2003 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000

2003 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000

Event Information
Round 10 of 13 in the 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	9–12 October 2003
Location	Bathurst, New South Wales
Venue	Mount Panorama Circuit
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 161 laps 1000 km Pole position Greg Murphy HSV Dealer Team 2:06.8594 Winner Greg Murphy Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team 6:32:55.4044
Round Results First Greg Murphy Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team 192 pts Second Craig Lowndes Glenn Seton Ford Performance Racing 188 pts Third Steven Ellery Luke Youlden Steven Ellery Racing 184 pts

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.