The 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race started at 2:00pm on 22 November 2003 and finished at 2:00pm on 23 November. It was the second Bathurst 24 Hour.
The race featured five car classes and was intended as a showcase for the racing categories promoted by Procar Australia, namely Nations Cup cars, GT Performance Cars and Production Cars. It was also open to various other categories which included FIA Group N-GT and Grand-Am GT.
The race was won by Peter Brock, Greg Murphy, Jason Bright and Todd Kelly driving a Holden Monaro 427C. They finished the 24 Hour race only 0.3505 seconds ahead of their team mates Nathan Pretty, Steven Richards, Garth Tander and Cameron McConville in the 2002 race winning Monaro. The Monaros covered 527 laps (5 less than 2002) of the long public road circuit for a total distance of .
Class structure
Class A The leading class contained vehicles eligible for international FIA N-GT, American Grand-Am GT and the Australian Nations Cup Group 1 category. It featured BMW M3 GTR, Ferrari 360 N-GT, Mosler MT900R, Porsche 996 GT3-RS, Porsche 996 GT3-RC, Lamborghini Diablo GTR, and the "Nations Cup" version of the Holden Monaro, the 427C
Class B Consisted of Nations Cup Group 2 cars: Ferrari 360 Modena, Porsche 996 GT3 Cup and international GTs of varying kinds, Morgan Aero 8, Porsche 996 GT3 S and a modified BMW M Coupe.
Class D A production based class featuring cars from the Australian GT Performance Car Championship. The entry consisted of BMW M Coupe, BMW M3, FPV GT, HSV X Series GTS, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII, Nissan 200SX, Nissan 350Z and Subaru Impreza WRX.
Class E A production based class featuring cars from the Australian Production Car Championship. The entry consisted of Alfa Romeo 156 GTA, Ford Falcon XR6T, Holden Commodore VY, Honda Integra, Honda S2000 and Toyota Celica SX.
Class F The class catered for a variety of vehicles which included Future Touring Ford Falcon, Holden VX Commodore & Holden VY Commodore, a Nürburgring VLN series BMW M3, a Supertouring BMW 320i, an old GT-Production BMW M3-R, New Zealand Schedule S touring car Toyota Altezza and Mitsubishi Mirage Cup one-make series cars.
Top 10 Qualifiers The top 10 qualifiers for the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour were as follows: Back Holden Heroes Grab Pole Position For Bathurst 24-hr International Race Pos No Team Driver Car Qual Pole 427 Garry Rogers Motorsport Garth Tander Holden Monaro 427C 2:13.2856 2 05 Garry Rogers Motorsport Greg Murphy Holden Monaro 427C 2:15.9739 3 420 Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia John Bowe BMW M3 GTR 2:17.6832 4 900 Rollcentre Racing Martin Short Mosler MT900R 2:18.1074 5 54 John Teulan Paul Morris Porsche 996 GT3 RC 2:19.3319 6 20 Mark Coffey Racing Paul Stokell Lamborghini Diablo GTR 2:19.5626 7 48 BE Racing David Brabham Ferrari 360 N-GT 2:21.1258 8 6 Jürgen Alzen Motorsport Jürgen Alzen Porsche 996 GT3 S Cup 2:21.7062 9 7 VIP Petfoods Racing Marcus Marshall Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 2:22.8980 10 8 Cirtek Motorsport Peter Floyd Porsche 996 GT3-RS 2:23.2392
Official results
Results as follows:Mount Panorama - Bathurst 23/11/2003 Bathurst 24hr 2003 National Software retrieved 4 April 2008 Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Laps QualPos Engine 1 A 05 Garry Rogers Motorsport Peter Brock Greg Murphy Jason Bright Todd Kelly Holden Monaro 427C 527 2 Chevrolet LS6 7.0L V8 2 A 427 Garry Rogers Motorsport Nathan Pretty Garth Tander Steven Richards Cameron McConville Holden Monaro 427C 527 1 Chevrolet LS6 7.0L V8 3 A 54 John Teulan Peter Fitzgerald Paul Morris John Teulan Scott Shearman Porsche 996 GT3 RC 515 5 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 4 B 6 Jürgen Alzen Motorsport Jürgen Alzen Uwe Alzen Michael Bartels Arno Klasen Porsche 996 GT3 S Cup 514 8 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 5 A 900 Rollcentre Racing Martin Short Patrick Pearce Charles Lamb Heather Spurle Mosler MT900R 507 4 Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 6 B 7 VIP Petfoods Racing Tony Quinn Marcus Marshall Klark Quinn Grant Denyer Porsche 996 GT3 Cup 495 9 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 7 A 8 Cirtek Motorsport Peter Floyd Ian Donaldson Andrew Donaldson Liz Halliday Porsche 996 GT3-RS 491 10 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 8 A 20 Mark Coffey Racing Paul Stokell Allan Simonsen Luke Youlden Peter Hackett Lamborghini Diablo GTR 487 6 Lamborghini 6.0L V12 9 D 71 Peter Boylan Peter Boylan Geoff Morgan Rick Bates Peter Hansen BMW M3 469 19 BMW M54 3.2L I6 10 F 59 Steve Williams Steve Williams Graham Moore Terry Bosnjak Holden VX Commodore 460 18 Holden 5.0L V8 11 D 27 Novacastrian Motorsport Wayne Russell Steve Cramp Mark King Paul Stubber BMW M Coupe 459 28 BMW M54 3.2L I6 12 F 41 Geoffrey Parker Geoff Parker Jeff Watters David Sala Peter Gazzard Holden VY Commodore 451 16 Holden 5.0L V8 13 D 60 Protecnica Racing Wayne Boatwright Rod Salmon Glen Hastings Neil Caswell Subaru Impreza WRX STI 449 32 Subaru EJ 2.0L Turbo Flat-4 14 D 2 Garry Holt Garry Holt Gary Young Michael Brock Kevin Mundy Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII 445 22 Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4 15 D 91 Peters Motorsport Gary Deane Robert Rubis Dean Wanless Subaru Impreza WRX STI 439 26 Subaru EJ 2.0L Turbo Flat-4 16 E 13 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne John Roecken Trevor Keene Steve Grocl Toyota Celica SX 436 43 Toyota 2ZZ-GE 1.8L I4 17 D 3 Bendigo Motorsports Craig Dean Chris Smith Bill Pye FPV BA GT 434 36 Ford Modular 5.4L V8 18 F 23 Bruce Lynton Bruce Lynton Beric Lynton Jamie Cartwright Matthew Jackson BMW M3-R 431 23 BMW M50 3.0L I6 19 F 18 Amin Chahda Amin Chahda Andrew Gillespie Brett McFarland Ford Falcon EL XR8 427 33 Ford Windsor 5.0L V8 20 E 95 John McIlroy John McIlroy Ken Douglas Chris Stillwell Phil Kirkham Ford Falcon BA XR6T 427 39 Ford Barra 4.0L Turbo I6 21 E 31 Osborne Motorsport Stephen Borness Ash Samadi David Ratcliff Andrew Bretherton Toyota Celica SX 424 45 Toyota 2ZZ-GE 1.8L I4 22 F 37 Donut King Racing Peter Leemhuis Shane Brangwin Tony Alford John Grounds Mitsubishi Mirage 421 38 Mitsubishi 1.5L I4 23 B 4 Sterling Motorsport VJ Angelo Ric Shaw Mark Williamson Scott O'Donnell BMW M Coupe 419 17 BMW M54 3.2L I6 24 F 42 Barrie Thomlinson Motorsport Barrie Thomlinson Barrie Thomlinson Jr. Andrew Neale Mike Eady Toyota Altezza 411 30 Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4 25 B 11 Motorsport Innovations Richard Wilson Theo Koundouris Paul Jenkins Ian Palmer Ferrari 360 Modena 392 25 Ferrari 3.6L V8 26 E 62 Scott Loadsman Scott Loadsman David Russell Ian Luff Warren Luff Holden Commodore VY SS 382 35 Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 27 E 45 Allan Shephard Allan Shephard Martin Bailey Greg Doyle Honda Integra Type-R 380 44 Honda B18C 1.8L I4 28 D 44 MGC Racing Mark Cohen Fabian Coulthard Geoff Emery Tony Blanche HSV VX GTS 300 336 31 Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8 29 D 200 Haysom Motorsport Greg Haysom Rodney Woods Michael Robinson Graham Hunt Nissan 200SX Spec-R 290 40 Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4 30 A 70 Graham Nash Motorsport Mike Newton Thomas Erdos Manfred Jurasz Rod Wilson Porsche 996 GT3-RS 280 11 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 31 D 17 Team GT Trevor Haines John Falk James Phillip Trevor Sheumack FPV BA GT 232 29 Ford Modular 5.4L V8 32 D 222 Haysom Motorsport Hugh Harrison Richard Catchlove Mike Kirkpatrick Damian Johnson Nissan 200SX Spec-R 125 34 Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4 33 F 301 SAE Racing Alan Gurr Luke Searle Alex Yoong Geoff Full BMW 320i 50 14 BMW S14 2.0L I4 DNF A 888 Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia Des Wall Will Power Paul Freestone James Koundouris Porsche 996 GT3-RS 474 13 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 DNF E 28 Ross Palmer Motorsport Anton Mechtler Charlie Kovacs James Brock Mark Brame Honda S2000 411 37 Honda F20C 2.0L I4 DNF E 156 GTA Motorsport Andrew Leithhead Peter Doulman Keith Downie Keen Booker Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 353 42 Alfa Romeo 3.2L V6 DNF A 24 Cirtek Motorsport Tim Harvey Jonathan Rowland Hermann Tilke Melinda Price Porsche 996 GT3-RS 325 12 Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 DNF A 48 BE Racing David Brabham Klaus Engelhorn Andrea Montermini Philipp Peter Ferrari 360 N-GT 287 7 Ferrari 3.6L V8 DNF D 57 Graham Alexander Graham Alexander John Woodberry Brett Youlden Bob Hughes Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII 186 20 Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4 DNF A 420 Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia John Bowe Neil Crompton Greg Crick Maher Algadrie BMW M3 GTR 131 3 BMW N62 5.0L V8 DNF B 66 Adam Sharpe Motorsport Neil Cunningham Adam Sharpe Keith Ahlers Tom Shrimpton Morgan Aero 8 97 15 BMW M62 4.6L V8 DNF D 77 Nathan Pilkington Nathan Pilkington Dennis Cribbin Roland Hill Ryan Hooker Nissan 350Z 65 27 Nissan VQ35DE 3.5L V6 DNF D 26 Novacastrian Motorsport Mark Westbrook Wayne Moore Ian Mitchell Clayton Pyne BMW M Coupe 62 21 BMW M54 3.2L I6 DNF D 75 Aaron McGill Aaron McGill David Auger Ross Halliday Martin Miller Nissan 200SX Spec-R 42 41 Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4 DNF F 40 Duller Motorsport Frank Mountain Robert Brooks Rob Wilson Daniel Gooding BMW M3 25 24 BMW M52 3.2L I6
References
Statistics Pole Position - #427 Garth Tander - 2:13.2856 Fastest Lap - #427 Garth Tander - 2:14.4894 (lap 524) Average Speed - 136 km/h
External links Bathurst 24hr - 19th to 23rd November 2003 - Supplementary Regulations, bathurst24hr.com, as archived at web.archive.org 24hr 2003 - Provisional Entrants List, www.bathurst24hr.com, as archived at web.archive.org Bathurst 24hr - Race results, www.procar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org Race results, www.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org