2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series

2005 V8 Supercar season
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The 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series was a motor racing championship for V8 Supercars. The series, which was the seventh V8 Supercar Championship Series, began on 18 March 2005 in Adelaide and ended on 27 November at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit after 13 rounds. The 46th Australian Touring Car Championship title was awarded to the series winner, Russell Ingall by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

Teams and drivers

Craig Lowndes (Ford BA Falcon) placed second in the championship

Marcos Ambrose (Ford BA Falcon) placed third in the championship

Jason Bright (Ford BA Falcon) placed ninth in the championship

Paul Morris (Holden VZ Commodore) placed 19th in the championship

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Team	Car	Car #	Drivers	Endurance Event Drivers
Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1	Marcos Ambrose	Warren Luff
		9	Russell Ingall	Luke Youlden
Holden Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore	2	Mark Skaife	Jim Richards James Courtney
		22	Todd Kelly
Tasman Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	3	Jason Richards	Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto
		23	Jamie Whincup
Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	5	Greg Ritter David Brabham	Cameron McLean
		6	Jason Bright
Perkins Engineering	Holden VY Commodore Holden VZ Commodore	7	Alex Davison Paul Dumbrell Owen Kelly	Allan Simonsen Matthew Coleman Christian D'Agostin
		11	Steven Richards Paul Dumbrell
		24	Paul Dumbrell Steven Richards
WPS Racing	Ford BA Falcon	8	Craig Baird	Marcus Marshall Alex Tagliani
		48	David Besnard
Larkham Motor Sport	Ford BA Falcon	10	Jason Bargwanna	Alain Menu Matt Halliday
		100
		20	Mark Winterbottom
Brad Jones Racing	Ford BA Falcon	12	John Bowe	John Cleland Dale Brede
		21	Brad Jones
HSV Dealer Team	Holden VZ Commodore	15	Rick Kelly	Tim Leahey Mark Noske
		16	Garth Tander
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon	17	Steven Johnson	Will Davison
		18	Glenn Seton	Dean Canto
Team Kiwi Racing Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	021	Paul Radisich	John Faulkner Alan Gurr
		67	Paul Morris
Britek Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	25	Steve Owen	José Fernández Damien White
		52	Matthew White
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	33	Cameron McConville	Phillip Scifleet
		34	Andrew Jones Lee Holdsworth Dean Canto
Team Dynamik	Holden VZ Commodore	44	Simon Wills Max Wilson	Mark Porter Kayne Scott Tony Longhurst**
		168
		45	Max Wilson
		328
Paul Weel Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	50	Paul Weel	Nathan Pretty Owen Kelly
		51	Greg Murphy
Toll Racing	Holden VY Commodore	75	Anthony Tratt	Tony Evangelou
Team Betta Electrical	Ford BA Falcon	88	Steven Ellery	Adam Macrow
		888	Craig Lowndes	Yvan Muller

* = Drove in Sandown 500 only

** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

Results and Standings

Race Calendar

The 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series was contested over 13 rounds which included 11 single-driver sprint rounds and two two-driver endurance rounds.

Rd.	Title Circuit	Location	Date	Round Format	Winner	Car	Team	Report
1	Clipsal 500 Adelaide [1] Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	17 - 20 Mar	Two races	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	report
2	PlaceMakers V8 International [2] Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	15 - 17 Apr	Three races	Greg Murphy	Holden VZ Commodore	Paul Weel Racing	report
3	Perth 400 [1] Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	6–8 May	Three races	Steven Richards	Holden VY Commodore	Castrol Perkins Racing
4	Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	27–29 May	Two races	Craig Lowndes	Ford BA Falcon	Team Betta Electrical
5	Shanghai International Circuit	Shanghai, China	10 - 12 Jun	Three races	Todd Kelly	Holden VZ Commodore	Holden Racing Team
6	Skycity V8 Supercars [2] Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	1–3 July	Three races	Todd Kelly	Holden VZ Commodore	Holden Racing Team
7	Queensland 300 [1] Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	22 - 24 Jul	One race	Craig Lowndes	Ford BA Falcon	Team Betta Electrical
8	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	12 - 14 Aug	Two races	Russell Ingall	Ford BA Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
9	Betta Electrical 500 [3] Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	9 - 11 Sept	One race (two drivers)	Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller	Ford BA Falcon	Team Betta Electrical	report
10	Super Cheap Auto 1000 [4] Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	6 - 9 Oct	One race (two drivers)	Mark Skaife Todd Kelly	Holden VZ Commodore	Holden Racing Team	report
11	Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge [5] Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	20 - 23 Oct	Three races	Craig Lowndes	Ford BA Falcon	Team Betta Electrical
12	Ferodo Triple Challenge [2] Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	12 - 13 Nov	Three races	Garth Tander	Holden VZ Commodore	HSV Dealer Team
13	BigPond Grand Finale [2] Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	25 - 27 Nov	Three races	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing

Points system

Points were awarded on the results of each race as follows.^[6]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd
1 race per round	192	186	180	174	168	162	156	150	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54	48	42	36	30	24	18	12	6
2 races per round	96	93	90	87	84	81	78	75	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27	24	21	18	15	12	9	6	3
3 races per round	64	62	60	58	56	54	52	50	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Drivers Championship

Pos. Driver Pen. ADE PUK BAR EAS SHA HID QLD ORA SAN BAT SUR SYM PHI Pts. 1 Russell Ingall 0 2 18 2 2 2 4 2 1 5 6 13 6 26 14 4 Ret 4 2 1 7 5 4 10 24 8 9 10 5 5 5 1922 (2018) 2 Craig Lowndes 0 3 2 14 5 Ret 21 3 Ret 2 1 4 Ret Ret 3 32 11 1 9 4 1 15 2 1 1 5 3 3 1 3 15 1865 (1923) 3 Marcos Ambrose 25 1 1 5 3 4 2 5 3 1 2 5 4 12 4 28 9 2 4 2 14 Ret Ret 26 11 4 27 6 3 1 1 1856 4 Todd Kelly 0 8 4 8 Ret 9 Ret 23 7 6 4 1 3 1 1 1 2 6 Ret 22 2 1 Ret 14 8 15 11 7 13 16 6 1760 (1793) 5 Mark Skaife 0 Ret 3 3 4 5 1 29 6 7 7 3 1 23 2 2 26 12 16 30 2 1 3 3 2 25 12 9 15 10 8 1754 (1814) 6 Garth Tander 0 7 Ret 17 20 9 29 14 13 9 10 12 21 22 5 3 1 3 26 5 4 16 10 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 4 1734 (1812) 7 Steven Richards 0 5 26 28 8 3 3 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 22 12 4 5 1 11 13 Ret 27 28 18 2 2 4 27 12 26 1669 8 Rick Kelly 0 15 9 16 Ret 15 14 16 15 31 14 Ret 16 Ret 9 5 3 15 5 6 4 16 9 5 6 3 4 2 4 4 3 1630 (1664) 9 Jason Bright 0 19 11 7 11 7 16 7 22 33 23 7 20 6 Ret 9 8 9 7 7 6 14 8 9 9 7 17 16 31 13 7 1566 (1596) 10 Cameron McConville 0 17 6 21 18 Ret 8 9 19 15 13 16 9 9 18 31 22 17 8 8 10 4 5 6 5 14 15 17 18 14 21 1501 (1555) 11 Greg Murphy 6 6 Ret 1 1 1 5 30 Ret 4 3 10 Ret 7 13 16 Ret 8 3 3 Ret Ret 1 2 3 20 5 5 6 7 2 1500 12 Steven Johnson 0 4 15 13 26 Ret 11 4 5 13 9 11 26 21 12 11 7 10 10 31 18 19 14 11 12 10 7 8 22 19 18 1460 (1514) 13 Steve Ellery 0 Ret DNS 4 7 22 30 13 10 28 8 15 24 27 28 13 6 7 DNS DNS 5 3 7 7 7 9 13 18 8 6 10 1424 14 Paul Radisich 0 23 10 6 6 6 6 8 Ret 32 18 6 5 3 6 8 27 29 12 9 8 Ret 13 13 27 12 10 12 7 8 14 1384 15 Glenn Seton 0 9 25 26 13 12 12 15 9 20 27 14 7 24 8 7 5 11 18 13 12 9 23 23 20 22 19 20 29 24 11 1353 (1410) 16 Jamie Whincup 0 10 22 10 28 11 13 24 14 24 15 9 8 4 15 14 17 28 Ret 15 3 2 15 8 10 18 Ret 30 12 18 Ret 1307 (1337) 17 Jason Richards 0 20 Ret 18 29 14 7 25 17 10 12 8 Ret Ret 25 6 15 Ret 6 28 3 2 6 Ret 19 11 8 14 17 11 16 1295 18 John Bowe 0 12 Ret 12 10 8 15 11 8 12 8 22 15 14 10 10 12 22 20 19 9 21 16 15 17 23 28 29 23 29 27 1233 (1296) 19 Paul Morris 0 14 16 9 19 16 10 17 11 11 Ret 17 22 25 7 18 18 26 Ret 18 8 Ret 24 21 25 Ret 16 13 14 28 13 1059 20 Paul Dumbrell 75 16 5 26 16 Ret 22 Ret 24 16 Ret 19 12 11 Ret 15 10 18 17 24 13 Ret 22 18 22 6 6 11 9 15 19 1046 21 Brad Jones 0 13 20 22 Ret 20 25 19 Ret 14 11 25 17 10 17 30 Ret 20 23 20 9 21 17 16 28 17 21 19 24 Ret 24 1027 (1065) 22 Paul Weel 0 11 8 11 9 10 27 6 4 27 26 20 11 19 26 26 14 Ret 14 14 Ret Ret Ret 22 16 13 24 21 10 9 9 1000 23 Craig Baird 0 Ret 17 Ret 12 Ret 19 20 16 21 17 24 19 15 27 20 16 16 Ret Ret 19 8 11 12 29 26 18 27 30 28 29 980 24 Max Wilson 4 Ret 7 15 15 Ret 31 18 Ret 26 16 Ret 14 5 16 33 13 14 13 10 DNS Ret 26 25 14 16 14 15 20 21 12 931 25 David Besnard 0 18 23 29 27 Ret 17 12 20 30 24 Ret Ret Ret Ret 29 25 13 19 16 19 8 12 30 21 24 25 31 Ret 25 20 904 26 Jason Bargwanna 0 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 9 10 12 17 21 21 Ret 13 Ret 24 19 19 11 12 16 Ret Ret 19 Ret 19 30 28 16 17 17 883 27 Greg Ritter 0 Ret Ret 19 24 21 28 Ret Ret 18 Ret 23 10 8 11 23 24 Ret 15 29 15 18 19 20 15 739 28 Andrew Jones 0 22 27 27 21 19 26 21 25 28 Ret 26 18 17 19 Ret Ret 21 25 25 10 4 733 (746) 29 Mark Winterbottom 0 24 14 24 22 17 20 27 21 23 Ret Ret DNS DNS 24 27 20 25 Ret 27 16 Ret 21 29 26 21 22 25 19 20 25 668 30 Matthew White 0 Ret 12 25 25 Ret 24 22 26 22 19 27 23 18 21 22 23 27 24 Ret 23 Ret 25 27 Ret 27 26 22 28 31 30 619 31 Anthony Tratt 0 21 24 23 23 18 23 26 23 24 Ret 28 25 16 Ret 25 Ret Ret 22 21 25 Ret 18 Ret 30 28 31 32 DNS DNS DNS 511 33 Steve Owen 0 25 13 19 22 20 19 21 24 27 26 23 Ret 21 Ret 22 480 33 Alex Davison 0 Ret 21 29 25 23 17 Ret Ret 21 23 17 20 Ret 24 23 469 34 Simon Wills 0 Ret 19 30 17 Ret 18 28 18 34 20 18 13 20 Ret 21 Ret 23 Ret 17 DNS Ret 26 23 437 35 Dean Canto 0 12 9 20 17 13 29 20 23 312 (460) 36 David Brabham 0 6 14 EX 23 24 11 22 31 280 (420) 37 Owen Kelly 0 Ret 6 30 29 26 26 39 Ret 320 38 Yvan Muller 0 1 15 192 (328) 39 Adam Macrow 0 5 3 184 (360) 40 Luke Youlden 0 7 5 176 (344) 41 Nathan Pretty 0 Ret 6 172 42 Dale Brede 0 21 7 168 (280) John Cleland 0 21 7 168 (280) 44 Lee Holdsworth 0 20 Ret 25 23 28 162 45 John Faulkner 0 Ret 10 156 Alan Gurr 0 Ret 10 156 47 James Courtney 0 11 Ret 152 Jim Richards 0 11 Ret 152 Mark Porter 0 Ret 11 152 Kayne Scott 0 Ret 11 152 51 Alain Menu 0 Ret 12 148 Matt Halliday 0 Ret 12 148 53 Marcus Marshall 0 22 13 144 (252) Alex Tagliani 0 22 13 144 (252) 55 Warren Luff 0 14 Ret 140 56 Cameron McLean 0 15 18 136 (260) 57 Allan Simonsen 0 17 20 128 (244) 58 José Fernández 0 24 17 128 (228) Damien White 0 24 17 128 (228) 60 Will Davison 0 18 19 124 (244) 61 Phillip Scifleet 0 20 Ret 116 62 Tony Evangelou 0 25 Ret 96 63 Mathew Coleman 0 26 Ret 92 Christian D'Agostin 0 26 Ret 92 - Fabian Coulthard 0 Ret Ret 0 Tony D'Alberto 0 Ret Ret 0 Mark Noske 0 Ret Ret 0 Tim Leahey 0 Ret Ret 0 Tony Longhurst 0 Ret 0 Pos. Driver Pen. ADE PUK BAR EAS SHA HID QLD ORA SAN BAT SUR SYM PHI Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

• Each round carried a maximum of 192, 186, 180 points etc. with each race at two-race rounds carrying half points and each race at three-race rounds carrying one third points.^[7]
• Each driver was required to drop his/her worst score from the first ten rounds.^[7]
• Gross total points are shown within brackets.

Teams Championship

Pos	Team	Penalty	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Rd 12	Rd 13	Total
1	Stone Brothers Racing	0	330	360	362	354	264	212	360	369	304	176	180	268	356	3895
2	Holden Racing Team	0	252	264	198	324	332	328	288	93	340	192	270	238	260	3379
3	Team Betta Electrical	0	183	226	180	279	124	210	348	159	368	320	346	294	310	3347
4	HSV Dealer Team	0	204	176	194	204	122	344	288	270	180	132	320	372	358	3164
5	Dick Johnson Racing	0	237	162	284	189	190	296	270	180	272	280	190	224	150	2924
6	Paul Weel Racing	0	222	330	186	216	196	140	150	294	0	172	242	220	310	2678
7	Perkins Engineering	0	240	168	186	225	186	204	258	237	236	0	126	334	180	2580
8	Ford Performance Racing	0	108	218	118	75	248	180	144	222	308	264	236	156	166	2443
9	Brad Jones Racing	0	162	186	178	261	190	172	144	150	272	280	178	122	76	2371
10	Garry Rogers Motorsport	0	180	118	184	129	206	84	168	198	272	180	264	160	138	2281
11	Tasman Motorsport	0	141	176	196	213	206	212	30	150	184	188	214	168	182	2260
12	WPS Racing	0	123	62	190	120	82	96	222	93	228	308	166	94	68	1852
13	Larkham Motor Sport	0	84	110	186	114	64	102	132	147	132	148	74	106	168	1567
14	Team Dynamik	0	120	110	90	111	190	98	174	177	0	152	68	108	126	1524
15	Team Kiwi Racing (S)	0	99	162	104	48	170	116	24	135	0	156	92	130	140	1376
16	Britek Motorsport	0	147	32	58	150	62	144	90	66	204	128	28	48	66	1223
17	Paul Morris Motorsport (S)	0	108	110	122	66	70	112	42	45	164	0	58	74	88	1059
18	Rod Nash Racing (S)	0	36		44	36	114	52	0	63	128	116	38	28	20	675
19	Toll Racing (S)	0	63	70	58	24	60	16	0	72	96	0	36	16	0	511

(S) denotes a single car team.

Champion Manufacturer

Ford was awarded the Champion Manufacturer title, having achieved the most round wins during the series.^[8]

References

1. Official Program, Clipsal 500 Adelaide, page 6
2. Race Results Archive - 2005 Retrieved from www.natsoft.biz on 11 August 2012
3. Official Program, 2005 Betta Electrical 500, front cover
4. Official Program, 2005 Super Cheap Auto 1000, front cover
5. Richo's race wrap - Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge, Surfers Paradise Retrieved from www.v8dailydump.com.au on 10 August 2012
6. Points system determined from Meeting Points for each round under http://www.natsoft.biz/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2005 together with championship points information from Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson, David Greenhaugh, The official history Australian Touring Car Championship 50 Years, page 459
7. Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson, David Greenhaugh, The official history Australian Touring Car Championship 50 Years, page 459
8. Gala Awards Winners, V8 Supercars Championship 2011 Media Guide, Page 149

External links

• Official V8 Supercar site
• 2005 Racing Results Archive