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[edit]

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
	Vauxhall Vectra	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[edit]

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
1	R2	Rudskogen Motorsenter	12 May	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
2	R4	Vålerbanen	1 June	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
3	R6	Arctic Circle Raceway	6 July	Frank Valle	Frank Valle	Frank Valle	Frank Valle
4	R7	Rudskogen Motorsenter	24 August	Alf-Aslak Eng	Jarle Gåsland	Jarle Gåsland	Kristoffersson Motorsport
4	R8	Rudskogen Motorsenter	24 August	Jarle Gåsland	Jarle Gåsland	Jarle Gåsland	Kristoffersson Motorsport
5	R9	Vålerbanen	14 September	Alf-Aslak Eng	?	Bjørn-Arild Martinsen	Østfold Shell Olje Racing Team
5	R10	Vålerbanen	14 September	?	Frank Valle	Frank Valle	Frank Valle
6	R11	Rudskogen Motorsenter	21 September	Frank Valle	?	Frank Valle	Frank Valle
6	R12	Rudskogen Motorsenter	21 September	?	?	Alf-Aslak Eng	Team Eng's Auto

Drivers Championship[edit]

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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

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