2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500

The 2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 was an endurance race for V8 Supercars. The event was staged at the Sandown International Raceway near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia on 14 September 2003 as Round 9 of the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The programmed race distance was 161 laps of the 3.1 km circuit (499 km) however the race was declared at 141 laps (437 km) due to the effects of the weather and a 19-minute delayed start due to a support category incident. It was the 36th Sandown 500 endurance race.

The race was won by Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly driving a Holden VY Commodore.

Top 10 Shootout

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time
Pole	4	Template:Flagicon Marcos Ambrose	Pirtek Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.8554
2	1	Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	1:12.2797
3	51	Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy	K-Mart Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	1:12.3744
4	65	Template:Flagicon Paul Radisich	Betta Electrical	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.6438
5	44	Template:Flagicon Simon Wills	Team Dynamik	Holden VY Commodore	1:12.6448
6	17	Template:Flagicon Steven Johnson	Shell Helix Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.6711
7	6	Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.6823
8	21	Template:Flagicon John Bowe	OzEmail Racing Team	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.9444
9	31	Template:Flagicon Steven Ellery	Super Cheap Auto racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:20.6263
10	29	Template:Flagicon Paul Morris	Sirromet - Life Style Wine	Holden VY Commodore	Excluded

Race results

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Entrant	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos	Series Points
1	1	Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife Template:Flagicon Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	141	2	2	192
2	31	Template:Flagicon Steven Ellery Template:Flagicon Luke Youlden	Super Cheap Auto Racing	Ford BA Falcon	141	5	9	188
3	51	Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy Template:Flagicon Rick Kelly	K-Mart Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	141	4	3	184
4	21	Template:Flagicon John Bowe Template:Flagicon Brad Jones	OzEmail Racing Team	Ford BA Falcon	141	8	8	180
5	4	Template:Flagicon Marcos Ambrose Template:Flagicon Russell Ingall	Pirtek Racing	Ford BA Falcon	140	3	1	176
6	11	Template:Flagicon Steven Richards Template:Flagicon Larry Perkins	Castrol Perkins Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	140	21		172
7	65	Template:Flagicon Paul Radisich Template:Flagicon Rickard Rydell	Betta Electrical	Ford BA Falcon	140	1	4	168
8	19	Template:Flagicon David Besnard Template:Flagicon Owen Kelly	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	140	23		164
9	10	Template:Flagicon Jason Bargwanna Template:Flagicon Mark Larkham	Orrcon Racing	Ford BA Falcon	140	17		160
10	2	Template:Flagicon Jim Richards Template:Flagicon Tony Longhurst	Holden Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	140	26		156
11	9	Template:Flagicon Mark Winterbottom Template:Flagicon Mark Noske	Caltex Havoline Race Team	Ford BA Falcon	140	14		152
12	15	Template:Flagicon Andy Priaulx Template:Flagicon Cameron McLean	K-Mart Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	140	15		148
13	29	Template:Flagicon Paul Morris Template:Flagicon John Faulkner	Sirromet - Life Style Wine	Holden VY Commodore	139	9	EXC	144
14	66	Template:Flagicon Dean Canto Template:Flagicon Matthew White	Betta Electrical	Ford BA Falcon	139	18		140
15	17	Template:Flagicon Steven Johnson Template:Flagicon Warren Luff	Shell Helix Racing	Ford BA Falcon	139	7	6	136
16	6	Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes Template:Flagicon Glenn Seton	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	139	10	7	132
17	5	Template:Flagicon Darren Hossack Template:Flagicon Adam Macrow	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	139	22		128
18	34	Template:Flagicon Garth Tander Template:Flagicon Nathan Pretty	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	138	11		124
19	18	Template:Flagicon Max Wilson Template:Flagicon David Brabham	Shell Helix Racing	Ford BA Falcon	138	12		120
20	888	Template:Flagicon John Cleland Template:Flagicon Andrew Jones	OzEmail Racing Team	Ford BA Falcon	138	19		116
21	13	Template:Flagicon Steve Owen Template:Flagicon Phillip Scifleet	Robert Smith Racing	Holden VX Commodore	137	30		112
22	16	Template:Flagicon Greg Ritter Template:Flagicon Marcus Marshall	Team Brock	Holden VX Commodore	137	20		108
23	20	Template:Flagicon Grant Johnson Template:Flagicon Kerry Wade	Orrcon Racing	Ford AU Falcon	137	31		104
24	46	Template:Flagicon Dale Brede Template:Flagicon Tony Ricciardello	Holden Yound Lions	Holden VX Commodore	136	33		100
25	23	Template:Flagicon Rick Bates Template:Flagicon Neal Bates	INXS Team Ford	Ford AU Falcon	136	32		96
26	99	Template:Flagicon David Thexton Template:Flagicon Brett Peters	Thexton Motor Racing	Ford AU Falcon	133	35		92
27	24	Template:Flagicon Alan Gurr Template:Flagicon Andy McElrea	Romano Racing	Holden VX Commodore	133	34		88
28	45	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Minassian Template:Flagicon Wayne Wakefield	Team Dynamik	Holden VY Commodore	132	27		84
29	33	Template:Flagicon Jamie Whincup Template:Flagicon Allan Simonsen	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	130	28		80
30	75	Template:Flagicon Anthony Tratt Template:Flagicon Paul Stokell	Toll Racing	Ford BA Falcon	128	29		76
31	50	Template:Flagicon Jason Bright Template:Flagicon Paul Weel	Team Brock	Holden VX Commodore	117	13		72
DNF	44	Template:Flagicon Simon Wills Template:Flagicon Jason Richards	Team Dynamik	Holden VY Commodore	139	6	5	68
DNF	8	Template:Flagicon Paul Dumbrell Template:Flagicon Tomas Mezera	Castrol Perkins Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	113	24
DNF	021	Template:Flagicon Craig Baird Template:Flagicon (Mark Porter) +	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden VX Commodore	54	16
DNF	3	Template:Flagicon Cameron McConville Template:Flagicon (Tim Leahey) +	Lansvale Smash Repairs	Holden VX Commodore	13	25

+ Mark Porter did not drive car 021 during the race and Tim Leahey did not drive car 3 during the race.

Statistics

• Provisional Pole Position - #65 Paul Radisich - 1:11.0674
• Pole Position - #4 Marcos Ambrose - 1:11.8554
• Fastest Lap - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:12.0236
• Race Average Speed - 127 km/h

External links

• Race results, natsoft.com, as archived at web.archive.org