The 2003 Barber Dodge Pro Series season was the eighteenth and final season of the series. All races were run in support of the 2003 CART World Series. The season consisted of ten races of which four were run abroad, one in Mexico and three in Canada. Leonardo Maia won the championship and Colin Fleming won the Rookie of the Year title. This was the first, and only, time the series raced in Mexico.
Drivers All driver use Dodge powered Michelin shod Reynard 98E chassis.
No. Driver Note 6 Leonardo Maia 11 Chris Baker 12 Shinji "Racer" Kashima 14 David Wieringa 15 Memo Rojas 16 Antoine Bessette 17 Ben Freudenberg 18 Robbie Montinola 19 Dan Di Leo 20 Matt Franc 21 Roland Isra 22 Bret MacDonald 23 Alexandre Sperafico St. Petersburg only Ward Imrie As of Toronto 24 Burt Frisselle 25 Atticus Missner 26 Nelson Philippe 27 Josh Beaulieu 28 Colin Fleming 30 Ron Atapattu 31 Al Unser III 33 German Quiroga 34 Mike Richardson 38 Juan Manuel Polar 39 Ryan Millen 40 Bud Risser 45 Guy Cosmo 47 David Martínez 49 Luis Pelayo 50 Brian Johnson 57 Steve Welk 59 Hima Maher 63 Craig Duerson 67 Steve Poirier 71 Tom Hessert 83 Salvador Duran 88 Greg Long 94 Didier Schraenen 95 Victor Gonzalez, Jr. 98 Chris Green
Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Headline event 1 St. Petersburg Street Circuit St. Petersburg, Florida February 23 Leonardo Maia Dan Di Leo Leonardo Maia Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 2 Fundidora Park Monterrey March 23 Leonardo Maia David Martínez David Martínez Monterrey Grand Prix 3 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin June 1 Victor Gonzalez, Jr. Chris Green Leonardo Maia Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250 4 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California June 15 Memo Rojas Leonardo Maia Dan Di Leo Grand Prix of Monterey 5 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon June 22 Leonardo Maia Leonardo Maia Leonardo Maia G.I. Joe's 200 6 Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio July 5 Leonardo Maia Leonardo Maia Leonardo Maia U.S. Bank Cleveland Grand Prix 7 Exhibition Place Toronto July 13 Leonardo Maia Leonardo Maia Memo Rojas Molson Indy Toronto 8 Concord Pacific Place Vancouver July 27 Leonardo Maia David Martínez Leonardo Maia Molson Indy Vancouver 9 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 9 Leonardo Maia Leonardo Maia Leonardo Maia Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio 10 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal August 24 Memo Rojas Leonardo Maia Memo Rojas Molson Indy Montreal
Final standings Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue 11th place or lower Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Driver replacement (Rpl) Injured (Inj) No race held (NH) Rank Driver STP MTY MIL LAG POR CLE TOR VAN MOH MTL Points 1 Leonardo Maia 1 2 1 4 1 1 9 1 1 2 188 2 Memo Rojas 3 3 3 2 14 7 1 9 6 1 128 3 Dan Di Leo 2 6 7 1 4 2 13 4 2 14 118 4 David Martínez 1 9 3 2 4 3 8 9 17 103 5 Colin Fleming (R) 25 4 10 7 3 10 2 15 11 3 83 6 Burt Frisselle (R) 6 15 5 19 6 6 5 5 7 13 76 7 German Quiroga 8 8 8 9 5 3 12 6 15 12 75 8 Scott Poirier (R) 4 7 12 8 15 8 15 2 13 8 70 9 Nelson Philippe 10 5 15 18 7 15 16 3 4 4 66 10 Luis Pelayo (R) 22 9 16 5 9 5 10 12 16 46 11 Chris Green (R) 5 12 11 10 13 14 11 7 46 12 Antoine Bessette (R) 16 13 6 16 4 16 3 19 39 13 Al Unser III (R) 11 18 14 6 8 17 14 10 12 15 38 14 Chris Baker 18 10 4 13 16 13 14 16 26 15 Ben Freudenberg (R) 11 5 6 26 16 Ward Imrie (R) 6 7 11 24 17 Ryan Millen 12 12 11 8 18 21 18 Robbie Montinola (R) 21 21 11 10 12 11 20 19 Mike Richardson 13 19 19 8 14 10 19 20 Victor Gonzalez, Jr. 17 20 2 17 17 21 Salvador Duran (R) 17 10 5 17 22 Greg Long (R) 13 7 12 23 David Wieringa 13 9 10 24 Alexandre Sperafico 7 9 25 Guy Cosmo 9 7 26 Didier Schraenen 9 7 27 Josh Beaulieu 27 11 6 28 Atticus Missner 12 4 29 Craig Duerson (R) 14 2 30 Juan Manuel Polar 14 2 31 Brian Johnson (R) 14 2 32 Shinji Kashima (R) 15 17 18 16 1 33 Bret Macdonald (R) 15 1 34 Hima Maher 20 16 0 35 Tom Hessert 17 0 36 Ron Atapattu (R) 19 0 37 Steve Welk (R) 20 0 38 Matt Franc (R) 23 0 39 Bud Risser (R) 24 0 40 Roland Isra (R) 26 0
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