The 2003 Clipsal 500 was the fifth running of the

Adelaide 500 The Adelaide 500 (also known as the VALO Adelaide 500 for sponsorship reasons) is an annual motor racing event for Supercars held on the streets of the east end of Adelaide, South Australia between 1999 to 2020 and again from 2022. It is somet ...

race. Racing was held from Friday 21 March until Sunday 23 March 2003. The race was held for

V8 Supercar The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport. Supercars events take place in all Australian ...

s and was the opening round of the

2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series The 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series was a motor racing series for V8 Supercars. The series, which was the fifth V8 Supercar Championship Series, began on 22 March 2003 in Adelaide and ended on 30 November at Eastern Creek Raceway after ...

Format

The format, unique to V8 Supercars and loosely similar to the

Pukekohe 500 The Pukekohe 500 was an endurance motor racing event first held in 1963 at Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand, Pukekohe, New Zealand. History The Pukekohe 500 had its origins in the W.D. & H.O. Wills, Wills Six-Hour race that was first ...

format, split the total distance of 500 kilometres into two separate 250 kilometre races each held on a different day. Points were assigned separately to the races, with more points allocated for Race 2 over Race 1, and they combined to award a round result.

Official results

Top ten shootout

Results sourced from:

Leg 1

Results sourced from:

Leg 2

Results sourced from:

Round results

Statistics

* Provisional Position - #50 Jason Bright - 1:22.2745 * Pole Position - #50 Jason Bright - 1:23.3729 * Fastest Lap - #1 Mark Skaife - 1:23.2731 (new lap record)

External links

Official race results

Official V8 Supercar website

References

{{Australian Touring Car Racing Adelaide 500

Clipsal 500 The Adelaide 500 (also known as the VALO Adelaide 500 for sponsorship reasons) is an annual motor racing event for Supercars held on the streets of the east end of Adelaide, South Australia between 1999 to 2020 and again from 2022. It is sometim ...

2000s in Adelaide