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2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500

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Victoria (state) 2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500
Event Information
Round 9 of 13 in the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date12–14 September 2003
LocationMelbourne, Victoria
VenueSandown International Raceway
WeatherRain
Results
Race 1
Distance 141 laps 437 km
Pole position Marcos Ambrose
Stone Brothers Racing
1:11.8554
Winner Mark Skaife
Todd Kelly
Holden Racing Team
3:26:50.4750
Round Results
First 192 pts
Second 188 pts
Third 184 pts

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

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

Race results

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

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  • 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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Top 10 Shootout, www.v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org". Archived from the original on 2004-01-13. Retrieved 2004-01-13.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Race results, v8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org". Archived from the original on 2003-10-02. Retrieved 2003-10-02.
  3. ^ "Betta Electrical Sandown 500 The One That Got Away, V8supercar.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org". Archived from the original on 2003-10-08. Retrieved 2003-10-08.
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