2003 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000

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 47th 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 VY Commodore. 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 the fastest lap in the circuits 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.

Practice

Practice summary
Session No. Driver Team Car Time
Thursday
Practice 1 51 New Zealand Greg Murphy K-Mart Racing Team Holden VY Commodore 2:09.5801
Practice 2 51 New Zealand Greg Murphy K-Mart Racing Team Holden VY Commodore 2:08.3282
Friday
Practice 3 1 Australia Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden VY Commodore 2:08.3215
Saturday
Practice 4 1 Australia Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden VY Commodore 2:08.2145

Qualifying

Qualifying

Pos.[1] No. Driver Team Car Time Gap Grid
1 51 New Zealand Greg Murphy HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VY 2:07.9503 Top 10
2 1 Australia Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VY 2:07.9900 +0.0397 Top 10
3 21 Australia John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon BA 2:07.9945 +0.0442 Top 10
4 4 Australia Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA 2:08.2685 +0.3182 Top 10
5 34 Australia Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VY 2:08.4145 +0.4642 Top 10
6 11 New Zealand Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VY 2:08.4695 +0.5192 Top 10
7 6 Australia Craig Lowndes Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA 2:08.5267 +0.5764 Top 10
8 2 New Zealand Jim Richards Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VY 2:08.6662 +0.7159 Top 10
9 65 New Zealand Paul Radisich Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA 2:08.6923 +0.7420 Top 10
10 17 Australia Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA 2:08.7724 +0.8221 Top 10
11 31 Australia Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon BA 2:08.7752 +0.8249 11
12 16 Australia Greg Ritter Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore VX 2:08.8076 +0.8573 12
13 29 Australia Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VY 2:08.9158 +0.9655 13
14 18 Brazil Max Wilson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA 2:08.9417 +0.9914 14
15 50 Australia Jason Bright Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore VX 2:09.0336 +1.0833 15
16 8 Australia Tomas Mezera Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VX 2:09.1050 +1.1547 16
17 66 Australia Dean Canto Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA 2:09.1634 +1.2131 17
18 9 Australia Mark Winterbottom Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA 2:09.1900 +1.2397 18
19 888 United Kingdom John Cleland Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon BA 2:09.4297 +1.4794 19
20 44 New Zealand Simon Wills Team Dynamik Holden Commodore VY 2:09.6021 +1.6518 20
21 10 Australia Jason Bargwanna Larkham Motor Sport Ford Falcon AU 2:09.6414 +1.6911 21
22 19 Australia David Besnard Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA 2:09.6722 +1.7219 22
23 13 Australia Steve Owen Robert Smith Racing Holden Commodore VY 2:09.7946 +1.8443 23
24 15 Australia Cameron McLean HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VX 2:09.8882 +1.9379 24
25 5 Australia Adam Macrow Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA 2:10.1470 +2.1967 25
26 021 New Zealand Craig Baird Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore VX 2:10.3732 +2.4229 26
27 45 France Nicolas Minassian Team Dynamik Holden Commodore VY 2:10.5674 +2.6171 27
28 3 Australia Cameron McConville Lansvale Racing Team Holden Commodore VX 2:10.6251 +2.6748 28
29 23 Australia Neal Bates ICS Team Ford Ford Falcon AU 2:11.0820 +3.1317 29
30 75 Australia Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Ford Falcon BA 2:11.1015 +3.1512 30
31 72 Australia Alan Gurr Smiths Trucks Racing Holden Commodore VX 2:11.5992 +3.6489 31
32 33 Australia Nathan Pretty Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VX 2:11.8451 +3.8948 32
33 20 Australia Grant Johnson Larkham Motor Sport Ford Falcon BA 2:12.4183 +4.4680 33
34 46 Australia Dale Brede Holden Young Lions Holden Commodore VX 2:12.6041 +4.6538 34
35 55 Australia José Fernandez Fernández Racing Ford Falcon AU 2:14.7669 +6.8166 35
36 59 Australia Ron Searle Phoenix Motorsport Ford Falcon AU 2:14.9183 +6.9680 36
37 89 Australia Mal Rose Sydney Star Motorsport Ford Falcon AU 2:15.2302 +7.2799 37
38 69 Australia Peter Doulman M3 Motorsport Holden Commodore VX 2:15.7092 +7.7589 38
39 99 New Zealand David Thexton Thexton Motor Racing Ford Falcon AU 2:16.7246 +8.7743 39
DNQ 24 Australia Wayne Wakefield Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VX

Top 10 Shootout

Pos No Team Driver Car Time
Pole 51 K-Mart Racing Team New Zealand Greg Murphy Holden VY Commodore 2:06.8594
2 21 Brad Jones Racing Australia John Bowe Ford BA Falcon 2:07.9556
3 2 Holden Racing Team New Zealand Jim Richards Holden VY Commodore 2:08.1466
4 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Australia Garth Tander Holden VY Commodore 2:08.4127
5 4 Stone Brothers Racing Australia Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon 2:08.4442
6 6 Ford Performance Racing Australia Craig Lowndes Ford BA Falcon 2:08.4587
7 1 Holden Racing Team Australia Mark Skaife Holden VY Commodore 2:08.5696
8 17 Dick Johnson Racing Australia Steven Johnson Ford BA Falcon 2:08.6875
9 65 Team Betta Electrical New Zealand Paul Radisich Ford BA Falcon 2:09.0925
DNS 11 Castrol Perkins Racing New Zealand Steven Richards Holden VY Commodore

* 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".[2]

Race results

Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos		 Shootout
Pos		 Series
Points
1 51 K-Mart Racing Team New Zealand Greg Murphy
Australia Rick Kelly		 Holden VY Commodore 161 1 1 192
2 6 Ford Performance Racing Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Glenn Seton		 Ford BA Falcon 161 7 6 188
3 31 Supercheap Auto Racing Australia Steven Ellery
Australia Luke Youlden		 Ford BA Falcon 161 11 184
4 11 Castrol Perkins Racing New Zealand Steven Richards
Australia Larry Perkins		 Holden VY Commodore 161 6 DNS 180
5 2 Holden Racing Team New Zealand Jim Richards
Australia Tony Longhurst		 Holden VY Commodore 161 8 3 176
6 4 Pirtek Racing Australia Marcos Ambrose
Australia Russell Ingall		 Ford BA Falcon 161 4 5 172
7 65 Team Betta Electrical New Zealand Paul Radisich
Sweden Rickard Rydell		 Ford BA Falcon 161 9 9 168
8 1 Holden Racing Team Australia Mark Skaife
Australia Todd Kelly		 Holden VY Commodore 161 2 7 164
9 888 Ozemail Racing Team United Kingdom John Cleland
Australia Andrew Jones		 Ford BA Falcon 160 19 160
10 21 Ozemail Racing Team Australia John Bowe
Australia Brad Jones		 Ford BA Falcon 159 3 2 156
11 45 Team Dynamik France Nicolas Minassian
Denmark Jan Magnussen		 Holden VY Commodore 158 27 152
12 18 Dick Johnson Racing Brazil Max Wilson
Australia David Brabham		 Ford BA Falcon 158 14 148
13 17 Dick Johnson Racing Australia Steven Johnson
Australia Warren Luff		 Ford BA Falcon 156 10 8 144
14 8 Castrol Perkins Racing Australia Paul Dumbrell
Australia Tomas Mezera		 Holden VX Commodore 155 16 140
15 59 Phoenix Motorsport Australia Jamie Miller
Australia Ron Searle		 Holden VX Commodore [3] 155 36 136
16 99 Thexton Motor Racing New Zealand David Thexton
Australia Stephen Voight		 Ford AU Falcon 153 39 132
17 021 Team Kiwi Racing New Zealand Craig Baird
New Zealand Mark Porter		 Holden VX Commodore 149 26 128
18 20 Larkham Motor Sport Australia Grant Johnson
Australia Kerry Wade		 Ford AU Falcon 148 33 124
19 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Australia Garth Tander
Australia Jamie Whincup		 Holden VY Commodore 146 5 4 120
20 3 Lansvale Racing Team Australia Cameron McConville
Australia Tim Leahey		 Holden VX Commodore 144 28 116
21 13 Robert Smith Racing Australia Steve Owen
Australia Phillip Scifleet		 Holden VX Commodore [4] 141 23 112
22 44 Team Dynamik New Zealand Simon Wills
New Zealand Jason Richards		 Holden VY Commodore 139 20 108
23 89 Sydney Star Motorsport Australia Mal Rose
Australia Grant Elliott		 Ford AU Falcon 126 37 104
DNF 16 Team Brock Australia Greg Ritter
Australia Marcus Marshall		 Holden VX Commodore 159 12 100
DNF 66 Team Betta Electrical Australia Dean Canto
Australia Matthew White		 Ford BA Falcon 147 17 96
DNF 10 Larkham Motor Sport Australia Jason Bargwanna
Australia Mark Larkham		 Ford BA Falcon 118 21 92
DNF 19 Ford Performance Racing Australia David Besnard
Australia Owen Kelly		 Ford BA Falcon 115 22 88
DNF 55 Fernández Racing Australia José Fernández
Australia David Russell		 Ford AU Falcon 113 35 84
DNF 75 Toll Racing Australia Anthony Tratt
Australia Paul Stokell		 Ford BA Falcon 106 30 80
DNF 9 Caltex Havoline Race Team Australia Mark Winterbottom
Australia Mark Noske		 Ford BA Falcon 102 18 76
DNF 46 Holden Young Lions Australia Dale Brede
Australia Tony Ricciardello		 Holden VX Commodore 72 34
DNF 5 Ford Performance Racing Australia Darren Hossack
Australia Adam Macrow		 Ford BA Falcon 63 25
DNF 23 ICS Team Ford Australia Rick Bates
Australia Neal Bates		 Ford AU Falcon 62 29
DNF 50 Team Brock Australia Jason Bright
Australia Paul Weel		 Holden VX Commodore 44 15
DNF 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport Australia Nathan Pretty
Denmark Allan Simonsen		 Holden VX Commodore 42 32
DNF 15 K-Mart Racing United Kingdom Andy Priaulx
Australia Cameron McLean		 Holden VX Commodore 33 24
DNF 69 Spies Hecker Racing Australia Robert Jones
Australia Peter Doulman		 Holden VX Commodore 32 38
DNF 29 Team Sirromet Wines Australia Paul Morris
New Zealand John Faulkner		 Holden VY Commodore 5 13
DNF 72 Robert Smith Racing Australia Alan Gurr
New Zealand Jonny Reid		 Holden VX Commodore 4 31
DNQ 24 Team Sirromet Wines Australia Wayne Wakefield
Australia Andy McElrea[5]		 Holden VX Commodore[6] 0

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

References

  1. ↑ http://racing.natsoft.com.au/638648963/object_109914.85l/Result?16
  2. ↑ When Murphy Clocked His Lap Of The Gods
  3. ↑ The Great Race 2003, photograph on page 197
  4. ↑ The Great Race 2003, photograph on page 150
  5. ↑ SpeedCafe © (8 January 2010). "Wayne Wakefield". Speedcafe. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  6. ↑ The Great Race 2003, photograph on page 78
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