2003 Norwegian Touring Car Championship

2003 Norwegian Touring Car Championship

The 2003 Norwegian Touring Car Championship season was the 2nd of 3 seasons of the championship. It was decided over six race weekends (comprising twelve races) at three different circuits.

The championship was won by Alf-Aslak Eng with Team Eng's Auto.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Petter Granlund	Ford Mondeo	3	Petter Grunland	2
Østfold Shell Olje Racing Team	Vauxhall Vectra	4	Bjørn-Arild Martinsen	All
		13	Camilla Antonsen	1, 3, 6
	Nissan Primera	15	Simen Tvete	1-3, 5-6
Team HP Autoracing	BMW 320i	7	Hans-Peter Havdal	1-4, 6
Otter Ødegården	BMW 320	8	Otter Ødegården	6
Frank Valle	BMW 320	10	Frank Valle	2-6
Sällfors Motorsport	BMW 320i	11	Torbjörn Sällfors	All
Team Eng's Auto	BMW 320i	12	André Westbye	1, 6
			Henning Solberg	2
			Roger Rui	3-4
		21	Alf-Aslak Eng	All
Kristoffersson Motorsport	Volvo S40	16	Jarle Gåsland	4
Johannes Øye	Volvo S40	19	Johannes Øye	1
Anderson Motorsport	Ford Mondeo	91	Terje Andersen	2, 6
Per Skjolden	Opel Vectra	?	Per Skjolden	1

Race calendar and winners

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Rudskogen Motorsenter	12 May	Bjørn-Arild Martinsen	Bjørn-Arild Martinsen	Bjørn-Arild Martinsen	Østfold Shell Olje Racing Team
	R2			Hans-Peter Havdal	Bjørn-Arild Martinsen	Alf-Aslak Eng	Team Eng's Auto
2	R3	Vålerbanen	1 June	Petter Granlund	Petter Granlund	Petter Granlund	Petter Granlund
	R4			Petter Granlund	Petter Granlund	Alf-Aslak Eng	Team Eng's Auto
3	R5	Arctic Circle Raceway	6 July	Alf-Aslak Eng	Frank Valle	Frank Valle	Frank Valle
	R6			Frank Valle	Frank Valle	Frank Valle	Frank Valle
4	R7	Rudskogen Motorsenter	24 August	Alf-Aslak Eng	Jarle Gåsland	Jarle Gåsland	Kristoffersson Motorsport
	R8			Jarle Gåsland	Jarle Gåsland	Jarle Gåsland	Kristoffersson Motorsport
5	R9	Vålerbanen	14 September	Alf-Aslak Eng	?	Bjørn-Arild Martinsen	Østfold Shell Olje Racing Team
	R10			?	Frank Valle	Frank Valle	Frank Valle
6	R11	Rudskogen Motorsenter	21 September	Frank Valle	?	Frank Valle	Frank Valle
	R12			?	?	Alf-Aslak Eng	Team Eng's Auto

Drivers Championship

Points were awarded to the top ten drivers in a race as follows: 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Pos. Driver RUS VÅL ARC RUS VÅL RUS Pts 1 Alf-Aslak Eng 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 Ret Ret 2 1 165 2 Bjørn-Arild Martinsen 1 2 3 2 7 Ret 4 5 1 2 4 7 133 3 Frank Valle 5 5 1 1 7 6 Ret 1 1 Ret 106 4 Hans-Peter Havdal 4 6 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 104 5 Torbjörn Sällfors 5 4 6 7 6 4 6 7 3 3 7 3 94 6 Simen Tvete Ret Ret Ret DNS 4 5 2 Ret 5 2 56 7 Camilla Antonsen 3 3 5 Ret 6 6 44 8 Jarle Gåsland 1 1 40 9 Petter Granlund 1 3 32 10 André Westbye 6 5 8 4 27 11 Roger Rui Ret Ret 5 4 18 12 Henning Solberg 7 6 10 13 Otter Ødegården 9 Ret 2 - Terje Andersen Ret DNS NC Ret 0 - Johannes Øye Ret Ret 0 - Per Skjolden Ret DNS 0 Pos. Driver RUS VÅL ARC RUS VÅL RUS Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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)

External links

• Racing (Magasin) (in Norwegian)
• BilNorge Magazin (in Norwegian)
• BilSport (in Swedish)