The 2005 Supercheap Auto 1000 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars. The race was held on 9 October 2005 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia and was Round 10 of the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was the ninth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 48th in a sequence of endurance races which commenced with the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island and 2005 was the 43rd year in which these races had been run at the Mount Panorama Circuit. It was also the first to be run under new naming rights sponsor, Australian automotive retail chain Super Cheap Auto.

The race was won by Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly of the Holden Racing Team. It was the seventh consecutive win by a Holden, the longest such streak in the combined history of the Bathurst 1000. It was the Holden Racing Team's fifth Bathurst victory and Skaife's fifth win as well. Kelly followed his younger brother Rick as a Bathurst winner, becoming the 50th driver to claim victory.

Skaife took the lead with 20 laps to go over the Tasman Motorsport Commodore of Jason Richards.

Greg Murphy and Marcos Ambrose came in contact at the Cutting with 16 laps to go. The two drivers argued heatedly after the collision.

Entry list Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car 1 Marcos Ambrose Warren Luff 21 John Bowe Brad Jones 2 Mark Skaife Todd Kelly 22 Jim Richards James Courtney 3 Jason Richards Jamie Whincup 23 Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto 5 Greg Ritter Cameron McLean 24 Steven Richards Paul Dumbrell 6 Jason Bright David Brabham 25 Steve Owen Matthew White 7 Alex Davison Allan Simonsen 33 Phillip Scifleet Lee Holdsworth 8 Marcus Marshall Alex Tagliani 34 Cameron McConville Andrew Jones 9 Russell Ingall Luke Youlden 44 Max Wilson Tony Longhurst 10 Alain Menu Matthew Halliday 45 Mark Porter Kayne Scott 11 Matthew Coleman Christian D'Agostin 48 Craig Baird David Besnard 12 John Cleland Dale Brede 50 Owen Kelly Nathan Pretty 15 Tim Leahey Mark Noske 51 Greg Murphy Paul Weel 16 Garth Tander Rick Kelly 52 José Fernández Damien White 17 Steven Johnson Will Davison 67 Paul Morris Paul Radisich 18 Glenn Seton Dean Canto 75 Anthony Tratt Tony Evangelou 20 Jason Bargwanna Mark Winterbottom 88 Steve Ellery Adam Macrow 021 John Faulkner Alan Gurr 888 Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller

Qualifying Qualifying http://racing.natsoft.com.au/637876958/object_286568.85h/Result?17 Driver Team Car Time Gap 1 888 2:07.1322 2 2 2:07.5333 +0.4011 3 1 2:07.7357 +0.6035 4 16 2:07.7622 +0.6300 5 51 2:07.8709 +0.7387 6 24 2:07.9291 +0.7969 7 3 2:08.1325 +1.0003 8 9 2:08.2643 +1.1321 9 18 2:08.3326 +1.2004 10 22 2:08.4261 +1.2939 11 34 2:08.7164 +1.5842 11 12 6 2:08.7959 +1.6637 12 13 5 2:08.8407 +1.7085 13 14 25 2:08.9035 +1.7713 14 15 17 2:08.9035 +1.7865 15 16 88 2:08.9688 +1.8366 16 17 20 2:08.9762 +1.8440 17 18 44 2:09.1330 +2.0008 18 19 48 2:09.1772 +2.0450 19 20 67 2:09.2243 +2.0921 20 21 15 2:09.3515 +2.2193 21 22 10 2:09.6180 +2.4858 22 23 7 2:09.7065 +2.5743 23 24 75 2:09.9967 +2.8645 24 25 23 2:10.3515 +3.2193 25 26 21 2:10.4709 +3.3387 26 27 021 2:10.5187 +3.3865 27 28 33 2:10.6179 +3.4857 28 29 12 2:10.7695 +3.6373 29 30 45 2:11.3887 +4.2565 30 31 11 2:11.4367 +4.3045 31 32 52 2:13.8347 +6.7025 32 33 50 2:18.8718 +11.7396 33 EXC 8 EXC 34

Top Ten Shootout The fastest ten cars from Qualifying contested a single lap shootout to determine the first ten grid positions for the race. Pos.Top Ten Shoot Out, racing.natsoft.com.au Retrieved on 9 April 2014 No. Team Driver Car Time 1 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BA 2:08.5990 2 1 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon BA 2:08.8571 3 51 Paul Weel Racing Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VZ 2:09.1834 4 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VZ 2:09.3787 5 16 HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VZ 2:09.6648 6 24 Perkins Engineering Steven Richards Holden Commodore VY 2:09.8170 7 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Holden Commodore VZ 2:12.2092 8 18 Dick Johnson Racing Glenn Seton Ford Falcon BA 2:19.6014 9 22 Holden Racing Team Jim Richards Holden Commodore VZ 2:20.1202 10 9 Stone Brothers Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BA DNF

Starting grid The following table represents the final starting grid for the race on Sunday: 1 888 1 2 3 51 2 4 5 16 24 6 7 3 18 8 9 22 9 10 11 34 6 12 13 5 25 14 15 17 88 16 17 20 44 18 19 48 67 20 21 15 10 22 23 7 75 24 25 23 21 26 27 021 33 28 29 12 45 30 31 11 52 32 33 50 8 34

Race results

PosSuper Cheap Auto 1000 race result at www.natsoft.com.au Retrieved 23 June 2012 No Team DriversGrant Rowley, Master Plan, The Annual – Australian Motorsport, Number 1 / 2005, pages 30-31 Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Todd Kelly Holden VZ Commodore 161 6:37:17.0012 4 192 2 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Jamie Whincup Holden VZ Commodore 161 +2.4877 7 188 3 88 Triple Eight Race Engineering Steve Ellery Adam Macrow Ford BA Falcon 161 +15.8041 16 184 4 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Cameron McConville Andrew Jones Holden VZ Commodore 161 +19.5755 11 180 5 9 Stone Brothers Racing Russell Ingall Luke Youlden Ford BA Falcon 161 +20.7574 10 176 6 50 Paul Weel Racing Owen Kelly Nathan Pretty Holden VZ Commodore 161 +51.0579 33 172 7 12 Brad Jones Racing John Cleland Dale Brede Ford BA Falcon 159 +2 laps 29 168 8 48 WPS Racing Craig Baird David Besnard Ford BA Falcon 158 +3 laps 19 164 9 18 Dick Johnson Racing Glenn Seton Dean Canto Ford BA Falcon 158 +3 laps 8 160 10 021 Team Kiwi RacingPaul Morris Motorsport John Faulkner Alan Gurr Holden VZ Commodore 158 +3 laps 27 156 11 45 Team Dynamik Mark Porter Kayne Scott Holden VZ Commodore 158 +3 laps 30 152 12 10 Larkham Motor Sport Alain Menu Matt Halliday Ford BA Falcon 157 +4 laps 22 148 13 8 WPS Racing Marcus Marshall Alex Tagliani Ford BA Falcon 155 +6 laps 34 144 14 6 Ford Performance Racing Jason Bright David Brabham Ford BA Falcon 152 +9 laps 12 140 15 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller Ford BA Falcon 151 +10 laps 1 136 16 16 HSV Dealer Team Garth Tander Rick Kelly Holden VZ Commodore 149 +12 laps 5 132 17 52 Britek Motorsport José Fernández Damien White Ford BA Falcon 148 +13 laps 32 128 18 5 Ford Performance Racing Greg Ritter Cameron McLean Ford BA Falcon 138 +23 laps 13 124 19 17 Dick Johnson Racing Steven Johnson Will Davison Ford BA Falcon 133 +28 laps 15 120 20 7 Rod Nash RacingPerkins Engineering Alex Davison Allan Simonsen Holden VZ Commodore 129 +32 laps 23 116 21 21 Brad Jones Racing John Bowe Brad Jones Ford BA Falcon 125 +36 laps 26 112 DNF 51 Paul Weel Racing Greg Murphy Paul Weel Holden VZ Commodore 144 Crash 3 DNF 1 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose Warren Luff Ford BA Falcon 144 Crash 2 DNF 25 Britek Motorsport Steve Owen Matthew White Ford BA Falcon 136 Engine 14 DNF 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport Phillip Scifleet Lee Holdsworth Holden VZ Commodore 136 Crash 28 DNF 11 Perkins Engineering Matthew Coleman Christian D'Agostin Holden VZ CommodoreRace results, The Great Race 2005, page 233Image of car 11, The Great Race 2005, page 162 135 Engine 31 DNF 20 Larkham Motor Sport Jason Bargwanna Mark Winterbottom Ford BA Falcon 122 Crash 17 DNF 23 Tasman Motorsport Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto Holden VZ Commodore 108 Crash 25 DNF 75 Paul Little Racing Anthony Tratt Tony Evangelou Holden VY Commodore 92 Engine 24 DNF 15 HSV Dealer Team Tim Leahey Mark Noske Holden VZ Commodore 32 Crash 21 DNF 44 Team Dynamik Max Wilson Tony Longhurst Holden VZ Commodore 32 Crash 18 DNF 24 Perkins Engineering Steven Richards Paul Dumbrell Holden VZ CommodoreImage of car 24, The Great Race 2005, page 111 28 Crash 6 DNF 67 Paul Morris MotorsportTeam Kiwi Racing Paul Morris Paul Radisich Holden VZ Commodore 26 Suspension 20 DNF 22 Holden Racing Team Jim Richards James Courtney Holden VZ Commodore 7 Crash 9

Statistics Provisional Pole – #888 Craig Lowndes – 2:07.1322 Pole Position – #888 Craig Lowndes – 2:07.4221 Fastest Lap – #2 Mark Skaife – 2:08.6515 (173.86 km/h) on lap 95 – new outright record Average Speed – 151 km/h

Broadcast Network 10 broadcast the race for the ninth consecutive year, dating back to the 1997 5.0L race.

Network 10 Host: Bill WoodsBooth: Neil Crompton, Leigh DiffeyPit-lane: Daryl Beattie, Mark Howard, Greg Rust

References

External links Official race results