2003 Infiniti Pro Series

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2003 Infiniti Pro Series season
IRL Infiniti Pro Series
Season
Races12
Start dateMarch 2
End dateOctober 11
Awards
Drivers' championUnited Kingdom Mark Taylor
Teams' championPanther Racing
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2004 →

The 2003 IRL Infiniti Pro Series Season was the series' second. It consisted of 12 races and the champion was Mark Taylor who won 7 of 12 races and only suffered 2 DNF's and 1 DNS.[1] All teams used Dallara chassis and Infiniti engines. Only 7 drivers competed in every race and 3 more missed a single race.[2]

Team and driver chart[]

Team No. Drivers Rounds
3 Canada Marty Roth 1–2, 10–12
Canada [3] 3–7
33 1–2
United States [4] 3
United States Dave Steele 6
Canada Marty Roth 7
United States Paul Dana 8–11
United States 12
Panther Racing[5] 4 United Kingdom Mark Taylor[5] All
41 United States [6] 12
5 Netherlands Arie Luyendyk Jr.[7] All
Sam Schmidt Motorsports 6 United States [8] 1
Italy [9] 3
United States [10] 6–7
9 Canada [11] 1–9
United States [12][13] 10–12
99 United States Brandon Erwin[14] 1–9
Italy 10
United States [15] 11–12
REV 1 Racing 8 United States Ronnie Johncox 1–3
Roquin Motorsports 11 Mexico Rolando Quintanilla 12
3
37 United States Billy Roe[16] 3
12 United States [17] 1–7, 11–12
A. J. Foyt Enterprises 14 United States Ed Carpenter[18] All
[19] 20 United States Jeff Simmons[20] All
[21] 24 United States Paul Dana[22] 1–7
United States [23] 8
United States Billy Roe[24] 9–12
AFS Racing 25 United States Scott Harrington[16] 3
United States [25] 5, 7–12
27 United States 1–5, 7–12
Genoa Racing 36 Brazil Thiago Medeiros[26] All
Hemelgarn 91/Johnson Motorsports 91 United States Aaron Fike[27] 1, 3–12
United States Tony Ave 2
92 United States Cory Witherill[27] All

Race Calendar[]

Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Most Leading Laps Fastest Race Lap
1 Homestead-Miami Speedway Florida March 2, 2003 67 2.41395=161.73465 km 0'44:54.8282 216.060 km/h Mark Taylor Thiago Medeiros Mark Taylor Mark Taylor
2 Phoenix International Raceway Arizona March 22, 2003 100 1.6093=160.93 km ? ? km/h Mark Taylor Mark Taylor Mark Taylor Mark Taylor
3 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indiana May 18, 2003 40 4.02325=160.93 km 0'55:02.1661 175.444 km/h Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter
4 Pikes Peak International Raceway Colorado June 14, 2003 87 1.6093=140.0091 km 0'45:21.2797 185.219 km/h Aaron Fike Jeff Simmons Aaron Fike Cory Witherill
5 Kansas Speedway Kansas July 6, 2003 67 2.414=161.735 km 0'40:12.1978 241.376 km/h Mark Taylor Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Aaron Fike
6 Nashville Superspeedway Tennessee July 18, 2003 77 2.140=164.808 km 0'42:12.2945 234.297 km/h Mark Taylor Mark Taylor Mark Taylor Brandon Erwin
7 Michigan International Speedway Michigan July 27, 2003 50 3.2186=160.93 km 0'55:36.0133 173.665 km/h Mark Taylor Arie Luyendyk Jr. Mark Taylor
8 Gateway International Raceway Illinois August 9, 2003 80 2.011625=160.93 km 0'44:02.1599 219.271 km/h Jeff Simmons Brandon Erwin Mark Taylor Mark Taylor
9 Kentucky Speedway Kentucky August 16, 2003 67 2.414=161.735 km 0'41:46.2837 232.314 km/h Jeff Simmons Jeff Simmons Jeff Simmons Ed Carpenter
10 Chicagoland Speedway Illinois September 6, 2003 67 2.414=161.735 km 0'46:00.1733 210.945 km/h Mark Taylor Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter
11 California Speedway California September 20, 2003 50 3.2186=160.93 km 0'41:13.6217 234.210 km/h Mark Taylor Mark Taylor Mark Taylor Ed Carpenter
12 Texas Motor Speedway Texas October 11, 2003 67 2.414=161.735 km ? ? km/h Thiago Medeiros Arie Luyendyk Jr. Arie Luyendyk Jr. Marty Roth

Championship standings[]

Drivers' Championship[]

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th 
Points 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11
  • The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point.
  • An additional point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.
Pos Driver HOM PHX INDY PIK KAN NSH MIS GAT KEN CHI FON TXS Points
1 United Kingdom Mark Taylor 1* 1* 3 5 1 1* 1* 9* 13 1 1* 14 482
2 United States Jeff Simmons 14 5 4 2 14 4 2 1 1* 3 8 2 407
3 United States Ed Carpenter 15 13 1* 4 2* 13 7 4 5 2* 2 4 377
4 Brazil Thiago Medeiros 2 2 19 6 7 5 3 11 3 9 3 1 371
5 United States Cory Witherill 12 9 2 12 5 6 15 2 2 6 9 3 336
6 United States Aaron Fike 8 6 1* 4 14 4 6 6 5 6 5 328
7 Netherlands Arie Luyendyk Jr. 4 10 15 3 12 9 11 3 4 4 10 13* 299
8 Canada 6 15 13 10 3 2 5 5 10 235
9 United States Paul Dana 13 6 7 13 13 7 10 7 8 13 14 234
10 United States 11 14 16 8 11 9 12 7 8 15 10 217
11 United States Brandon Erwin 3 4 11 11 6 10 12 10 9 213
12 United States 7 8 18 9 9 8 16 7 16 184
13 United States 8 8 8 11 7 4 7 175
14 Canada 5 7 5 7 10 12 14 166
15 Canada Marty Roth 9 11 6 10 13 12 124
16 United States Billy Roe 14 12 11 5 8 107
17 United States Ronnie Johncox 10 12 8 62
18 United States 3 13 52
19 Mexico Rolando Quintanilla 10 6 48
20 United States 14 12 17 47
21 Italy 9 12 40
22 United States Tony Ave 3 35
23 United States 11 15 34
24 United States 9 22
25 United States Dave Steele 11 19
26 United States 11 19
27 United States Scott Harrington 12 18
28 United States 13 17
29 United States 16 14
30 United States 17 13
Pos Driver HOM PHX INDY PIK KAN NSH MIS GAT KEN CHI FON TXS Points
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue Finished

(Outside Top 10)

Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify

(DNQ)

Brown Withdrawn

(Wth)

Black Disqualified

(DSQ)

White Did not start

(DNS)

Blank Did not

participate (DNP)

Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps

(1 point)

1 Qualifying cancelled

no bonus point awarded

  • Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

Complete Overview[]

first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R9=retired, but classified NS13=did not start, but classified

Place Name Country Team United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States
1 Mark Taylor  United Kingdom Panther Racing 2 1 1 1 2 3 6 5 13 1 1 1 7 1 4 R9 13 NS13 2 1 1 1 4 R14
2 Jeff Simmons  United States 5 R14 5 5 3 4 1 2 3 14 3 4 3 2 3 1 1 1 13 3 9 8 11 2
3 Ed Carpenter  United States A. J. Foyt Enterprises 16 R15 12 R13 1 1 4 4 1 2 5 R13 2 7 5 4 8 5 1 2 2 2 3 4
4 Thiago Medeiros  Brazil Genoa Racing 1 2 8 2 8 R19 10 6 5 7 9 5 5 3 11 R11 4 3 6 9 4 3 7 1
5 Cory Witherill  United States Hemelgarn 91/ 9 12 6 9 7 2 2 R12 12 5 8 6 6 R15 6 2 7 2 7 6 7 9 5 3
6 Aaron Fike  United States Hemelgarn 91/ 4 8 - - 6 6 3 1 2 4 7 R14 10 4 9 6 5 6 3 5 3 6 2 5
7 Arie Luyendyk Jr.  Netherlands 3 4 15 10 5 15 12 3 14 12 13 9 1 R11 7 3 9 4 4 4 11 10 1 R13
8  Canada Sam Schmidt Motorsports 13 6 3 R15 16 13 7 R10 6 3 4 2 13 5 2 5 3 R10 - - - - - -
9 Paul Dana  United States 14 R13 7 6 10 7 9 NS13 8 13 10 7 9 R10
10 7 10 8 14 R13 14 14 - -
10  United States Automatic Fire Sprinklers Racing 11 11 10 R14 18 R16 11 8 11 11 - - 12 9 12 NS12 11 7 8 8 9 R15 8 10
11 Brandon Erwin  United States Sam Schmidt Motorsports 8 3 2 4 19 11 13 R11 4 6 2 10 11 R12 1 R10 2 R9 - - - - - -
12  United States 15 7 9 8 4 R18 5 9 10 9 12 8 15 R16 - - - - - - 15 7 14 R16
13  United States Automatic Fire Sprinklers Racing - - - - - - - - 7 8 - - 16 8 8 8 12 R11 5 7 6 4 10 7
14  Canada 6 5 13 7 12 5 8 7 9 10 14 12 8 R14 - - - - - - - - - -
15 Marty Roth  Canada 12 9 11 R11 - - - - - - - - 14 6 - - - - 11 10 5 13 9 12
16 Billy Roe  United States - - - - 14 14 - - - - - - - - - -
6 R12 12 11 10 5 13 8
17 Ronnie Johncox  United States 7 10 14 R12 9 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
18  United States Sam Schmidt Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - 6 3 4 R13 - - - - - - - - - -
19 Rolando Quintanilla  Mexico - - - - 13 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 6
20  United States Sam Schmidt Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 R14 13 12 17 R17
21  Italy Sam Schmidt Motorsports - - - - 11 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 R12 - - - -
22 Tony Ave  United States Hemelgarn 91/ - - 4 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23  United States Sam Schmidt Motorsports - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 11 15 R15
24  United States Panther Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 9
25 Dave Steele  United States - - - - - - - - - - 11 11 - - - - - - - - - - - -
 United States - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 11
27 Scott Harrington  United States Automatic Fire Sprinklers Racing - - - - 17 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
28  United States - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 NS13 - - - - - - - -
29  United States Sam Schmidt Racing 10 NS16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
30  United States - - - - 15 R17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

References[]

  1. ^ Wilkins, Robert. Q&A: Mark Taylor - IPS champion, Crash.net, September 21, 2003, Retrieved 2018-10-30
  2. ^ 2003 IRL Infiniti Pro Series, Champ Car Stats, Retrieved 2018-10-30
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  9. ^ "Cioci to drive third Schmidt car in Freedom 100". Crash.net. April 18, 2003.
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  13. ^ "Fletcher to complete Pro Series year with Schmidt". Crash.net. September 12, 2003.
  14. ^ "Erwin gets nod for Schmidt IPS team". Crash.net. February 25, 2003.
  15. ^ "IndyCar Series heads to California; Texas adds drivers for Heroes race". Motorsport.com. September 18, 2003.
  16. ^ a b "Former IRL drivers join Freedom 100 grid". Crash.net. May 16, 2003.
  17. ^ "Beardsley returning to IPS in 2003". Crash.net. February 9, 2003.
  18. ^ "Carpenter moving to Foyt team in 2003". Motorsport.com. January 13, 2003.
  19. ^ "Western Union, Duesenberg Brothers join IPS". Crash.net. February 10, 2003.
  20. ^ "Homestead: Erwin, Simmons to make debuts". Motorsport.com. February 28, 2003.
  21. ^ "Ex-IRL star plays role with new IPS team". Crash.net. December 4, 2002.
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  23. ^ "Moses Smith enters Gateway to IPS". Crash.net. August 6, 2003.
  24. ^ "IRL veteran Roe to complete Pro Series season". Crash.net. August 6, 2003.
  25. ^ "Kansas: Indy Racing League notebook". Motorsport.com. July 2, 2003.
  26. ^ "Thiago Medeiros joins Genoa Racing in Infiniti Pro Series". Autoweek.com. February 4, 2003.
  27. ^ a b "Witherill and Fike to stay put in 2003". Crash.net. December 31, 2002.
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