2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

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

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

Position [5]	Driver [5]	No. [5]	Car [1] [2]	Team [5]	PI [5]	EC [5]	Win [5]	HV [5]	QR [5]	San [5]	Bat [5]	Sur [5]	EC [5]	Total [5]
1	Jim Richards	5	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Jim Richards Racing	180	180	123	156	180	144	170	180	162	1475
2	Marcus Marshall	31	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	VIP Pet Foods Racing	144	162	174	96	162	36	156	156	108	1194
3	Peter Fitzgerald	33	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Fitzgerald Racing/ENJO	162	126	102	93	120	108	126	132	81	1050
4	Tim Leahey	55	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Greg Murphy Racing	51	138	96	162	138	48	30	54	63	780
5	Kevin Bell	86	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	International Motorsport NZ	96	96	51	117	120	81	54	0	51	666
6	Matthew Coleman	62	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Matt Coleman Racing	51	78	84	72	87	0	78	81	132	663
7	Paul Pedersen	96	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	International Motorsport NZ	102	45	33	96	66	63	84	0	45	534
8	Jonathon Webb	22	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Tekno Autosports	51	45	36	39	21	111	87	6	93	489
9	Tony Quinn	32	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	VIP Pet Foods Racing	72	45	27	48	12	54	99	63	51	471
10	Dean Cook	9	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	European Technique	33	48	93	42	18	54	15	60	39	402*
11	Rodney Jane	7	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Rodney Jane Racing	13	27	54	24	42	13.5	6	102	69	350.5
12	Dean Grant	10	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Team Becks Racing	66	21	54	57	51	13.5	15	13	33	323.5
13	Klark Quinn	23	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	RT Motorsport	0	0	0	0	0	42	120	120	36	318
14	Andrew Miedecke	35	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Miedecke Motorsport	63	48	114	18	0	45	30	0	0	318
15	James Dutton	26	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Dutton Motorsport	5	48	4	75	18	60	0	21	45	276
16	Peter Hill	66	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Greg Murphy Racing	34	18	66	6	72	3	6	9	0	214*
17	Charlie O'Brien	15	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	International Motorsport NZ	0	0	0	0	54	61.5	33	60	0	208.5
18	Geoff Morgan	4	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Mog Sport	18	21	0	54	12	4.5	51	0	27	187.5
19	Alex Davison	66	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Greg Murphy Racing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	180	180
20	Scott Shearman	77	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Natural Blonde Racing	60	9	0	12	0	0	48	45	3	177
21	Jack Crocker	51	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Team Terrier	12	28	27	3	24	25.5	12	45	0	176.5
22	Andrew Taplin	18	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Taplin Real Estate	27	9	10	42	12	25.5	4	4	0	133.5*
23	Chris Seidler	11	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	European Technique	0	7	39	15	7	7.5	12	18	12	117.5
24	Greg Keene	8	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	SportsMed SA	3	7	19	18	12	12	3	27	15	116*
25	Russell Wright	52	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Team Terrier	0	0	0	0	0	39	12	24	0	75*
26	John Teulan	88	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Statewide GT-Racing	12	6	9	0	7	0	0	24	4	62*
27	David Scaysbrook	28	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	JAM Racing	0	0	39	0	18	0	0	0	0	57
28	Roger Oakeshott	44	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Greg Murphy Racing	5	0	9	6	9	5.5	1	10	9	54.5*
29	Rick Armstrong	99	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	International Motorsport NZ	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33
30	Paul Blackie	24	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Pro-Floor Motorsport	6	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
31**	Andrew Bagnall	82	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	International Motorsport NZ	0	6	0	0	9	0	7	0	0	22
32**	Marc Cini	12	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Adamco	0	0	7	0	0	2.5	0	12	0	21.5
33**	Stephen Borness	24	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Brook Motorsport	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	6	12	20.5*
34	Mark Howard	23	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	RT Motorsport	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
35	Rusty French	6	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	Skye Sands Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
36	Tim Pritchard	23	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996	RT Motorsport	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

• 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. 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. Championship Points Retrieved from carreracup.cupcar.com.au via web.archive.org/ on 1 April 2011

External links

• 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship images at www.cupcar.com.au