2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500

**2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500**
Event Information
Round 9 of 13 in the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series

Date	12–14 September 2003
Location	Melbourne, Victoria
Venue	Sandown International Raceway
Weather	Rain
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	Mark Skaife Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team	192 pts
Second	Steven Ellery Luke Youlden Steven Ellery Racing	188 pts
Third	Greg Murphy Rick Kelly Kmart Racing Team	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.

It was the 36th touring car endurance race to be held at Sandown.

Top ten shootout

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Time
Pole	4	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.8554
2	1	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	1:12.2797
3	51	Greg Murphy	K-mart Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	1:12.3744
4	65	Paul Radisich	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.6438
5	44	Simon Wills	Team Dynamik	Holden VY Commodore	1:12.6448
6	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.6711
7	6	Craig Lowndes	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.6823
8	21	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.9444
9	29	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	1:13.0164
10	31	Steven Ellery	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:20.6263

Official results

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

Statistics

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

V8 Supercar
Previous race: 2003 V8Supercar Oran Park	2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series	Next race: 2003 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000
Previous year: 2002 Sandown 500	Sandown 500	Next year: 2004 Betta Electrical 500

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