The 2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 was a motor race for V8 Supercars, staged on 10 October 2004 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. It was Round 10 of the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

The event was the eighth Australia 1000, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. The race was staged four days after the 41st anniversary of the first Bathurst 500/1000 touring car endurance race which was held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in 1963. The 2004 event was the 47th race with a lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island.

The race was won by 2003 winners Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly driving a Kmart Racing Team entered Holden Commodore (VY). It was the sixth consecutive Bathurst 1000 victory for Holden, a new record. The 2004 event was the 32nd and last Bathurst 500/1000 for nine time race winner Peter Brock. He did not get to drive in the actual race however as Jason Plato, his British co-driver in the #05 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VY), crashed heavily on lap 31, putting the car out of the race.

Entry list 35 cars were entered in the race – 16 Ford Falcons and 19 Holden Commodores. Three cars were of the pre-2003 Group 3A regulation set. Amongst the debutants were former Formula One driver Alex Yoong, future championship race winners Fabian Coulthard and Lee Holdsworth and future New Zealand Touring Cars champion John McIntyre. Nine time Bathurst winner Peter Brock and 1988 race winner Tomas Mezera made their final start in the event. Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car Drivers Team (Sponsor) Car 1 Marcos Ambrose Greg Ritter 021 Craig Baird Mark Porter 2 Mark Skaife Todd Kelly 21 Andrew Jones John Cleland 3 Jason Richards Fabian Coulthard 23 David Besnard John McIntyre 05 Peter Brock Jason Plato 24 Garth Walden Grant Elliott 5 Alain Menu Adam Macrow 29 Paul Morris Alan Gurr 6 Craig Lowndes Glenn Seton 31 Steven Ellery Luke Youlden 7 Alex Davison Jamie Whincup 33 Nathan Pretty Allan Simonsen 8 Paul Dumbrell Tony Longhurst 34 Garth Tander Cameron McConville 9 Russell Ingall Cameron McLean 43 Christian D'Agostin Kurt Wimmer 10 Jason Bargwanna Mark Winterbottom 44 Simon Wills Paul Stokell 11 Steven Richards Jim Richards 45 Dale Brede Will Davison 12 Brad Jones John Bowe 48 Neil McFadyen Alex Yoong 14 Mark Noske Lee Holdsworth 50 Jason Bright Paul Weel 15 Greg Murphy Rick Kelly 51 Steve Owen Tim Leahey 16 Matthew White Marcus Marshall 75 Anthony Tratt Tomas Mezera 17 Steven Johnson Warren Luff 88 Paul Radisich Max Wilson 18 Owen Kelly David Brabham 888 Dean Canto Yvan Muller 20 Mark Larkham Matthew Halliday

Qualifying Qualifying http://racing.natsoft.com.au/638374339/object_728450.85f/Result?17 Driver Team Car Time Gap 1 15 2:08.0940 2 50 2:08.1283 +0.0343 3 11 2:08.1363 +0.0423 4 6 2:08.3637 +0.2697 5 9 2:08.4064 +0.3124 6 29 2:08.4906 +0.3966 7 10 2:08.4963 +0.4023 8 12 2:08.5197 +0.4257 9 8 2:08.5285 +0.4345 10 1 2:08.5736 +0.4796 11 34 2:08.6075 +0.5135 11 12 51 2:08.6405 +0.5465 12 13 17 2:08.6747 +0.5807 13 14 31 2:08.6786 +0.5846 14 15 21 2:08.7553 +0.6613 15 16 3 2:08.7926 +0.6986 16 17 888 2:08.7949 +0.7009 17 18 2 2:08.8824 +0.7884 18 19 44 2:08.9469 +0.8529 19 20 16 2:08.9482 +0.8542 20 21 23 2:09.2191 +1.1251 21 22 88 2:09.3980 +1.3040 22 23 021 2:09.6889 +1.5949 23 24 18 2:10.3965 +2.3025 24 25 45 2:10.4257 +2.3317 25 26 05 2:10.5998 +2.5058 26 27 75 2:10.7036 +2.6096 27 28 20 2:10.9504 +2.8564 28 29 7 2:11.0541 +2.9601 29 30 33 2:11.1023 +3.0083 30 31 14 2:11.2652 +3.1712 31 32 48 2:12.2968 +4.2028 32 33 24 2:13.2514 +5.1574 33 34 43 2:13.8471 +5.7531 34 EXC 5 EXC 35

Top 10 Shootout Pos No Team Driver Car Time Pole 11 Perkins Engineering Steven Richards Holden Commodore (VY) 2:07.9611 2 50 Paul Weel Racing Jason Bright Holden Commodore (VY) 2:07.9623 3 8 Perkins Engineering Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore (VY) 2:08.0360 4 15 Kmart Racing Team Greg Murphy Holden Commodore (VY) 2:08.1177 5 1 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford Falcon (BA) 2:08.4490 6 12 Brad Jones Racing John Bowe Ford Falcon (BA) 2:08.5537 7 29 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris Holden Commodore (VY) 2:08.6920 8 9 Stone Brothers Racing Russell Ingall Ford Falcon (BA) 2:08.9525 9 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon (BA) 2:09.4096 10 10 Larkham Motor Sport Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon (BA) 2:09.4531

Starting grid The following table represents the final starting grid for the race on Sunday: 1 11 50 2 3 8 15 4 5 1 12 6 7 29 9 8 9 6 10 10 11 34 51 12 13 17 31 14 15 21 3 16 17 888 2 18 19 44 16 20 21 23 88 22 23 021 18 24 25 45 05 26 27 75 20 28 29 7 33 30 31 14 48 32 33 24 43 34 35 5

Race results

Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 K-Mart Racing Team Greg Murphy Rick Kelly Holden Commodore (VY) 161 6:29:36.2055 4 192 2 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Glenn Seton Ford Falcon (BA) 161 +9.5738 9 188 3 12 Brad Jones Racing John Bowe Brad Jones Ford Falcon (BA) 161 +20.2199 6 184 4 1 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose Greg Ritter Ford Falcon (BA) 161 +30.6895 5 180 5 10 Larkham Motor Sport Jason Bargwanna Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon (BA) 161 +32.2040 10 176 6 9 Stone Brothers Racing Russell Ingall Cameron McLean Ford Falcon (BA) 161 +48.8422 8 172 7 17 Dick Johnson Racing Steven Johnson Warren Luff Ford Falcon (BA) 161 +56.4477 13 168 8 51 K-Mart Racing Team Steve Owen Tim Leahey Holden Commodore (VY) 160 +1 lap 12 164 9 7 Perkins Engineering Alex Davison Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore (VX) 160 +1 lap 29 160 10 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport Nathan Pretty Allan Simonsen Holden Commodore (VY) 160 +1 lap 30 156 11 20 Larkham Motor Sport Mark Larkham Matt Halliday Ford Falcon (BA) 160 +1 lap 28 152 12 50 Paul Weel Racing Jason Bright Paul Weel Holden Commodore (VY) 159 +2 laps 2 148 13 44 Team Dynamik Simon Wills Paul Stokell Holden Commodore (VY) 159 +2 laps 19 144 14 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Todd Kelly Holden Commodore (VY) 159 +2 laps 18 140 15 48 WPS Racing Neil McFadyen Alex Yoong Ford Falcon (BA) 159 +2 laps 32 136 16 31 Steven Ellery Racing Steven Ellery Luke Youlden Ford Falcon (BA) 158 +3 laps 14 132 17 18 Dick Johnson Racing Owen Kelly David Brabham Ford Falcon (BA) 157 +4 laps 24 128 18 75 Paul Little Racing Anthony Tratt Tomas Mezera Holden Commodore (VY) 157 +4 laps 27 124 19 43 John Faulkner Racing Christian D'Agostin Kurt Wimmer Holden Commodore (VX) 157 +4 laps 34 120 20 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore (VY) 152 +9 laps 16 116 21 11 Perkins Engineering Steven Richards Jim Richards Holden Commodore (VY) 148 +13 laps 1 112 DNF 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Dean Canto Yvan Muller Ford Falcon (BA) 138 Crash 17 DNF 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Garth Tander Cameron McConville Holden Commodore (VY) 133 Crash 11 DNF 8 Perkins Engineering Paul Dumbrell Tony Longhurst Holden Commodore (VY) 129 Crash 3 DNF 021 Team Kiwi Racing Craig Baird Mark Porter Holden Commodore (VY) 129 Lap Time Limit 23 DNF 88 Triple Eight Race Engineering Paul Radisich Max Wilson Ford Falcon (BA) 116 Suspension 22 DNF 23 WPS Racing David Besnard John McIntyre Ford Falcon (BA) 99 Engine 21 DNF 14 Robert Smith Racing Mark Noske Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore (VY) 59 Crash damage 31 DNF 29 Paul Morris Motorsport Paul Morris Alan Gurr Holden Commodore (VY) 50 Crash 7 DNF 45 Team Dynamik Dale Brede Will Davison Holden Commodore (VY) 49 25 DNF 5 Ford Performance Racing Alain Menu Adam Macrow Ford Falcon (BA) 43 Steering 35 DNF 21 Brad Jones Racing Andrew Jones John Cleland Ford Falcon (BA) 29 Crash 15 DNF 05 Holden Racing Team Peter Brock Jason Plato Holden Commodore (VY) 27 Crash 26 DNF 24 Walden Motorsport Garth Walden Grant Elliott Ford Falcon (AU) 18 Crash 33 DNS 16 Paul Weel Racing Matthew White Marcus Marshall Holden Commodore (VY) Crash in Friday Qualifying

Statistics Provisional Pole Position (set in Qualifying) - #15 Greg Murphy - 2:08.0940 Pole Position (set in Top 10 Shootout) - #11 Steven Richards - 2:07.9611 Race time of winning car - 6:29:36.2055Natsoft Race Results > Circuit Racing > Mount Panorama - Bathurst > 10/10/2004 > R10 161 Laps Retrieved 15 August 2018 Race Average Speed - 154 km/h Winning margin - 9.5738s Fastest Lap - #50 Jason Bright - 2:08.8927 (173.52 km/h) on lap 94David Greenhalgh & Bill Tuckey, The official history of The Great Race, Bathurst, 50 Years, page 556

Broadcast Network 10 broadcast the race for the eighth consecutive year, dating back to the 1997 5.0L race. Journalist Paul Gover made a cameo appearance as a pit reporter, whilst multiple drivers made pundit appearances mid-race from their respective garages.

Network 10 Booth: Neil Crompton, Bill WoodsPit-lane: Daryl Beattie, Paul Gover, Greg Rust

References

External links Official race results Official V8 Supercar website