2005 V8 Supercar season

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The 2005 V8 Supercar season was the 46th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.

There were 21 touring car race meetings held during 2005; a thirteen-round series for V8 Supercars, the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series (VCS), two of them endurance races; a seven-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series (HVS) and V8 Supercar support programme event at the 2005 Australian Grand Prix.

## Results and standings

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### Race calendar

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The 2005 Australian touring car season consisted of 21 events.

Date  | Series  | Circuit  | City / state  | Winner  | Team  | Car  | Report

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4–6 Mar  | QANTAS V8 Supercars GP 100 | Albert Park Circuit | Melbourne, Victoria | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | report
17–20 Mar  | HVS Round 1  | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | Dean Canto | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon |
Clipsal 500 VCS Round 1  | Marcos Ambrose | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BA Falcon |
15–17 April  | PlaceMakers V8 International VCS Round 2  | Pukekohe Park Raceway | Pukekohe, New Zealand | Greg Murphy | Paul Weel Racing | Holden VZ Commodore |
6–8 May  | VB 400 VCS Round 3  | Wanneroo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | Steven Richards | Castrol Perkins Racing | Holden VY Commodore |
15 May  | HVS Round 2  | Wakefield Park | Goulburn, New South Wales | Adam Macrow | Howard Racing | Ford BA Falcon |
27–29 May  | VCS Round 4  | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon |
10–12 Jun  | V8 Supercars China Round VCS Round 5  | Shanghai International Circuit | Shanghai, China | Todd Kelly | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore |
1–3 Jul  | Skycity Triple Crown VCS Round 6  | Hidden Valley Raceway | Darwin, Northern Territory | Todd Kelly | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore |
10 Jul  | HVS Round 3  | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Dean Canto | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon |
22–24 Jul  | HVS Round 4  | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | Dean Canto | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon |
VCS Round 7  | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon |
14–15 Aug  | VCS Round 8  | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Russell Ingall | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BA Falcon |
21 Aug  | HVS Round 5  | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Mallala, South Australia | Dean Canto | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon |
9–11 Sep  | Betta Electrical 500 VCS Round 9  | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Craig Lowndes
Yvan Muller | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | report
6–9 Oct  | HVS Round 6  | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | Dean Canto | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon |
Supercheap Auto 1000 VCS Round 10  | Mark Skaife
Todd Kelly | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | report
20–23 Oct  | Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge VCS Round 11  | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | Surfers Paradise, Queensland | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon |
12–13 Nov  | Ferodo Triple Challenge VCS Round 12  | Symmons Plains Raceway | Launceston, Tasmania | Garth Tander | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VZ Commodore |
25–27 Nov  | HVS Round 7  | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Adam Macrow | Howard Racing | Ford BA Falcon |
BigPond Grand Finale VCS Round 13  | Marcos Ambrose | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BA Falcon |

### QANTAS V8 Supercars GP 100

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This meeting was a support event of the 2005 Australian Grand Prix.[1]

Driver  | No.  | Team  | Car  | Race 1  | GP 100  | Race 3  | Points

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Mark Skaife | 2  | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | 3  | 3  | 1  | 184
Marcos Ambrose | 4  | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 2  | 4  | 2  | 182
Russell Ingall | 9  | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 4  | 5  | 3  | 174
John Bowe | 12  | Brad Jones Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 11  | 1  | 5  | 164
Jamie Whincup | 23  | Tasman Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 14  | 8  | 7  | 140
Jason Bright | 6  | Ford Performance Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 5  | 7  | 18  | 138
Brad Jones | 21  | Brad Jones Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 24  | 2  | 6  | 134
Cameron McConville | 33  | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 6  | 20  | 13  | 120
Jason Richards | 3  | Tasman Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 17  | 13  | 10  | 118
Steven Richards | 11  | Castrol Perkins Racing | Holden VY Commodore | 8  | 22  | 11  | 116
Craig Lowndes | 888  | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | DNF  | 6  | 4  | 112
Mark Winterbottom | 20  | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford BA Falcon | 20  | 14  | 9  | 112
Jason Bargwanna | 10  | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford BA Falcon | 27  | 12  | 8  | 104
Glenn Seton | 18  | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 16  | 21  | 12  | 100
Steve Ellery | 88  | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | 15  | 9  | DNF  | 84
Will Davison | 44  | Team Dynamik | Holden VZ Commodore | 13  | 11  | DNF  | 84
Steven Johnson | 17  | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 10  | 15  | DNF  | 82
Greg Ritter | 5  | Ford Performance Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 9  | 17  | DNF  | 80
Matthew White  | 25  | Britek Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | 25  | 19  | 15  | 80
Paul Radisich | 021  | Team Kiwi Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 7  | 23  | DNF  | 72
Garth Tander | 16  | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VZ Commodore | DNF  | 18  | 13  | 68
Todd Kelly | 22  | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | 1  | DNF  | DNS  | 64
Alex Davison | 7  | Castrol Perkins Racing | Holden VY Commodore | 21  | DNF  | 16  | 58
Andrew Jones | 34  | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 23  | DNF  | 17  | 52
Rick Kelly | 15  | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VZ Commodore | DNF  | 10  | DNF  | 46
Paul Morris | 29  | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 26  | DNF  | 19  | 42
Tony Longhurst | 45  | Team Dynamik | Holden VZ Commodore | 29  | 16  | DNF  | 42
Paul Weel | 50  | Paul Weel Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 12  | DNF  | DNS  | 42
Greg Murphy | 51  | Paul Weel Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 28  | DNF  | 20  | 36
Anthony Tratt  | 75  | Paul Little Racing | Holden VY Commodore | 18  | DNF  | DNS  | 30
Craig Baird | 8  | WPS Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 19  | DNF  | DNS  | 28
David Besnard | 48  | WPS Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 22  | DNF  | DNS  | 22

### Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series

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Main article: 2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series

### V8 Supercar Championship Series

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Main article: 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series

## References

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1. ^ "Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 06/03/2005 2005 Formula 1 Foster's Australian Grand Prix". National Software. 6 March 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2009.

Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.

## External links

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

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