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2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series

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 edit

 
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.

Manufacturer Car Team No. Drivers Events Endurance Event Drivers
Ford Falcon BA Stone Brothers Racing 1   Marcos Ambrose All   Warren Luff
9   Russell Ingall All   Luke Youlden
Ford Performance Racing 5   Greg Ritter 1–11   Cameron McLean
  David Brabham 12–13
6   Jason Bright All   David Brabham
WPS Racing 8   Craig Baird All   Marcus Marshall
  Alex Tagliani
48   David Besnard All
Larkham Motorsport 10   Jason Bargwanna 1–8   Alain Menu
  Matt Halliday 9–10
  Mark Winterbottom 11–13
20 1–10   Jason Bargwanna
  Jason Bargwanna 11–13
Brad Jones Racing 12   John Bowe All   John Cleland
  Dale Brede
21   Brad Jones All
Dick Johnson Racing 17   Steven Johnson All   Will Davison
18   Glenn Seton All   Dean Canto
Britek Motorsport 25   Steve Owen 1, 4, 6–10, 13   José Fernández
  Damien White
52   Matthew White All
Triple Eight Race Engineering 88   Steven Ellery All   Adam Macrow
888   Craig Lowndes All   Yvan Muller
Holden Commodore VY Rod Nash Racing (PE) 7   Alex Davison 1 —
Perkins Engineering 11   Steven Richards 1–8   Christian D'Agostin
  Matthew Coleman 9–10
  Paul Dumbrell 11–13
24   Paul Dumbrell 1–2, 4, 6–10   Steven Richards
  Steven Richards 11–13
Paul Little Racing (PE) 75   Anthony Tratt All   Tony Evangelou
Commodore VZ Holden Racing Team 2   Mark Skaife All   Jim Richards
  James Courtney
22   Todd Kelly All
Tasman Motorsport 3   Jason Richards All   Fabian Coulthard
  Tony D'Alberto
23   Jamie Whincup All
Rod Nash Racing (PE) 7   Alex Davison 4, 6–11   Allan Simonsen
  Paul Dumbrell 3, 5
  Owen Kelly 12–13
HSV Dealer Team (HRT) 15   Rick Kelly All   Tim Leahey
  Mark Noske
16   Garth Tander All
Team Kiwi Racing
Paul Morris Motorsport 		021   Paul Radisich All   John Faulkner
  Alan Gurr
67   Paul Morris All
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33   Cameron McConville All   Phillip Scifleet
  Lee Holdsworth
34   Andrew Jones 1–10
  Dean Canto 11–12
  Lee Holdsworth 13
Team Dynamik
Longhurst Racing1 		44   Simon Wills 1–9, 13   Mark Porter
  Kayne Scott
  Tony Longhurst 10
45   Max Wilson All
Paul Weel Racing 50   Paul Weel All   Nathan Pretty
  Owen Kelly
51   Greg Murphy All

* = Drove in Sandown 500 only ** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

  • ^1 – Car #45 appeared as "Longhurst Racing" on some entry lists as a result of licence ownership issues.[1]

Results and standings edit

Race calendar edit

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[2]
Adelaide Street Circuit 		Adelaide, South Australia 17–20 Mar Two races Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon Stone Brothers Racing Report
2   PlaceMakers V8 International[3]
Pukekohe Park Raceway 		Pukekohe, New Zealand 15–17 Apr Three races Greg Murphy Holden VZ Commodore Paul Weel Racing Report
3   Perth 400[2]
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 Triple Eight Race Engineering
5   Buick V8 Supercars China Round
Shanghai International Circuit 		Shanghai, China 10–12 Jun Three races Todd Kelly Holden VZ Commodore Holden Racing Team
6   Skycity V8 Supercars[3]
Hidden Valley Raceway 		Darwin, Northern Territory 1–3 July Three races Todd Kelly Holden VZ Commodore Holden Racing Team
7   Queensland 300[2]
Queensland Raceway 		Ipswich, Queensland 22–24 Jul One race Craig Lowndes Ford BA Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering
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[4]
Sandown International Raceway 		Melbourne, Victoria 9–11 Sep One race (two drivers) Craig Lowndes
Yvan Muller 		Ford BA Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering Report
10   Super Cheap Auto 1000[5]
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[6]
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit 		Surfers Paradise, Queensland 20–23 Oct Three races Craig Lowndes Ford BA Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering
12   Ferodo Triple Challenge[3]
Symmons Plains Raceway 		Launceston, Tasmania 12–13 Nov Three races Garth Tander Holden VZ Commodore HSV Dealer Team
13   BigPond Grand Finale[3]
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 		Phillip Island, Victoria 25–27 Nov Three races Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon Stone Brothers Racing

Points system edit

Points were awarded on the results of each race as follows.[7]

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 edit

Pos. Driver No. ADE
  		PUK
  		BAR
  		EAS
  		SHA
  		HID
  		QLD
  		ORA
  		SAN
  		BAT
  		SUR
  		SYM
  		PHI
  		Pen. Pts.
1   Russell Ingall 9 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 0 1922
2   Craig Lowndes 888 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 0 1865
3   Marcos Ambrose 1 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 25 1856
4   Todd Kelly 22 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 0 1760
5   Mark Skaife 2 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 0 1754
6   Garth Tander 16 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 0 1734
7   Steven Richards 11/24 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 0 1669
8   Rick Kelly 15 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 0 1630
9   Jason Bright 6 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 0 1566
10   Cameron McConville 33 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 0 1501
11   Greg Murphy 51 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 6 1500
12   Steven Johnson 17 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 0 1460
13   Steven Ellery 88 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 0 1424
14   Paul Radisich 021 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 0 1384
15   Glenn Seton 18 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 0 1353
16   Jamie Whincup 23 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 0 1307
17   Jason Richards 3 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 0 1295
18   John Bowe 12 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 0 1233
19   Paul Morris 67 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 0 1059
20   Paul Dumbrell 24/11 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 75 1046
21   Brad Jones 21 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 0 1027
22   Paul Weel 50 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 0 1000
23   Craig Baird 8 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 0 980
24   Max Wilson 45 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 4 931
25   David Besnard 48 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 0 904
26   Jason Bargwanna 10/20 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 0 883
27   Greg Ritter 5 Ret Ret 19 24 21 28 Ret Ret 18 Ret 23 10 8 11 23 24 Ret 15 29 15 18 19 20 15 0 739
28   Andrew Jones 34 22 27 27 21 19 26 21 25 28 Ret 26 18 17 19 Ret Ret 21 25 25 10 4 0 733
29   Mark Winterbottom 20/10 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 0 668
30   Matthew White 52 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 0 619
31   Anthony Tratt 75 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 0 511
32   Steve Owen 25 25 13 19 22 20 19 21 24 27 26 23 Ret 21 Ret 22 0 480
33   Alex Davison 7 Ret 21 29 25 23 17 Ret Ret 21 23 17 20 Ret 24 23 0 469
34   Simon Wills 44 Ret 19 30 17 Ret 18 28 18 34 20 18 13 20 Ret 21 Ret 23 Ret 17 DNS Ret 26 23 0 437
35   Dean Canto 18/34 12 9 20 17 13 29 20 23 0 312
36   David Brabham 6/5 6 14 EX 23 24 11 22 31 0 280
37   Owen Kelly 50/7 Ret 6 30 29 26 26 30 Ret 0 320
38   Yvan Muller 888 1 15 0 192
39   Adam Macrow 88 5 3 0 184
40   Luke Youlden 9 7 5 0 176
41   Nathan Pretty 50 Ret 6 0 172
42   Dale Brede 12 21 7 0 168
  John Cleland 12 21 7 0 168
44   Lee Holdsworth 33/34 20 Ret 25 23 28 0 162
45   John Faulkner 021 Ret 10 0 156
  Alan Gurr 021 Ret 10 0 156
47   James Courtney 22 11 Ret 0 152
  Jim Richards 22 11 Ret 0 152
  Mark Porter 45 Ret 11 0 152
  Kayne Scott 45 Ret 11 0 152
51   Alain Menu 10 Ret 12 0 148
  Matt Halliday 10 Ret 12 0 148
53   Marcus Marshall 8 22 13 0 144
  Alex Tagliani 8 22 13 0 144
55   Warren Luff 1 14 Ret 0 140
56   Cameron McLean 5 15 18 0 136
57   Allan Simonsen 7 17 20 0 128
58   José Fernández 52 24 17 0 128
  Damien White 52 24 17 0 128
60   Will Davison 17 18 19 0 124
61   Phillip Scifleet 33 20 Ret 0 116
62   Tony Evangelou 75 25 Ret 0 96
63   Matthew Coleman 11 26 Ret 0 92
  Christian D'Agostin 11 26 Ret 0 92
–   Fabian Coulthard 23 Ret Ret 0 0
  Tony D'Alberto 23 Ret Ret 0 0
  Mark Noske 15 Ret Ret 0 0
  Tim Leahey 15 Ret Ret 0 0
  Tony Longhurst 44 Ret 0 0
Pos. Driver No. ADE
  		PUK
  		BAR
  		EAS
  		SHA
  		HID
  		QLD
  		ORA
  		SAN
  		BAT
  		SUR
  		SYM
  		PHI
  		Pen. Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
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.[8]
  • Each driver was required to drop his/her worst score from the first ten rounds.[8]
  • Gross total points are shown within brackets.

Teams Championship edit

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 Triple Eight Race Engineering 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 Paul Little 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 edit

Ford was awarded the Champion Manufacturer title, having achieved the most round wins during the series.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Team Dynamik Racing Pty Ltd v Longhurst Racing Pty Ltd [2007] QSC 32". Supreme Court Library Queensland. 22 February 2007.
  2. ^ a b c Official Program, Clipsal 500 Adelaide, page 6
  3. ^ a b c d Race Results Archive – 2005 Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.natsoft.biz on 11 August 2012
  4. ^ Official Program, 2005 Betta Electrical 500, front cover
  5. ^ Official Program, 2005 Super Cheap Auto 1000, front cover
  6. ^ Richo's race wrap – Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge, Surfers Paradise Archived 29 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.v8dailydump.com.au on 10 August 2012
  7. ^ Points system determined from Meeting Points for each round under http://www.natsoft.biz/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2005 Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine together with championship points information from Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson, David Greenhaugh, The official history Australian Touring Car Championship 50 Years, page 459
  8. ^ a b Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson, David Greenhaugh, The official history Australian Touring Car Championship 50 Years, page 459
  9. ^ Gala Awards Winners, V8 Supercars Championship 2011 Media Guide, Page 149

External links edit

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