The 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championshipSporting Regulations for the 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship Retrieved from cams.com.au via web.archive.org/ on 1 April 2011 open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 cars complying with Australian Carrera Cup regulations.Technical Regulations for the 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship Retrieved from cams.com.au via web.archive.org/ on 1 April 2011 The championship, which was administered by CupCar Australia Pty Ltd, was the inaugural Australian Carrera Cup Championship.Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
Calendar The championship was contested over a nine-round series with three races per round.
Rnd Circuit2003 Race Results Archive Retrieved from www.natsoft.biz on 1 April 2011 State Date 1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 11–13 April 2 Eastern Creek International Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 2–4 May 3 Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 23–25 May 4 Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 27–29 June 5 Queensland Raceway, Ipswich Ipswich, Queensland 18–20 July 6 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 12–14 September 7 Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst Bathurst, New South Wales 10–12 October 8 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 24–26 October 9 Eastern Creek International Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 28–30 November
Teams and drivers Team Driver Rounds Mog Sport 4 Geoff Morgan Jim Richards Racing 5 Jim Richards Skye Sands Racing 6 Rusty French Rodney Jane Racing 7 Rodney Jane SportsMed SA 8 Greg Keene European Technique 9 Dean Cook 11 Chris Seidler Team Becks Racing 10 Dean Grant Adamco 12 Marc Cini International Motorsport NZ 15 Charlie O'Brien 82 Andrew Bagnall 86 Kevin Bell 96 Paul Pedersen 99 Rick Armstrong Taplin Real Estate 18 Andrew Taplin Tekno Autosports 22 Jonathon Webb RT Motorsport 23 Klark Quinn Mark Howard Tim Pritchard Pro-Floor Motorsport 24 Paul Blackie Brook Motorsport 24 Stephen Borness Dutton Motorsport 26 James Dutton JAM Racing 28 David Scaysbrook VIP Pet Foods Racing 31 Marcus Marshall 32 Tony Quinn Fitzgerald Racing 33 Peter Fitzgerald Miedecke Motorsport 35 Andrew Miedecke Greg Murphy Racing 44 Roger Oakeshott 55 Tim Leahey 66 Peter Hill Alex Davison Team Terrier 51 Jack Crocker 52 Russell Wright Matt Coleman Racing 62 Matthew Coleman Natural Blonde Racing 77 Scott Shearman Statewide GT Racing 88 John Teulan
Results Rd Race Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Drivers' Winner Teams' Winner Round Winner 1 1 Phillip Island Jim Richards Jim Richards Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing Jim Richards 2 Marcus Marshall Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing 3 Jim Richards Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing 2 1 Eastern Creek 1 Marcus Marshall Marcus Marshall Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing Jim Richards 2 Jim Richards Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing 3 Marcus Marshall Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing 3 1 Winton Jim Richards Peter Fitzgerald Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing Marcus Marshall 2 Jim Richards Marcus Marshall VIP Petfoods Racing 3 Tim Leahey Marcus Marshall VIP Petfoods Racing 4 1 Darwin Jim Richards Jim Richards Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing Tim Leahey 2 Jim Richards Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing 3 Jim Richards Kevin Bell International Motorsport 5 1 Queensland Jim Richards Jim Richards Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing Jim Richards 2 Marcus Marshall Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing 3 Jim Richards Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing 6 1 Sandown Jim Richards Jim Richards Peter Fitzgerald Fitzgerald Racing Jim Richards 2 Tim Leahey Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing 3 Jim Richards Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing 7 1 Bathurst Jim Richards Peter Fitzgerald Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing Jim Richards 2 Marcus Marshall Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing 3 Jim Richards Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing 8 1 Surfers Paradise Jim Richards Peter Fitzgerald Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing Jim Richards 2 Peter Fitzgerald Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing 3 Jim Richards Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing 9 1 Eastern Creek 2 Tim Leahey Alex Davison Alex Davison Greg Murphy Racing Alex Davison 2 Alex Davison Alex Davison Greg Murphy Racing 3 Jim Richards Alex Davison Greg Murphy Racing
Points system Championship points were awarded at each race on the following basis:
Finishing Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st – last Points awarded 60 54 48 42 36 30 27 24 21 18 15 12 9 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 1
Championship results Pos. Driver PHI EAS1 WIN HID QUE SAN BAT SUR EAS2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Jim Richards 1 1 1 1 1 1 1475 2 Marcus Marshall 3 3 3 2 2 2 1194 3 Peter Fitzgerald 2 2 2 3 5 4 1050 4 Tim Leahey 4 13 Ret 4 3 3 780 5 Kevin Bell 5 4 10 6 6 5 666 6 Matthew Coleman 6 15 11 5 4 Ret 663 7 Paul Pedersen 8 5 4 9 8 DNS 534 8 Jonathon Webb 10 7 15 8 9 Ret 489 9 Tony Quinn 9 6 9 10 7 Ret 471 10 Dean Cook 15 16 8 12 13 7 402* 11 Rodney Jane 23 18 13 7 Ret Ret 350.5 12 Dean Grant 11 8 7 18 17 11 323.5 13 Klark Quinn 318 14 Andrew Miedecke 12 9 6 14 10 8 318 15 James Dutton 22 21 18 17 11 6 276 16 Peter Hill 7 22 14 11 Ret 16 214* 17 Charlie O'Brien 208.5 18 Geoff Morgan 20 11 DNS Ret 16 10 187.5 19 Alex Davison 180 20 Scott Shearman 14 10 5 15 Ret 18 177 21 Jack Crocker 13 Ret 29 22 15 9 176.5 22 Andrew Taplin 18 12 12 Ret 20 14 133.5* 23 Chris Seidler Ret WD WD 21 19 17 117.5 24 Greg Keene 16 Ret DNS 24 Ret 15 116* 25 Russell Wright 75* 26 John Teulan 17 14 20 20 18 Ret 62* 27 David Scaysbrook 57 28 Roger Oakeshott 21 17 21 54.5* 29 Rick Armstrong 13 12 12 33 30 Paul Blackie DSQ 19 20 19 14 13 28 31** Andrew Bagnall 16 Ret 19 22 32** Marc Cini 21.5 33** Stephen Borness 20.5* 34 Mark Howard 24 20 17 7 35 Rusty French 19 Ret DNS 3 36 Tim Pritchard 23 Ret DNS 1 Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts PHI EAS1 WIN HID QUE SAN BAT SUR EAS2
Note: * indicates points total has been amended due to a minor summation error in the referenced official results. Note: ** indicates championship position has been adjusted to fit amended points totals.
References
External links 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship images at www.cupcar.com.au