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

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

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

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 classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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