2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

The 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship[1] open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 cars complying with Australian Carrera Cup regulations.[2] The championship, which was administered by CupCar Australia Pty Ltd,[1] was the inaugural Australian Carrera Cup Championship.[3]

Calendar

The championship was contested over a nine-round series with three races per round.[1]

Rnd[1] Circuit[1][4] State Date[1]
1 South Australia Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 11–13 April
2 New South Wales Eastern Creek International Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 2–4 May
3 Victoria (state) Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 23–25 May
4 Northern Territory Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 27–29 June
5 Queensland Queensland Raceway, Ipswich Ipswich, Queensland 18–20 July
6 Victoria (state) Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 12–14 September
7 New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst Bathurst, New South Wales 10–12 October
8 Queensland Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 24–26 October
9 New South Wales Eastern Creek International Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 28–30 November

Results

Rd Race Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Drivers' Winner Teams' Winner Round Winner
1 1 Victoria (state) Phillip Island New Zealand Jim Richards New Zealand Jim Richards New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing New Zealand Jim Richards
2 Australia Marcus Marshall New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing
3 New Zealand Jim Richards New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing
2 1 New South Wales Eastern Creek 1 Australia Marcus Marshall Australia Marcus Marshall New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing New Zealand Jim Richards
2 New Zealand Jim Richards New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing
3 Australia Marcus Marshall New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing
3 1 Victoria (state) Winton New Zealand Jim Richards Australia Peter Fitzgerald New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing Australia Marcus Marshall
2 New Zealand Jim Richards Australia Marcus Marshall VIP Petfoods Racing
3 Australia Tim Leahey Australia Marcus Marshall VIP Petfoods Racing
4 1 Northern Territory Darwin New Zealand Jim Richards New Zealand Jim Richards New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing Australia Tim Leahey
2 New Zealand Jim Richards New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing
3 New Zealand Jim Richards New Zealand Kevin Bell International Motorsport
5 1 Queensland Queensland New Zealand Jim Richards New Zealand Jim Richards New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing New Zealand Jim Richards
2 Australia Marcus Marshall New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing
3 New Zealand Jim Richards New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing
6 1 Victoria (state) Sandown New Zealand Jim Richards New Zealand Jim Richards Australia Peter Fitzgerald Fitzgerald Racing New Zealand Jim Richards
2 Australia Tim Leahey New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing
3 New Zealand Jim Richards New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing
7 1 New South Wales Bathurst New Zealand Jim Richards Australia Peter Fitzgerald New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing New Zealand Jim Richards
2 Australia Marcus Marshall New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing
3 New Zealand Jim Richards New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing
8 1 Queensland Surfers Paradise New Zealand Jim Richards Australia Peter Fitzgerald New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing New Zealand Jim Richards
2 Australia Peter Fitzgerald New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing
3 New Zealand Jim Richards New Zealand Jim Richards Jim Richards Racing
9 1 New South Wales Eastern Creek 2 Australia Tim Leahey Australia Alex Davison Australia Alex Davison Greg Murphy Racing Australia Alex Davison
2 Australia Alex Davison Australia Alex Davison Greg Murphy Racing
3 New Zealand Jim Richards Australia Alex Davison Greg Murphy Racing

Points system

Championship points were awarded at each race on the following basis:

Finishing Position[1] 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st – last
Points awarded[1] 60 54 48 42 36 30 27 24 21 18 15 12 9 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 1

Championship results

Pos[5] Driver[5] No.[5] Team[5] Victoria (state)
PHI		 New South Wales
EAS1		 Victoria (state)
WIN		 Northern Territory
HID		 Queensland
QUE		 Victoria (state)
SAN		 New South Wales
BAT		 Queensland
SUR		 New South Wales
EAS2		 Pts[5]
1 New Zealand Jim Richards 5 Jim Richards Racing 180 180 123 156 180 144 170 180 162 1475
2 Australia Marcus Marshall 31 VIP Pet Foods Racing 144 162 174 96 162 36 156 156 108 1194
3 Australia Peter Fitzgerald 33 Fitzgerald Racing/ENJO 162 126 102 93 120 108 126 132 81 1050
4 Australia Tim Leahey 55 Greg Murphy Racing 51 138 96 162 138 48 30 54 63 780
5 New Zealand Kevin Bell 86 International Motorsport NZ 96 96 51 117 120 81 54 0 51 666
6 Australia Matthew Coleman 62 Matt Coleman Racing 51 78 84 72 87 0 78 81 132 663
7 New Zealand Paul Pedersen 96 International Motorsport NZ 102 45 33 96 66 63 84 0 45 534
8 Australia Jonathon Webb 22 Tekno Autosports 51 45 36 39 21 111 87 6 93 489
9 United Kingdom Tony Quinn 32 VIP Pet Foods Racing 72 45 27 48 12 54 99 63 51 471
10 Australia Dean Cook 9 European Technique 33 48 93 42 18 54 15 60 39 402*
11 Australia Rodney Jane 7 Rodney Jane Racing 13 27 54 24 42 13.5 6 102 69 350.5
12 Australia Dean Grant 10 Team Becks Racing 66 21 54 57 51 13.5 15 13 33 323.5
13 Australia Klark Quinn 23 RT Motorsport 0 0 0 0 0 42 120 120 36 318
14 Australia Andrew Miedecke 35 Miedecke Motorsport 63 48 114 18 0 45 30 0 0 318
15 Australia James Dutton 26 Dutton Motorsport 5 48 4 75 18 60 0 21 45 276
16 Australia Peter Hill 66 Greg Murphy Racing 34 18 66 6 72 3 6 9 0 214*
17 Australia Charlie O'Brien 15 International Motorsport NZ 0 0 0 0 54 61.5 33 60 0 208.5
18 Australia Geoff Morgan 4 Mog Sport 18 21 0 54 12 4.5 51 0 27 187.5
19 Australia Alex Davison 66 Greg Murphy Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 180 180
20 Australia Scott Shearman 77 Natural Blonde Racing 60 9 0 12 0 0 48 45 3 177
21 Australia Jack Crocker 51 Team Terrier 12 28 27 3 24 25.5 12 45 0 176.5
22 Australia Andrew Taplin 18 Taplin Real Estate 27 9 10 42 12 25.5 4 4 0 133.5*
23 Australia Chris Seidler 11 European Technique 0 7 39 15 7 7.5 12 18 12 117.5
24 Australia Greg Keene 8 SportsMed SA 3 7 19 18 12 12 3 27 15 116*
25 Australia Russell Wright 52 Team Terrier 0 0 0 0 0 39 12 24 0 75*
26 Australia John Teulan 88 Statewide GT-Racing 12 6 9 0 7 0 0 24 4 62*
27 Australia David Scaysbrook 28 JAM Racing 0 0 39 0 18 0 0 0 0 57
28 Australia Roger Oakeshott 44 Greg Murphy Racing 5 0 9 6 9 5.5 1 10 9 54.5*
29 New Zealand Rick Armstrong 99 International Motorsport NZ 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
30 Australia Paul Blackie 24 Pro-Floor Motorsport 6 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
31** New Zealand Andrew Bagnall 82 International Motorsport NZ 0 6 0 0 9 0 7 0 0 22
32** Australia Marc Cini 12 Adamco 0 0 7 0 0 2.5 0 12 0 21.5
33** Australia Stephen Borness 24 Brook Motorsport 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 0 6 12 20.5*
34 Australia Mark Howard 23 RT Motorsport 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
35 Australia Rusty French 6 Skye Sands Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
36 Australia Tim Pritchard 23 RT Motorsport 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pos Driver No. Team Victoria (state)
PHI		 New South Wales
EAS1		 Victoria (state)
WIN		 Northern Territory
HID		 Queensland
QUE		 Victoria (state)
SAN		 New South Wales
BAT		 Queensland
SUR		 New South Wales
EAS2		 Pts
  • 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sporting Regulations for the 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship Retrieved from cams.com.au via web.archive.org/ on 1 April 2011
  2. ↑ Technical Regulations for the 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship Retrieved from cams.com.au via web.archive.org/ on 1 April 2011
  3. ↑ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-10
  4. ↑ 2003 Race Results Archive Archived 21 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.natsoft.biz on 1 April 2011
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Championship Points Retrieved from carreracup.cupcar.com.au via web.archive.org/ on 1 April 2011
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