- 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour
The 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour was the second 24 hour race run at Bathurst. The race started at 2:00pm on
November 22 ,2003 at theMount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst and finished at 2:00pm onNovember 23 .The race was held for five classes of GT and production car classes and was intended as a showcase for the racing categories promoted by
PROCAR , which included Nations Cup, GT Performance and Production Cars.Class structure
Class A
The leading class contained vehicles eligible for international FIA N-GT, American Grand-Am GT and the Australian Nations Cup Group 1 category. It featured BMW M3 GTR,
Ferrari 360 ,Mosler MT900 , Porsche 996 GT3-RS and the controversial 7 litre version of theHolden Monaro which did not have a production counterpart.Class B
Consisted of Nations Cup Group 2 cars: Ferrari 360 Challenge, Porsche 996 GT3 Cup and international GTs of varying kinds,
Morgan Aero 8 , Porsche 996 GT3 S and a modified M Coupe.Class D
A production based class featuring cars from the Australian GT-Performance Car Championship. The entry consisted of
BMW M Coupe ,BMW M3 , Ford Falcon GT, HSV version of theHolden Commodore ,Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution , Nissan 200SX,Nissan 350Z andSubaru Impreza WRX .Class E
A production based class featuring cars from the
Australian Production Car Championship . The entry consisted ofAlfa Romeo 156 , Ford Falcon,Holden Commodore ,Honda Integra ,Honda S2000 andToyota Celica .Class F
A mixed bag of leftovers, it included Future Touring Ford Falcon and
Holden Commodore , aNürburgring VLN seriesBMW M3 , aSupertouring BMW 320i, an old GT-Production BMW M3-R, New Zealand Schedule S touring car Toyota Altezza, and Mitsubishi Mirage Cup one-make series cars.Official results
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