2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series

The 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series was an Australian racing series for V8 Supercars. It began on 21 March 2004 at the Adelaide Street Circuit and ended on 5 December at Eastern Creek Raceway after 13 rounds. It was the eighth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.[1] The series winner was also awarded the 45th Australian Touring Car Championship title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

2004 V8 Supercar
Drivers' Champion:
Marcos Ambrose
Teams' Champion:
Stone Brothers Racing
Manufacturers' Championship:
Holden
Previous: 2003 Next: 2005

The championship was won by Marcos Ambrose of the Stone Brothers Racing.

Teams and drivers
Glenn Seton placed 15th in the Championship driving a Ford Falcon BA for Ford Performance Racing. The car is pictured in 2018.
Craig Lowndes placed 20th in the Championship driving this Ford Falcon BA for Ford Performance Racing. The car is pictured in 2018.

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The series comprised eleven sprint rounds and two endurance rounds (the Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000) with each car driven by two drivers in the endurance rounds.

Team Vehicle No. Driver Events Endurance round co-driver
Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon 1 Marcos Ambrose All Greg Ritter
9 Russell Ingall All Cameron McLean
Holden Racing Team Holden VY Commodore 2 Mark Skaife All Todd Kelly
22 Todd Kelly 1–8, 11–13 Jason Plato
Peter Brock 9–10
K-mart Racing Team 15 Rick Kelly All Tim Leahey
Steve Owen
51 Greg Murphy All
Tasman Motorsport Holden VX Commodore
Holden VY Commodore		 3 Jason Richards All Fabian Coulthard
Holden VX Commodore 43 Fabian Coulthard 8 N/A
Ford Performance Racing Ford BA Falcon 5 Glenn Seton All Alain Menu
Adam Macrow
6 Craig Lowndes All
Castrol Perkins Racing Holden VX Commodore
Holden VY Commodore		 7 Tony Longhurst 1–8, 11 Jamie Whincup
Alex Davison 9–10, 12–13
Holden VY Commodore 8 Paul Dumbrell All Tony Longhurst
11 Steven Richards All Jim Richards
Larkham Motor Sport Ford BA Falcon 10 Jason Bargwanna All Mark Larkham
Matt Halliday
20 Mark Winterbottom All
Brad Jones Racing Ford BA Falcon 12 John Bowe All John Cleland
Andrew Jones
21 Brad Jones All
Imrie Motor Sport Holden VX Commodore 24 Phillip Scifleet 1–2 N/A
14 Terry Wyhoon 1 Phillip Scifleet*
Mark Noske**
MSport Mark Porter 2–3
Robert Smith Racing Holden VY Commodore Lee Holdsworth 9–10, 13
Team Dynamik Holden VY Commodore Neil McFadyen 6
Will Davison 7–8
44 Simon Wills All Paul Stokell
45 Dale Brede All Will Davison
Paul Weel Racing Holden VY Commodore 16 Paul Weel All Matthew White
Marcus Marshall
50 Jason Bright All
Dick Johnson Racing Ford BA Falcon 17 Steven Johnson All Owen Kelly
David Brabham
18 Warren Luff All
Team Kiwi Racing Holden VY Commodore 021 Craig Baird All Mark Porter
WPS Racing Ford BA Falcon 23 David Besnard 1–10, 12–13 Charlie O'Brien*
John McIntyre**
John McIntyre 11
48 Mark Noske 4–8 John McIntyre*
Neil McFadyen**
Alex Yoong 9–11
Owen Kelly 12–13
Walden Motorsport Ford AU Falcon 24 Garth Walden 6–10, 13 Grant Elliott
Paul Morris Motorsport Holden VY Commodore 29 Paul Morris All Alan Gurr
Supercheap Auto Racing Ford BA Falcon 31 Steven Ellery All Luke Youlden
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VY Commodore 33 Cameron McConville All Nathan Pretty*
Allan Simonsen
34 Garth Tander All
John Faulkner Racing Holden VX Commodore 43 Christian D'Agostin 9–10, 13 Kurt Wimmer
David Krause Racing Holden VX Commodore 43 David Krause 1–2, 6–7 N/A
Paul Little Racing Holden VY Commodore 75 Anthony Tratt All Tomas Mezera
Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BA Falcon 88 Paul Radisich All Yvan Muller
Dean Canto
888 Max Wilson All
Thexton Motor Racing Ford BA Falcon 99 David Thexton 1–2 N/A

* = Drove in Sandown 500 only

** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series comprised 13 rounds which included 11 sprint rounds and two endurance rounds.

Rd. Race Title Circuit City / State Date Format Round winner(s) Car Team Report
1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 18–21 Mar Two races Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon Stone Brothers Racing Report
2 Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek, New South Wales 2–4 Apr One race Rick Kelly Holden VY Commodore Kmart Racing Team
3 PlaceMakers V8 International[2] Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand 30 Apr – 2 May Three races Jason Bright Holden VY Commodore Paul Weel Racing Report
4 Darwin Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 21–23 May Three races Todd Kelly Holden VY Commodore Holden Racing Team
5 Perth Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 11–13 Jun Three races Jason Bright Holden VY Commodore Paul Weel Racing
6 Ipswich Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 2–4 Jul One race Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
7 Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 23–25 Jul One race Cameron McConville Holden VY Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport
8 Oran Park Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 13–15 Aug Two races Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
9 Betta Electrical Sandown 500[3] Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 10–12 Sep One race Marcos Ambrose
Greg Ritter		 Ford BA Falcon Stone Brothers Racing Report
10 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000[4] Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 7–10 Oct One race Greg Murphy
Rick Kelly		 Holden VY Commodore Kmart Racing Team Report
11 Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge[5] Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 21–24 Oct Two races Greg Murphy Holden VY Commodore Kmart Racing Team
12 Launceston Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 12–14 Nov Three races Russell Ingall Ford BA Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
13 BigPond Grand Finale[6] Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek, New South Wales 3–5 Dec Three races Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon Stone Brothers Racing

Drivers championship
Pos. Driver No. Car ADE
 EAS1
 PUK
 HID
 BAR
 QLD
 WIN
 ORA
 SAN
 BAT
 SUR
 SYM
 EAS2
 Pen. Pts.
1 Marcos Ambrose 1 Ford BA Falcon 1 1 7 1 3 3 3 13 2 3 4 3 1 26 2 1 1 4 1 2 2 1 Ret 1 1 1 0 2174
2 Russell Ingall 9 Ford BA Falcon 3 Ret 14 12 7 7 1 11 5 9 17 13 4 4 3 4 2 6 25 10 7 5 5 7 9 3 0 1936
3 Jason Bright 50 Holden VY Commodore 14 3 13 2 1 1 4 17 10 2 1 1 5 3 4 3 10 12 7 Ret 10 24 2 3 21 23 0 1920
4 Greg Murphy 51 Holden VY Commodore 4 9 5 4 2 2 13 4 4 7 3 16 Ret 5 11 12 5 1 2 1 11 4 4 13 24 18 0 1913
5 Steven Richards 11 Holden VY Commodore 2 2 4 6 5 4 5 3 3 Ret 6 2 2 13 10 11 15 21 Ret Ret 4 13 6 8 4 8 0 1819
6 Rick Kelly 15 Holden VY Commodore 12 6 1 7 4 5 6 1 21 4 2 4 15 2 30 9 5 1 21 25 1 2 Ret 5 Ret 15 50 1793
7 Todd Kelly 22 Holden VY Commodore Ret 10 19 17 10 14 2 2 1 11 8 10 9 7 5 7 23 14 3 DSQ 3 3 Ret 27 12 5 0 1623
8 Jason Bargwanna 10 Ford BA Falcon 21 5 8 27 Ret 21 7 7 19 18 Ret 19 25 15 6 14 6 5 5 3 22 11 21 10 11 16 0 1526
9 John Bowe 12 Ford BA Falcon 9 15 18 10 22 12 8 6 6 8 7 7 Ret 18 12 18 7 3 14 16 17 14 16 21 15 12 0 1502
10 Steven Johnson 17 Ford BA Falcon 20 Ret 6 13 8 8 Ret 19 11 13 10 11 24 Ret 32 17 3 7 11 9 13 10 8 9 6 13 0 1416
11 Garth Tander 34 Holden VY Commodore 19 DNS 3 28 11 10 15 20 8 5 5 6 3 9 21 28 4 Ret 22 11 5 28 Ret Ret 18 10 0 1396
12 Mark Skaife 2 Holden VY Commodore 7 17 22 16 Ret 19 14 9 7 1 15 9 Ret 28 1 2 23 14 24 13 Ret Ret 3 18 7 2 0 1294
13 Cameron McConville 33 Holden VY Commodore 17 Ret 25 19 18 26 23 18 27 6 Ret 18 10 1 8 22 4 Ret 10 6 15 7 7 12 10 6 72 1292
14 Jason Richards 3 Holden VY Commodore Ret 8 Ret 14 9 9 25 27 Ret 20 12 14 Ret 11 7 8 9 20 9 8 25 25 20 17 5 9 0 1245
15 Glenn Seton 5 Ford BA Falcon 10 Ret 15 29 21 22 18 12 14 Ret 21 Ret 13 10 DNS 21 18 2 15 19 28 19 17 14 13 22 0 1237
16 Brad Jones 21 Ford BA Falcon 13 Ret 23 20 20 18 Ret 15 16 12 13 12 12 24 20 31 7 3 13 Ret 12 9 24 19 19 14 0 1235
17 Paul Weel 16 Holden VY Commodore 5 4 29 11 6 6 17 8 Ret 10 14 5 Ret Ret 9 5 10 12 26 15 18 27 Ret DNS 17 26 0 1192
18 Mark Winterbottom 20 Ford BA Falcon 15 Ret 12 25 14 Ret 11 10 23 19 16 15 21 25 23 Ret 6 5 16 12 19 17 11 28 22 33 0 1190
19 Paul Radisich 88 Ford BA Falcon Ret 7 20 3 16 11 9 16 25 Ret Ret 29 6 19 14 13 Ret Ret 12 7 9 21 14 6 2 4 0 1188
20 Craig Lowndes 6 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret 2 8 29 Ret 12 5 9 21 Ret DNS Ret 27 19 26 18 2 4 Ret 6 6 13 2 3 Ret 0 1182
21 Warren Luff 18 Ford BA Falcon 11 Ret 21 24 27 23 22 22 24 15 Ret 23 16 20 24 20 3 7 Ret 26 16 12 9 15 14 20 0 1149
22 Paul Morris 29 Holden VY Commodore 6 16 11 21 15 Ret 29 24 15 Ret 11 26 23 8 13 10 17 Ret 20 14 Ret 30 19 29 23 7 50 1071
23 Anthony Tratt 75 Holden VY Commodore Ret 13 26 22 19 16 24 30 Ret 25 22 24 11 14 22 24 12 18 17 20 21 26 22 20 26 25 0 1047
24 Paul Dumbrell 8 Holden VY Commodore 8 11 30 30 24 27 20 14 17 24 20 27 7 16 18 23 8 Ret Ret 17 24 23 23 16 25 24 0 1018
25 Steve Ellery 31 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret Ret 18 26 24 21 26 18 17 9 8 Ret 6 17 29 22 16 18 21 14 8 10 11 33 28 0 991
26 Simon Wills 44 Holden VY Commodore Ret Ret 16 15 12 15 30 25 12 Ret Ret 21 Ret 23 15 6 Ret 13 6 4 Ret 16 12 26 Ret 19 0 929
27 Craig Baird 021 Holden VY Commodore 16 12 9 9 17 20 16 31 20 23 Ret DNS 17 22 31 15 13 Ret Ret 22 27 Ret DNS Ret 16 17 0 925
28 Max Wilson 888 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret 10 5 28 17 10 Ret 22 16 23 17 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 5 26 15 15 22 8 11 0 865
29 Tony Longhurst 7 Holden VY Commodore DNS DNS 24 26 13 13 26 23 13 14 19 20 8 17 16 16 8 Ret 23 Ret 0 856
30 David Besnard 23 Ford BA Falcon 18 14 17 23 23 25 19 28 Ret Ret Ret 22 19 Ret 26 30 16 Ret 8 29 1 4 20 21 0 790
31 Dale Brede 45 Holden VY Commodore Ret DNS 27 31 Ret 29 28 29 28 26 24 28 Ret 12 25 25 Ret Ret Ret 24 Ret 18 25 25 30 30 0 393
32 Greg Ritter 1 Ford BA Falcon 1 4 0 372
33 Cameron McLean 9 Ford BA Falcon 2 6 0 360
34 Fabian Coulthard 43/3 Holden VY Commodore 29 19 9 20 0 330
35 Mark Noske 48/14 Ford BA Falcon 27 21 26 22 18 25 20 21 27 27 Ret 0 304
36 Alex Yoong 48 Ford BA Falcon 21 15 Ret 23 0 278
37 Tomas Mezera 75 Holden VY Commodore 12 18 0 272
38 Alex Davison 7 Holden VY Commodore Ret 9 20 20 Ret 23 27 27 0 256
39 Jim Richards 11 Holden VY Commodore 15 21 0 248
40 Christian D'Agostin 43 Holden VY Commodore 20 19 Ret 31 Ret 0 240
40 Luke Youlden 31 Ford BA Falcon 22 16 0 240
42 Kurt Wimmer 43 Holden VX Commodore 20 19 0 236
43 Neil McFadyen 14/48 Holden VY Commodore
Ford BA Falcon		 18 15 0 226
44 Owen Kelly 18/48 Ford BA Falcon Ret 17 23 22 18 Ret 28 31 0 214
45 Mark Porter 14/021 Holden VY Commodore 28 32 25 28 13 Ret 0 202
46 John McIntyre 48/23 Ford BA Falcon 21 Ret 19 18 0 199
47 Garth Walden 24 Holden VY Commodore 22 DNQ 28 Ret 24 Ret Ret 32 32 0 185
48 Tim Leahey 51 Holden VY Commodore Ret 8 0 164
48 Steve Owen 51 Holden VY Commodore Ret 8 0 164
50 Jamie Whincup 7 Holden VY Commodore Ret 9 0 160
51 Nathan Pretty 33 Holden VY Commodore Ret 10 0 156
51 Allan Simonsen 33 Holden VY Commodore Ret 10 0 156
53 Matt Halliday 20 Ford BA Falcon Ret 11 0 152
53 Mark Larkham 20 Ford BA Falcon Ret 11 0 152
53 Marcus Marshall 16 Holden VY Commodore 11 DNS 0 152
53 Matthew White 16 Holden VY Commodore 11 DNS 0 152
57 Paul Stokell 44 Holden VY Commodore Ret 13 0 144
58 Peter Brock 05 Holden VY Commodore 14 Ret 0 140
58 Jason Plato 05 Holden VY Commodore 14 Ret 0 140
60 Charlie O'Brien 23 Ford BA Falcon 16 0 132
61 David Brabham 18 Ford BA Falcon Ret 17 0 128
61 Alan Gurr 29 Holden VY Commodore 17 Ret 0 128
63 Adam Macrow 5 Ford BA Falcon 19 Ret 0 120
63 Alain Menu 5 Ford BA Falcon 19 Ret 0 120
65 Grant Elliott 24 Ford AU Falcon 24 Ret 0 100
66 Lee Holdsworth 14 Holden VY Commodore Ret Ret 24 29 29 0 34
Will Davison 14/45 Holden VY Commodore Ret DNS DSQ Ret Ret 0 0
Phillip Scifleet 24/14 Holden VY Commodore Ret DNS DNQ Ret 0 0
Dean Canto 888 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret 0 0
Yvan Muller 888 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret 0 0
John Cleland 21 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret 0 0
Andrew Jones 21 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret 0 0
David Krause 43 Holden VY Commodore DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 0
David Thexton 99 Ford BA Falcon DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 0
Terry Wyhoon 14 Holden VY Commodore DNQ DNQ 0 0
Pos. Driver No. Car ADE
 EAS1
 PUK
 HID
 BAR
 QLD
 WIN
 ORA
 SAN
 BAT
 SUR
 SYM
 EAS2
 Pen. Pts.
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

See also

2004 V8 Supercar season

References
  1. The championship was contested as the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1960 to 1998, as the Shell Championship Series from 1999 to 2001 and as the V8 Supercar Championship Series from 2002
  2. "Pukekohe Park Raceway 02/05/2004 PlaceMakers V8 International – V8 Supercar Series Round 3". National Software. 2 May 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
  3. "Sandown International Motor Raceway 12/09/2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 – Rd 9 2004 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 12 September 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
  4. "Mount Panorama – Bathurst 10/10/2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 – Rd 10 2004 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 10 October 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
  5. "Surfers Paradise Street Circuit 24/10/2004 Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge – Round 11 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 24 October 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
  6. "Eastern Creek International Raceway 05/12/2004 BigPond Grand Finale – Round 13 V8 Supercar Championship". National Software. 5 December 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
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