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

Results

Rd	Race	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Drivers' Winner	Teams' Winner	Round Winner
1	1	Phillip Island	Jim Richards	Jim Richards	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing	Jim Richards
	2			Marcus Marshall	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing
	3			Jim Richards	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing
2	1	Eastern Creek 1	Marcus Marshall	Marcus Marshall	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing	Jim Richards
	2			Jim Richards	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing
	3			Marcus Marshall	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing
3	1	Winton	Jim Richards	Peter Fitzgerald	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing	Marcus Marshall
	2			Jim Richards	Marcus Marshall	VIP Petfoods Racing
	3			Tim Leahey	Marcus Marshall	VIP Petfoods Racing
4	1	Darwin	Jim Richards	Jim Richards	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing	Tim Leahey
	2			Jim Richards	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing
	3			Jim Richards	Kevin Bell	International Motorsport
5	1	Queensland	Jim Richards	Jim Richards	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing	Jim Richards
	2			Marcus Marshall	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing
	3			Jim Richards	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing
6	1	Sandown	Jim Richards	Jim Richards	Peter Fitzgerald	Fitzgerald Racing	Jim Richards
	2			Tim Leahey	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing
	3			Jim Richards	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing
7	1	Bathurst	Jim Richards	Peter Fitzgerald	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing	Jim Richards
	2			Marcus Marshall	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing
	3			Jim Richards	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing
8	1	Surfers Paradise	Jim Richards	Peter Fitzgerald	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing	Jim Richards
	2			Peter Fitzgerald	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing
	3			Jim Richards	Jim Richards	Jim Richards Racing
9	1	Eastern Creek 2	Tim Leahey	Alex Davison	Alex Davison	Greg Murphy Racing	Alex Davison
	2			Alex Davison	Alex Davison	Greg Murphy Racing
	3			Jim Richards	Alex Davison	Greg Murphy Racing

Points system

Championship points were awarded at each race on the following basis:

Championship results

Pos[5]	Driver[5]	No.[5]	Team[5]	PHI	EAS1	WIN	HID	QUE	SAN	BAT	SUR	EAS2	Pts[5]
1	Jim Richards	5	Jim Richards Racing	180	180	123	156	180	144	170	180	162	1475
2	Marcus Marshall	31	VIP Pet Foods Racing	144	162	174	96	162	36	156	156	108	1194
3	Peter Fitzgerald	33	Fitzgerald Racing/ENJO	162	126	102	93	120	108	126	132	81	1050
4	Tim Leahey	55	Greg Murphy Racing	51	138	96	162	138	48	30	54	63	780
5	Kevin Bell	86	International Motorsport NZ	96	96	51	117	120	81	54	0	51	666
6	Matthew Coleman	62	Matt Coleman Racing	51	78	84	72	87	0	78	81	132	663
7	Paul Pedersen	96	International Motorsport NZ	102	45	33	96	66	63	84	0	45	534
8	Jonathon Webb	22	Tekno Autosports	51	45	36	39	21	111	87	6	93	489
9	Tony Quinn	32	VIP Pet Foods Racing	72	45	27	48	12	54	99	63	51	471
10	Dean Cook	9	European Technique	33	48	93	42	18	54	15	60	39	402*
11	Rodney Jane	7	Rodney Jane Racing	13	27	54	24	42	13.5	6	102	69	350.5
12	Dean Grant	10	Team Becks Racing	66	21	54	57	51	13.5	15	13	33	323.5
13	Klark Quinn	23	RT Motorsport	0	0	0	0	0	42	120	120	36	318
14	Andrew Miedecke	35	Miedecke Motorsport	63	48	114	18	0	45	30	0	0	318
15	James Dutton	26	Dutton Motorsport	5	48	4	75	18	60	0	21	45	276
16	Peter Hill	66	Greg Murphy Racing	34	18	66	6	72	3	6	9	0	214*
17	Charlie O'Brien	15	International Motorsport NZ	0	0	0	0	54	61.5	33	60	0	208.5
18	Geoff Morgan	4	Mog Sport	18	21	0	54	12	4.5	51	0	27	187.5
19	Alex Davison	66	Greg Murphy Racing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	180	180
20	Scott Shearman	77	Natural Blonde Racing	60	9	0	12	0	0	48	45	3	177
21	Jack Crocker	51	Team Terrier	12	28	27	3	24	25.5	12	45	0	176.5
22	Andrew Taplin	18	Taplin Real Estate	27	9	10	42	12	25.5	4	4	0	133.5*
23	Chris Seidler	11	European Technique	0	7	39	15	7	7.5	12	18	12	117.5
24	Greg Keene	8	SportsMed SA	3	7	19	18	12	12	3	27	15	116*
25	Russell Wright	52	Team Terrier	0	0	0	0	0	39	12	24	0	75*
26	John Teulan	88	Statewide GT-Racing	12	6	9	0	7	0	0	24	4	62*
27	David Scaysbrook	28	JAM Racing	0	0	39	0	18	0	0	0	0	57
28	Roger Oakeshott	44	Greg Murphy Racing	5	0	9	6	9	5.5	1	10	9	54.5*
29	Rick Armstrong	99	International Motorsport NZ	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33
30	Paul Blackie	24	Pro-Floor Motorsport	6	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
31**	Andrew Bagnall	82	International Motorsport NZ	0	6	0	0	9	0	7	0	0	22
32**	Marc Cini	12	Adamco	0	0	7	0	0	2.5	0	12	0	21.5
33**	Stephen Borness	24	Brook Motorsport	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	6	12	20.5*
34	Mark Howard	23	RT Motorsport	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
35	Rusty French	6	Skye Sands Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
36	Tim Pritchard	23	RT Motorsport	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Pos	Driver	No.	Team	PHI	EAS1	WIN	HID	QUE	SAN	BAT	SUR	EAS2	Pts

• 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

External links

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