2005 V8 Supercar season

The 2005 V8 Supercar season was the 46th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.

There were 21 touring car race meetings held during 2005; a thirteen-round series for V8 Supercars, the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series (VCS), two of them endurance races; a seven-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series (HVS) and V8 Supercar support programme event at the 2005 Australian Grand Prix.

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 2005 Australian touring car season consisted of 21 events.

Date	Series	Circuit	City / state	Winner	Team	Car	Report
4–6 Mar	QANTAS V8 Supercars GP 100	Albert Park Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore	report
17–20 Mar	HVS Round 1	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	Dean Canto	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon
17–20 Mar	Clipsal 500 VCS Round 1	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon
15–17 April	PlaceMakers V8 International VCS Round 2	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	Greg Murphy	Paul Weel Racing	Holden VZ Commodore
6–8 May	VB 400 VCS Round 3	Wanneroo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	Steven Richards	Castrol Perkins Racing	Holden VY Commodore
15 May	HVS Round 2	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	Adam Macrow	Howard Racing	Ford BA Falcon
27–29 May	VCS Round 4	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon
10–12 Jun	V8 Supercars China Round VCS Round 5	Shanghai International Circuit	Shanghai, China	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore
1–3 Jul	Skycity Triple Crown VCS Round 6	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore
10 Jul	HVS Round 3	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Dean Canto	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon
22–24 Jul	HVS Round 4	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	Dean Canto	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon
22–24 Jul	VCS Round 7	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon
14–15 Aug	VCS Round 8	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon
21 Aug	HVS Round 5	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	Dean Canto	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon
9–11 Sep	Betta Electrical 500 VCS Round 9	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	report
6–9 Oct	HVS Round 6	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	Dean Canto	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon
6–9 Oct	Supercheap Auto 1000 VCS Round 10	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	Mark Skaife Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore	report
20–23 Oct	Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge VCS Round 11	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon
12–13 Nov	Ferodo Triple Challenge VCS Round 12	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	Garth Tander	HSV Dealer Team	Holden VZ Commodore
25–27 Nov	HVS Round 7	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	Adam Macrow	Howard Racing	Ford BA Falcon
25–27 Nov	BigPond Grand Finale VCS Round 13	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon

QANTAS V8 Supercars GP 100

This meeting was a support event of the 2005 Australian Grand Prix.^[1]

Driver	No.	Team	Car	Race 1	GP 100	Race 3	Points
Mark Skaife	2	Holden Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore	3	3	1	184
Marcos Ambrose	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon	2	4	2	182
Russell Ingall	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon	4	5	3	174
John Bowe	12	Brad Jones Racing	Ford BA Falcon	11	1	5	164
Jamie Whincup	23	Tasman Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	14	8	7	140
Jason Bright	6	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	5	7	18	138
Brad Jones	21	Brad Jones Racing	Ford BA Falcon	24	2	6	134
Cameron McConville	33	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	6	20	13	120
Jason Richards	3	Tasman Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	17	13	10	118
Steven Richards	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Holden VY Commodore	8	22	11	116
Craig Lowndes	888	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	DNF	6	4	112
Mark Winterbottom	20	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford BA Falcon	20	14	9	112
Jason Bargwanna	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford BA Falcon	27	12	8	104
Glenn Seton	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon	16	21	12	100
Steve Ellery	88	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	15	9	DNF	84
Will Davison	44	Team Dynamik	Holden VZ Commodore	13	11	DNF	84
Steven Johnson	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon	10	15	DNF	82
Greg Ritter	5	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	9	17	DNF	80
Matthew White	25	Britek Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	25	19	15	80
Paul Radisich	021	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	7	23	DNF	72
Garth Tander	16	HSV Dealer Team	Holden VZ Commodore	DNF	18	13	68
Todd Kelly	22	Holden Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore	1	DNF	DNS	64
Alex Davison	7	Castrol Perkins Racing	Holden VY Commodore	21	DNF	16	58
Andrew Jones	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	23	DNF	17	52
Rick Kelly	15	HSV Dealer Team	Holden VZ Commodore	DNF	10	DNF	46
Paul Morris	29	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	26	DNF	19	42
Tony Longhurst	45	Team Dynamik	Holden VZ Commodore	29	16	DNF	42
Paul Weel	50	Paul Weel Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	12	DNF	DNS	42
Greg Murphy	51	Paul Weel Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	28	DNF	20	36
Anthony Tratt	75	Paul Little Racing	Holden VY Commodore	18	DNF	DNS	30
Craig Baird	8	WPS Racing	Ford BA Falcon	19	DNF	DNS	28
David Besnard	48	WPS Racing	Ford BA Falcon	22	DNF	DNS	22

Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series

V8 Supercar Championship Series

References

^ "Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 06/03/2005 2005 Formula 1 Foster's Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 6 March 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2009.

Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.

External links

Official V8 Supercar site
2005 Racing Results Archive Archived 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 06/03/2005 2005 Formula 1 Foster's Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 6 March 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2009.

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