2003 Norwegian Touring Car Championship

The 2003 Norwegian Touring Car Championship season was the 2nd of 3 seasons of the championship. It was decided over six race weekends (comprising twelve races) at three different circuits.

The championship was won by Alf-Aslak Eng with Team Eng's Auto.

Teams and Drivers

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Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Petter Granlund Ford Mondeo 3   Petter Grunland 2
Østfold Shell Olje Racing Team Vauxhall Vectra 4   Bjørn-Arild Martinsen All
13   Camilla Antonsen 1, 3, 6
Nissan Primera 15   Simen Tvete 1-3, 5-6
Team HP Autoracing BMW 320i 7   Hans-Peter Havdal 1-4, 6
Otter Ødegården BMW 320 8   Otter Ødegården 6
Frank Valle BMW 320 10   Frank Valle 2-6
Sällfors Motorsport BMW 320i 11   Torbjörn Sällfors All
Team Eng's Auto BMW 320i 12   André Westbye 1, 6
  Henning Solberg 2
  Roger Rui 3-4
21   Alf-Aslak Eng All
Kristoffersson Motorsport Volvo S40 16   Jarle Gåsland 4
Johannes Øye Volvo S40 19   Johannes Øye 1
Anderson Motorsport Ford Mondeo 91   Terje Andersen 2, 6
Per Skjolden Opel Vectra ?   Per Skjolden 1

Race calendar and winners

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1   Rudskogen Motorsenter 12 May   Bjørn-Arild Martinsen   Bjørn-Arild Martinsen   Bjørn-Arild Martinsen Østfold Shell Olje Racing Team
R2   Hans-Peter Havdal   Bjørn-Arild Martinsen   Alf-Aslak Eng Team Eng's Auto
2 R3   Vålerbanen 1 June   Petter Granlund   Petter Granlund   Petter Granlund Petter Granlund
R4   Petter Granlund   Petter Granlund   Alf-Aslak Eng Team Eng's Auto
3 R5   Arctic Circle Raceway 6 July   Alf-Aslak Eng   Frank Valle   Frank Valle Frank Valle
R6   Frank Valle   Frank Valle   Frank Valle Frank Valle
4 R7   Rudskogen Motorsenter 24 August   Alf-Aslak Eng   Jarle Gåsland   Jarle Gåsland Kristoffersson Motorsport
R8   Jarle Gåsland   Jarle Gåsland   Jarle Gåsland Kristoffersson Motorsport
5 R9   Vålerbanen 14 September   Alf-Aslak Eng ?   Bjørn-Arild Martinsen Østfold Shell Olje Racing Team
R10 ?   Frank Valle   Frank Valle Frank Valle
6 R11   Rudskogen Motorsenter 21 September   Frank Valle ?   Frank Valle Frank Valle
R12 ? ?   Alf-Aslak Eng Team Eng's Auto

Drivers Championship

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Points were awarded to the top ten drivers in a race as follows: 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Pos. Driver RUS
 
VÅL
 
ARC
 
RUS
 
VÅL
 
RUS
 
Pts
1   Alf-Aslak Eng 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 Ret Ret 2 1 165
2   Bjørn-Arild Martinsen 1 2 3 2 7 Ret 4 5 1 2 4 7 133
3   Frank Valle 5 5 1 1 7 6 Ret 1 1 Ret 106
4   Hans-Peter Havdal 4 6 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 104
5   Torbjörn Sällfors 5 4 6 7 6 4 6 7 3 3 7 3 94
6   Simen Tvete Ret Ret Ret DNS 4 5 2 Ret 5 2 56
7   Camilla Antonsen 3 3 5 Ret 6 6 44
8   Jarle Gåsland 1 1 40
9   Petter Granlund 1 3 32
10   André Westbye 6 5 8 4 27
11   Roger Rui Ret Ret 5 4 18
12   Henning Solberg 7 6 10
13   Otter Ødegården 9 Ret 2
-   Terje Andersen Ret DNS NC Ret 0
-   Johannes Øye Ret Ret 0
-   Per Skjolden Ret DNS 0
Pos. Driver RUS
 
VÅL
 
ARC
 
RUS
 
VÅL
 
RUS
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

References

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