2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series Explained

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

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

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

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

* = Drove in Sandown 500 only** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

– Car #45 appeared as "Longhurst Racing" on some entry lists as a result of licence ownership issues.^[6]

Results and standings

Season summary

	Race	Event	Pole position	Race winners	Round winner
1	R1	Adelaide	Rick Kelly	Marcos Ambrose	Marcos Ambrose	report
1	R2	Adelaide		Marcos Ambrose	Marcos Ambrose	report
2	R1	Pukekohe	Craig Lowndes	Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	report
	R2			Greg Murphy
	R3			Greg Murphy
3	R1	Perth	Craig Lowndes	Mark Skaife	Steven Richards	report
	R2			Steven Richards
	R3			Russell Ingall
4	R1	Eastern Creek	Craig Lowndes	Marcos Ambrose	Craig Lowndes	report
4	R2	Eastern Creek		Craig Lowndes	Craig Lowndes	report
5	R1	Shanghai	Mark Skaife	Todd Kelly	Todd Kelly	report
	R2			Mark Skaife
	R3			Todd Kelly
6	R1	Darwin	Mark Skaife	Todd Kelly	Todd Kelly	report
	R2			Todd Kelly
	R3			Garth Tander
7		Ipswich	Marcos Ambrose	Craig Lowndes		report
8	R1	Oran Park	Marcos Ambrose	Steven Richards	Russell Ingall	report
8	R2	Oran Park		Russell Ingall	Russell Ingall	report
9		Sandown	Garth Tander	Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller		report
10		Bathurst	Craig Lowndes	Mark Skaife Todd Kelly		report
11	R1	Gold Coast	Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	Craig Lowndes	report
	R2			Craig Lowndes
	R3			Craig Lowndes
12	R1	Launceston	Steven Richards	Garth Tander	Garth Tander	report
	R2			Garth Tander
	R3			Garth Tander
13	R1	Phillip Island	Craig Lowndes	Craig Lowndes	Marcos Ambrose	report
	R2			Marcos Ambrose
	R3			Marcos Ambrose

Points system

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

	Driver		ADE		PUK			BAR			EAS		SHA			HID			QLD	ORA		SAN	BAT	SUR			SYM			PHI
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
10		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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
36	David Brabham	6/5																				6	14				EX	23	24	11	22	31	0
37	Owen Kelly	50/7																				Ret	6				30	29	26	26	30	Ret	0	320
38	Yvan Muller	888																				1	15										0
39	Adam Macrow	88																				5	3										0
40	Luke Youlden	9																				7	5										0
41	Nathan Pretty	50																				Ret	6										0	172
42	Dale Brede	12																				21	7										0
42	John Cleland	12																				21	7										0
44	Lee Holdsworth	33/34																				20	Ret							25	23	28	0	162
45	John Faulkner	021																				Ret	10										0	156
45	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
51	Matt Halliday	10																				Ret	12										0	148
53	Marcus Marshall	8																				22	13										0
53	Alex Tagliani	8																				22	13										0
55	Warren Luff	1																				14	Ret										0	140
56	Cameron McLean	5																				15	18										0
57	Allan Simonsen	7																				17	20										0
58	José Fernández	52																				24	17										0
58	Damien White	52																				24	17										0
60	Will Davison	17																				18	19										0
61	Phillip Scifleet	33																				20	Ret										0	116
62	Tony Evangelou	75																				25	Ret										0	96
63	Matthew Coleman	11																				26	Ret										0	92
63	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
	Driver		ADE		PUK			BAR			EAS		SHA			HID			QLD	ORA		SAN	BAT	SUR			SYM			PHI

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

Pos	Team	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	330	360	362	354	264	212	360	369	304	176	180	268	356	3895
2	Holden Racing Team	252	264	198	324	332	328	288	93	340	192	270	238	260	3379
3	Triple Eight Race Engineering	183	226	180	279	124	210	348	159	368	320	346	294	310	3347
4	HSV Dealer Team	204	176	194	204	122	344	288	270	180	132	320	372	358	3164
5	Dick Johnson Racing	237	162	284	189	190	296	270	180	272	280	190	224	150	2924
6	Paul Weel Racing	222	330	186	216	196	140	150	294	0	172	242	220	310	2678
7	Perkins Engineering	240	168	186	225	186	204	258	237	236	0	126	334	180	2580
8	Ford Performance Racing	108	218	118	75	248	180	144	222	308	264	236	156	166	2443
9	Brad Jones Racing	162	186	178	261	190	172	144	150	272	280	178	122	76	2371
10	Garry Rogers Motorsport	180	118	184	129	206	84	168	198	272	180	264	160	138	2281
11	Tasman Motorsport	141	176	196	213	206	212	30	150	184	188	214	168	182	2260
12	WPS Racing	123	62	190	120	82	96	222	93	228	308	166	94	68	1852
13	Larkham Motor Sport	84	110	186	114	64	102	132	147	132	148	74	106	168	1567
14	Team Dynamik	120	110	90	111	190	98	174	177	0	152	68	108	126	1524
15	Team Kiwi Racing (S)	99	162	104	48	170	116	24	135	0	156	92	130	140	1376
16		147	32	58	150	62	144	90	66	204	128	28	48	66	1223
17	Paul Morris Motorsport (S)	108	110	122	66	70	112	42	45	164	0	58	74	88	1059
18	Rod Nash Racing (S)	36		44	36	114	52	0	63	128	116	38	28	20	675
19	Paul Little Racing (S)	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.^[9]

External links

Notes and References

Official Program, Clipsal 500 Adelaide, page 6
http://www.natsoft.biz/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2005 Race Results Archive – 2005
Official Program, 2005 Betta Electrical 500, front cover
Official Program, 2005 Super Cheap Auto 1000, front cover
http://www.v8dailydump.com.au/news/featureArticle.tt2?NEWSITEMID=3581 Richo's race wrap – Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge, Surfers Paradise
News: 22 February 2007. Team Dynamik Racing Pty Ltd v Longhurst Racing Pty Ltd [2007] QSC 32]. Supreme Court Library Queensland.
Points system determined from Meeting Points for each round under http://www.natsoft.biz/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2005 together with championship points information from Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson, David Greenhaugh, The official history Australian Touring Car Championship 50 Years, page 459
Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson, David Greenhaugh, The official history Australian Touring Car Championship 50 Years, page 459
Gala Awards Winners, V8 Supercars Championship 2011 Media Guide, Page 149