# 2003 ASCAR season

The 2003 ASCAR Season was the third season of United Kingdom-based NASCAR style stock car racing, originally known as ASCAR. From this season 'Days of Thunder' was adopted as a promotional brand inspired by the NASCAR based movie of the same name. It was used alongside the ASCAR brand for the 2003 season before taking over entirely from 2004.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | Car | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Kidd-Richardson Racing | Chevrolet | 2 | Shaun Richardson | All |
| RML | Chevrolet | 4 | Alejandro Lince | 7 |
| RML | Chevrolet | 33 | Peter Falding | 1 |
| RML | Chevrolet | 44 | Anthony Swan | All |
| RML | Chevrolet | 48 | Steve Grissom | 1 |
| RML | Chevrolet | 84 | Ben Collins | All |
| Team West-Tec | Chevrolet | 5 | Rob Speak | 7 |
| Team West-Tec | Chevrolet | 42 | Niklas Lovén | 6 |
| Team West-Tec | Chevrolet | 42 | Chris Cooke | 1 |
| Team West-Tec | Ford Pontiac | 96 | Michael Vergers | 7 |
| Team West-Tec | Ford Pontiac | 96 | Derek Hayes | 1 |
| Xcel Motorsport | Pontiac | 6 | Stevie Hodgson | 5 |
| Xcel Motorsport | Pontiac | 7 | Andrew Kirkaldy | 7 |
| Fast Tec Motorsport | Pontiac | 12 | Mark Proctor | All |
| Shark Racing | Chevrolet | 17 | Tony King | 5 |
| TorqueSpeed | Chevrolet | 24 | John Mickel | All |
| TorqueSpeed | Chevrolet | 25 | Ian McKellar Jr. | All |
| TorqueSpeed | Chevrolet | 26 | Oli Playle | All |
| Shearspeed | Pontiac | 39 | Andy Smith | 1 |
| Shearspeed | Pontiac | 39 | Phiroze Bilimoria | 1 |
| Intersport Racing | Pontiac | 40 | Kevin Clarke | All |
| Scott Racing Services | Chevrolet | 66 | Kieran Dynes | 3 |
| Team HTML | Pontiac | 68 | Earl Goddard | 1 |
| Team HTML | Pontiac | 68 | Max Papis | 1 |
| Team HTML | Pontiac | 68 | Derek Hayes | 4 |
| Team HTML | Pontiac | 69 | Roland Rehfeld | All |
| Steward Racing | Ford | 75 | John Steward | All |
| Team Catchpole Racing | Chevrolet | 77 | Phil Weaver | All |
| CWS Racing | Chevrolet | 78 | Colin White | All |
| CWS Racing | Chevrolet | 79 | Chris Cooke | 3 |
| CWS Racing | Chevrolet | 79 | Andy Smith | 4 |

## Race calendar

The season consisted of eight meetings with either one or two races taking place at each. The grid for the opening race of each meeting was set by a qualifying session with the second race grid being set by the finishing order of the first. Two meetings were held at the EuroSpeedway in Germany with the remaining six at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in the United Kingdom.
| Round | Round | Circuit/Location | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Led Most Laps | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | R1 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 11 May | Ben Collins | Roland Rehfeld | Michael Vergers | Michael Vergers | Team West-Tec |
| 1 | R2 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 11 May | | Ben Collins | Michael Vergers | Roland Rehfeld | Team HTML |
| 2 | R3 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 8 June | Roland Rehfeld | Ben Collins | Rob Speak | Rob Speak | Team West-Tec |
| 3 | R4 | EuroSpeedway | 6 July | Anthony Swan | Ian McKellar Jr. | Ben Collins | Ian McKellar Jr. | TorqueSpeed |
| 4 | R5 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 27 July | Ben Collins | Ben Collins | Ben Collins | Ian McKellar Jr. | TorqueSpeed |
| 4 | R6 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 27 July | | Derek Hayes | Ben Collins | Ben Collins | RML |
| 5 | R7 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 24 August | Derek Hayes | Derek Hayes | Michael Vergers | Michael Vergers | Team West-Tec |
| 5 | R8 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 24 August | | Andy Smith | Michael Vergers | Ben Collins | RML |
| 6 | R9 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 31 August | Roland Rehfeld | Roland Rehfeld | Ben Collins | Ben Collins | RML |
| 7 | R10 | EuroSpeedway | 14 September | Ben Collins | Ben Collins | Roland Rehfeld | Ben Collins | RML |
| 7 | R11 | EuroSpeedway | 14 September | | Ben Collins | Colin White | Colin White | CWS Racing |
| 8 | R12 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 28 September | Ben Collins | Ben Collins | Ben Collins | Ben Collins | RML |
| 8 | R13 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 28 September | | Ben Collins | Ben Collins | Ben Collins | RML |

## Final points standings

| Pos | Driver | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | Pts |
| 1 | Ben Collins | 4* | 2 | 3 | 2* | 3* | 1* | 5* | 1* | 1* | 1* | 11* | 1* | 1* | 2299 |
| 2 | Colin White | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1* | 5 | 4 | 2044 |
| 3 | Michael Vergers | 1* | 3* | | 3 | 2* | 3* | 1* | 13* | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1963 |
| 4 | Roland Rehfeld | 7 | 1* | 9* | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2* | 9* | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1962 |
| 5 | Ian McKellar Jr. | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1* | 1* | 12* | 15 | DNS | 3 | 3 | 2* | 2 | 2 | 1821 |
| 6 | Anthony Swan | 15 | 11 | 11 | 8* | 11 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1804 |
| 7 | Mark Proctor | 12 | DNS | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2* | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 1722 |
| 8 | Phil Weaver | 10 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 1567 |
| 9 | Shaun Richardson | 18 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 1546 |
| 10 | Oli Playle | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 22 | 1509 |
| 11 | John Steward | 15 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 18 | DNS | 8 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 1421 |
| 12 | John Mickel | 19 | DNS | 7 | 5* | 12* | DNS | 17 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 4* | 21 | 16 | 1390 |
| 13 | Andrew Kirkaldy | 14 | 12 | 12 | 15 | | | 4 | 14* | 17 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 1363 |
| 14 | Kevin Clarke | 21 | DNS | 6 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 22 | DNS | 1351 |
| 15 | Rob Speak | 8 | 8 | 1* | 4 | 14 | DNS | 18 | DNS | 11 | | | 6 | 3 | 1278 |
| 16 | Alejandro Lince | 5 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 12 | WD | WD | | | 1116 |
| 17 | Andy Smith | 13 | 14 | | | | | 20 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 1034 |
| 18 | Stevie Hodgson | 2 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 17 | DNS | | | | | | 16 | 17 | 1020 |
| 19 | Tony King | 11 | 9 | 21 | | 19 | DNS | 12 | 9 | | | | 15 | 14 | 923 |
| 20 | Derek Hayes | | | 17 | | 4 | 4 | 16* | DNS | 19 | | | 14 | 8 | 892 |
| 21 | Niklas Lovén | DNS | 18 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 11 | | | 18 | | | 13 | 21 | 891 |
| 22 | Chris Cooke | | | 15 | 14 | DNS | 14 | 7 | 12 | | | | | | 610 |
| 23 | Kieran Dynes | | | | | | | 13 | 10 | 20 | | | 10 | 9 | 603 |
| 24 | Earl Goddard | 9 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 280 |
| 25 | Peter Falding | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 11 | 252 |
| 26 | Phiroze Billimoria | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 15 | 200 |
| 27 | Max Papis | | | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | 114 |
| 28 | Steve Grissom | 17 | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | 102 |