# 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series

The 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series was an Australian motor racing competition held for V8 Supercars. It was the fourth V8 Supercar Development Series. The series began on 23 February 2003 at Wakefield Park and finished on 31 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park after sixteen races at six rounds held across three different states.
Series winner Mark Winterbottom won eight of the 16 races and four of the six rounds. The new points system placed an increased emphasis on finishing races and series runner up Matthew White scored just 58 points less than Winterbottom, despite taking only two race wins and six top three race finishes.

## Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2003 Konica V8 Supercar Series. This was the last season that the Holden VS Commodore and Ford EL Falcon was eligible.
| Team | Car | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Brad Jones Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 12 | Andrew Jones | 1–2, 4–6 |
| Imrie Motor Sport | Holden VX Commodore | 14 | Geoff Full | 1–2 |
| Imrie Motor Sport | Holden VX Commodore | 14 | Steve Owen | 4–6 |
| Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 22 | Todd Wanless | 1–3, 5–6 |
| Terry Wyhoon Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 25 | Terry Wyhoon | All |
| M3 Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore Holden VX Commodore | 26 | Bob McDonald | 1 |
| M3 Motorsport | Holden VT Commodore Holden VX Commodore | 26 | Peter Doulman | 4–5 |
| Howard Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 27 | Marcus Marshall | 4–5 |
| Howard Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 49 | Tim Gordon | All |
| Howard Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 94 | Mark Howard | All |
| Matthew White Racing | Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon | 28 | Matthew White | All |
| Steven Ellery Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 30 | Luke Youlden | All |
| Clyde Lawrence Racing | Holden VS Commodore Holden VX Commodore | 35 | Clyde Lawrence | 1–3, 5–6 |
| South Pacific Motor Sport | Holden VS Commodore | 38 | Mathew Hunt | 3 |
| Peters Motorsport | Ford AU Falcon | 40 | Brett Peters | All |
| Stone Brothers Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 41 | Mark Winterbottom | All |
| Holden Young Lions | Holden VX Commodore | 46 | Dale Brede | All |
| Holden Young Lions | Holden VX Commodore | 96 | Tony D'Alberto | 3–6 |
| Craig Bastian | Ford AU Falcon | 47 | Craig Bastian | All |
| Fernández Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 55 | José Fernández | 1–4, 6 |
| Kevin Mundy Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 56 | Kevin Mundy | All |
| Motorsport Engineering Services | Holden VT Commodore | 58 | Derek van Zelm | 4–5 |
| Phoenix Motorsport | Holden VX Commodore | 59 | Jamie Miller | All |
| Independent Race Cars Australia | Holden VX Commodore | 64 | Mark Porter | All |
| Shane Beikoff Racing | Holden VS Commodore Ford EL Falcon | 68 | Shane Beikoff | 1–3, 5 |
| CarTrek Racing | Holden VX Commodore | 69 | Robert Jones | 2–6 |
| Dick Johnson Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 71 | Tony Ricciardello | 1–5 |
| Dick Johnson Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 71 | Warren Luff | 6 |
| Robert Smith Racing | Holden VX Commodore | 72 | Owen Kelly | All |
| V8 Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 77 | Richard Mork | 1, 3 |
| V8 Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 77 | Michael Simpson | 2 |
| V8 Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 77 | Tim Rowse | 4–5 |
| Graham Crawford | Ford EL Falcon | 87 | Graham Crawford | 1–2, 4 |
| Halliday Motor Sport | Ford AU Falcon | 88 | Peter Gazzard | All |
| Sydney Star Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 89 | Adam Wallis | 4–6 |
| Sydney Star Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 98 | Grant Elliott | All |
| Peter Best | Holden VS Commodore | 90 | Peter Best | 3–4 |
| Phoenix Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | 95 | Ron Searle | 1 |
| Thexton Motor Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 100 | David Thexton | 4–6 |
| Chance of a Lifetime | Ford AU Falcon | 110 | David Russell | All |
| A.N.T. Racing | Holden VS Commodore | 300 | Tony Evangelou | 1–2, 4–5 |
| Nichols Motorsport | Ford EL Falcon | 666 | Phillip Nichols | 1, 3–4 |

## Race calendar

| Round | Date | Circuit | Location | Winning driver |
| 1 | 22–23 February | Wakefield Park | Goulburn, New South Wales | Mark Winterbottom |
| 2 | 20–21 March | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | Mark Winterbottom |
| 3 | 3–4 May | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Mark Winterbottom |
| 4 | 5–6 July | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Matthew White |
| 5 | 2–3 August | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | Andrew Jones |
| 6 | 30–31 August | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Mallala, South Australia | Mark Winterbottom |

## Points system

The series consisted of six rounds across three different states. Rounds 1 and 3–6 consisted of three races. The second race of each weekend saw the finishing order of race 1 reversed to form the grid, a 'reverse grid' race. Round 2 consisted of a single race. Points were awarded for all cars who finished each race in finishing order. Points may have been offered beyond the 29th position but at no point during the series did more than 29 cars finish a race. Round 2's single race carried three times the points of a single race elsewhere in the series. The pointscore also saw the worst round result deducted, although the worst result had to be a round the competitor had entered.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th |
| Rounds 1 & 3–6 Points | 64 | 62 | 60 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 52 | 50 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| Round 2 Points | 192 | 186 | 180 | 174 | 168 | 162 | 156 | 150 | 144 | 138 | 132 | 126 | 120 | 114 | 108 | 102 | 96 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 72 | 66 | 60 | 54 | 48 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 24 |

## Series standings

Points table referenced, in part, as follows:
| Pos. | Driver | No. | WAK | WAK | WAK | ADE | EAS | EAS | EAS | PHI | PHI | PHI | WIN | WIN | WIN | MAL | MAL | MAL | Pen. | Points |
| 1 | Mark Winterbottom | 41 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 922 (1084) |
| 2 | Matthew White | 28 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 864 (1026) |
| 3 | Mark Porter | 64 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 780 (876) |
| 4 | Brett Peters | 40 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 718 (812) |
| 5 | Luke Youlden | 30 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 19 | Ret | 10 | 50 | 688 (766) |
| 6 | Dale Brede | 46 | Ret | 4 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 3 | Ret | DNS | 3 | Ret | 7 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 0 | 680 (740) |
| 7 | Owen Kelly | 72 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 26 | 2 | Ret | 25 | 1 | 3 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 0 | 680 (702) |
| 8 | Peter Gazzard | 88 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | Ret | 6 | Ret | DNS | 0 | 658 (712) |
| 9 | Craig Bastian | 47 | 17 | 7 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 626 |
| 10 | Kevin Mundy | 56 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 11 | Ret | DNS | 0 | 612 (684) |
| 11 | Andrew Jones | 12 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 24 | | | | 2 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 0 | 604 (658) |
| 12 | David Russell | 110 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 11 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 0 | 542 (560) |
| 13 | Jamie Miller | 59 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 536 (622) |
| 14 | Terry Wyhoon | 25 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 12 | 17 | Ret | 12 | 12 | Ret | DNS | 12 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 510 |
| 15 | José Fernández | 55 | 10 | 10 | DNS | 9 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 17 | | | | Ret | DNS | 13 | 0 | 496 (536) |
| 16 | Todd Wanless | 22 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 8 | Ret | | | | 5 | Ret | 20 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 470 (552) |
| 17 | Tony Ricciardello | 71 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 18 | Ret | 8 | Ret | | | | 0 | 440 (490) |
| 18 | Robert Jones | 69 | | | | 15 | Ret | 17 | 13 | 8 | Ret | DNS | 18 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 434 (484) |
| 19 | Mark Howard | 94 | 11 | 17 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 17 | Ret | 16 | 0 | 432 |
| 20 | Grant Elliott | 98 | 16 | Ret | DNS | 10 | 11 | Ret | DNS | 28 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 19 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 14 | 0 | 370 (380) |
| 21 | Tony D'Alberto | 96 | | | | | Ret | 14 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 8 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 338 |
| 22 | Tim Gordon | 49 | 22 | 20 | Ret | 23 | 22 | Ret | 17 | 29 | Ret | 21 | 23 | 20 | 18 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 0 | 322 (354) |
| 23 | Clyde Lawrence | 35 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 20 | Ret | DNS | | | | Ret | DNS | DNS | 20 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 310 |
| 24 | Tony Evangelou | 300 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 18 | | | | 24 | 13 | Ret | 20 | 16 | 23 | | | | 0 | 278 (336) |
| 25 | Shane Beikoff | 68 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 18 | | | | 21 | Ret | DNS | | | | 0 | 264 (288) |
| 26 | Steve Owen | 14 | | | | | | | | 27 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 0 | 238 (348) |
| 27 | Adam Wallis | 89 | | | | | | | | 17 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 234 (326) |
| 28 | David Thexton | 100 | | | | | | | | 19 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 17 | Ret | 15 | 18 | 0 | 182 (248) |
| 29 | Graham Crawford | 87 | 15 | Ret | 18 | 22 | | | | 22 | 20 | 20 | | | | | | | 0 | 160 (226) |
| 30 | Marcus Marshall | 27 | | | | | | | | 5 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 17 | Ret | | | | 0 | 130 (232) |
| 31 | Tim Rowse | 77 | | | | | | | | 15 | 15 | 12 | 16 | Ret | 13 | | | | 0 | 114 (188) |
| 32 | Peter Doulman | 26 | | | | | | | | 11 | 12 | 19 | 26 | Ret | 12 | | | | 0 | 114 (170) |
| 33 | Richard Mork | 77 | 20 | 18 | Ret | | 18 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 56 (86) |
| 34 | Derek van Zelm | 58 | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | 21 | 19 | | | | 0 | 52 |
| 35 | Peter Best | 90 | | | | | Ret | Ret | 19 | 25 | 22 | DNS | | | | | | | 0 | 48 (86) |
| 36 | Geoff Full | 14 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 42 |
| – | Warren Luff | 71 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 (166) |
| – | Michael Simpson | 77 | | | | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 (162) |
| – | Mathew Hunt | 38 | | | | | 19 | 19 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 (78) |
| – | Bob McDonald | 26 | Ret | 22 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 (66) |
| – | Phillip Nichols | 666 | DNS | DNS | DNS | | DNS | DNS | DNS | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | 0 | 0 |
| – | Ron Searle | 95 | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 |
| Pos. | Driver | No. | WAK | WAK | WAK | ADE | EAS | EAS | EAS | PHI | PHI | PHI | WIN | WIN | WIN | MAL | MAL | MAL | Pen. | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |