2003 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000

2003 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000
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The 2003 Bob Jane T-Marts Bathurst 1000 was the seventh running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 47th race that traces its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island.

It was held on 12 October 2003 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst and was the tenth round of the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

The race was won by Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly driving a Kmart Racing Team run Holden VY Commodore. It was the fifth consecutive victory for Holden, a new record. It was Murphy's third victory in the race and Kelly became the youngest driver to win the race, eclipsing the previous record set by Craig Lowndes in 1996.

On Saturday Murphy also recorded the fastest lap in the circuits history to take pole position during the Top Ten Shootout. The time stood as the fastest ever in a V8 Supercar for 7 years until Craig Lowndes lapped barely a few hundredths faster in practice during the 2010 event, although neither are officially recognised as the lap record as only race laps contribute to lap records.

Top ten shootout

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	51	Kmart Racing Team	Greg Murphy	Holden VY Commodore	2:06.8594
2	21	Brad Jones Racing	John Bowe	Ford BA Falcon	2:07.9556
3	2	Holden Racing Team	Jim Richards	Holden VY Commodore	2:08.1466
4	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garth Tander	Holden VY Commodore	2:08.4127
5	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	2:08.4442
6	6	Ford Performance Racing	Craig Lowndes	Ford BA Falcon	2:08.4587
7	1	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife	Holden VY Commodore	2:08.5696
8	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Steven Johnson	Ford BA Falcon	2:08.6875
9	65	Team Betta Electrical	Paul Radisich	Ford BA Falcon	2:09.0925
DNS	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Steven Richards	Holden VY Commodore

Official results

Pos	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos	Series Points
1	51	Kmart Racing Team	Greg Murphy Rick Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	161	1	1	192
2	6	Ford Performance Racing	Craig Lowndes Glenn Seton	Ford BA Falcon	161	7	6	188
3	31	Supercheap Auto Racing	Steven Ellery Luke Youlden	Ford BA Falcon	161	11		184
4	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Steven Richards Larry Perkins	Holden VY Commodore	161	6	DNS	180
5	2	Holden Racing Team	Jim Richards Tony Longhurst	Holden VY Commodore	161	8	3	176
6	4	Pirtek Racing	Marcos Ambrose Russell Ingall	Ford BA Falcon	161	4	5	172
7	65	Team Betta Electrical	Paul Radisich Rickard Rydell	Ford BA Falcon	161	9	9	168
8	1	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife Todd Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	161	2	7	164
9	888	Ozemail Racing Team	John Cleland Andrew Jones	Ford BA Falcon	160	19		160
10	21	Ozemail Racing Team	John Bowe Brad Jones	Ford BA Falcon	159	3	2	156
11	45	Team Dynamik	Nicolas Minassian Jan Magnussen	Holden VY Commodore	158	27		152
12	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Max Wilson David Brabham	Ford BA Falcon	158	14		148
13	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Steven Johnson Warren Luff	Ford BA Falcon	156	10	8	144
14	8	Castrol Perkins Racing	Paul Dumbrell Tomas Mezera	Holden VX Commodore	155	16		140
15	59	Phoenix Motorsport	Jamie Miller Ron Searle	Holden VX Commodore [1]	155	36		136
16	99	Thexton Motor Racing	David Thexton Stephen Voight	Ford AU Falcon	153	39		132
17	021	Team Kiwi Racing	Craig Baird Mark Porter	Holden VX Commodore	149	26		128
18	20	Larkham Motor Sport	Grant Johnson Kerry Wade	Ford AU Falcon	148	33		124
19	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garth Tander Jamie Whincup	Holden VY Commodore	146	5	4	120
20	3	Lansvale Racing Team	Cameron McConville Tim Leahey	Holden VX Commodore	144	28		116
21	13	Robert Smith Racing	Steve Owen Phillip Scifleet	Holden VX Commodore [2]	141	23		112
22	44	Team Dynamik	Simon Wills Jason Richards	Holden VY Commodore	139	20		108
23	89	Sydney Star Motorsport	Mal Rose Grant Elliott	Ford AU Falcon	126	37		104
DNF	16	Team Brock	Greg Ritter Marcus Marshall	Holden VX Commodore	159	12		100
DNF	66	Team Betta Electrical	Dean Canto Matthew White	Ford BA Falcon	147	17		96
DNF	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Jason Bargwanna Mark Larkham	Ford BA Falcon	118	21		92
DNF	19	Ford Performance Racing	David Besnard Owen Kelly	Ford BA Falcon	115	22		88
DNF	55	Fernández Racing	José Fernández David Russell	Ford AU Falcon	113	35		84
DNF	75	Toll Racing	Anthony Tratt Paul Stokell	Ford BA Falcon	106	30		80
DNF	9	Caltex Havoline Race Team	Mark Winterbottom Mark Noske	Ford BA Falcon	102	18		76
DNF	46	Holden Young Lions	Dale Brede Tony Ricciardello	Holden VX Commodore	72	34
DNF	5	Ford Performance Racing	Darren Hossack Adam Macrow	Ford BA Falcon	63	25
DNF	23	ICS Team Ford	Rick Bates Neal Bates	Ford AU Falcon	62	29
DNF	50	Team Brock	Jason Bright Paul Weel	Holden VX Commodore	44	15
DNF	33	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Nathan Pretty Allan Simonsen	Holden VX Commodore	42	32
DNF	15	Kmart Racing	Andy Priaulx Cameron McLean	Holden VX Commodore	33	24
DNF	69	Spies Hecker Racing	Robert Jones Peter Doulman	Holden VX Commodore	32	38
DNF	29	Team Sirromet Wines	Paul Morris John Faulkner	Holden VY Commodore	5	13
DNF	72	Robert Smith Racing	Alan Gurr Jonny Reid	Holden VX Commodore	4	31
DNQ	24	Team Sirromet Wines	Wayne Wakefield Andy McElrea[3]	Holden VX Commodore[4]	0

Statistics

• Provisional Position - #51 Greg Murphy - 2:07.9503
• Pole Position - #51 Greg Murphy - 2:06.8594
• Fastest Lap - #34 Garth Tander - 2:08.6726 (new lap record)
• Average Speed - 153 km/h

References

1. The Great Race 2003, photograph on page 197
2. The Great Race 2003, photograph on page 150
3. SpeedCafe © (8 January 2010). "Wayne Wakefield". Speedcafe. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
4. The Great Race 2003, photograph on page 78

External links

• Official race results
• Official V8 Supercar website
• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
• Image gallery at www.motorsport.com

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