The 2003 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 was a motor race for V8 Supercars held on 12 October 2003 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It was the seventh running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 46th race that traces its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island. The race was the tenth round of the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

The race was won by Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly driving a K-Mart Racing Team run Holden Commodore (VY). It was the fifth consecutive victory for Holden, a new record. It was Murphy's third victory in the race and Kelly became the youngest driver to win the race, eclipsing the previous record set by Craig Lowndes in 1996.

On Saturday, Murphy also recorded what was then the fastest lap in the circuit's history to take pole position during the Top 10 Shootout. The time stood as the fastest ever in a V8 Supercar for 7 years until Craig Lowndes lapped barely a few hundredths faster in practice during the 2010 event, although neither are officially recognised as the lap record as only race laps contribute to lap records.

Entry list Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car 1 Mark Skaife Todd Kelly 24 Wayne Wakefield Andy McElrea 2 Jim Richards Tony Longhurst 29 Paul Morris John Faulkner 3 Cameron McConville Tim Leahey 31 Steven Ellery Luke Youlden 4 Marcos Ambrose Russell Ingall 33 Nathan Pretty Allan Simonsen 5 Darren Hossack Adam Macrow 34 Garth Tander Jamie Whincup 6 Craig Lowndes Glenn Seton 44 Simon Wills Jason Richards 8 Paul Dumbrell Tomas Mezera 45 Nicolas Minassian Jan Magnussen 9 Mark Noske Mark Winterbottom 46 Dale Brede Tony Ricciardello 10 Mark Larkham Jason Bargwanna 50 Jason Bright Paul Weel 11 Steven Richards Larry Perkins 51 Greg Murphy Rick Kelly 13 Steve Owen Phillip Scifleet 55 José Fernández David Russell 15 Andy Priaulx Cameron McLean 59 Jamie Miller Ron Searle 16 Greg Ritter Marcus Marshall 65 Paul Radisich Rickard Rydell 17 Steven Johnson Warren Luff 66 Dean Canto Matthew White 18 Max Wilson David Brabham 69 Peter Doulman Robert Jones 19 David Besnard Owen Kelly 72 Alan Gurr Jonny Reid 20 Grant Johnson Kerry Wade 75 Anthony Tratt Paul Stokell 021 Craig Baird Mark Porter 89 Mal Rose Grant Elliott 21 Brad Jones John Bowe 99 David Thexton Stephen Voight 23 Neal Bates Rick Bates 888 John Cleland Andrew Jones

Practice + Practice summary Session No. Driver Team Car Time Thursday 51 2:09.5801 Practice 2 51 2:08.3282 Friday Practice 3 1 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VY) 2:08.3215 Saturday Practice 4 1 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VY) 2:08.2145

Qualifying Qualifying http://racing.natsoft.com.au/638648963/object_109914.85l/Result?16 Driver Team Car Time Gap 1 51 2:07.9503 2 1 2:07.9900 +0.0397 3 21 2:07.9945 +0.0442 4 4 2:08.2685 +0.3182 5 34 2:08.4145 +0.4642 6 11 2:08.4695 +0.5192 7 6 2:08.5267 +0.5764 8 2 2:08.6662 +0.7159 9 65 2:08.6923 +0.7420 10 17 2:08.7724 +0.8221 11 31 2:08.7752 +0.8249 11 12 16 2:08.8076 +0.8573 12 13 29 2:08.9158 +0.9655 13 14 18 2:08.9417 +0.9914 14 15 50 2:09.0336 +1.0833 15 16 8 2:09.1050 +1.1547 16 17 66 2:09.1634 +1.2131 17 18 9 2:09.1900 +1.2397 18 19 888 2:09.4297 +1.4794 19 20 44 2:09.6021 +1.6518 20 21 10 2:09.6414 +1.6911 21 22 19 2:09.6722 +1.7219 22 23 13 2:09.7946 +1.8443 23 24 15 2:09.8882 +1.9379 24 25 5 2:10.1470 +2.1967 25 26 021 2:10.3732 +2.4229 26 27 45 2:10.5674 +2.6171 27 28 3 2:10.6251 +2.6748 28 29 23 2:11.0820 +3.1317 29 30 75 2:11.1015 +3.1512 30 31 72 2:11.5992 +3.6489 31 32 33 2:11.8451 +3.8948 32 33 20 2:12.4183 +4.4680 33 34 46 2:12.6041 +4.6538 34 35 55 2:14.7669 +6.8166 35 36 59 2:14.9183 +6.9680 36 37 89 2:15.2302 +7.2799 37 38 69 2:15.7092 +7.7589 38 39 99 2:16.7246 +8.7743 39 DNQ 24

Top 10 Shootout Pos No Team Driver Car Time Pole 51 K-Mart Racing Team Greg Murphy Holden Commodore (VY) 2:06.8594 2 21 Brad Jones Racing John Bowe Ford Falcon (BA) 2:07.9556 3 2 Holden Racing Team Jim Richards Holden Commodore (VY) 2:08.1466 4 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Garth Tander Holden Commodore (VY) 2:08.4127 5 4 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon (BA) 2:08.4442 6 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon (BA) 2:08.4587 7 1 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore (VY) 2:08.5696 8 17 Dick Johnson Racing Steven Johnson Ford Falcon (BA) 2:08.6875 9 65 Briggs Motor Sport Paul Radisich Ford Falcon (BA) 2:09.0925 DNS 11 Perkins Engineering Steven Richards Holden Commodore (VY) * Greg Murphy became the first New Zealand born driver to actually set pole position for the Bathurst 1000. Murphy and fellow Kiwi racers Jim Richards and Paul Radisich had previously been on pole position for the race, but on each of those occasions it was their Australian co-driver who had set the pole winning time. Murphy's time of 2:06.8594 was the first time a touring car had gone under 2:07.00 for a lap of the 6.213 km (3.861 mi) circuit and was unofficially dubbed the "Lap of the Gods".When Murphy Clocked His Lap Of The Gods* Larry Perkins crashed the #11 Castrol Perkins Racing Holden Commodore (VY) during Practice 4, with the damage substantial enough to rule it out for the Top 10 Shootout.

Starting grid The following table represents the final starting grid for the race on Sunday: 1 51 21 2 3 2 34 4 5 4 6 6 7 1 17 8 9 65 11 10 11 31 16 12 13 29 18 14 15 50 8 16 17 66 9 18 19 888 44 20 21 10 19 22 23 13 15 24 25 5 021 26 27 45 3 28 29 23 75 30 31 72 33 32 33 20 46 34 35 55 59 36 37 89 69 38 39 99 24 40

Race results Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 51 K-Mart Racing Team Greg Murphy Rick Kelly Holden Commodore (VY) 161 6:32:55.4044 1 192 2 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Glenn Seton Ford Falcon (BA) 161 +4.9377 6 188 3 31 Steven Ellery Racing Steven Ellery Luke Youlden Ford Falcon (BA) 161 +8.4910 11 184 4 11 Perkins Engineering Steven Richards Larry Perkins Holden Commodore (VY) 161 +9.3615 10 180 5 2 Holden Racing Team Jim Richards Tony Longhurst Holden Commodore (VY) 161 +9.8725 3 176 6 4 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose Russell Ingall Ford Falcon (BA) 161 +20.5635 5 172 7 65 Triple Eight Race Engineering Paul Radisich Rickard Rydell Ford Falcon (BA) 161 +28.6114 9 168 8 1 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Todd Kelly Holden Commodore (VY) 161 +32.4087 7 164 9 888 Brad Jones Racing John Cleland Andrew Jones Ford Falcon (BA) 160 +1 lap 19 160 10 21 Brad Jones Racing John Bowe Brad Jones Ford Falcon (BA) 159 +2 laps 2 156 11 45 Team Dynamik Nicolas Minassian Jan Magnussen Holden Commodore (VY) 158 +3 laps 27 152 12 18 Dick Johnson Racing Max Wilson David Brabham Ford Falcon (BA) 158 +3 laps 14 148 13 17 Dick Johnson Racing Steven Johnson Warren Luff Ford Falcon (BA) 156 +5 laps 8 144 14 8 Perkins Engineering Paul Dumbrell Tomas Mezera Holden Commodore (VX) 155 +6 laps 16 140 15 59 Phoenix Motorsport Jamie Miller Ron Searle Holden Commodore (VX)The Great Race 2003, photograph on page 197 155 +6 laps 36 136 16 99 Thexton Motor Racing David Thexton Stephen Voight Ford Falcon (AU) 153 +8 laps 39 132 17 021 Team Kiwi Racing Craig Baird Mark Porter Holden Commodore (VX) 149 +12 laps 26 128 18 20 Larkham Motor Sport Grant Johnson Kerry Wade Ford Falcon (AU) 148 +13 laps 33 124 19 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Garth Tander Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore (VY) 146 +15 laps 4 120 20 3 Lansvale Smash Repairs Cameron McConville Tim Leahey Holden Commodore (VX) 144 +17 laps 28 116 21 13 Robert Smith Racing Steve Owen Phillip Scifleet Holden Commodore (VX)The Great Race 2003, photograph on page 150 141 +20 laps 23 112 22 44 Team Dynamik Simon Wills Jason Richards Holden Commodore (VY) 139 +22 laps 20 108 23 89 Sydney Star Motorsport Mal Rose Grant Elliott Ford Falcon (AU) 126 +35 laps 37 104 DNF 16 Paul Weel Racing Greg Ritter Marcus Marshall Holden Commodore (VX) 159 Radiator damage 12 100 DNF 66 Triple Eight Race Engineering Dean Canto Matthew White Ford Falcon (BA) 147 Engine 17 96 DNF 10 Larkham Motor Sport Jason Bargwanna Mark Larkham Ford Falcon (BA) 118 21 92 DNF 19 Ford Performance RacingRod Nash Racing David Besnard Owen Kelly Ford Falcon (BA) 115 Suspension 22 88 DNF 55 Fernández Racing José Fernández David Russell Ford Falcon (AU) 113 Not Classified 35 84 DNF 75 Paul Little Racing Anthony Tratt Paul Stokell Ford Falcon (BA) 106 30 80 DNF 9 Stone Brothers Racing Mark Winterbottom Mark Noske Ford Falcon (BA) 102 Engine 18 76 DNF 46 John Faulkner RacingHolden Young Lions Dale Brede Tony Ricciardello Holden Commodore (VX) 72 Crash 34 DNF 5 Ford Performance Racing Darren Hossack Adam Macrow Ford Falcon (BA) 63 Crash 25 DNF 23 Noske Motorsport Rick Bates Neal Bates Ford Falcon (AU) 62 Engine 29 DNF 50 Paul Weel Racing Jason Bright Paul Weel Holden Commodore (VX) 44 Crash 15 DNF 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport Nathan Pretty Allan Simonsen Holden Commodore (VX) 42 Crash 32 DNF 15 K-Mart Racing Team Andy Priaulx Cameron McLean Holden Commodore (VX) 33 Crash damage 24 DNF 69 Doulman Automotive Robert Jones Peter Doulman Holden Commodore (VX) 32 Crash 38 DNF 29 Paul Morris Motorsport Paul Morris John Faulkner Holden Commodore (VY) 5 Gearbox 13 DNF 72 Robert Smith Racing Alan Gurr Jonny Reid Holden Commodore (VX) 4 Engine 31 DNQ 24 Paul Morris Motorsport Wayne Wakefield Andy McElrea Holden Commodore (VX)The Great Race 2003, photograph on page 78 0

Statistics Provisional Pole Position - #51 Greg Murphy - 2:07.9503 Pole Position - #51 Greg Murphy - 2:06.8594 Fastest Lap - #34 Garth Tander - 2:08.6726 (new lap record) Race time of winning car - 6:32:55.4044 Average speed of winning car - 153 km/h

Broadcast Network 10 broadcast the race for the seventh consecutive year, dating back to the 1997 5.0L race. This was the last commentary appearance at Bathurst for Mark Oastler since his first appearance in 1990.

Network 10 Host: Bill WoodsBooth: Neil Crompton, Mark Oastler, Matthew WhitePit-lane: Daryl Beattie, Grant Kenny, Greg Rust

References

External links Official race results at racing.natsoft.com.au Official V8 Supercar website at 20 November 2003 via web.archive.org 2003 Bathurst 1000 image gallery at www.motorsport.com