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.

2003 Clipsal 500
Event Information
Round 1 of 13 in the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date21–23 March 2003
LocationAdelaide, South Australia
VenueAdelaide Street Circuit
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 78 laps 250 km
Pole position Jason Bright
Paul Weel Racing		 1:23.3729
Winner Marcos Ambrose
Stone Brothers Racing		 1:55:06.9486
Race 2
Distance 78 laps 250 km
Winner Mark Skaife
Holden Racing Team		 2:09:50.4167
Round Results
First
189 pts
Second
180 pts
Third
147 pts

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 Perkins Engineering 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 Perkins Engineering 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 Perkins Engineering 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 Motorsport 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 Motorsport 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 Steven Ellery 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 Perkins Engineering 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 Perkins Engineering 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 Motorsport 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 Motorsport 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 Steven Ellery 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)

References
  1. "2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 1 Adelaide Parklands Circuit V8 Supercars - Top 10 Shootout". National Software. 21 March 2003. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  2. "2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 1 Adelaide Parklands Circuit V8 Supercars - Clipsal 500 Adelaide Leg 1". National Software. 22 March 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  3. "2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 1 Adelaide Parklands Circuit V8 Supercars - Clipsal 500 Adelaide Leg 2". National Software. 23 March 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
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