2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500

Race details
Round 9 of 13 in the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series on the Sandown International Raceway at Melbourne, Victoria.
Date	12-14 September 2003
Location	Melbourne, Victoria
Course	Sandown International Raceway 3.1 km
Distance	141 laps, 437 km
Weather	Rain
Pole
Driver	Marcos Ambrose		Stone Brothers Racing
Time	1:11.8554
Race 1
First	Mark Skaife Todd Kelly	3:26:50.4750	Holden Racing Team
Second	Steven Ellery Luke Youlden	3:27:20.5916	Steven Ellery Racing
Third	Greg Murphy Rick Kelly	3:27:53.5276	K-Mart Racing Team
Final standings
First	Mark Skaife Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team
Second	Steven Ellery Luke Youlden	Steven Ellery Racing
Third	Greg Murphy Rick Kelly	K-Mart Racing Team

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	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	4	Pirtek Racing	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.8554
2	1	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife	Holden VY Commodore	1:12.2797
3	51	K-Mart Racing Team	Greg Murphy	Holden VY Commodore	1:12.3744
4	65	Team Betta Electrical	Paul Radisich	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.6438
5	44	Team Dynamik	Simon Wills	Holden VY Commodore	1:12.6448
6	17	Shell Helix Racing	Steven Johnson	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.6711
7	6	Ford Performance Racing	Craig Lowndes	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.6823
8	21	OzEmail Racing Team	John Bowe	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.9444
9	29	Sirromet - Life, Style, Wine	Paul Morris	Holden VY Commodore	1:13.0164
10	31	Super Cheap Auto Racing	Steven Ellery	Ford BA Falcon	1:20.6263

Official results

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

• Official race results
• Official V8 Supercar website
• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles