The 2005 Queensland 300 was the seventh round of the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 22 to 24 July at Queensland Raceway in Ipswich, Queensland.

Craig Lowndes took victory for the second time in 2005 and claimed his first round win in the process after leading the race from pole position. Championship leader Marcos Ambrose claimed provisional pole position and closely followed Lowndes for most of the race but was ultimately unable to rein him in.

The race was also notable for a major crash for Jason Richards. After incurring contact with Paul Morris, his car struck a raised kerb sideways and sent his car into a series of rollovers. The crash mirrored that of a Porsche Carrera Cup incident involving Cameron McLean earlier that day.

Background The event was held on the weekend of 22 to 24 July 2005. It was the fifth V8 Supercar event to be held at Queensland Raceway in the sprint format and consisted of one 300 km race with two compulsory pitstops for fuel and tyres.

Entry list

There were 34 drivers entered into the event which included fifteen BA Ford Falcon's, fifteen VZ Holden Commodore's and two VY Holden Commodore's.

Race report Qualifying Driver Team Vehicle Time 1 1 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.3557 2 16 Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.4841 3 9 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.4965 4 2 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.5235 5 22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.5456 6 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.5942 7 11 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.6398 8 45 Max Wilson Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.6953 9 51 Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.7595 10 88 Steven Ellery Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.8325 11 15 Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.8406 12 20 Mark Winterbottom Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.8627 13 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.8675 14 6 Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.8952 15 021 Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.9095 16 10 Jason Bargwanna Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.9142 17 67 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.9665 18 48 David Besnard WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.9924 19 18 Glenn Seton Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:11.0108 20 44 Simon Wills Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.0617 21 5 Greg Ritter Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:11.0667 22 3 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.0842 23 50 Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.1154 24 23 Jamie Whincup Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.1369 25 24 Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 1:11.1629 26 52 Matthew White Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 1:11.2558 27 8 Craig Baird WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:11.3110 28 12 John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:11.3344 29 21 Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:11.3858 30 33 Cameron McConville Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.3924 31 25 Steve Owen Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 1:11.4016 32 34 Andrew Jones Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.4056 33 7 Alex Davison Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.4459 34 75 Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 1:11.8628 105% time - 1:13.8735 Source:

Top ten shootout Driver Team Vehicle Time 1 1 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.2173 2 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.3290 3 9 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.5096 4 22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.5831 5 11 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.5991 6 2 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.6147 7 88 Steven Ellery Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.6799 8 16 Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.8525 9 51 Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.1100 10 45 Max Wilson Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.4790 Source:

Race Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 90 01:57:29.6514 2 2 1 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 2.801 1 3 16 Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 5.446 8 4 9 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 5.974 3 5 11 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 90 + 6.642 5 6 22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 10.502 4 7 88 Steven Ellery Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 11.499 7 8 51 Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 14.773 9 9 6 Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 15.128 14 10 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 17.467 13 11 18 Glenn Seton Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 17.963 19 12 2 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 18.560 6 13 48 David Besnard WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 18.784 18 14 45 Max Wilson Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 18.898 10 15 15 Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 20.644 11 16 8 Craig Baird WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 21.006 27 17 33 Cameron McConville Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 21.790 30 18 24 Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 90 + 22.333 25 19 10 Jason Bargwanna Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 22.870 16 20 21 Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 23.964 29 21 34 Andrew Jones Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 25.220 32 22 12 John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 28.165 28 23 44 Simon Wills Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 30.447 20 24 25 Steve Owen Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 89 + 1 lap 31 25 20 Mark Winterbottom Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 89 + 1 lap 12 26 67 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 89 + 1 lap 17 27 52 Matthew White Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 85 + 5 laps 26 28 23 Jamie Whincup Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 85 + 5 laps 24 29 021 Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 85 + 5 laps 15 Ret 75 Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 87 Retired 34 Ret 3 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 42 Accident 22 Ret 50 Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 29 Retired 23 Ret 5 Greg Ritter Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 12 Retired 21 Ret 7 Alex Davison Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 12 Retired 33 Fastest Lap: Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing) - 1:11.1963 on lap 2 Source:

Championship standings No Driver Team 1 1 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing 1166 2 11 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering 1061 3 9 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing 1051 4 22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team 1032 5 2 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 954

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