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| Round 1 of 13 in the2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series | ||||||||||||||
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| Date | 21–23 March 2003 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Adelaide,South Australia | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Adelaide Street Circuit | |||||||||||||
| Weather | Fine | |||||||||||||
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The2003 Clipsal 500 was the fifth running of theAdelaide 500 race. Racing was held from Friday 21 March until Sunday 23 March 2003. The race was held forV8 Supercars and was the opening round of the2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series.
The format, unique to V8 Supercars and loosely similar to thePukekohe 500 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.
Results sourced from:[1]
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Car | Time |
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| Pole | 50 | Paul Weel Racing |  Jason Bright | Holden Commodore (VX) | 1:23.3729 |
| 2 | 1 | Holden Racing Team | Mark Skaife | Holden Commodore (VY) | 1:23.4608 |
| 3 | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Marcos Ambrose | Ford Falcon (BA) | 1:23.7897 |
| 4 | 51 | K-Mart Racing Team |  Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore (VX) | 1:24.0266 |
| 5 | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Steven Richards | Holden Commodore (VX) | 1:24.1633 |
| 6 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon (BA) | 1:24.2497 |
| 7 | 888 | Brad Jones Racing | John Bowe | Ford Falcon (BA) | 1:24.3838 |
| 8 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore (VY) | 1:24.7252 |
| 9 | 9 | Stone Brothers Racing | Russell Ingall | Ford Falcon (BA) | 1:25.0673 |
| 10 | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore (VY) | 1:26.6227 |
Results sourced from:[2]
Results sourced from:[3]
| Pos | No | Driver | Leg 1 Points | Leg 2 Points | Total Points |
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| 1 | 1 | Mark Skaife | 93 | 96 | 189 |
| 2 | 11 | Steven Richards | 87 | 93 | 180 |
| 3 | 50 | Jason Bright | 90 | 81 | 171 |
| 4 | 2 | Todd Kelly | 84 | 84 | 168 |
| 5 | 65 | Paul Radisich | 63 | 87 | 150 |
| 6 | 16 | Paul Weel | 57 | 90 | 147 |
| 7 | 8 | Paul Dumbrell | 66 | 75 | 141 |
| 8 | 9 | Russell Ingall | 78 | 63 | 141 |
| 9 | 51 | Greg Murphy | 69 | 66 | 135 |
| 10 | 44 | Simon Wills | 51 | 72 | 123 |
| 11 | 4 | Marcos Ambrose | 96 | 21 | 117 |
| 12 | 5 | Glenn Seton | 45 | 69 | 114 |
| 13 | 34 | Garth Tander | 60 | 54 | 114 |
| 14 | 17 | Steven Johnson | 81 | 24 | 105 |
| 15 | 15 | Rick Kelly | 72 | 27 | 99 |
| 16 | 20 | Jason Bargwanna | 54 | 42 | 96 |
| 17 | 00 | Greg Ritter | 33 | 60 | 93 |
| 18 | 021 | Craig Baird | 36 | 57 | 93 |
| 19 | 3 | Cameron McConville | 75 | 12 | 87 |
| 20 | 10 | Mark Larkham | 30 | 51 | 81 |
| 21 | 33 | Jamie Whincup | 48 | 33 | 81 |
| 22 | 6 | Craig Lowndes | 78 | 78 | |
| 23 | 21 | Brad Jones | 27 | 45 | 72 |
| 24 | 7 | Rodney Forbes | 24 | 36 | 60 |
| 25 | 23 | Mark Noske | 9 | 48 | 57 |
| 26 | 29 | Paul Morris | 18 | 39 | 57 |
| 27 | 66 | Dean Canto | 39 | 15 | 54 |
| 28 | 75 | Anthony Tratt | 42 | 42 | |
| 29 | 888 | John Bowe | 3 | 30 | 33 |
| 30 | 18 |  Max Wilson | 21 | 9 | 30 |
| 31 | 19 | David Besnard | 6 | 18 | 24 |
| 32 | 45 | Jason Richards | 15 | 15 | |
| 33 | 31 | Steve Ellery | 12 | 12 | |
| DNF | 24 | Paul Romano | |||
| DNQ | 99 | David Thexton |
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