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2003 Bathurst 24 Hour

Layout of the [[Mount Panorama Circuit

The 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race started at 2:00pm on 22 November 2003 and finished at 2:00pm on 23 November. It was the second Bathurst 24 Hour.

The race featured five car classes and was intended as a showcase for the racing categories promoted by Procar Australia, namely Nations Cup cars, GT Performance Cars and Production Cars. It was also open to various other categories which included FIA Group N-GT and Grand-Am GT.

The race was won by Peter Brock, Greg Murphy, Jason Bright and Todd Kelly driving a Holden Monaro 427C. They finished the 24 Hour race only 0.3505 seconds ahead of their team mates Nathan Pretty, Steven Richards, Garth Tander and Cameron McConville in the 2002 race winning Monaro. The Monaro's covered 527 laps (5 less than 2002) of the 6.213 km long public road circuit for a total distance of 3274.251 km.

Class structure

The winning car, pictured in 2018 in its 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour colours.

Class A

The leading class contained vehicles eligible for international FIA N-GT, American Grand-Am GT and the Australian Nations Cup Group 1 category. It featured BMW M3 GTR, Ferrari 360 N-GT, Mosler MT900R, Porsche 996 GT3-RS, Porsche 996 GT3-RC, Lamborghini Diablo GTR, and the "Nations Cup" version of the Holden Monaro, the 427C

Class B

Consisted of Nations Cup Group 2 cars: Ferrari 360 Modena, Porsche 996 GT3 Cup and international GTs of varying kinds, Morgan Aero 8, Porsche 996 GT3 S and a modified BMW M Coupe.

Class D

A production based class featuring cars from the Australian GT Performance Car Championship. The entry consisted of BMW M Coupe, BMW M3, FPV GT, HSV X Series GTS, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII, Nissan 200SX, Nissan 350Z and Subaru Impreza WRX.

Class E

A production based class featuring cars from the Australian Production Car Championship. The entry consisted of Alfa Romeo 156 GTA, Ford Falcon XR6T, Holden Commodore VY, Honda Integra, Honda S2000 and Toyota Celica SX.

Class F

The class catered for a variety of vehicles which included Future Touring Ford Falcon, Holden VX Commodore & Holden VY Commodore, a Nürburgring VLN series BMW M3, a Supertouring BMW 320i, an old GT-Production BMW M3-R, New Zealand Schedule S touring car Toyota Altezza and Mitsubishi Mirage Cup one-make series cars.

Top 10 Qualifiers

The top 10 qualifiers for the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour were as follows:

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car
427	AUS Garry Rogers Motorsport	AUS Garth Tander	Holden Monaro 427C	2:13.2856
05	AUS Garry Rogers Motorsport	NZL Greg Murphy	Holden Monaro 427C	2:15.9739
420	AUS Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia	AUS John Bowe	BMW M3 GTR	2:17.6832
900	GBR Rollcentre Racing	GBR Martin Short	Mosler MT900R	2:18.1074
54	AUS John Teulan	AUS Paul Morris	Porsche 996 GT3 RC	2:19.3319
20	AUS Mark Coffey Racing	AUS Paul Stokell	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	2:19.5626
48	AUT BE Racing	AUS David Brabham	Ferrari 360 N-GT	2:21.1258
6	GER Jürgen Alzen Motorsport	GER Jürgen Alzen	Porsche 996 GT3 S Cup	2:21.7062
7	AUS VIP Petfoods Racing	AUS Marcus Marshall	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	2:22.8980
8	GBR Cirtek Motorsport	AUS Peter Floyd	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	2:23.2392

Official results

The two Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Monaros at the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour motor race

Results as follows:

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Laps	Qual
Pos	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF
A	05	AUS Garry Rogers Motorsport	AUS Peter Brock
NZL Greg Murphy
AUS Jason Bright
AUS Todd Kelly	Holden Monaro 427C	527	2
Chevrolet LS6 7.0L V8
A	427	AUS Garry Rogers Motorsport	AUS Nathan Pretty
AUS Garth Tander
NZL Steven Richards
AUS Cameron McConville	Holden Monaro 427C	527	1
Chevrolet LS6 7.0L V8
A	54	AUS John Teulan	AUS Peter Fitzgerald
AUS Paul Morris
AUS John Teulan
AUS Scott Shearman	Porsche 996 GT3 RC	515	5
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
B	6	GER Jürgen Alzen Motorsport	GER Jürgen Alzen
GER Uwe Alzen
GER Michael Bartels
GER Arno Klasen	Porsche 996 GT3 S Cup	514	8
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
A	900	GBR Rollcentre Racing	GBR Martin Short
GBR Patrick Pearce
GBR Charles Lamb
NZL Heather Spurle	Mosler MT900R	507	4
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
B	7	AUS VIP Petfoods Racing	GBR Tony Quinn
AUS Marcus Marshall
AUS Klark Quinn
AUS Grant Denyer	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	495	9
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
A	8	GBR Cirtek Motorsport	AUS Peter Floyd
GBR Ian Donaldson
GBR Andrew Donaldson
USA Liz Halliday	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	491	10
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
A	20	AUS Mark Coffey Racing	AUS Paul Stokell
DEN Allan Simonsen
AUS Luke Youlden
AUS Peter Hackett	Lamborghini Diablo GTR	487	6
Lamborghini 6.0L V12
D	71	AUS Peter Boylan	AUS Peter Boylan
AUS Geoff Morgan
AUS Rick Bates
AUS Peter Hansen	BMW M3	469	19
BMW M54 3.2L I6
F	59	AUS Steve Williams	AUS Steve Williams
AUS Graham Moore
AUS Terry Bosnjak	Holden VX Commodore	460	18
Holden 5.0L V8
D	27	AUS Novacastrian Motorsport	AUS Wayne Russell
AUS Steve Cramp
AUS Mark King
AUS Paul Stubber	BMW M Coupe	459	28
BMW M54 3.2L I6
F	41	AUS Geoffrey Parker	AUS Geoff Parker
AUS Jeff Watters
AUS David Sala
AUS Peter Gazzard	Holden VY Commodore	451	16
Holden 5.0L V8
D	60	AUS Protecnica Racing	AUS Wayne Boatwright
AUS Rod Salmon
AUS Glen Hastings
AUS Neil Caswell	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	449	32
Subaru EJ 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
D	2	AUS Garry Holt	AUS Garry Holt
AUS Gary Young
AUS Michael Brock
AUS Kevin Mundy	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII	445	22
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
D	91	AUS Peters Motorsport	AUS Gary Deane
AUS Robert Rubis
AUS Dean Wanless	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	439	26
Subaru EJ 2.0L Turbo Flat-4
E	13	AUS Osborne Motorsport	AUS Colin Osborne
AUS John Roecken
AUS Trevor Keene
AUS Steve Grocl	Toyota Celica SX	436	43
Toyota 2ZZ-GE 1.8L I4
D	3	AUS Bendigo Motorsports	AUS Craig Dean
AUS Chris Smith
AUS Bill Pye	FPV BA GT	434	36
Ford Modular 5.4L V8
F	23	AUS Bruce Lynton	AUS Bruce Lynton
AUS Beric Lynton
AUS Jamie Cartwright
AUS Matthew Jackson	BMW M3-R	431	23
BMW M50 3.0L I6
F	18	AUS Amin Chahda	AUS Amin Chahda
AUS Andrew Gillespie
AUS Brett McFarland	Ford Falcon EL XR8	427	33
Ford Windsor 5.0L V8
E	95	AUS John McIlroy	AUS John McIlroy
AUS Ken Douglas
AUS Chris Stillwell
AUS Phil Kirkham	Ford Falcon BA XR6T	427	39
Ford Barra 4.0L Turbo I6
E	31	AUS Osborne Motorsport	AUS Stephen Borness
AUS Ash Samadi
AUS David Ratcliff
AUS Andrew Bretherton	Toyota Celica SX	424	45
Toyota 2ZZ-GE 1.8L I4
F	37	AUS Donut King Racing	AUS Peter Leemhuis
AUS Shane Brangwin
AUS Tony Alford
AUS John Grounds	Mitsubishi Mirage	421	38
Mitsubishi 1.5L I4
B	4	GBR Sterling Motorsport	GBR VJ Angelo
AUS Ric Shaw
AUS Mark Williamson
NZL Scott O'Donnell	BMW M Coupe	419	17
BMW M54 3.2L I6
F	42	NZL Barrie Thomlinson Motorsport	NZL Barrie Thomlinson
NZL Barrie Thomlinson Jr.
NZL Andrew Neale
NZL Mike Eady	Toyota Altezza	411	30
Toyota 3S-GE 2.0L I4
B	11	AUS Motorsport Innovations	AUS Richard Wilson
AUS Theo Koundouris
USA Paul Jenkins
AUS Ian Palmer	Ferrari 360 Modena	392	25
Ferrari 3.6L V8
E	62	AUS Scott Loadsman	AUS Scott Loadsman
AUS David Russell
AUS Ian Luff
AUS Warren Luff	Holden Commodore VY SS	382	35
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
E	45	AUS Allan Shephard	AUS Allan Shephard
AUS Martin Bailey
AUS Greg Doyle	Honda Integra Type-R	380	44
Honda B18C 1.8L I4
D	44	AUS MGC Racing	AUS Mark Cohen
NZL Fabian Coulthard
AUS Geoff Emery
AUS Tony Blanche	HSV VX GTS 300	336	31
Chevrolet LS1 5.7L V8
D	200	AUS Haysom Motorsport	AUS Greg Haysom
AUS Rodney Woods
AUS Michael Robinson
AUS Graham Hunt	Nissan 200SX Spec-R	290	40
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
A	70	GBR Graham Nash Motorsport	GBR Mike Newton
BRA Thomas Erdos
AUT Manfred Jurasz
AUS Rod Wilson	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	280	11
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
D	17	AUS Team GT	AUS Trevor Haines
AUS John Falk
AUS James Phillip
AUS Trevor Sheumack	FPV BA GT	232	29
Ford Modular 5.4L V8
D	222	AUS Haysom Motorsport	AUS Hugh Harrison
AUS Richard Catchlove
AUS Mike Kirkpatrick
AUS Damian Johnson	Nissan 200SX Spec-R	125	34
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
F	301	AUS SAE Racing	AUS Alan Gurr
AUS Luke Searle
Malaysia Alex Yoong
AUS Geoff Full	BMW 320i	50	14
BMW S14 2.0L I4
A	888	AUS Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia	AUS Des Wall
AUS Will Power
AUS Paul Freestone
AUS James Koundouris	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	474	13
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
E	28	AUS Ross Palmer Motorsport	AUS Anton Mechtler
AUS Charlie Kovacs
AUS James Brock
AUS Mark Brame	Honda S2000	411	37
Honda F20C 2.0L I4
E	156	AUS GTA Motorsport	AUS Andrew Leithhead
AUS Peter Doulman
AUS Keith Downie
AUS Keen Booker	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	353	42
Alfa Romeo 3.2L V6
A	24	GBR Cirtek Motorsport	GBR Tim Harvey
GBR Jonathan Rowland
GER Hermann Tilke
AUS Melinda Price	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	325	12
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
A	48	AUT BE Racing	AUS David Brabham
AUT Klaus Engelhorn
ITA Andrea Montermini
AUT Philipp Peter	Ferrari 360 N-GT	287	7
Ferrari 3.6L V8
D	57	AUS Graham Alexander	AUS Graham Alexander
AUS John Woodberry
AUS Brett Youlden
AUS Bob Hughes	Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VII	186	20
Mitsubishi 4G63 2.0L Turbo I4
A	420	AUS Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia	AUS John Bowe
AUS Neil Crompton
AUS Greg Crick
Indonesia Maher Algadrie	BMW M3 GTR	131	3
BMW N62 5.0L V8
B	66	GBR Adam Sharpe Motorsport	NZL Neil Cunningham
GBR Adam Sharpe
GBR Keith Ahlers
GBR Tom Shrimpton	Morgan Aero 8	97	15
BMW M62 4.6L V8
D	77	AUS Nathan Pilkington	AUS Nathan Pilkington
AUS Dennis Cribbin
AUS Roland Hill
AUS Ryan Hooker	Nissan 350Z	65	27
Nissan VQ35DE 3.5L V6
D	26	AUS Novacastrian Motorsport	AUS Mark Westbrook
AUS Wayne Moore
AUS Ian Mitchell
AUS Clayton Pyne	BMW M Coupe	62	21
BMW M54 3.2L I6
D	75	AUS Aaron McGill	AUS Aaron McGill
AUS David Auger
AUS Ross Halliday
AUS Martin Miller	Nissan 200SX Spec-R	42	41
Nissan SR20DET 2.0L Turbo I4
F	40	GER Duller Motorsport	GBR Frank Mountain
GBR Robert Brooks
NZ Rob Wilson
GBR Daniel Gooding	BMW M3	25	24
BMW M52 3.2L I6

References

Statistics

Pole Position - #427 Garth Tander - 2:13.2856
Fastest Lap - #427 Garth Tander - 2:14.4894 (lap 524)
Average Speed - 136 km/h

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20041227185244/http://www.procar.com.au/newsitem.asp?news_id=1171&event_id=38 Back Holden Heroes Grab Pole Position For Bathurst 24-hr International Race]
[http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?23/11/2003.MOUN Mount Panorama - Bathurst 23/11/2003 Bathurst 24hr 2003] {{webarchive. link. (31 August 2007 National Software retrieved 4 April 2008)

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