The 2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the sixth series held for second tier V8 Supercars competitors. The season began on 18 March 2005 at Wakefield Park and finished on 27 November at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. The season consisted of seven rounds held across four different states. The series was expanded for 2005, incorporating the previously stand-alone support race at Bathurst 1000 into a series round and adding a finale on the support program of the Bigpond Grand Finale.
Dean Canto, driving for Dick Johnson Racing's two car team, dominated the expanded series, winning ten races, and five of the seven rounds, which made Canto the first multiple winner of the series and directly led to a full-time return to V8 Supercar Championship Series with Garry Rogers Motorsport. Series runner up Paul Cruickshank Racing driver Warren Luff failed to score a win, staying in touch with Canto through consistency. Adam Macrow was the other multiple race-winner, taking victory four times, but some unlucky results saw him finish fourth in the points race behind Gary MacDonald. Shane Beikoff, Lee Holdsworth and Dale Brede took the remaining wins with Race 2 at Bathurst declared a no result after a multi-car collision blocked the track after just six laps.
Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers competed in the series. Team Car No. Driver Rounds Brad Jones Racing Ford AU Falcon 19 Dale Brede 2, 5 Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon 19 Will Davison 4Ford BA Falcon 71 Dean Canto All 81 Grant Denyer All Howard RacingFord BA Falcon 19 Stephen Voight 6 27 Adam Macrow All 37 Mark Howard All Matthew White Racing Ford AU Falcon 28 Dean Wanless All Britek Motorsport Ford BA Falcon 26 José Fernández All A.N.T. Racing Ford BA Falcon 30 Tony Evangelou 2–7 Steven Ellery Racing Ford BA Falcon 31 Mark Porter All Ford AU FalconFord BA Falcon 41 Gary MacDonald All McGill Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 32 Aaron McGill All Gravity Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 40 Mark Papendall 1–5 Jay Motorsport Holden VY Commodore 42 Jay Verdnik All John Henderson Ford AU Falcon 56 John Henderson 1–4, 6–7 JPS Automotive Holden VX Commodore 57 Dean Savage 2–7 Paul Cruickshank Racing Ford BA Falcon 60 Warren Luff All Ford AU Falcon 65 Phillip Scifleet All Scott Loadsman Racing Holden VX Commodore 62 Scott Loadsman All Rod Lynch Racing Ford AU Falcon 66 Adam Wallis 1, 5–6 Shane Beikoff Racing Ford AU Falcon 68 Shane Beikoff 1–3, 6–7 Jonathan Beikoff 4 CarTrek Racing Holden VX Commodore 69 Robert Jones 3–7 Robert Smith Racing Holden VY Commodore 72 Lee Holdsworth 3–7 Peters Motorsport Ford AU Falcon 80 Barry Tanton 2–4, 7 Ford AU Falcon 91 Gary Deane All Greg Smith Racing Ford AU Falcon 86 Greg Smith All Sydney Star Racing Holden VX CommodoreFord AU Falcon 98 Grant Elliott All Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden VY Commodore 99 Tony D'Alberto All
Race calendar
Round Date Circuit Location Winning driver Car 1 17–19 March Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia Dean Canto Ford BA Falcon 2 14–15 May Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales Adam Macrow Ford BA Falcon 3 9–10 July Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Dean Canto Ford BA Falcon 4 23–24 July Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland Dean Canto Ford BA Falcon 5 20–21 August Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia Dean Canto Ford BA Falcon 6 6–8 October Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Dean Canto Ford BA Falcon 7 26–27 November Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Adam Macrow Ford BA Falcon
Points system The series comprised seven rounds across four different states. Rounds 2, 3, 4 and 5 each consisted of three races. The second race of each weekend saw the finishing order of Race 1 reversed to form the grid, a 'reverse grid' race. Rounds 1, 6 and 7 each consisted of two races. Points were offered down to 32nd position in each raceProgram, Malalla Motor Sport Park, 19–21 August 2005 but at no point during the season did more than 24 cars finish a race. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th Rounds 1, 6 & 7 points 96 93 90 87 84 81 78 75 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 Rounds 2, 3, 4 & 5 points 64 62 60 58 56 54 52 50 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18
Series standings Pos.HPDC V8 Supercars Series Points Report, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org Driver No. Car ADE WAK EAS QLD MAL BAT PHI Points 1 Dean Canto 71 Ford BA Falcon 1 1 1 DNS DNS 1 3 1 1 5 1 1 3 1 1 C 2 2 1098 2 Warren Luff 60 Ford BA Falcon 9 9 2 8 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 Ret 6 2 C 4 3 1068 3 Gary MacDonald 41 Ford AU Falcon Ford BA Falcon 5 5 4 10 5 9 8 10 8 7 9 15 2 3 5 C 6 7 1023 4 Adam Macrow 27 Ford BA Falcon 2 2 5 6 1 2 7 7 5 1 4 21 Ret DNS 4 C 1 1 1007 5 Tony D'Alberto 99 Holden VY Commodore 3 3 3 19 7 4 5 3 6 9 14 10 Ret 7 3 C 3 4 999 6 Phillip Scifleet 65 Ford AU Falcon 4 4 7 12 6 5 6 5 9 16 6 6 4 8 11 C Ret 9 924 7 José Fernández 26 Ford BA Falcon Ret 7 10 16 8 6 Ret 9 11 8 8 4 6 9 10 C 8 6 839 8 Aaron McGill 32 Holden VX Commodore 11 10 17 2 12 12 15 13 20 11 18 16 13 14 18 C 15 13 758 9 Mark Porter 31 Ford BA Falcon 7 Ret 6 9 4 8 4 8 7 6 13 2 Ret 4 6 C Ret DNS 743 10 Grant Denyer 81 Ford BA Falcon DNS DNS 12 11 10 7 11 6 10 10 7 7 5 5 7 C Ret 10 737 11 Grant Elliott 98 Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon 6 Ret 11 14 9 11 10 12 DNS DNS DNS 8 9 12 9 C 16 17 654 12 Tony Evangelou 30 Ford BA Falcon 13 7 13 10 9 20 13 Ret DNS 9 10 10 22 C 7 8 618 13 Lee Holdsworth 72 Holden VY Commodore 24 1 4 4 4 5 Ret 7 Ret 8 C 5 5 607 14 Mark Howard 37 Ford BA Falcon 8 8 15 13 11 14 16 14 14 14 20 12 Ret DNS Ret C Ret 12 587 15 Gary Deane 91 Ford AU Falcon 12 Ret Ret 15 16 19 18 18 15 15 12 17 12 17 16 C Ret 16 543 16 Dean Wanless 28 Ford AU Falcon Ret 11 14 3 15 13 12 23 Ret DNS DNS 14 17 18 Ret C 10 11 537 17 Greg Smith 86 Ford AU Falcon 17 14 21 18 17 20 Ret 21 17 Ret 17 22 16 Ret 20 C 12 18 508 18 Shane Beikoff 68 Ford AU Falcon 13 12 20 1 Ret 17 17 17 17 C 11 14 480 19 Scott Loadsman 62 Holden VX Commodore 16 15 19 DNS 14 Ret 14 19 16 19 16 19 14 15 19 C Ret DNS 477 20 Jay Verdnik 42 Holden VX Commodore Ret Ret 9 DNS DNS 15 Ret 11 12 18 10 13 8 Ret 13 C 9 Ret 468 21 Mark Papendall 40 Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon 14 13 18 17 20 16 19 15 Ret 17 DNS 18 15 16 435 22 Robert Jones 69 Holden VX Commodore 18 Ret Ret 21 13 11 11 11 13 12 C Ret 15 383 23 Adam Wallis 66 Ford AU Falcon 10 6 5 18 11 15 C 334 24 Dale Brede 19 Ford AU Falcon 8 4 3 23 1 2 314 25 Dean Savage 57 Holden VX Commodore 23 21 19 21 Ret 22 19 Ret Ret 20 Ret DNS 21 C 13 19 310 26 John Henderson 56 Ford AU Falcon 15 Ret 16 5 Ret 23 13 16 Ret DNS DNS 21 C 13 19 238 27 Barry Tanton 80 Ford AU Falcon 22 20 18 22 20 Ret Ret DNS 19 14 Ret 211 28 Will Davison 19 Ford AU Falcon 2 3 2 184 29 Jonathan Beikoff 68 Ford AU Falcon 18 12 15 108 30 Stephen Voight 19 Ford BA Falcon 14 C 57 Pos. Driver No. Car ADE WAK EAS QLD MAL BAT PHI Points
Note: Due to time constraints, Race 2 at the Bathurst round was abandoned and no points were awarded.Grant Rowley, (Not) The Great Race, The Annual – Australian Motorsport, Number 1 / 2005, page 48
References
External links 2005 Racing Results Archive
See also 2005 V8 Supercar season