2005 Betta Electrical 500

The 2005 Betta Electrical 500 was the ninth round of the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of the 9 to 11 September at Sandown Raceway in Victoria.

2005 Betta Electrical 500
Event Information
Round 9 of 13 in the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date9–11 September 2005
LocationMelbourne, Victoria
VenueSandown International Raceway
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 161 laps 500 km
Pole position Garth Tander
HSV Dealer Team
1:10.8917
Winner Craig Lowndes
Yvan Muller
Triple Eight Race Engineering
3:30:51.8944
Round Results
First
192 pts
Second 188 pts
Third 184 pts

It was the 38th "Sandown 500" endurance race.

Top ten shootout

Pos No Team Driver Car Time
Pole 16 HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander Holden VZ Commodore 1:10.8917
2 888 Team Betta Electrical Craig Lowndes Ford BA Falcon 1:11.0773
3 51 Paul Weel Racing Greg Murphy Holden VZ Commodore 1:11.2219
4 9 Stone Brothers Racing Russell Ingall Ford BA Falcon 1:11.2478
5 1 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon 1:11.2640
6 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden VZ Commodore 1:11.4069
7 88 Team Betta Electrical Steven Ellery Ford BA Falcon 1:11.5192
8 24 Castrol Perkins Racing Steven Richards Holden VZ Commodore [1] 1:11.5264
9 6 Ford Performance Racing Jason Bright Ford BA Falcon 1:11.8541
10 17 Dick Johnson Racing Steven Johnson Ford BA Falcon 1:12.0887

Official results

Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
Shootout
Pos
Series
Points
1 888 Team Betta Electrical Craig Lowndes
Yvan Muller
Ford BA Falcon 161 2 2 192
2 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife
Todd Kelly
Holden VZ Commodore 161 3 6 188
3 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards
Jamie Whincup
Holden VZ Commodore 161 13 184
4 16 HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander
Rick Kelly
Holden VZ Commodore 161 9 1 180
5 88 Team Betta Electrical Steven Ellery
Adam Macrow
Ford BA Falcon 161 5 7 176
6 6 Ford Performance Racing Jason Bright
David Brabham
Ford BA Falcon 161 8 9 172
7 9 Stone Brothers Racing Russell Ingall
Luke Youlden
Ford BA Falcon 161 6 4 168
8 67 Team Sirromet Wines
Team Kiwi Racing
Paul Morris
Paul Radisich
Holden VZ Commodore 160 19 164
9 21 Team BOC John Bowe
Brad Jones
Ford BA Falcon 160 12 160
10 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Cameron McConville
Andrew Jones
Holden VZ Commodore 160 11 156
11 22 Holden Racing Team Jim Richards
James Courtney
Holden VZ Commodore 159 18 152
12 18 Dick Johnson Racing Glenn Seton
Dean Canto
Ford BA Falcon 159 17 148
13 24 Castrol Perkins Racing Steven Richards
Paul Dumbrell
Holden VZ Commodore [1] 159 4 8 144
14 1 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose
Warren Luff
Ford BA Falcon 159 1 5 140
15 5 Ford Performance Racing Greg Ritter
Cameron McLean
Ford BA Falcon 159 15 136
16 20 Larkham Orrcon Racing Jason Bargwanna
Mark Winterbottom
Ford BA Falcon 158 14 132
17 7 Castrol Perkins Racing Alex Davison
Allan Simonsen
Holden VY Commodore 158 31 128
18 17 Dick Johnson Racing Steven Johnson
Will Davison
Ford BA Falcon 158 10 10 124
19 48 WPS Racing Craig Baird
David Besnard
Ford BA Falcon 158 23 120
20 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport Phillip Scifleet
Lee Holdsworth
Holden VZ Commodore 157 27 116
21 12 Team BOC John Cleland
Dale Brede
Ford BA Falcon 157 20 112
22 8 WPS Racing Marcus Marshall
Alex Tagliani
Ford BA Falcon 157 25 108
23 25 Britek Motorsport Steve Owen
Matthew White
Ford BA Falcon 156 22 104
24 52 Britek Motorsport José Fernández
Damien White
Ford BA Falcon 153 34 100
25 75 Toll Racing Anthony Tratt
Tony Evangelou
Holden VY Commodore 153 29 96
26 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Matthew Coleman
Christian D'Agostin
Holden VZ Commodore [2] 152 32 92
DNF 23 Tasman Motorsport Fabian Coulthard
Tony D'Alberto
Holden VZ Commodore 156 26
DNF 51 Paul Weel Racing Greg Murphy
Paul Weel
Holden VZ Commodore 140 7 3
DNF 10 Larkham Orrcon Racing Alain Menu
Matt Halliday
Ford BA Falcon 116 24
DNF 15 HSV Dealer Team Tim Leahey
Mark Noske
Holden VZ Commodore 113 28
DNF 50 Paul Weel Racing Owen Kelly
Nathan Pretty
Holden VZ Commodore 86 21
DNF 021 Team Kiwi Racing
Team Sirromet Wines
John Faulkner
Alan Gurr
Holden VZ Commodore 55 30
DNF 45 Team Dynamik Mark Porter
Kayne Scott
Holden VZ Commodore 41 33
DNS 44 Team Dynamik Simon Wills
Max Wilson
Holden VZ Commodore 16

Statistics

  • Provisional pole position - #1 Marcos Ambrose - 1:10.6715
  • Pole Position - #16 Garth Tander - 1:10.8917
  • Fastest Lap - #888 Craig Lowndes - 1:11.7940
  • Average Speed - 142km/h

References

  1. VZ Commodore No 24 at the 2005 Betta Electrical 500 Retrieved from www.motorsport.com on 6 July 2014
  2. VZ Commodore No 11 at the 2005 Betta Electrical 500 Retrieved from www.motorsport.com on 6 July 2014
Supercars Championship
Previous race:
2005 Oran Park round of the V8 Supercar Championship
2005 Supercars Championship Next race:
2005 Supercheap Auto 1000
Previous year:
2004 Betta Electrical 500
Sandown 500 Next year:
2006 Betta Electrical 500
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