# 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

The 2003 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing championship open to Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 cars complying with Australian Carrera Cup regulations. The championship, which was administered by CupCar Australia Pty Ltd, was the inaugural Australian Carrera Cup Championship.

## Calendar

The championship was contested over a nine-round series with three races per round.
| Rnd | Circuit | State | Date |
| 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 |

## Points system

Championship points were awarded at each race on the following basis:
| Finishing Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st – last |
| Points awarded | 60 | 54 | 48 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |

## Championship results

| Position | Driver | No. | Car | Team | PI | EC | Win | HV | QR | San | Bat | Sur | EC | Total |
| 1 | Jim Richards | 5 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Jim Richards Racing | 180 | 180 | 123 | 156 | 180 | 144 | 170 | 180 | 162 | 1475 |
| 2 | Marcus Marshall | 31 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | VIP Pet Foods Racing | 144 | 162 | 174 | 96 | 162 | 36 | 156 | 156 | 108 | 1194 |
| 3 | Peter Fitzgerald | 33 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Fitzgerald Racing/ENJO | 162 | 126 | 102 | 93 | 120 | 108 | 126 | 132 | 81 | 1050 |
| 4 | Tim Leahey | 55 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Greg Murphy Racing | 51 | 138 | 96 | 162 | 138 | 48 | 30 | 54 | 63 | 780 |
| 5 | Kevin Bell | 86 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | International Motorsport NZ | 96 | 96 | 51 | 117 | 120 | 81 | 54 | 0 | 51 | 666 |
| 6 | Matthew Coleman | 62 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Matt Coleman Racing | 51 | 78 | 84 | 72 | 87 | 0 | 78 | 81 | 132 | 663 |
| 7 | Paul Pedersen | 96 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | International Motorsport NZ | 102 | 45 | 33 | 96 | 66 | 63 | 84 | 0 | 45 | 534 |
| 8 | Jonathon Webb | 22 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Tekno Autosports | 51 | 45 | 36 | 39 | 21 | 111 | 87 | 6 | 93 | 489 |
| 9 | Tony Quinn | 32 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | VIP Pet Foods Racing | 72 | 45 | 27 | 48 | 12 | 54 | 99 | 63 | 51 | 471 |
| 10 | Dean Cook | 9 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | European Technique | 33 | 48 | 93 | 42 | 18 | 54 | 15 | 60 | 39 | 402* |
| 11 | Rodney Jane | 7 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Rodney Jane Racing | 13 | 27 | 54 | 24 | 42 | 13.5 | 6 | 102 | 69 | 350.5 |
| 12 | Dean Grant | 10 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Team Becks Racing | 66 | 21 | 54 | 57 | 51 | 13.5 | 15 | 13 | 33 | 323.5 |
| 13 | Klark Quinn | 23 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | RT Motorsport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 120 | 120 | 36 | 318 |
| 14 | Andrew Miedecke | 35 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Miedecke Motorsport | 63 | 48 | 114 | 18 | 0 | 45 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 318 |
| 15 | James Dutton | 26 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Dutton Motorsport | 5 | 48 | 4 | 75 | 18 | 60 | 0 | 21 | 45 | 276 |
| 16 | Peter Hill | 66 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Greg Murphy Racing | 34 | 18 | 66 | 6 | 72 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 214* |
| 17 | Charlie O'Brien | 15 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | International Motorsport NZ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 61.5 | 33 | 60 | 0 | 208.5 |
| 18 | Geoff Morgan | 4 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Mog Sport | 18 | 21 | 0 | 54 | 12 | 4.5 | 51 | 0 | 27 | 187.5 |
| 19 | Alex Davison | 66 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Greg Murphy Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 180 |
| 20 | Scott Shearman | 77 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Natural Blonde Racing | 60 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 45 | 3 | 177 |
| 21 | Jack Crocker | 51 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Team Terrier | 12 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 25.5 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 176.5 |
| 22 | Andrew Taplin | 18 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Taplin Real Estate | 27 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 12 | 25.5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 133.5* |
| 23 | Chris Seidler | 11 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | European Technique | 0 | 7 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 7.5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 117.5 |
| 24 | Greg Keene | 8 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | SportsMed SA | 3 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 116* |
| 25 | Russell Wright | 52 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Team Terrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 75* |
| 26 | John Teulan | 88 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Statewide GT-Racing | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 62* |
| 27 | David Scaysbrook | 28 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | JAM Racing | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| 28 | Roger Oakeshott | 44 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Greg Murphy Racing | 5 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5.5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 54.5* |
| 29 | Rick Armstrong | 99 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | International Motorsport NZ | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 30 | Paul Blackie | 24 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Pro-Floor Motorsport | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 31** | Andrew Bagnall | 82 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | International Motorsport NZ | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 32** | Marc Cini | 12 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Adamco | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 21.5 |
| 33** | Stephen Borness | 24 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Brook Motorsport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 20.5* |
| 34 | Mark Howard | 23 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | RT Motorsport | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 35 | Rusty French | 6 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | Skye Sands Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Tim Pritchard | 23 | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 | RT Motorsport | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* 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.