2003 in sports

See also:

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
• Michael Waltrip wins rain-shortened Daytona 500
• Winston Cup Championship won by Matt Kenseth for Ford.
• Nextel signs deal to replace R.J. Reynolds as title sponsor of series
• Indianapolis 500
• Won by Gil de Ferran of Brazil for Team Penske.
• Indy Racing League
• Won by Scott Dixon of New Zealand, for Chip Ganassi Racing.
• CART Racing Series
• Paul Tracy of Canada was the champion.
• Sebastien Bourdais was the rookie of the year.
• Formula One Championship
• Michael Schumacher of Germany wins his 6th World Driver's Championship, breaking tie with Juan Manuel Fangio.
• Juan Pablo Montoya wins the Monaco Grand Prix.
• 24 hours of Le Mans
• Victors Tom Kristensen / Rinaldo Capello / Guy Smith driving a Bentley Speed 8 GT
• V8 Supercars:
• Bathurst 1000, Australia - Won by Greg Murphy of New Zealand and Rick Kelly of Australia for the K-Mart Racing Team. Murphy sets the fastest ever lap of any type of car on the mountain, including open wheelers.
• Marcos Ambrose for Stone Brothers Racing wins V8 Supercar Championship Series, with more wins and more poles than any other.
• Mark Winterbottom for Stone Brothers Racing wins 'junior division', Konica Championship Series.
• Rally racing:
• the team of Sébastien Loeb / Daniel Elena wins the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Citroën Total.
• Petter Solberg of Norway wins the World Rally Championship for Subaru, defeating Loeb by a single point at season's end.
• Drag racing
• Nations Cup Australia
• Championship won by Paul Stokell for Team Lamborghini in a Lamborghini Diablo GTR.
• Bathurst 24 hours at Mount Panorama, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, won by Peter Brock, Grey Murphy, Jason Bright and Todd Kelly in a Monaro GRM 427, 7-litre Race Prototype.