The 2003 IndyCar Series consisted of 16 races, held at 14 circuits across the United States of America and 1 in Japan. Scott Dixon won the Drivers’ Championship.
2003 Races
Round | Date | Event | Circuit | Track Type | Winner | Car/Engine | Avg. Speed |
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1 | 2 March 2003 | Toyota Indy 300 | Homestead-Miami Speedway | Oval | Scott Dixon | G-Force/Toyota | 153.71 |
2 | 23 March 2003 | Purex Dial Indy 200 | Phoenix Raceway | Oval | Tony Kanaan | Dallara/Honda | - |
3 | 13 April 2003 | Indy Japan 300 | Twin Ring Motegi | Oval | Scott Sharp | Dallara/Toyota | 129.09 |
4 | 25 May 2003 | 87th Indianapolis 500 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Oval | Gil de Ferran | G-Force/Toyota | 156.291 |
5 | 7 June 2003 | Bombardier 500 | Texas Motor Speedway | Oval | Al Unser Jr. | Dallara/Toyota | 168.213 |
6 | 15 June 2003 | Honda Indy 225 | Pikes Peak International Raceway | Oval | Scott Dixon | G-Force/Toyota | 146.21 |
7 | 28 June 2003 | SunTrust Indy Challenge | Richmond Raceway | Oval | Scott Dixon | G-Force/Toyota | 106.798 |
8 | 6 July 2003 | Kansas Indy 300 | Kansas Speedway | Oval | Bryan Herta | Dallara/Honda | 167.57 |
9 | 19 July 2003 | Firestone Indy 200 | Nashville Superspeedway | Oval | Gil de Ferran | Dallara/Toyota | 137.679 |
10 | 27 July 2003 | Firestone Indy 400 | Michigan International Speedway | Oval | Alex Barron | G-Force/Toyota | 180.917 |
11 | 10 August 2003 | Emerson Indy 250 | World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway | Oval | Helio Castroneves | Dallara/Toyota | 135.286 |
12 | 17 August 2003 | Belterra Casino Indy 300 | Kentucky Speedway | Oval | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dallara/Chevrolet | 197.897 |
13 | 24 August 2003 | Firestone Indy 225 | Nazareth Speedway | Oval | Helio Castroneves | Dallara/Toyota | 123.606 |
14 | 7 September 2003 | Delphi Indy 300 | Chicagoland Speedway | Oval | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dallara/Chevrolet | 184.294 |
15 | 21 September 2003 | Toyota Indy 400 | Auto Club Speedway | Oval | Sam Hornish Jr. | Dallara/Chevrolet | 207.151 |
16 | 12 October 2003 | Chevy 500 | Texas Motor Speedway | Oval | Gil de Ferran | Dallara/Toyota | 156.268 |
2003 Driver Standings
Pos. | Driver | MIA | PHX | JPN | IND | TEX | PIK | RICH | KAN | NAS | MIS | GAT | KEN | NAZ | CHI | FON | TEX | Points |
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1 | Scott Dixon | 50 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 52 | 52 | 28 | 40 | 30 | 15 | 40 | 14 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 507 |
2 | Gil de Ferran | 42 | 16 | 0 | 50 | 24 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 50 | 26 | 35 | 22 | 32 | 18 | 15 | 52 | 489 |
3 | Helio Castroneves | 35 | 40 | 8 | 40 | 26 | 18 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 13 | 52 | 30 | 52 | 10 | 28 | 17 | 484 |
4 | Tony Kanaan | 32 | 52 | 18 | 35 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 32 | 24 | 14 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 16 | 476 |
5 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 20 | 9 | 28 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 42 | 28 | 52 | 40 | 50 | 50 | 13 | 461 |
6 | Al Unser Jr. | 17 | 32 | 30 | 22 | 50 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 32 | 28 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 374 |
7 | Tomas Scheckter | 24 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 35 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 356 |
8 | Scott Sharp | 30 | 26 | 50 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 351 |
9 | Kenny Brack | 19 | 30 | 40 | 14 | 32 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 342 |
10 | Tora Takagi | 18 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 26 | 317 |
11 | Dan Wheldon | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 32 | 10 | 30 | 24 | 26 | 32 | 32 | 35 | 312 |
12 | Roger Yasukawa | 16 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 20 | 301 |
13 | Bryan Herta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 50 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 8 | 30 | 277 |
14 | Robbie Buhl | 11 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 261 |
15 | Greg Ray | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 253 |
16 | Buddy Rice | 14 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 229 |
17 | Alex Barron | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 50 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 216 |
18 | Sarah Fisher | 15 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 211 |
19 | Buddy Lazier | 0 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 201 |
20 | Felipe Giaffone | 22 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 199 |
21 | A.J. Foyt IV | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 198 |
22 | Vitor Meira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 32 | 170 |
23 | Jaques Lazier | 10 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
24 | Michael Andretti | 28 | 17 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
25 | Dario Franchitti | 26 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
26 | Ed Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 43 |
27 | Shigeaki Hattori | 12 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
28 | Richie Hearn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 39 |
29 | Shinji Nakano | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
30 | Scott Mayer | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
31 | Tony Renna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
32 | Jimmy Kite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
33 | Robby Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
34 | Airton Dare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
35 | Robby McGehee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
36 | Jimmy Vasser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
37 | Billy Boat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |