2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series

The 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series was a motor racing championship for V8 Supercars. The series, which was the ninth 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.

2005 V8 Supercar
Drivers' Champion:
Russell Ingall
Teams' Champion:
Stone Brothers Racing
Manufacturers' Championship:
Ford
Previous: 2004 Next: 2006

Teams and drivers
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.

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

* = Drove in Sandown 500 only

** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

Results and Standings

Race Calendar

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[1]
Adelaide Street Circuit		 Adelaide, South Australia 17–20 Mar Two races Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon Stone Brothers Racing Report
2 PlaceMakers V8 International[2]
Pukekohe Park Raceway		 Pukekohe, New Zealand 15–17 Apr Three races Greg Murphy Holden VZ Commodore Paul Weel Racing Report
3 Perth 400[1]
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[2]
Hidden Valley Raceway		 Darwin, Northern Territory 1–3 July Three races Todd Kelly Holden VZ Commodore Holden Racing Team
7 Queensland 300[1]
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[3]
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[4]
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[5]
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[2]
Symmons Plains Raceway		 Launceston, Tasmania 12–13 Nov Three races Garth Tander Holden VZ Commodore HSV Dealer Team
13 BigPond Grand Finale[2]
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit		 Phillip Island, Victoria 25–27 Nov Three races Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon Stone Brothers Racing

Points system

Points were awarded on the results of each race as follows.[6]

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
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.
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)
  • 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.[7]
  • Each driver was required to drop his/her worst score from the first ten rounds.[7]
  • Gross total points are shown within brackets.

Teams Championship
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

Ford was awarded the Champion Manufacturer title, having achieved the most round wins during the series.[8]

References
  1. Official Program, Clipsal 500 Adelaide, page 6
  2. 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. 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
  7. Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson, David Greenhaugh, The official history Australian Touring Car Championship 50 Years, page 459
  8. Gala Awards Winners, V8 Supercars Championship 2011 Media Guide, Page 149
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