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.

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
Brad Jones Racing	Ford AU Falcon	12	Andrew Jones	1–2, 4–6
Imrie Motor Sport	Holden VX Commodore	14	Geoff Full	1–2
			Steve Owen	4–6
Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford AU Falcon	22	Todd Wanless	1–3, 5–6
Terry Wyhoon Racing	Ford AU Falcon	25	Terry Wyhoon	All
M3 Motorsport	Holden VT Commodore Holden VX Commodore	26	Bob McDonald	1
			Peter Doulman	4–5
Howard Racing	Ford AU Falcon	27	Marcus Marshall	4–5
		49	Tim Gordon	All
		94	Mark Howard	All
Matthew White Racing	Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon	28	Matthew White	All
Steven Ellery Racing	Ford AU Falcon	30	Luke Youlden	All
Clyde Lawrence Racing	Holden VS Commodore Holden VX Commodore	35	Clyde Lawrence	1–3, 5–6
South Pacific Motor Sport	Holden VS Commodore	38	Mathew Hunt	3
Peters Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	40	Brett Peters	All
Stone Brothers Racing	Ford AU Falcon	41	Mark Winterbottom	All
Holden Young Lions	Holden VX Commodore	46	Dale Brede	All
		96	Tony D'Alberto	3–6
Craig Bastian	Ford AU Falcon	47	Craig Bastian	All
Fernández Racing	Ford AU Falcon	55	José Fernández	1–4, 6
Kevin Mundy Racing	Ford AU Falcon	56	Kevin Mundy	All
Motorsport Engineering Services	Holden VT Commodore	58	Derek van Zelm	4–5
Phoenix Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	59	Jamie Miller	All
Independent Race Cars Australia	Holden VX Commodore	64	Mark Porter	All
Shane Beikoff Racing	Holden VS Commodore Ford EL Falcon	68	Shane Beikoff	1–3, 5
CarTrek Racing	Holden VX Commodore	69	Robert Jones	2–6
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon	71	Tony Ricciardello	1–5
			Warren Luff	6
Robert Smith Racing	Holden VX Commodore	72	Owen Kelly	All
V8 Racing	Holden VS Commodore	77	Richard Mork	1, 3
			Michael Simpson	2
			Tim Rowse	4–5
Graham Crawford	Ford EL Falcon	87	Graham Crawford	1–2, 4
Halliday Motor Sport	Ford AU Falcon	88	Peter Gazzard	All
Sydney Star Racing	Ford AU Falcon	89	Adam Wallis	4–6
	Holden VS Commodore	98	Grant Elliott	All
Peter Best	Holden VS Commodore	90	Peter Best	3–4
Phoenix Motorsport	Holden VS Commodore	95	Ron Searle	1
Thexton Motor Racing	Ford AU Falcon	100	David Thexton	4–6
Chance of a Lifetime	Ford AU Falcon	110	David Russell	All
A.N.T. Racing	Holden VS Commodore	300	Tony Evangelou	1–2, 4–5
Nichols Motorsport	Ford EL Falcon	666	Phillip Nichols	1, 3–4

Race calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Location	Winning driver
1	22–23 February	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	Mark Winterbottom
2	20–21 March	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	Mark Winterbottom
3	3–4 May	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Mark Winterbottom
4	5–6 July	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	Matthew White
5	2–3 August	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	Andrew Jones
6	30–31 August	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	Mark Winterbottom

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.

Series standings

Points table referenced, in part, as follows:^[1]

Pos. Driver No. WAK ADE EAS PHI WIN MAL Pen. Points 1 Mark Winterbottom 41 1 6 1 1 3 1 2 1 6 7 13 3 2 1 1 1 0 922 (1084) 2 Matthew White 28 4 8 6 4 6 7 1 6 3 1 2 9 4 2 8 2 0 864 (1026) 3 Mark Porter 64 8 12 4 3 13 2 Ret 4 9 9 24 2 Ret 4 7 3 0 780 (876) 4 Brett Peters 40 14 1 7 8 8 Ret 11 7 11 3 11 22 8 9 12 7 0 718 (812) 5 Luke Youlden 30 7 3 5 20 2 4 7 23 1 2 4 13 6 19 Ret 10 50 688 (766) 6 Dale Brede 46 Ret 4 16 2 5 13 4 3 Ret DNS 3 Ret 7 7 Ret 6 0 680 (740) 7 Owen Kelly 72 2 9 2 11 1 15 3 26 2 Ret 25 1 3 Ret DNS DNS 0 680 (702) 8 Peter Gazzard 88 Ret 13 8 5 7 9 5 21 5 6 6 12 Ret 6 Ret DNS 0 658 (712) 9 Craig Bastian 47 17 7 11 Ret 9 5 10 9 23 10 14 7 10 18 13 19 0 626 10 Kevin Mundy 56 9 14 10 7 15 6 6 20 24 14 8 Ret 9 11 Ret DNS 0 612 (684) 11 Andrew Jones 12 6 2 9 24 2 4 Ret 1 5 1 3 Ret 4 0 604 (658) 12 David Russell 110 Ret DNS DNS 13 12 11 9 13 7 11 10 18 11 Ret 17 Ret 0 542 (560) 13 Jamie Miller 59 19 19 17 16 14 12 14 16 18 13 19 15 22 15 11 11 0 536 (622) 14 Terry Wyhoon 25 Ret DNS DNS 12 17 Ret 12 12 Ret DNS 12 4 15 12 4 17 0 510 15 José Fernández 55 10 10 DNS 9 16 3 8 14 10 17 Ret DNS 13 0 496 (536) 16 Todd Wanless 22 5 15 14 14 10 8 Ret 5 Ret 20 16 3 15 0 470 (552) 17 Tony Ricciardello 71 3 5 3 21 4 10 Ret Ret 17 18 Ret 8 Ret 0 440 (490) 18 Robert Jones 69 15 Ret 17 13 8 Ret DNS 18 11 14 10 9 9 0 434 (484) 19 Mark Howard 94 11 17 15 Ret Ret 16 16 18 19 16 22 14 16 17 Ret 16 0 432 20 Grant Elliott 98 16 Ret DNS 10 11 Ret DNS 28 Ret Ret 9 19 Ret 13 Ret 14 0 370 (380) 21 Tony D'Alberto 96 Ret 14 15 10 21 8 Ret DNS DNS 14 5 8 0 338 22 Tim Gordon 49 22 20 Ret 23 22 Ret 17 29 Ret 21 23 20 18 Ret 14 Ret 0 322 (354) 23 Clyde Lawrence 35 13 16 19 17 20 Ret DNS Ret DNS DNS 20 16 20 0 310 24 Tony Evangelou 300 21 11 13 18 24 13 Ret 20 16 23 0 278 (336) 25 Shane Beikoff 68 18 21 12 19 21 18 18 21 Ret DNS 0 264 (288) 26 Steve Owen 14 27 8 5 Ret 6 5 8 10 Ret 0 238 (348) 27 Adam Wallis 89 17 14 22 15 10 21 21 2 12 0 234 (326) 28 David Thexton 100 19 16 15 17 23 17 Ret 15 18 0 182 (248) 29 Graham Crawford 87 15 Ret 18 22 22 20 20 0 160 (226) 30 Marcus Marshall 27 5 25 4 7 17 Ret 0 130 (232) 31 Tim Rowse 77 15 15 12 16 Ret 13 0 114 (188) 32 Peter Doulman 26 11 12 19 26 Ret 12 0 114 (170) 33 Richard Mork 77 20 18 Ret 18 Ret Ret 0 56 (86) 34 Derek van Zelm 58 Ret Ret DNS Ret 21 19 0 52 35 Peter Best 90 Ret Ret 19 25 22 DNS 0 48 (86) 36 Geoff Full 14 12 Ret Ret Ret 0 42 – Warren Luff 71 5 6 5 0 0 (166) – Michael Simpson 77 6 0 0 (162) – Mathew Hunt 38 19 19 Ret 0 0 (78) – Bob McDonald 26 Ret 22 Ret 0 0 (66) – Phillip Nichols 666 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS Ret DNS DNS 0 0 – Ron Searle 95 DNS DNS DNS 0 0 Pos. Driver No. WAK ADE EAS PHI WIN MAL Pen. Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

References

External links

• 2003 Racing Results Archive Archived 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine

See also

• 2003 V8 Supercar season