore	45	32
DNF	6	Ford Performance Racing	Craig Lowndes	Ford BA Falcon	35	18
DNQ	99	Thexton Motor Racing	David Thexton	Ford AU Falcon		33 (DNQ)

Leg 2

Results sourced from:^[3]

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos	Leg 1
1	1	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife	Holden VY Commodore	78	2	2	2
2	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Steven Richards	Holden VY Commodore	78	4	5	4
3	16	Paul Weel Racing	Paul Weel	Holden VX Commodore	78	24		14
4	65	Briggs Motor Sport	Paul Radisich	Ford BA Falcon	78	31		12
5	2	Holden Racing Team	Todd Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	78	8	8	5
6	50	Paul Weel Racing	Jason Bright	Holden VX Commodore	78	1	1	3
7	6	Ford Performance Racing	Craig Lowndes	Ford BA Falcon	78	18		34
8	8	Castrol Perkins Racing	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VX Commodore	78	15		11
9	44	Team Dynamik	Simon Wills	Holden VY Commodore	78	16		16
10	5	Ford Performance Racing	Glenn Seton	Ford AU Falcon	78	13		18
11	51	K-Mart Racing Team	Greg Murphy	Holden VX Commodore	78	7	4	10
12	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Russell Ingall	Ford BA Falcon	78	10	9	7
13	00	Gibson Motor Sport	Greg Ritter	Ford AU Falcon	78	29		22
14	021	Team Kiwi Racing	Craig Baird	Holden VX Commodore	78	25		21
15	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garth Tander	Holden VY Commodore	78	9	10	13
16	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Mark Larkham	Ford AU Falcon	78	28		23
17	23	ICS Team Ford	Mark Noske	Ford AU Falcon	78	19		30
18	21	Brad Jones Racing	Brad Jones	Ford BA Falcon	78	20		24
19	20	Larkham Motor Sport	Jason Bargwanna	Ford AU Falcon	78	26		15
20	29	Paul Morris Motorsport	Paul Morris	Holden VY Commodore	77	17		27
21	7	Gibson Motor Sport	Rodney Forbes	Ford AU Falcon	77	30		25
22	33	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Jamie Whincup	Holden VX Commodore	76	21		17
23	888	Brad Jones Racing	John Bowe	Ford BA Falcon	65	6	7	32
24	15	K-Mart Racing Team	Rick Kelly	Holden VX Commodore	62	12		9
DNF	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Steven Johnson	Ford BA Falcon	75	5	6	6
DNF	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	73	3	3	1
DNF	19	Ford Performance Racing	David Besnard	Ford AU Falcon	71	27		31
DNF	66	Briggs Motor Sport	Dean Canto	Ford BA Falcon	66	14		20
DNF	3	Lansvale Racing Team	Cameron McConville	Holden VX Commodore	54	11		8
DNF	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Max Wilson	Ford BA Falcon	50	34 (DNP)		26
DNF	24	Romano Racing	Paul Romano	Holden VX Commodore	15	32		33
DNF	75	Paul Little Racing	Anthony Tratt	Ford AU Falcon	1	22		19
DNF	45	Team Dynamik	Jason Richards	Holden VY Commodore	1	35 (DNP)		28
DSQ	31	Supercheap Auto Racing	Steve Ellery	Ford BA Falcon		23		29
DNQ	99	Thexton Motor Racing	David Thexton	Ford AU Falcon		33 (DNQ)

Round results

Pos	No	Driver	Leg 1 Points	Leg 2 Points	Total Points
1	1	Mark Skaife	93	96	189
2	11	Steven Richards	87	93	180
3	50	Jason Bright	90	81	171
4	2	Todd Kelly	84	84	168
5	65	Paul Radisich	63	87	150
6	16	Paul Weel	57	90	147
7	8	Paul Dumbrell	66	75	141
8	9	Russell Ingall	78	63	141
9	51	Greg Murphy	69	66	135
10	44	Simon Wills	51	72	123
11	4	Marcos Ambrose	96	21	117
12	5	Glenn Seton	45	69	114
13	34	Garth Tander	60	54	114
14	17	Steven Johnson	81	24	105
15	15	Rick Kelly	72	27	99
16	20	Jason Bargwanna	54	42	96
17	00	Greg Ritter	33	60	93
18	021	Craig Baird	36	57	93
19	3	Cameron McConville	75	12	87
20	10	Mark Larkham	30	51	81
21	33	Jamie Whincup	48	33	81
22	6	Craig Lowndes		78	78
23	21	Brad Jones	27	45	72
24	7	Rodney Forbes	24	36	60
25	23	Mark Noske	9	48	57
26	29	Paul Morris	18	39	57
27	66	Dean Canto	39	15	54
28	75	Anthony Tratt	42		42
29	888	John Bowe	3	30	33
30	18	Max Wilson	21	9	30
31	19	David Besnard	6	18	24
32	45	Jason Richards	15		15
33	31	Steve Ellery	12		12
DNF	24	Paul Romano
DNQ	99	David Thexton

Statistics

• Provisional Position - #50 Jason Bright - 1:22.2745
• Pole Position - #50 Jason Bright - 1:23.3729
• Fastest Lap - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:23.2731 (new lap record)

External links

• Official race results
• Official V8 Supercar website

References