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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	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	17–20 March
2	PlaceMakers V8 International	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	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	9–11 September
10	Super Cheap Auto 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	6–9 October
11	Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge	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

AdelaidePerthSandownDarwinIpswichEastern CreekPhillip IslandBathurstGold CoastLauncestonOran Parkclass=notpageimage| Australian rounds

Pukekoheclass=notpageimage| New Zealand rounds

Shanghaiclass=notpageimage| Chinese rounds

Teams and drivers

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

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

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

• ^1 – Car #45 appeared as "Longhurst Racing" on some entry lists as a result of licence ownership issues.

Results and standings

Season summary

Round	Race	Event	Pole position	Race winners	Round winner	Report
1	R1	Adelaide	Rick Kelly	Marcos Ambrose	Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)	report
	R2			Marcos Ambrose
2	R1	Pukekohe	Craig Lowndes	Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy (Paul Weel Racing, Holden)	report
	R2			Greg Murphy
	R3			Greg Murphy
3	R1	Perth	Craig Lowndes	Mark Skaife	Steven Richards (Perkins Engineering, Holden)	report
	R2			Steven Richards
	R3			Russell Ingall
4	R1	Eastern Creek	Craig Lowndes	Marcos Ambrose	Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)	report
	R2			Craig Lowndes
5	R1	Shanghai	Mark Skaife	Todd Kelly	Todd Kelly (Holden Racing Team, Holden)	report
	R2			Mark Skaife
	R3			Todd Kelly
6	R1	Darwin	Mark Skaife	Todd Kelly	Todd Kelly (Holden Racing Team, Holden)	report
	R2			Todd Kelly
	R3			Garth Tander
7		Ipswich	Marcos Ambrose	Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)		report
8	R1	Oran Park	Marcos Ambrose	Steven Richards	Russell Ingall (Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)	report
	R2			Russell Ingall
9		Sandown	Garth Tander	Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller (Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)		report
10		Bathurst	Craig Lowndes	Mark Skaife Todd Kelly (Holden Racing Team, Holden)		report
11	R1	Gold Coast	Greg Murphy	Greg Murphy	Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)	report
	R2			Craig Lowndes
	R3			Craig Lowndes
12	R1	Launceston	Steven Richards	Garth Tander	Garth Tander (HSV Dealer Team, Holden)	report
	R2			Garth Tander
	R3			Garth Tander
13	R1	Phillip Island	Craig Lowndes	Craig Lowndes	Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)	report
	R2			Marcos Ambrose
	R3			Marcos Ambrose

Points system

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

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.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (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.
• Each driver was required to drop his/her worst score from the first ten rounds.
• Gross total points are shown within brackets.

Teams Championship

(S) denotes a single car team.

Champion Manufacturer

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

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. "Team Dynamik Racing Pty Ltd v Longhurst Racing Pty Ltd [2007] QSC 32". Supreme Court Library Queensland. 22 February 2007.
7. 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
8. ^ Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson, David Greenhaugh, The official history Australian Touring Car Championship 50 Years, page 459
9. Gala Awards Winners, V8 Supercars Championship 2011 Media Guide, Page 149

External links

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

• Supercars Championship seasons
• 2005 in V8 Supercars