The 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing competition held for V8 Supercars. It was the fourth V8 Supercar Development Series. The series began on 23 February 2003 at Wakefield Park and finished on 31 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park after sixteen races at six rounds held across three different states.
Series winner Mark Winterbottom won eight of the 16 races and four of the six rounds. The new points system placed an increased emphasis on finishing races and series runner up Matthew White scored just 58 points less than Winterbottom, despite taking only two race wins and six top three race finishes.
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series. This was the last season that the Holden VS Commodore and Ford EL Falcon was eligible.
Team | Car | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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Brad Jones Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 12 | Andrew Jones | 1–2, 4–6 |
Imrie Motor Sport | Holden VX Commodore | 14 | Geoff Full | 1–2 |
Steve Owen | 4–6 | |||
Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 22 | Todd Wanless | 1–3, 5–6 |
Terry Wyhoon Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 25 | Terry Wyhoon | All |
M3 Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore Holden VX Commodore | 26 | Bob McDonald | 1 |
Peter Doulman | 4–5 | |||
Howard Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 27 | Marcus Marshall | 4–5 |
49 | Tim Gordon | All | ||
94 | Mark Howard | All | ||
Matthew White Racing | Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon | 28 | Matthew White | All |
Steven Ellery Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 30 | Luke Youlden | All |
Clyde Lawrence Racing | Holden VS Commodore Holden VX Commodore | 35 | Clyde Lawrence | 1–3, 5–6 |
South Pacific Motor Sport | Holden VS Commodore | 38 | Mathew Hunt | 3 |
Peters Motorsport | Ford AU Falcon | 40 | Brett Peters | All |
Stone Brothers Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 41 | Mark Winterbottom | All |
Holden Young Lions | Holden VX Commodore | 46 | Dale Brede | All |
96 | Tony D'Alberto | 3–6 | ||
Craig Bastian | Ford AU Falcon | 47 | Craig Bastian | All |
Fernández Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 55 | José Fernández | 1–4, 6 |
Kevin Mundy Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 56 | Kevin Mundy | All |
Motorsport Engineering Services | Holden VT Commodore | 58 | Derek van Zelm | 4–5 |
Phoenix Motorsport | Holden VX Commodore | 59 | Jamie Miller | All |
Independent Race Cars Australia | Holden VX Commodore | 64 | Mark Porter | All |
Shane Beikoff Racing | Holden VS Commodore Ford EL Falcon | 68 | Shane Beikoff | 1–3, 5 |
Spiess Heckler Racing | Holden VX Commodore | 69 | Robert Jones | 2–6 |
Dick Johnson Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 71 | Tony Ricciardello | 1–5 |
Warren Luff | 6 | |||
Robert Smith Racing | Holden VX Commodore | 72 | Owen Kelly | All |
V8 Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 77 | Richard Mork | 1, 3 |
Michael Simpson | 2 | |||
Tim Rowse | 4–5 | |||
Graham Crawford | Ford EL Falcon | 87 | Graham Crawford | 1–2, 4 |
Halliday Motor Sport | Ford AU Falcon | 88 | Peter Gazzard | All |
Sydney Star Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 89 | Adam Wallis | 4–6 |
Holden VS Commodore | 98 | Grant Elliott | All | |
Peter Best | Holden VS Commodore | 90 | Peter Best | 3–4 |
Thexton Motor Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 100 | David Thexton | 4–6 |
Chance of a Lifetime | Ford AU Falcon | 110 | David Russell | All |
A.N.T. Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 300 | Tony Evangelou | 1–2, 4–5 |
Nichols Motorsport | Ford EL Falcon | 666 | Phillip Nichols | 1, 3–4 |
Round | Date | Circuit | Location | Winning driver |
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1 | 22–23 February | Wakefield Park | Goulburn, New South Wales | Mark Winterbottom |
2 | 20–21 March | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | Mark Winterbottom |
3 | 3–4 May | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Mark Winterbottom |
4 | 5–6 July | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Matthew White |
5 | 2–3 August | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | Andrew Jones |
6 | 30–31 August | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Mallala, South Australia | Mark Winterbottom |
The series consisted of six rounds across three different states. Rounds 1 and 3–6 consisted of three races. The second race of each weekend saw the finishing order of race 1 reversed to form the grid, a 'reverse grid' race. Round 2 consisted of a single race. Points were awarded for all cars who finished each race in finishing order. Points may have been offered beyond the 29th position but at no point during the series did more than 29 cars finish a race. Round 2's single race carried three times the points of a single race elsewhere in the series. The pointscore also saw the worst round result deducted, although the worst result had to be a round the competitor had entered.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th |
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Rounds 1 & 3–6 Points | 64 | 62 | 60 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 52 | 50 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
Round 2 Points | 192 | 186 | 180 | 174 | 168 | 162 | 156 | 150 | 144 | 138 | 132 | 126 | 120 | 114 | 108 | 102 | 96 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 72 | 66 | 60 | 54 | 48 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 24 |
Points table referenced, in part, as follows: [1]
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