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2003 2 Hour Showroom Showdown

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Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit

The 2003 2 Hour Showroom Showdown Race was an endurance race for Australian GT Production Cars. The event was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on Saturday 22 November 2003 as a support event on the program for the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour. This was the seventh and final Showroom Showdown production car endurance race.

Rod Salmon and Grant Park, driving a Subaru Impreza WRX STi won the race by 27 seconds ahead of the Mazda RX-7 driven by Bob Pearson with the Ford Falcon-based Tickford TE50 of John Falk finishing third.

Class structure

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Cars competed in the following three classes:

  • Class A : GT-Performance class cars
  • Class B : Mitsubishi Mirage Cup
  • Class C : GT-Production class cars

Results

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Pos. Class No. Team / Entrant Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired
Engine
1 A 60 Falken Tyres Rod Salmon
Grant Park
Subaru Impreza WRX STi 36 2:02:00.4090
2.0 L Subaru EJ20 turbocharged H4
2 A 33 Pro-Duct Motorsport Bob Pearson Mazda RX-7 Turbo 36 +27.421
1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW twin-turbocharged twin-rotor
3 A 87 FPR Pools / Tankworld John Falk FTE TE50 36 +1:02.038
5.0 L Ford Synergy 5000 V8
4 A 300 Floyd Motorsport Peter Floyd HSV VX GTS 300kW 36 +1:14.425
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
5 C 30 GAM Electric / Softronic Systems David Ryan
Michael Craig
Ford BA Falcon XR6T 36 +2:03.105
4.0 L Ford Barra 240T turbocharged I6
6 A 23 Mitsubishi Electric Steve Knight
Charlie Kovacs
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VI 36 +2:06.078
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
7 A 35 Ric Shaw Racing James Parish
Ric Shaw
Mazda RX-7 Turbo 36 +2:20.581
1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW twin-turbocharged twin-rotor
8 A 91 The PMM Group Jim McKnoulty
Dean Wanless
Subaru Impreza WRX STi 36 +2:23.150
2.0 L Subaru EJ20 turbocharged H4
9 A 11 Rondo Building Supplies Graham Alexander
Barry Morcom
HSV VX GTS 300kW 35 +1 lap
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
10 C 62 Solace / Wakeling Scott Loadsman
Ian Luff
Holden VX Commodore SS 35 +1 lap
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8
11 A 15 Bob Hughes Special Vehicles Steve Knight
Charlie Kovacs
Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VI 35 +1 lap
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
12 C 27 Go Karts Go Chris Alajajian BMW E36 323i 35 +1 lap
2.5 L BMW M52B25 I6
13 C 32 Circle Corporation David Capraro
John Milan
Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 35 +1 lap
3.2 L Alfa Romeo 3.2 24V V6
14 B 69 Northshore Mitsubishi Kean Booker
Rocco Rinaldo
Mitsubishi Mirage 34 +2 laps
1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
15 C 7 Hankook Tyres / DBA Peter Conroy
Terry Conroy
Honda Integra Type-R 34 +2 laps
1.8 L Honda B18C I4
16 B 40 Supercar Experience Ash Samadi Mitsubishi Mirage 34 +2 laps
1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
17 B 41 grog2go.com.au Brendon Cook Mitsubishi Mirage 34 +2 laps
1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
18 B 66 Maxisteel Yanis Derums Mitsubishi Mirage 34 +2 laps
1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
19 C 68 Proton Cars Australia Nicolas Lucas
Tengku Mahaleel
Proton Satria GTi 33 +3 laps
1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4
20 C 24 Wizard Financial David Borg
Sam Astuti
Mitsubishi Mirage 33 +3 laps
1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
21 C 67 Proton Cars Australia Geoff Russell
David Russell
Proton Satria GTi 33 +3 laps
1.8 L Mitsubishi 4G93 I4
22 B 3 Dentbuster-Equity-One Francois Jouy
Richard Luff
Mitsubishi Mirage 33 +3 laps
1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
23 B 16 Karecla Patisserie Kurt Bieder Mitsubishi Mirage 30 +6 laps
1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
DNF A 9 Mek-Tek Motorsport Anton Mechtler Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evolution VII 19
2.0 L Mitsubishi Sirius 4G63 turbocharged I4
DNF A 63 Novatec Construction Systems Paul Mitolo
Dale Brede
Mazda RX-7 Turbo 14
1.3 L Mazda 13B-REW twin-turbocharged twin-rotor
DNF C 22 Daihatsu Motor Corporation Leanne Ferrier
Rick Bates
Daihatsu Sirion GTVi 10
1.3 L Toyota 2SZ-FE I4
DNF A 96 Advanced Power Don Pulver
Tony Wilson
Nissan 200SX GT 9
2.0 L Nissan SR20DET turbocharged I4
DNF B 4 Platetronic Richard Gartner
Enzo Piazza
Mitsubishi Mirage 3
1.6 L Mitsubishi MIVEC 4G92 I4
DNF A 70 Altiris Michael Sainsbury
Wayne Boatright
Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2
2.0 L Subaru EJ20 turbocharged H4
DNF A 43 Hydralyte Lee Clinnick
C. Coles
Subaru Impreza WRX STi
2.0 L Subaru EJ20 turbocharged H4
DNS A 38 Castran Gilbert Dennis Gilbert
Glen Gilbert
HSV VX GTS 300kW
5.7 L GM Generation III LS1 V8

References

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