2003 Speed World Challenge

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The 2003 Speed World Challenge season was the 14th season of the Sports Car Club of America's World Challenge series. The series' title sponsor was television network Speed Channel, who televised all the races. Championships were awarded for grand touring and touring cars. It began on March 14 and ran for ten rounds. Randy Pobst and Audi won the championships in GT, and Bill Auberlen and BMW won in Touring Car.{{harvnb|Box scores|page=21–25}} The series would head to Puerto Rico for 2003, their first race outside of North America (i.e. the United States and Canada) since 1991 when they went to Mexico.

Schedule

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%" !colspan=2\| Rnd !rowspan=2\| Date !rowspan=2\| Circuit !rowspan=2\| Supporting !rowspan=2\| Distance ! GT Winning Car ! TC Winning Car
GT ! TC ! GT Winning Driver ! TC Winning Driver
rowspan=2\| 1 !rowspan=2\| 1 \|rowspan=2\| March 14 \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|US}}Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida \|rowspan=2\| American Le Mans Series (12 Hours of Sebring) \|rowspan=2\| {{convert\|63\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (TC) {{convert\|67\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (GT) \| Chevrolet Corvette Z06 \| BMW 325i
{{flagicon\|USA}} Phil McClure \| {{flagicon\|USA}} Bill Auberlen
rowspan=2\| 2 !rowspan=2\| 2 \|rowspan=2\| May 17 May 18 \|rowspan=2\|{{flagicon\|CAN}} Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville, Ontario \|rowspan=2\| Stand-alone event (with Trans-Am Series) \|rowspan=2\| {{convert\|69\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (TC) {{convert\|73\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (GT) \| Chevrolet Corvette Z06 \| Acura RSX Type-S
{{flagicon\|USA}} Phil McClure \| {{flagicon\|BRA}} Pierre Kleinubing
rowspan=2\| 3 !rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\| May 24 \|rowspan=4\|{{flagicon\|US}} Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Connecticut \|rowspan=4\| Stand-alone event (with Trans-Am Series) \|rowspan=2\| {{convert\|64\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (GT) \| BMW M3 \|rowspan=2\| did not participate
{{flagicon\|USA}} Bill Auberlen
rowspan=2\| 4 !rowspan=2\| 3 \|rowspan=2\| May 26 \|rowspan=2\| {{convert\|58\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (TC) {{convert\|61\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (GT) \| BMW M3 \| Acura RSX Type-S
{{flagicon\|USA}} Bill Auberlen \| {{flagicon\|BRA}} Pierre Kleinubing
rowspan=2\| 5 !rowspan=2\| 4 \|rowspan=2\| June 29 June 28 \|rowspan=2\|{{flagicon\|US}} Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia \|rowspan=2\| American Le Mans Series (Grand Prix of Atlanta) \|rowspan=2\| {{convert\|64\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (TC) {{convert\|69\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (GT) \| Porsche 911 Cup \| BMW 325i
{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Fitzgerald \| {{flagicon\|USA}} Bill Auberlen
rowspan=2\| 6 !rowspan=2\| 7 \|rowspan=2\| July 27 \|rowspan=2\|{{flagicon\|US}} Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California \|rowspan=2\| American Le Mans Series (Grand Prix of Sonoma) \|rowspan=2\| {{convert\|58\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (TC) {{convert\|63\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (GT) \| BMW M3 \| BMW 325i
{{flagicon\|USA}} Bill Auberlen \| {{flagicon\|USA}} Bill Auberlen
rowspan=2\| 7 !rowspan=2\| \|rowspan=2\| August 3 \|rowspan=2\|{{flagicon\|US}} Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin \|rowspan=2\| Champ Car World Series (Mario Andretti Grand Prix) \|rowspan=2\| {{convert\|73\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (GT) \| Porsche 911 Cup \|rowspan=2\| did not participate
{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Fitzgerald
rowspan=2\| !rowspan=2\| 6 \|rowspan=2\| August 10 \|rowspan=2\|{{flagicon\|US}} Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio \|rowspan=2\| Champ Car World Series (Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio) \|rowspan=2\| {{convert\|59\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (TC) \|rowspan=2\| did not participate \| Acura RSX Type-S
{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Endicott
rowspan=2\| !rowspan=2\| 7 \|rowspan=2\| August 23 \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|US}}Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin \|rowspan=2\| American Le Mans Series (Road America 500) \|rowspan=2\| {{convert\|69\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (TC) \|rowspan=2\| did not participate \| Nissan Sentra SE-R
{{flagicon\|USA}} Peter Cunningham
rowspan=2\| 8 !rowspan=2\| 8 \|rowspan=2\| September 8 September 7 \|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|US}}Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California \|rowspan=2\| American Le Mans Series (Monterey Sports Car Championships) \|rowspan=2\| {{convert\|58\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (TC) {{convert\|63\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (GT) \| Dodge Viper \| Mazda Protege ES
{{flagicon\|USA}} Paul Mumford \| {{flagicon\|USA}} Jeff Altenburg
rowspan=2\| 9 !rowspan=2\| 9 \|rowspan=2\| October 17 \|rowspan=2\|{{flagicon\|US}} Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia \|rowspan=2\| American Le Mans Series (Petit Le Mans) \|rowspan=2\| {{convert\|64\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (TC) {{convert\|69\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (GT) \| Audi RS6 \| Acura RSX Type-S
{{flagicon\|USA}} Randy Pobst \| {{flagicon\|BRA}} Pierre Kleinubing
rowspan=2\| 10 !rowspan=2\| 10 \|rowspan=2\| October 26 \|rowspan=2\|{{flagicon\|Puerto Rico}} Isla Grande Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico \|rowspan=2\| Stand-alone event (with Trans-Am Series) \|rowspan=2\| {{convert\|50\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (TC) {{convert\|58\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} (GT) \| Audi RS6 \| BMW 325i
{{flagicon\|USA}} Randy Pobst \| {{flagicon\|USA}} Bill Auberlen
colspan=8 align=center\| {{harvnb\|Box scores\|page=1–20}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"

!colspan=2| Rnd

!rowspan=2| Date

!rowspan=2| Circuit

!rowspan=2| Supporting

!rowspan=2| Distance

! GT Winning Car

! TC Winning Car

! TC

! GT Winning Driver

! TC Winning Driver

rowspan=2| 1

!rowspan=2| 1

|rowspan=2| March 14

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|US}}Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, Florida

|rowspan=2| American Le Mans Series
(12 Hours of Sebring)

|rowspan=2| {{convert|63|mi|km|abbr=on}} (TC)
{{convert|67|mi|km|abbr=on}} (GT)

| Chevrolet Corvette Z06

| BMW 325i

{{flagicon|USA}} Phil McClure

| {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Auberlen

rowspan=2| 2

!rowspan=2| 2

|rowspan=2| May 17
May 18

|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|CAN}} Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville, Ontario

|rowspan=2| Stand-alone event (with Trans-Am Series)

|rowspan=2| {{convert|69|mi|km|abbr=on}} (TC)
{{convert|73|mi|km|abbr=on}} (GT)

| Chevrolet Corvette Z06

| Acura RSX Type-S

{{flagicon|USA}} Phil McClure

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Pierre Kleinubing

rowspan=2| 3

!rowspan=2|

|rowspan=2| May 24

|rowspan=4|{{flagicon|US}} Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Connecticut

|rowspan=4| Stand-alone event (with Trans-Am Series)

|rowspan=2| {{convert|64|mi|km|abbr=on}} (GT)

| BMW M3

|rowspan=2| did not participate

{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Auberlen

rowspan=2| 4

!rowspan=2| 3

|rowspan=2| May 26

|rowspan=2| {{convert|58|mi|km|abbr=on}} (TC)
{{convert|61|mi|km|abbr=on}} (GT)

| BMW M3

| Acura RSX Type-S

{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Auberlen

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Pierre Kleinubing

rowspan=2| 5

!rowspan=2| 4

|rowspan=2| June 29
June 28

|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|US}} Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia

|rowspan=2| American Le Mans Series
(Grand Prix of Atlanta)

|rowspan=2| {{convert|64|mi|km|abbr=on}} (TC)
{{convert|69|mi|km|abbr=on}} (GT)

| Porsche 911 Cup

| BMW 325i

{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Fitzgerald

| {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Auberlen

rowspan=2| 6

!rowspan=2| 7

|rowspan=2| July 27

|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|US}} Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California

|rowspan=2| American Le Mans Series
(Grand Prix of Sonoma)

|rowspan=2| {{convert|58|mi|km|abbr=on}} (TC)
{{convert|63|mi|km|abbr=on}} (GT)

| BMW M3

| BMW 325i

{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Auberlen

| {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Auberlen

rowspan=2| 7

!rowspan=2|

|rowspan=2| August 3

|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|US}} Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin

|rowspan=2| Champ Car World Series
(Mario Andretti Grand Prix)

|rowspan=2| {{convert|73|mi|km|abbr=on}} (GT)

| Porsche 911 Cup

|rowspan=2| did not participate

{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Fitzgerald

rowspan=2|

!rowspan=2| 6

|rowspan=2| August 10

|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|US}} Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

|rowspan=2| Champ Car World Series
(Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio)

|rowspan=2| {{convert|59|mi|km|abbr=on}} (TC)

|rowspan=2| did not participate

| Acura RSX Type-S

{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Endicott

rowspan=2|

!rowspan=2| 7

|rowspan=2| August 23

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|US}}Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin

|rowspan=2| American Le Mans Series
(Road America 500)

|rowspan=2| {{convert|69|mi|km|abbr=on}} (TC)

|rowspan=2| did not participate

| Nissan Sentra SE-R

{{flagicon|USA}} Peter Cunningham

rowspan=2| 8

!rowspan=2| 8

|rowspan=2| September 8
September 7

|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|US}}Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California

|rowspan=2| American Le Mans Series
(Monterey Sports Car Championships)

|rowspan=2| {{convert|58|mi|km|abbr=on}} (TC)
{{convert|63|mi|km|abbr=on}} (GT)

| Dodge Viper

| Mazda Protege ES

{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Mumford

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Altenburg

rowspan=2| 9

!rowspan=2| 9

|rowspan=2| October 17

|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|US}} Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia

|rowspan=2| American Le Mans Series
(Petit Le Mans)

|rowspan=2| {{convert|64|mi|km|abbr=on}} (TC)
{{convert|69|mi|km|abbr=on}} (GT)

| Audi RS6

| Acura RSX Type-S

{{flagicon|USA}} Randy Pobst

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Pierre Kleinubing

rowspan=2| 10

!rowspan=2| 10

|rowspan=2| October 26

|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Isla Grande Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico

|rowspan=2| Stand-alone event (with Trans-Am Series)

|rowspan=2| {{convert|50|mi|km|abbr=on}} (TC)
{{convert|58|mi|km|abbr=on}} (GT)

| Audi RS6

| BMW 325i

{{flagicon|USA}} Randy Pobst

| {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Auberlen

colspan=8 align=center| {{harvnb|Box scores|page=1–20}}

References

{{cite web |title=2003 SCCA World Challenge Box Scores |url=http://cms.scca.com/documents/Pro%20Racing/Archives/2003-SCCA-WorldChallenge.pdf |publisher=Sports Car Club of America |accessdate=27 September 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424230528/http://cms.scca.com/documents/Pro%20Racing/Archives/2003-SCCA-WorldChallenge.pdf |archivedate=24 April 2012 |url-status=dead |ref={{harvid|Box scores}} |df=dmy-all }}

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