2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series

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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
Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon	9	Russell Ingall	Luke Youlden
Holden Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore	2	Mark Skaife	Jim Richards James Courtney
Holden Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore	22	Todd Kelly	Jim Richards James Courtney
Tasman Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	3	Jason Richards	Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto
Tasman Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	23	Jamie Whincup	Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto
Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	5 80	Greg Ritter David Brabham	Cameron McLean
Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	6	Jason Bright	Cameron McLean
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
WPS Racing	Ford BA Falcon	48	David Besnard	Marcus Marshall Alex Tagliani
Larkham Motor Sport	Ford BA Falcon	10	Jason Bargwanna	Alain Menu Matt Halliday
		100	Jason Bargwanna
		20	Mark Winterbottom
Brad Jones Racing	Ford BA Falcon	12	John Bowe	John Cleland Dale Brede
Brad Jones Racing	Ford BA Falcon	21	Brad Jones	John Cleland Dale Brede
HSV Dealer Team	Holden VZ Commodore	15	Rick Kelly	Tim Leahey Mark Noske
HSV Dealer Team	Holden VZ Commodore	16	Garth Tander	Tim Leahey Mark Noske
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon	17	Steven Johnson	Will Davison
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon	18	Glenn Seton	Dean Canto
Team Kiwi Racing Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	021	Paul Radisich	John Faulkner Alan Gurr
Team Kiwi Racing Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	67	Paul Morris	John Faulkner Alan Gurr
Britek Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	25	Steve Owen	José Fernández Damien White
Britek Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	52	Matthew White	José Fernández Damien White
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	33	Cameron McConville	Phillip Scifleet
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	34	Andrew Jones Lee Holdsworth Dean Canto	Phillip Scifleet
Team Dynamik	Holden VZ Commodore	44	Simon Wills Max Wilson	Mark Porter Kayne Scott Tony Longhurst**
		168	Simon Wills Max Wilson
		45	Max Wilson
		328	Max Wilson
Paul Weel Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	50	Paul Weel	Nathan Pretty Owen Kelly
Paul Weel Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	51	Greg Murphy	Nathan Pretty Owen Kelly
Toll Racing	Holden VY Commodore	75	Anthony Tratt	Tony Evangelou
Team Betta Electrical	Ford BA Falcon	88	Steven Ellery	Adam Macrow
Team Betta Electrical	Ford BA Falcon	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
32	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)
42	John Cleland	0																				21	7										168 (280)
44	Lee Holdsworth	0																				20	Ret							25	23	28	162
45	John Faulkner	0																				Ret	10										156
45	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
51	Matt Halliday	0																				Ret	12										148
53	Marcus Marshall	0																				22	13										144 (252)
53	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)
58	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
63	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
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 participate (DNP)
Blank	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	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	330	360	362	354	264	212	360	369	304	176	180	268	356	3895
2	Holden Racing Team	252	264	198	324	332	328	288	93	340	192	270	238	260	3379
3	Team Betta Electrical	183	226	180	279	124	210	348	159	368	320	346	294	310	3347
4	HSV Dealer Team	204	176	194	204	122	344	288	270	180	132	320	372	358	3164
5	Dick Johnson Racing	237	162	284	189	190	296	270	180	272	280	190	224	150	2924
6	Paul Weel Racing	222	330	186	216	196	140	150	294	0	172	242	220	310	2678
7	Perkins Engineering	240	168	186	225	186	204	258	237	236	0	126	334	180	2580
8	Ford Performance Racing	108	218	118	75	248	180	144	222	308	264	236	156	166	2443
9	Brad Jones Racing	162	186	178	261	190	172	144	150	272	280	178	122	76	2371
10	Garry Rogers Motorsport	180	118	184	129	206	84	168	198	272	180	264	160	138	2281
11	Tasman Motorsport	141	176	196	213	206	212	30	150	184	188	214	168	182	2260
12	WPS Racing	123	62	190	120	82	96	222	93	228	308	166	94	68	1852
13	Larkham Motor Sport	84	110	186	114	64	102	132	147	132	148	74	106	168	1567
14	Team Dynamik	120	110	90	111	190	98	174	177	0	152	68	108	126	1524
15	Team Kiwi Racing (S)	99	162	104	48	170	116	24	135	0	156	92	130	140	1376
16	Britek Motorsport	147	32	58	150	62	144	90	66	204	128	28	48	66	1223
17	Paul Morris Motorsport (S)	108	110	122	66	70	112	42	45	164	0	58	74	88	1059
18	Rod Nash Racing (S)	36		44	36	114	52	0	63	128	116	38	28	20	675
19	Toll Racing (S)	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 2 3 Official Program, Clipsal 500 Adelaide, page 6
1 2 3 4 Race Results Archive - 2005 Retrieved from www.natsoft.biz on 11 August 2012
↑ Official Program, 2005 Betta Electrical 500, front cover
↑ Official Program, 2005 Super Cheap Auto 1000, front cover
↑ Richo's race wrap - Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge, Surfers Paradise Retrieved from www.v8dailydump.com.au on 10 August 2012
↑ 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
1 2 Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson, David Greenhaugh, The official history Australian Touring Car Championship 50 Years, page 459
↑ Gala Awards Winners, V8 Supercars Championship 2011 Media Guide, Page 149

External links

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