2003 AMA National Speedway Championship

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The 2003 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over two rounds, which were both held at Auburn on July 25 [1] and September 26. [2] Greg Hancock won the title for the fourth time, his first since 2000.

The AMA National Speedway Championship is an annual speedway championship to decide the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) USA national speedway champion.

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Event format

Over the course of 20 heats, each rider raced against every other rider once. The field was then split into sections of four riders, with the top four entering the 'A' Final. Points were then awarded depending on where a rider finished in each final. The points in the 'A' Final were awarded thus, 20, 18, 16 and 14. Bonus points for were also awarded.

Classification

Pos. Rider Points Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the United States.svg
1 Greg Hancock* 35 14 21
2 Ryan Fisher 35 19 16
3 Billy Janniro 34 16 18
4 Billy Hamill 33 21 12
5 Mike Faria 25 11 14
6 Scott Brant 20 12 8
7 Bart Bast 20 9 11
8 Bobby Hedden 19 10 9
9 Chris Manchester 18 8 10
10 Charlie Venegas 12 7 5
11 Eddie Castro 11 5 6
12 Tommy Hedden 10 6 4
13 Bryan Yarrow 8 1 7
14 Eric Carrillo 6 3 3
15 Bobby Schwartz 5 4 1
16 Cam Rafferty 2 2
17 Bartek Bardecki 2 2
18 Mark Carillo 0 0
19 JJ Martynse 0 0
20 Chris Kerr 0 0

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