Flag: | South Australia |
2003 Clipsal 500 | |
Round No: | 1 |
Season No: | 13 |
Year: | 2003 |
Series: | V8SC |
Track Map: | Adelaide (short route).svg |
Date: | 21–23 March |
Location: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Circuit: | Adelaide Street Circuit |
Weather: | Fine |
Race1 Laps: | 78 |
Race1 Dist: | 250 |
Pole1: | Jason Bright |
Pole1 Team: | Paul Weel Racing |
Pole1 Time: | 1:23.3729 |
Winner1: | Marcos Ambrose |
Winner1 Team: | Stone Brothers Racing |
Winner1 Time: | 1:55:06.9486 |
Race2 Laps: | 78 |
Race2 Dist: | 250 |
Winner2: | Mark Skaife |
Winner2 Team: | Holden Racing Team |
Winner2 Time: | 2:09:50.4167 |
First Round: | Mark Skaife |
First Round Team: | Holden Racing Team |
First Pts: | 189 |
Second Round: | Steven Richards |
Second Round Team: | Perkins Engineering |
Second Pts: | 180 |
Third Round: | Paul Weel |
Third Round Team: | Paul Weel Racing |
Third Pts: | 147 |
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.
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.
Results sourced from:[1]
Pos | No | Team | Driver | Car | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pole | 50 | Paul Weel Racing | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore (VX) | 1:23.3729 |
2 | 1 | Holden Racing Team | Mark Skaife | Holden Commodore (VY) | 1:23.4608 |
3 | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Marcos Ambrose | Ford Falcon (BA) | 1:23.7897 |
4 | 51 | K-Mart Racing Team | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore (VX) | 1:24.0266 |
5 | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Steven Richards | Holden Commodore (VX) | 1:24.1633 |
6 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon (BA) | 1:24.2497 |
7 | 888 | Brad Jones Racing | John Bowe | Ford Falcon (BA) | 1:24.3838 |
8 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore (VY) | 1:24.7252 |
9 | 9 | Stone Brothers Racing | Russell Ingall | Ford Falcon (BA) | 1:25.0673 |
10 | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore (VY) | 1:26.6227 |
Results sourced from:[2]
Results sourced from:[3]
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 | |||