The 2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 was the ninth round of the Australian 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 10–12 September 2004 at Sandown International Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria.

It was the 37th "Sandown 500" endurance race to be held at the Victorian circuit.

Top 10 Shootout The ten fastest cars from Qualifying contested a Top 10 Shootout on the Saturday to determine the starting positions on the first five rows of the grid.

Sourced from: Pos No Team Driver Car Time Pole 51 Kmart Racing Rick Kelly Holden VY Commodore 1:22.1422 2 1 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon 1:22.7453 3 29 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris Holden VY Commodore 1:22.8858 4 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden VY Commodore 1:23.2208 5 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Ford BA Falcon 1:23.3147 6 17 Dick Johnson Racing Steven Johnson Ford BA Falcon 1:23.8786 7 50 Paul Weel Racing Jason Bright Holden VY Commodore 1:24.7091 8 8 Castrol Perkins Racing Paul Dumbrell Holden VY Commodore 1:25.1486 9 10 Larkham Motor Sport Jason Bargwanna Ford BA Falcon 1:25.3394 10 18 Dick Johnson Racing Owen Kelly Ford BA Falcon 1:25.9627

Official results Sourced from:

Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps QualPos ShootoutPos SeriesPoints 1 1 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose Greg Ritter Ford BA Falcon 160 4 2 192 2 9 Stone Brothers Racing Russell Ingall Cameron McLean Ford BA Falcon 160 15 188 3 17 Dick Johnson Racing Steven Johnson Warren Luff Ford BA Falcon 160 6 6 184 4 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Garth Tander Cameron McConville Holden VY Commodore 160 14 180 5 51 Kmart Racing Greg Murphy Rick Kelly Holden VY Commodore 160 3 1 176 6 10 Larkham Motor Sport Jason Bargwanna Mark Winterbottom Ford BA Falcon 160 8 9 172 7 12 Brad Jones Racing John Bowe Brad Jones Ford BA Falcon 160 21 168 8 8 Castrol Perkins Racing Paul Dumbrell Tony Longhurst Holden VY Commodore 159 10 8 164 9 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards Fabian Coulthard Holden VY Commodore 159 20 160 10 50 Paul Weel Racing Jason Bright Paul Weel Holden VY Commodore 159 9 7 156 11 16 Paul Weel Racing Matthew White Marcus Marshall Holden VY Commodore 159 23 152 12 75 Toll Racing Anthony Tratt Tomas Mezera Holden VY Commodore 158 30 148 13 021 Team Kiwi Racing Craig Baird Mark Porter Holden VY Commodore 158 17 144 14 05 Holden Racing Team Peter Brock Jason Plato Holden VY Commodore 156 16 140 15 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Steven Richards Jim Richards Holden VY Commodore 155 12 136 16 23 WPS Racing David Besnard Charlie O'Brien Neil McFadyen Ford BA Falcon 154 18 132 17 29 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris Alan Gurr Holden VY Commodore 153 1 3 128 18 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Glenn Seton Ford BA Falcon 152 5 5 124 19 5 Ford Performance Racing Alain Menu Adam Macrow Ford BA Falcon 152 34 120 20 43 John Faulkner Racing Christian D'Agostin Kurt Wimmer Holden VX Commodore 152 35 116 21 48 WPS Racing John McIntyre Alex Yoong Ford BA Falcon 148 22 112 22 31 Supercheap Auto Racing Steven Ellery Luke Youlden Ford BA Falcon 142 11 108 23 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Todd Kelly Holden VY Commodore 133 2 4 104 24 24 Walden Motorsport Garth Walden Grant Elliott Ford AU Falcon 123 33 100 DNF 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport Nathan Pretty Allan Simonsen Holden VY Commodore 122 25 DNF 45 Team Dynamik Dale Brede Will Davison Holden VY Commodore 122 24 DNF 20 Larkham Motor Sport Mark Larkham Matt Halliday Ford BA Falcon 121 29 DNF 18 Dick Johnson Racing Owen Kelly David Brabham Ford BA Falcon 111 7 10 DNF 44 Team Dynamik Simon Wills Paul Stokell Holden VY Commodore 108 27 DNF 7 Castrol Perkins Racing Alex Davison Jamie Whincup Holden VX Commodore 83 32 DNF 888 Team Betta Electrical Dean Canto Yvan Muller Ford BA Falcon 39 26 DNF 88 Team Betta Electrical Paul Radisich Max Wilson Ford BA Falcon 37 19 DNF 15 Kmart Racing Steve Owen Tim Leahey Holden VY Commodore 28 13 DNF 14 Robert Smith Racing Phillip Scifleet Lee Holdsworth Holden VY Commodore 16 31 DNF 21 Brad Jones Racing Andrew Jones John Cleland Ford BA Falcon 10 28 - Neil McFadyen practiced the #23 WPS Falcon, but was withdrawn due to a stomach virus, he was replaced by Charlie O'Brien.

Statistics Provisional Pole Position - #29 Paul Morris - 1:22.8431 Pole Position - #51 Rick Kelly - 1:22.1422 Fastest Lap - #1 Marcos Ambrose - 1:10.8251 (new lap record) Race Average Speed - 135km/h

References

External links Official race results Official V8 Supercar website Race images at au.motorsport.com