2003 2 Hour Showroom Showdown

2003 2 Hour Showroom Showdown Race

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Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit

The 2003 2 Hour Showroom Showdown Race was an endurance race for Australian GT Production Cars. The event was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on Saturday 22 November 2003 as a support event on the program for the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour. This was the seventh and final Showroom Showdown production car endurance race.

Rod Salmon and Grant Park, driving a Subaru Impreza WRX STi won the race by 27 seconds ahead of the Mazda RX-7 driven by Bob Pearson with the Ford Falcon-based Tickford TE50 of John Falk finishing third.

Class structure

Cars competed in the following three classes:

• Class A : GT-Performance class cars
• Class B : Mitsubishi Mirage Cup
• Class C : GT-Production class cars

Results

Pos.	Class	No.	Team / Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
					Engine
1	A	60	Falken Tyres	Rod Salmon Grant Park	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	36	2:02:00.4090
					2.0 L Subaru EJ20 turbocharged H4
2	A	33	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Bob Pearson	Mazda RX-7 Turbo	36	+27.421
					1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW twin-turbocharged twin-rotor
3	A	87	FPR Pools / Tankworld	John Falk	FTE TE50	36	+1:02.038
					5.0 L Ford Synergy 5000 V8
4	A	300	Floyd Motorsport	Peter Floyd	HSV VX GTS 300kW	36	+1:14.425
					5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
5	C	30	GAM Electric / Softronic Systems	David Ryan Michael Craig	Ford BA Falcon XR6T	36	+2:03.105
					4.0 L Ford Barra 240T turbocharged I6
6	A	23	Mitsubishi Electric	Steve Knight Charlie Kovacs	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VI	36	+2:06.078
					2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
7	A	35	Ric Shaw Racing	James Parish Ric Shaw	Mazda RX-7 Turbo	36	+2:20.581
					1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW twin-turbocharged twin-rotor
8	A	91	The PMM Group	Jim McKnoulty Dean Wanless	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	36	+2:23.150
					2.0 L Subaru EJ20 turbocharged H4
9	A	11	Rondo Building Supplies	Graham Alexander Barry Morcom	HSV VX GTS 300kW	35	+1 lap
					5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
10	C	62	Solace / Wakeling	Scott Loadsman Ian Luff	Holden VX Commodore SS	35	+1 lap
					5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
11	A	15	Bob Hughes Special Vehicles	Steve Knight Charlie Kovacs	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VI	35	+1 lap
					2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
12	C	27	Go Karts Go	Chris Alajajian	BMW E36 323i	35	+1 lap
					2.5 L BMW M52B25 I6
13	C	32	Circle Corporation	David Capraro John Milan	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	35	+1 lap
					3.2 L Alfa Romeo 3.2 24V V6
14	B	69	Northshore Mitsubishi	Kean Booker Rocco Rinaldo	Mitsubishi Mirage	34	+2 laps
					1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
15	C	7	Hankook Tyres / DBA	Peter Conroy Terry Conroy	Honda Integra Type-R	34	+2 laps
					1.8 L Honda B18C I4
16	B	40	Supercar Experience	Ash Samadi	Mitsubishi Mirage	34	+2 laps
					1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
17	B	41	grog2go.com.au	Brendon Cook	Mitsubishi Mirage	34	+2 laps
					1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
18	B	66	Maxisteel	Yanis Derums	Mitsubishi Mirage	34	+2 laps
					1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
19	C	68	Proton Cars Australia	Nicolas Lucas Tengku Mahaleel	Proton Satria GTi	33	+3 laps
					1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4
20	C	24	Wizard Financial	David Borg Sam Astuti	Mitsubishi Mirage	33	+3 laps
					1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
21	C	67	Proton Cars Australia	Geoff Russell David Russell	Proton Satria GTi	33	+3 laps
					1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4
22	B	3	Dentbuster-Equity-One	Francois Jouy Richard Luff	Mitsubishi Mirage	33	+3 laps
					1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
23	B	16	Karecla Patisserie	Kurt Bieder	Mitsubishi Mirage	30	+6 laps
					1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
DNF	A	9	Mek-Tek Motorsport	Anton Mechtler	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VII	19
					2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
DNF	A	63	Novatec Construction Systems	Paul Mitolo Dale Brede	Mazda RX-7 Turbo	14
					1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW twin-turbocharged twin-rotor
DNF	C	22	Daihatsu Motor Corporation	Leanne Ferrier Rick Bates	Daihatsu Sirion GTVi	10
					1.3 L Toyota 2SZ-FE I4
DNF	A	96	Advanced Power	Don Pulver Tony Wilson	Nissan 200SX GT	9
					2.0 L Nissan SR20DET turbocharged I4
DNF	B	4	Platetronic	Richard Gartner Enzo Piazza	Mitsubishi Mirage	3
					1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
DNF	A	70	Altiris	Michael Sainsbury Wayne Boatright	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2
					2.0 L Subaru EJ20 turbocharged H4
DNF	A	43	Hydralyte	Lee Clinnick C. Coles	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
					2.0 L Subaru EJ20 turbocharged H4
DNS	A	38	Castran Gilbert	Dennis Gilbert Glen Gilbert	HSV VX GTS 300kW
					5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8

References

• Natsoft Race Result*