2003 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000
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The 2003 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on 12 October 2003 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It 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 46th race that traces its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island. The race was the tenth round of the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series.
The race was won by Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly driving a K-Mart Racing Team run Holden Commodore (VY). 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 what was then the fastest lap in the circuit's history to take pole position during the Top 10 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.
Entry List
Practice
| Session | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | |||||
| Practice 1 | 51 | Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy | K-Mart Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:09.5801 |
| Practice 2 | 51 | Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy | K-Mart Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:08.3282 |
| Friday | |||||
| Practice 3 | 1 | Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:08.3215 |
| Saturday | |||||
| Practice 4 | 1 | Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:08.2145 |
Qualifying
Qualifying
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| 1 | 51 | Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy | K-Mart Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:07.9503 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Top 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 2 | 1 | Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:07.9900 | +0.0397 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Top 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 3 | 21 | Template:Flagicon John Bowe | Brad Jones Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:07.9945 | +0.0442 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Top 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 4 | 4 | Template:Flagicon Marcos Ambrose | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:08.2685 | +0.3182 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Top 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 5 | 34 | Template:Flagicon Garth Tander | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:08.4145 | +0.4642 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Top 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 6 | 11 | Template:Flagicon Steven Richards | Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:08.4695 | +0.5192 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Top 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 7 | 6 | Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes | Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:08.5267 | +0.5764 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Top 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 8 | 2 | Template:Flagicon Jim Richards | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:08.6662 | +0.7159 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Top 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 9 | 65 | Template:Flagicon Paul Radisich | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:08.6923 | +0.7420 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Top 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 10 | 17 | Template:Flagicon Steven Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:08.7724 | +0.8221 | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Top 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 11 | 31 | Template:Flagicon Steven Ellery | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:08.7752 | +0.8249 | 11 |
| 12 | 16 | Template:Flagicon Greg Ritter | Paul Weel Racing | Holden Commodore (VX) | 2:08.8076 | +0.8573 | 12 |
| 13 | 29 | Template:Flagicon Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:08.9158 | +0.9655 | 13 |
| 14 | 18 | Template:Flagicon Max Wilson | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:08.9417 | +0.9914 | 14 |
| 15 | 50 | Template:Flagicon Jason Bright | Paul Weel Racing | Holden Commodore (VX) | 2:09.0336 | +1.0833 | 15 |
| 16 | 8 | Template:Flagicon Paul Dumbrell | Perkins Engineering | Holden Commodore (VX) | 2:09.1050 | +1.1547 | 16 |
| 17 | 66 | Template:Flagicon Dean Canto | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:09.1634 | +1.2131 | 17 |
| 18 | 9 | Template:Flagicon Mark Winterbottom | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:09.1900 | +1.2397 | 18 |
| 19 | 888 | Template:Flagicon John Cleland | Brad Jones Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:09.4297 | +1.4794 | 19 |
| 20 | 44 | Template:Flagicon Simon Wills | Team Dynamik | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:09.6021 | +1.6518 | 20 |
| 21 | 10 | Template:Flagicon Jason Bargwanna | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:09.6414 | +1.6911 | 21 |
| 22 | 19 | Template:Flagicon David Besnard | Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:09.6722 | +1.7219 | 22 |
| 23 | 13 | Template:Flagicon Steve Owen | Robert Smith Racing | Holden Commodore (VX) | 2:09.7946 | +1.8443 | 23 |
| 24 | 15 | Template:Flagicon Cameron McLean | K-Mart Racing Team | Holden Commodore (VX) | 2:09.8882 | +1.9379 | 24 |
| 25 | 5 | Template:Flagicon Adam Macrow | Ford Performance Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:10.1470 | +2.1967 | 25 |
| 26 | 021 | Template:Flagicon Craig Baird | Team Kiwi Racing | Holden Commodore (VX) | 2:10.3732 | +2.4229 | 26 |
| 27 | 45 | Template:Flagicon Nicolas Minassian | Team Dynamik | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:10.5674 | +2.6171 | 27 |
| 28 | 3 | Template:Flagicon Cameron McConville | Lansvale Smash Repairs | Holden Commodore (VX) | 2:10.6251 | +2.6748 | 28 |
| 29 | 23 | Template:Flagicon Neal Bates | Noske Motorsport | Ford Falcon (AU) | 2:11.0820 | +3.1317 | 29 |
| 30 | 75 | Template:Flagicon Anthony Tratt | Paul Little Racing | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:11.1015 | +3.1512 | 30 |
| 31 | 72 | Template:Flagicon Alan Gurr | Robert Smith Racing | Holden Commodore (VX) | 2:11.5992 | +3.6489 | 31 |
| 32 | 33 | Template:Flagicon Nathan Pretty | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VX) | 2:11.8451 | +3.8948 | 32 |
| 33 | 20 | Template:Flagicon Grant Johnson | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford Falcon (AU) | 2:12.4183 | +4.4680 | 33 |
| 34 | 46 | Template:Flagicon Dale Brede | Holden Young Lions | Holden Commodore (VX) | 2:12.6041 | +4.6538 | 34 |
| 35 | 55 | Template:Flagicon José Fernández | Fernández Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 2:14.7669 | +6.8166 | 35 |
| 36 | 59 | Template:Flagicon Ron Searle | Phoenix Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VX) | 2:14.9183 | +6.9680 | 36 |
| 37 | 89 | Template:Flagicon Mal Rose | Sydney Star Motorsport | Ford Falcon (AU) | 2:15.2302 | +7.2799 | 37 |
| 38 | 69 | Template:Flagicon Peter Doulman | Doulman Automotive | Holden Commodore (VX) | 2:15.7092 | +7.7589 | 38 |
| 39 | 99 | Template:Flagicon David Thexton | Thexton Motor Racing | Ford Falcon (AU) | 2:16.7246 | +8.7743 | 39 |
| DNQ | 24 | Template:Flagicon Wayne Wakefield | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VX) |
Top 10 Shootout
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pole | 51 | K-Mart Racing Team | Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:06.8594 |
| 2 | 21 | Brad Jones Racing | Template:Flagicon John Bowe | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:07.9556 |
| 3 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Template:Flagicon Jim Richards | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:08.1466 |
| 4 | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Template:Flagicon Garth Tander | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:08.4127 |
| 5 | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Template:Flagicon Marcos Ambrose | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:08.4442 |
| 6 | 6 | Ford Performance Racing | Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:08.4587 |
| 7 | 1 | Holden Racing Team | Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife | Holden Commodore (VY) | 2:08.5696 |
| 8 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Template:Flagicon Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:08.6875 |
| 9 | 65 | Briggs Motor Sport | Template:Flagicon Paul Radisich | Ford Falcon (BA) | 2:09.0925 |
| DNS | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Template:Flagicon Steven Richards | Holden Commodore (VY) |
* Greg Murphy became the first New Zealand born driver to actually set pole position for the Bathurst 1000. Murphy and fellow Kiwi racers Jim Richards and Paul Radisich had previously been on pole position for the race, but on each of those occasions it was their Australian co-driver who had set the pole winning time. Murphy's time of 2:06.8594 was the first time a touring car had gone under 2:07.00 for a lap of the 6.213 km (3.861 mi) circuit and was unofficially dubbed the "Lap of the Gods".[3]
* Larry Perkins crashed the #11 Castrol Perkins Racing Holden Commodore (VY) during Practice 4, with the damage substantial enough to rule it out for the Top 10 Shootout.
Starting grid
The following table represents the final starting grid for the race on Sunday:
Race results
Statistics
- Provisional Pole 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)
- Race time of winning car - 6:32:55.4044
- Average speed of winning car - 153 km/h
Broadcast
Network 10 broadcast the race for the seventh consecutive year, dating back to the 1997 5.0L race. This was the last commentary appearance for Mark Oastler.
| Network 10 |
|---|
| Host: Bill Woods Booth: Neil Crompton, Mark Oastler, Matthew White Pit-lane: Daryl Beattie, Grant Kenny, Greg Rust |
References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ http://racing.natsoft.com.au/638648963/object_109914.85l/Result?16Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- ↑ When Murphy Clocked His Lap Of The Gods
- ↑ The Great Race 2003, photograph on page 197
- ↑ The Great Race 2003, photograph on page 150
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- ↑ The Great Race 2003, photograph on page 78
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External links
- Official race results at racing.natsoft.com.au
- Official V8 Supercar website at 20 November 2003 via web.archive.org
- 2003 Bathurst 1000 image gallery at www.motorsport.com
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