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
Race calendar The 2005 Australian touring car season consisted of 21 events.
DateSeriesCircuitCity / stateWinnerTeamCarReport 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 LowndesYvan 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 SkaifeTodd 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 This meeting was a support event of the 2005 Australian Grand Prix.
DriverNo.TeamCarRace 1GP 100Race 3Points 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
V8 Supercar Championship Series
References
Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.
External links Official V8 Supercar site 2005 Racing Results Archive