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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.

Calendar

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The 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series was contested over 13 rounds, including eleven single-driver 'sprint' rounds and two two-driver 'endurance' rounds.

Rd. Event Circuit Location Date
1 South Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide[1] Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 17–20 March
2 New Zealand PlaceMakers V8 International[2] Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand 15–17 April
3 Western Australia Perth 400[1] Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 6–8 May
4 New South Wales Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek, New South Wales 27–29 May
5 China Buick V8 Supercars China Round Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, China 10–12 June
6 Northern Territory Skycity V8 Supercars[2] Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 1–3 July
7 Queensland Queensland 300[1] Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 22–24 July
8 New South Wales Oran Park Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 12–14 August
9 Victoria (state) Betta Electrical 500[3] Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 9–11 September
10 New South Wales Super Cheap Auto 1000[4] Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 6–9 October
11 Queensland Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge[5] Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 20–23 October
12 Tasmania Ferodo Triple Challenge[2] Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 12–13 November
13 Victoria (state) BigPond Grand Finale[2] Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 25–27 November

Teams and drivers

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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 Australia Marcos Ambrose All Australia Warren Luff
9 Australia Russell Ingall All Australia Luke Youlden
Ford Performance Racing 5 Australia Greg Ritter 1–11 Australia Cameron McLean
Australia David Brabham 12–13
6 Australia Jason Bright All Australia David Brabham
WPS Racing 8 New Zealand Craig Baird All Australia Marcus Marshall
Canada Alex Tagliani
48 Australia David Besnard All
Larkham Motorsport 10 Australia Jason Bargwanna 1–8 Switzerland Alain Menu
New Zealand Matt Halliday 9–10
Australia Mark Winterbottom 11–13
20 1–10 Australia Jason Bargwanna
Australia Jason Bargwanna 11–13
Brad Jones Racing 12 Australia John Bowe All United Kingdom John Cleland
Australia Dale Brede
21 Australia Brad Jones All
Dick Johnson Racing 17 Australia Steven Johnson All Australia Will Davison
18 Australia Glenn Seton All Australia Dean Canto
Britek Motorsport 25 Australia Steve Owen 1, 4, 6–10, 13 Australia José Fernández
Australia Damien White
52 Australia Matthew White All
Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 Australia Steven Ellery All Australia Adam Macrow
888 Australia Craig Lowndes All France Yvan Muller
Holden Commodore VY Rod Nash Racing (PE) 7 Australia Alex Davison 1 —
Perkins Engineering 11 New Zealand Steven Richards 1–8 Australia Christian D'Agostin
Australia Matthew Coleman 9–10
Australia Paul Dumbrell 11–13
24 Australia Paul Dumbrell 1–2, 4, 6–10 New Zealand Steven Richards
New Zealand Steven Richards 11–13
Paul Little Racing (PE) 75 Australia Anthony Tratt All Australia Tony Evangelou
Commodore VZ Holden Racing Team 2 Australia Mark Skaife All New Zealand Jim Richards
Australia James Courtney
22 Australia Todd Kelly All
Tasman Motorsport 3 New Zealand Jason Richards All New Zealand Fabian Coulthard
Australia Tony D'Alberto
23 Australia Jamie Whincup All
Rod Nash Racing (PE) 7 Australia Alex Davison 4, 6–11 Denmark Allan Simonsen
Australia Paul Dumbrell 3, 5
Australia Owen Kelly 12–13
HSV Dealer Team (HRT) 15 Australia Rick Kelly All Australia Tim Leahey
Australia Mark Noske
16 Australia Garth Tander All
Team Kiwi Racing
Paul Morris Motorsport 		021 New Zealand Paul Radisich All New Zealand John Faulkner
Australia Alan Gurr
67 Australia Paul Morris All
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Australia Cameron McConville All Australia Phillip Scifleet
Australia Lee Holdsworth
34 Australia Andrew Jones 1–10
Australia Dean Canto 11–12
Australia Lee Holdsworth 13
Team Dynamik
Longhurst Racing1 		44 New Zealand Simon Wills 1–9, 13 New Zealand Mark Porter
New Zealand Kayne Scott
Australia Tony Longhurst 10
45 Brazil Max Wilson All
Paul Weel Racing 50 Australia Paul Weel All Australia Nathan Pretty
Australia Owen Kelly
51 New Zealand 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.[6]

Results and standings

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Season summary

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Round Race Event Pole position Race winners Round winner Report
1 R1 Adelaide Australia Rick Kelly Australia Marcos Ambrose Australia Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) 		report
R2 Australia Marcos Ambrose
2 R1 Pukekohe Australia Craig Lowndes New Zealand Greg Murphy New Zealand Greg Murphy
(Paul Weel Racing, Holden) 		report
R2 New Zealand Greg Murphy
R3 New Zealand Greg Murphy
3 R1 Perth Australia Craig Lowndes Australia Mark Skaife New Zealand Steven Richards
(Perkins Engineering, Holden) 		report
R2 New Zealand Steven Richards
R3 Australia Russell Ingall
4 R1 Eastern Creek Australia Craig Lowndes Australia Marcos Ambrose Australia Craig Lowndes
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) 		report
R2 Australia Craig Lowndes
5 R1 Shanghai Australia Mark Skaife Australia Todd Kelly Australia Todd Kelly
(Holden Racing Team, Holden) 		report
R2 Australia Mark Skaife
R3 Australia Todd Kelly
6 R1 Darwin Australia Mark Skaife Australia Todd Kelly Australia Todd Kelly
(Holden Racing Team, Holden) 		report
R2 Australia Todd Kelly
R3 Australia Garth Tander
7 Ipswich Australia Marcos Ambrose Australia Craig Lowndes
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) 		report
8 R1 Oran Park Australia Marcos Ambrose New Zealand Steven Richards Australia Russell Ingall
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) 		report
R2 Australia Russell Ingall
9 Sandown Australia Garth Tander Australia Craig Lowndes
France Yvan Muller
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) 		report
10 Bathurst Australia Craig Lowndes Australia Mark Skaife
Australia Todd Kelly
(Holden Racing Team, Holden) 		report
11 R1 Gold Coast New Zealand Greg Murphy New Zealand Greg Murphy Australia Craig Lowndes
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) 		report
R2 Australia Craig Lowndes
R3 Australia Craig Lowndes
12 R1 Launceston New Zealand Steven Richards Australia Garth Tander Australia Garth Tander
(HSV Dealer Team, Holden) 		report
R2 Australia Garth Tander
R3 Australia Garth Tander
13 R1 Phillip Island Australia Craig Lowndes Australia Craig Lowndes Australia Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) 		report
R2 Australia Marcos Ambrose
R3 Australia Marcos Ambrose

Points system

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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

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Pos. Driver No. ADE
South Australia 		PUK
New Zealand 		BAR
Western Australia 		EAS
New South Wales 		SHA
China 		HID
Northern Territory 		QLD
Queensland 		ORA
New South Wales 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		SUR
Queensland 		SYM
Tasmania 		PHI
Victoria (state) 		Pen. Pts.
1 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 New Zealand 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 New Zealand 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 New Zealand 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 New Zealand 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 New Zealand 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 Brazil 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia Steve Owen 25 25 13 19 22 20 19 21 24 27 26 23 Ret 21 Ret 22 0 480
33 Australia Alex Davison 7 Ret 21 29 25 23 17 Ret Ret 21 23 17 20 Ret 24 23 0 469
34 New Zealand 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 Australia Dean Canto 18/34 12 9 20 17 13 29 20 23 0 312
36 Australia David Brabham 6/5 6 14 EX 23 24 11 22 31 0 280
37 Australia Owen Kelly 50/7 Ret 6 30 29 26 26 30 Ret 0 320
38 France Yvan Muller 888 1 15 0 192
39 Australia Adam Macrow 88 5 3 0 184
40 Australia Luke Youlden 9 7 5 0 176
41 Australia Nathan Pretty 50 Ret 6 0 172
42 Australia Dale Brede 12 21 7 0 168
United Kingdom John Cleland 12 21 7 0 168
44 Australia Lee Holdsworth 33/34 20 Ret 25 23 28 0 162
45 New Zealand John Faulkner 021 Ret 10 0 156
Australia Alan Gurr 021 Ret 10 0 156
47 Australia James Courtney 22 11 Ret 0 152
New Zealand Jim Richards 22 11 Ret 0 152
Australia Mark Porter 45 Ret 11 0 152
New Zealand Kayne Scott 45 Ret 11 0 152
51 Switzerland Alain Menu 10 Ret 12 0 148
New Zealand Matt Halliday 10 Ret 12 0 148
53 Australia Marcus Marshall 8 22 13 0 144
Canada Alex Tagliani 8 22 13 0 144
55 Australia Warren Luff 1 14 Ret 0 140
56 Australia Cameron McLean 5 15 18 0 136
57 Denmark Allan Simonsen 7 17 20 0 128
58 Australia José Fernández 52 24 17 0 128
Australia Damien White 52 24 17 0 128
60 Australia Will Davison 17 18 19 0 124
61 Australia Phillip Scifleet 33 20 Ret 0 116
62 Australia Tony Evangelou 75 25 Ret 0 96
63 Australia Matthew Coleman 11 26 Ret 0 92
Australia Christian D'Agostin 11 26 Ret 0 92
– New Zealand Fabian Coulthard 23 Ret Ret 0 0
Australia Tony D'Alberto 23 Ret Ret 0 0
Australia Mark Noske 15 Ret Ret 0 0
Australia Tim Leahey 15 Ret Ret 0 0
Australia Tony Longhurst 44 Ret 0 0
Pos. Driver No. ADE
South Australia 		PUK
New Zealand 		BAR
Western Australia 		EAS
New South Wales 		SHA
China 		HID
Northern Territory 		QLD
Queensland 		ORA
New South Wales 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		SUR
Queensland 		SYM
Tasmania 		PHI
Victoria (state) 		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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c Official Program, Clipsal 500 Adelaide, page 6
  2. ^ 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
  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 Archived 29 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.v8dailydump.com.au on 10 August 2012
  6. ^ "Team Dynamik Racing Pty Ltd v Longhurst Racing Pty Ltd [2007] QSC 32". Supreme Court Library Queensland. 22 February 2007.
  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
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