The 2004 Clipsal 500, known for naming rights reasons as the 2004 Clipsal 500, was the sixth running of the Adelaide 500 race. Racing was held from Friday 18 March until Sunday 21 March 2004. The race was held for V8 Supercars and was the opening round of the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Format The format, unique to V8 Supercars and loosely similar to the Pukekohe 500 format, split the total distance of 500 kilometres into two separate 250 kilometre races each held on a different day. Points were assigned separately to the races, with more points allocated for Race 2 over Race 1, and they combined to award a round result.

Official results Qualifying Driver Team Car Time 1 1 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:21.9363 2 888 Max Wilson Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:22.1849 3 44 Simon Wills Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VY) 1:22.2522 4 88 Paul Radisich Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:22.3407 5 12 John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:22.3951 6 31 Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:22.4183 7 9 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:22.4188 8 51 Greg Murphy John Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 1:22.4403 9 50 Jason Bright Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 1:22.5114 10 34 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VY) 1:22.5756 11 15 Rick Kelly John Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 1:22.5822 12 11 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 1:22.6738 13 2 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VY) 1:22.6996 14 22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VY) 1:22.7015 15 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:22.7455 16 10 Jason Bargwanna Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 1:22.8081 17 6 Craig Lowndes Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:22.8889 18 29 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VY) 1:23.0031 19 21 Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.1066 20 5 Glenn Seton Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.1401 21 8 Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 1:23.1770 22 33 Cameron McConville Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VY) 1:23.1886 23 3 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 1:23.2441 24 18 Warren Luff Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.3066 25 021 Craig Baird Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 1:23.6259 26 23 David Besnard WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.7854 27 75 Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 1:24.3065 28 45 Dale Brede Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VY) 1:24.6625 29 24 Phillip Scifleet Imrie Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 1:25.7257 30 14 Terry Wyhoon Imrie Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 1:27.4730 31 43 David Krause David Krause Racing Holden Commodore (VX) 1:27.4856 32 99 David Thexton Thexton Motor Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:27.7251 - 16 Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VY) no time- 20 Mark Winterbottom Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) no time Sources:

Top Ten Shootout

Driver Team Car Time 1 51 Greg Murphy John Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 1:22.4672 2 50 Jason Bright Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 1:22.9629 3 1 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.0463 4 12 John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.0659 5 34 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VY) 1:23.1914 6 888 Max Wilson Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.5284 7 9 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.6547 8 31 Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:23.7380 9 88 Paul Radisich Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:24.0422 10 44 Simon Wills Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VY) 1:28.3956 Sources:

Race 1 Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time Grid Points 1 1 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 78 1hr 57min 38.7153sec 3 2 11 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 78 + 8.709 12 3 9 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 78 + 13.943 7 4 51 Greg Murphy John Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 78 + 22.326 1 5 16 Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 78 + 30.132 30 6 29 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VY) 78 + 33.511 18 7 2 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VY) 78 + 33.534 13 8 8 Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 78 + 34.866 21 9 12 John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 78 + 43.963 4 10 5 Glenn Seton Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 78 + 47.283 20 11 18 Warren Luff Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 78 + 54.431 24 12 15 Rick Kelly John Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 78 + 58.060 11 13 21 Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 78 + 58.786 19 14 50 Jason Bright Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 78 + 1:03.649 2 15 20 Mark Winterbottom Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 77 + 1 lap 31 16 021 Craig Baird Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 77 + 1 lap 25 17 33 Cameron McConville Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VY) 76 + 2 laps 22 18 23 David Besnard WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 75 + 3 laps 26 19 34 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VY) 73 + 5 laps 5 20 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 61 + 17 laps 15 21 10 Jason Bargwanna Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 59 + 19 laps 16 Ret 6 Craig Lowndes Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 65 Retired 17 Ret 888 Max Wilson Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 48 Retired 6 Ret 3 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 42 Retired 23 Ret 44 Simon Wills Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VY) 39 Retired 10 Ret 88 Paul Radisich Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 38 Retired 9 Ret 75 Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 32 Retired 27 Ret 31 Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 27 Retired 8 Ret 45 Dale Brede Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VY) 18 Retired 28 Ret 24 Phillip Scifleet Imrie Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 2 Retired 29 Ret 22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VY) 1 Retired 14 Source:

Race 2 Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time Grid Points 1 1 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 78 2hr 00min 31.4199sec 1 2 11 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 78 + 1.704 2 3 50 Jason Bright Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 78 + 2.241 14 4 16 Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 78 + 6.481 5 5 10 Jason Bargwanna Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 78 + 7.106 21 6 15 Rick Kelly John Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 78 + 8.234 12 7 88 Paul Radisich Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 78 + 8.862 26 8 3 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) 78 + 9.157 24 9 51 Greg Murphy John Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 78 + 10.008 4 10 22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VY) 78 + 10.316 29 11 8 Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VX) 78 + 11.315 8 12 021 Craig Baird Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 78 + 26.693 16 13 75 Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 77 + 1 lap 27 14 23 David Besnard WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 77 + 1 lap 18 15 12 John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 77 + 1 lap 9 16 29 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VY) 75 + 3 laps 6 17 2 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VY) 71 + 7 laps 7 Ret 33 Cameron McConville Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VY) 66 Accident 17 Ret 20 Mark Winterbottom Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 66 Accident 15 Ret 21 Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 66 Accident 13 Ret 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 65 Accident 20 Ret 888 Max Wilson Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 51 Retired 23 Ret 44 Simon Wills Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VY) 47 Retired 25 Ret 6 Craig Lowndes Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 29 Retired 22 Ret 18 Warren Luff Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 16 Retired 11 Ret 9 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 10 Retired 3 Ret 5 Glenn Seton Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 10 Retired 10 Ret 31 Steven Ellery Steven Ellery Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 2 Retired 28 DNS 45 Dale Brede Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VY) Did not start DNS 34 Garth Tander Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VY) Did not start DNS 24 Phillip Scifleet Imrie Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) Did not start Source:

References

External links Official race results Official V8 Supercar website