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2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series

Motor racing competition

Russell Ingall Teams' Champion: Stone Brothers Racing Manufacturers' Championship: Ford HPDC Series Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Australian V8 Ute Racing Series

The 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series was a motor racing championship for V8 Supercars. The series, which was the seventh V8 Supercar Championship Series, began on 18 March 2005 in Adelaide and ended on 27 November at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit after 13 rounds. The 46th Australian Touring Car Championship title was awarded to the series winner, Russell Ingall by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2005 championship.

Manufacturer	Model	Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Falcon BA	Stone Brothers Racing	1	Australia Marcos Ambrose	All	Australia Warren Luff
9	Australia Russell Ingall	All	Australia Luke Youlden
Ford Performance Racing	5	Australia Greg Ritter	1–11	Australia Cameron McLean
Australia David Brabham	12–13
6	Australia Jason Bright	All	Australia David Brabham
WPS Racing	8	New Zealand Craig Baird	All	Australia Marcus Marshall
Canada Alex Tagliani
48	Australia David Besnard	All
Larkham Motorsport	10	Australia Jason Bargwanna	1–8	Switzerland Alain Menu
New Zealand Matt Halliday	9–10
Australia Mark Winterbottom	11–13
20	1–10	Australia Jason Bargwanna
Australia Jason Bargwanna	11–13
Brad Jones Racing	12	Australia John Bowe	All	UK John Cleland
Australia Dale Brede
21	Australia Brad Jones	All
Dick Johnson Racing	17	Australia Steven Johnson	All	Australia Will Davison
18	Australia Glenn Seton	All	Australia Dean Canto
Britek Motorsport	25	Australia Steve Owen	1, 4, 6–10, 13	Australia José Fernández
Australia Damien White
52	Australia Matthew White	All
Triple Eight Race Engineering	88	Australia Steven Ellery	All	Australia Adam Macrow
888	Australia Craig Lowndes	All	France Yvan Muller
Commodore VY	Rod Nash Racing (PE)	7	Australia Alex Davison	1
Perkins Engineering	11	New Zealand Steven Richards	1–8	Australia Christian D'Agostin
Australia Matthew Coleman	9–10
Australia Paul Dumbrell	11–13
24	Australia Paul Dumbrell	1–2, 4, 6–10	New Zealand Steven Richards
New Zealand Steven Richards	11–13
Paul Little Racing (PE)	75	Australia Anthony Tratt	All	Australia Tony Evangelou
Commodore VZ	Holden Racing Team	2	Australia Mark Skaife	All	New Zealand Jim Richards
Australia James Courtney
22	Australia Todd Kelly	All
Tasman Motorsport	3	New Zealand Jason Richards	All	New Zealand Fabian Coulthard
Australia Tony D'Alberto
23	Australia Jamie Whincup	All
Rod Nash Racing (PE)	7	Australia Alex Davison	4, 6–11	Denmark Allan Simonsen
Australia Paul Dumbrell	3, 5
Australia Owen Kelly	12–13
HSV Dealer Team (HRT)	15	Australia Rick Kelly	All	Australia Tim Leahey
Australia Mark Noske
16	Australia Garth Tander	All
Team Kiwi Racing
Paul Morris Motorsport	021	New Zealand Paul Radisich	All	New Zealand John Faulkner
Australia Alan Gurr
67	Australia Paul Morris	All
Garry Rogers Motorsport	33	Australia Cameron McConville	All	Australia Phillip Scifleet
Australia Lee Holdsworth
34	Australia Andrew Jones	1–10
Australia Dean Canto	11–12
Australia Lee Holdsworth	13
Team Dynamik
Longhurst Racing	44	New Zealand Simon Wills	1–9, 13	New Zealand Mark Porter
New Zealand Kayne Scott
Australia Tony Longhurst	10
45	Brazil Max Wilson	All
Paul Weel Racing	50	Australia Paul Weel	All	Australia Nathan Pretty
Australia Owen Kelly
51	New Zealand Greg Murphy	All

= Drove in Sandown 500 only. ** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only.

Calendar

The 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series was contested over 13 rounds, including eleven single-driver 'sprint' rounds and two two-driver 'endurance' rounds.

Rd.	Event	Circuit	Location
South Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	17–20 March
NZL PlaceMakers V8 International	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	15–17 April
Western Australia Perth 400	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	6–8 May
NSW Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	27–29 May
CHN Buick V8 Supercars China Round	Shanghai International Circuit	Shanghai, China	10–12 June
Northern Territory Skycity V8 Supercars	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	1–3 July
QLD Queensland 300	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	22–24 July
NSW Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	12–14 August
VIC Betta Electrical 500	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	9–11 September
NSW Super Cheap Auto 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	6–9 October
QLD Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	20–23 October
TAS Ferodo Triple Challenge	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	12–13 November
VIC BigPond Grand Finale	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	25–27 November

Results and standings

Season summary

Round	Race	Event	Pole position
Adelaide	AUS Rick Kelly	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)	[report](2005-clipsal-500)
	AUS Marcos Ambrose
Pukekohe	AUS Craig Lowndes	NZL Greg Murphy	NZL Greg Murphy
(Paul Weel Racing, Holden)	[report](2005-placemakers-v8-international)
	NZL Greg Murphy
NZL Greg Murphy
Perth	AUS Craig Lowndes	AUS Mark Skaife	NZL Steven Richards
(Perkins Engineering, Holden)	[report](2005-perth-400)
	NZL Steven Richards
AUS Russell Ingall
Eastern Creek	AUS Craig Lowndes	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Craig Lowndes
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)	[report](2005-v8-supercars-eastern-creek-round)
	AUS Craig Lowndes
Shanghai	AUS Mark Skaife	AUS Todd Kelly	AUS Todd Kelly
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)	[report](2005-v8-supercars-china-round)
	AUS Mark Skaife
AUS Todd Kelly
Darwin	AUS Mark Skaife	AUS Todd Kelly	AUS Todd Kelly
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)	[report](2005-v8-supercars-darwin-round)
	AUS Todd Kelly
AUS Garth Tander
Ipswich	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Craig Lowndes
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)	[report](2005-queensland-300)
Oran Park	AUS Marcos Ambrose	NZL Steven Richards	AUS Russell Ingall
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)	[report](2005-v8-supercars-oran-park-round)
	AUS Russell Ingall
Sandown	AUS Garth Tander	AUS Craig Lowndes
FRA Yvan Muller
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)	[report](2005-sandown-500)
Bathurst	AUS Craig Lowndes	AUS Mark Skaife
AUS Todd Kelly
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)	[report](2005-bathurst-1000)
Gold Coast	NZL Greg Murphy	NZL Greg Murphy	AUS Craig Lowndes
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)	[report](2005-v8-supercar-challenge)
	AUS Craig Lowndes
AUS Craig Lowndes
Launceston	NZL Steven Richards	AUS Garth Tander	AUS Garth Tander
(HSV Dealer Team, Holden)	[report](2005-tasmania-triple-challenge)
	AUS Garth Tander
AUS Garth Tander
Phillip Island	AUS Craig Lowndes	AUS Craig Lowndes	AUS Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)	[report](2005-v8-supercars-grand-finale)
	AUS Marcos Ambrose
AUS Marcos Ambrose

Points system

Points were awarded on the results of each race as follows.

3 races per round	64	62	60	58	56	54	52	50	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Drivers championship

Pos.	Driver	No.	ADE
South Australia	PUK
NZL	BAR
Western Australia	EAS
New South Wales	SHA
China	HID
Northern Territory	QLD
Queensland	ORA
New South Wales	SAN
Victoria	BAT
New South Wales	SUR
Queensland	SYM
Tasmania	PHI
Victoria	Pen.	Pts.	1	1922	2	1865	3	1856	4	1760	5	1754	6	1734	7	1669	8	1630	9	1566	10	1501	11	1500	12	1460	13	1424	14	1384	15	1353	16	1307	17	1295	18	1233	19	1059	20	1046	21	1027	22	1000	23	980	24	931	25	904	26	883	27	739	28	733	29	668	30	619	31	511	32	480	33	469	34	437	35	312	36	280	37	320	38	192	39	184	40	176	41	172	42	168	168	44	162	45	156	156	47	152	152	152	152	51	148	148	53	144	144	55	140	56	136	57	128	58	128	128	60	124	61	116	62	96	63	92	92	–	0	0	0	0	0	Pos.	Driver	No.	ADE
South Australia	PUK
NZL	BAR
Western Australia	EAS
New South Wales	SHA
China	HID
Northern Territory	QLD
Queensland	ORA
New South Wales	SAN
Victoria	BAT
New South Wales	SUR
Queensland	SYM
Tasmania	PHI
Victoria	Pen.	Pts.
AUS Russell Ingall	9	2	18	2	2	2	4	2	1	5	6	13	6	26	14	4	Ret	4	2	1	7	5	4	10	24	8	9	10	5	5	5	0
AUS Craig Lowndes	888	3	2	14	5	Ret	21	3	Ret	*2*	1	4	Ret	Ret	3	32	11	1	9	4	1	15	2	1	*1*	5	3	3	*1*	3	15	0
AUS Marcos Ambrose	1	1	*1*	5	3	4	2	5	3	1	2	5	4	12	4	28	9	*2*	*4*	2	14	Ret	Ret	26	11	4	27	6	3	1	*1*	25
AUS Todd Kelly	22	8	4	8	Ret	9	Ret	23	7	6	4	1	*3*	1	1	*1*	2	6	Ret	22	2	1	Ret	14	8	15	11	7	13	16	6	0
AUS Mark Skaife	2	Ret	3	3	4	5	1	29	6	7	7	3	1	23	2	2	26	12	16	30	2	1	3	3	2	25	12	9	15	10	8	0
AUS Garth Tander	16	7	Ret	17	20	9	29	14	13	9	10	12	21	22	5	3	1	3	26	5	4	16	10	4	4	1	1	1	2	2	4	0
NZL Steven Richards	11/24	5	26	28	8	3	3	1	2	3	5	2	2	2	22	12	4	5	1	11	13	Ret	27	28	18	2	2	4	27	12	26	0
AUS Rick Kelly	15	15	9	16	Ret	15	14	16	15	31	14	Ret	16	Ret	9	5	3	15	5	6	4	16	9	5	6	3	4	2	4	4	3	0
AUS Jason Bright	6	19	11	7	11	7	16	7	22	33	23	7	20	6	Ret	9	8	9	7	7	6	14	8	9	9	7	17	16	31	13	7	0
AUS Cameron McConville	33	17	6	21	18	Ret	8	9	19	15	13	16	9	9	18	31	22	17	8	8	10	4	5	6	5	14	15	17	18	14	21	0
NZL Greg Murphy	51	6	Ret	1	*1*	1	5	30	Ret	4	3	10	Ret	7	13	16	Ret	8	3	3	Ret	Ret	1	2	3	20	5	5	6	7	2	6
AUS Steven Johnson	17	4	15	13	26	Ret	11	4	5	13	9	11	26	21	12	11	7	10	10	31	18	19	14	11	12	10	7	8	22	19	18	0
AUS Steven Ellery	88	Ret	DNS	4	7	22	30	13	10	28	8	15	24	27	28	13	6	7	DNS	DNS	5	3	7	7	7	9	13	18	8	6	10	0
NZL Paul Radisich	021	23	10	6	6	6	6	8	Ret	32	18	6	5	3	6	8	27	29	12	9	8	Ret	13	13	27	12	10	12	7	8	14	0
AUS Glenn Seton	18	9	25	26	13	12	12	15	9	20	27	14	7	24	8	7	5	11	18	13	12	9	23	23	20	22	19	20	29	24	11	0
AUS Jamie Whincup	23	10	22	10	28	11	13	24	14	24	15	9	8	4	15	14	17	28	Ret	15	3	2	15	8	10	18	Ret	30	12	18	Ret	0
NZL Jason Richards	3	20	Ret	18	29	14	7	25	17	10	12	8	Ret	Ret	25	6	15	Ret	6	28	3	2	6	Ret	19	11	8	14	17	11	16	0
AUS John Bowe	12	12	Ret	12	10	8	15	11	8	12	8	22	15	14	10	10	12	22	20	19	9	21	16	15	17	23	28	29	23	29	27	0
AUS Paul Morris	67	14	16	9	19	16	10	17	11	11	Ret	17	22	25	7	18	18	26	Ret	18	8	Ret	24	21	25	Ret	16	13	14	28	13	0
AUS Paul Dumbrell	24/11	16	5	26	16	Ret	22	Ret	24	16	Ret	19	12	11	Ret	15	10	18	17	24	13	Ret	22	18	22	6	6	11	9	15	19	75
AUS Brad Jones	21	13	20	22	Ret	20	25	19	Ret	14	11	25	17	10	17	30	Ret	20	23	20	9	21	17	16	28	17	21	19	24	Ret	24	0
AUS Paul Weel	50	11	8	11	9	10	27	6	4	27	26	20	11	19	26	26	14	Ret	14	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	22	16	13	24	21	10	9	9	0
NZL Craig Baird	8	Ret	17	Ret	12	Ret	19	20	16	21	17	24	19	15	27	20	16	16	Ret	Ret	19	8	11	12	29	26	18	27	30	28	29	0
BRA Max Wilson	45	Ret	7	15	15	Ret	31	18	Ret	26	16	Ret	14	5	16	33	13	14	13	10	DNS	Ret	26	25	14	16	14	15	20	21	12	4
AUS David Besnard	48	18	23	29	27	Ret	17	12	20	30	24	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	29	25	13	19	16	19	8	12	30	21	24	25	31	Ret	25	20	0
AUS Jason Bargwanna	10/20	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	9	10	12	17	21	21	Ret	13	Ret	24	19	19	11	12	16	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	19	30	28	16	17	17	0
AUS Greg Ritter	5	Ret	Ret	19	24	21	28	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	23	10	8	11	23	24	Ret	15	29	15	18	19	20	15							0
AUS Andrew Jones	34	22	27	27	21	19	26	21	25	28	Ret	26	18	17	19	Ret	Ret	21	25	25	10	4										0
AUS Mark Winterbottom	20/10	24	14	24	22	17	20	27	21	23	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	24	27	20	25	Ret	27	16	Ret	21	29	26	21	22	25	19	20	25	0
AUS Matthew White	52	Ret	12	25	25	Ret	24	22	26	22	19	27	23	18	21	22	23	27	24	Ret	23	Ret	25	27	Ret	27	26	22	28	31	30	0
AUS Anthony Tratt	75	21	24	23	23	18	23	26	23	24	Ret	28	25	16	Ret	25	Ret	Ret	22	21	25	Ret	18	Ret	30	28	31	32	DNS	DNS	DNS	0
AUS Steve Owen	25	25	13							19	22				20	19	21	24	27	26	23	Ret							21	Ret	22	0
AUS Alex Davison	7	Ret	21							29	25				23	17	Ret	Ret	21	23	17	20	Ret	24	23							0
NZL Simon Wills	44	Ret	19	30	17	Ret	18	28	18	34	20	18	13	20	Ret	21	Ret	23	Ret	17	DNS								Ret	26	23	0
AUS Dean Canto	18/34																				12	9	20	17	13	29	20	23				0
AUS David Brabham	6/5																				6	14				EX	23	24	11	22	31	0
AUS Owen Kelly	50/7																				Ret	6				30	29	26	26	30	Ret	0
FRA Yvan Muller	888																				1	15										0
AUS Adam Macrow	88																				5	3										0
AUS Luke Youlden	9																				7	5										0
AUS Nathan Pretty	50																				Ret	6										0
AUS Dale Brede	12																				21	7										0
GBR John Cleland	12																				21	7										0
AUS Lee Holdsworth	33/34																				20	Ret							25	23	28	0
NZL John Faulkner	021																				Ret	10										0
AUS Alan Gurr	021																				Ret	10										0
AUS James Courtney	22																				11	Ret										0
NZL Jim Richards	22																				11	Ret										0
AUS Mark Porter	45																				Ret	11										0
NZL Kayne Scott	45																				Ret	11										0
SUI Alain Menu	10																				Ret	12										0
NZL Matt Halliday	10																				Ret	12										0
AUS Marcus Marshall	8																				22	13										0
CAN Alex Tagliani	8																				22	13										0
AUS Warren Luff	1																				14	Ret										0
AUS Cameron McLean	5																				15	18										0
DNK Allan Simonsen	7																				17	20										0
AUS José Fernández	52																				24	17										0
AUS Damien White	52																				24	17										0
AUS Will Davison	17																				18	19										0
AUS Phillip Scifleet	33																				20	Ret										0
AUS Tony Evangelou	75																				25	Ret										0
AUS Matthew Coleman	11																				26	Ret										0
AUS Christian D'Agostin	11																				26	Ret										0
NZL Fabian Coulthard	23																				Ret	Ret										0
AUS Tony D'Alberto	23																				Ret	Ret										0
AUS Mark Noske	15																				Ret	Ret										0
AUS Tim Leahey	15																				Ret	Ret										0
AUS Tony Longhurst	44																					Ret										0

Each round carried a maximum of 192, 186, 180 points etc. with each race at two-race rounds carrying half points and each race at three-race rounds carrying one third points.
Each driver was required to drop his/her worst score from the first ten rounds.
Gross total points are shown within brackets.

Teams championship

Pos	Penalty	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Rd 12
Stone Brothers Racing	330	360	362	354	264	212	360	369	304	176	180	268	356
Holden Racing Team	252	264	198	324	332	328	288	93	340	192	270	238	260
Triple Eight Race Engineering	183	226	180	279	124	210	348	159	368	320	346	294	310
HSV Dealer Team	204	176	194	204	122	344	288	270	180	132	320	372	358
Dick Johnson Racing	237	162	284	189	190	296	270	180	272	280	190	224	150
Paul Weel Racing	222	330	186	216	196	140	150	294	0	172	242	220	310
Perkins Engineering	240	168	186	225	186	204	258	237	236	0	126	334	180
Ford Performance Racing	108	218	118	75	248	180	144	222	308	264	236	156	166
Brad Jones Racing	162	186	178	261	190	172	144	150	272	280	178	122	76
Garry Rogers Motorsport	180	118	184	129	206	84	168	198	272	180	264	160	138
Tasman Motorsport	141	176	196	213	206	212	30	150	184	188	214	168	182
WPS Racing	123	62	190	120	82	96	222	93	228	308	166	94	68
Larkham Motor Sport	84	110	186	114	64	102	132	147	132	148	74	106	168
Team Dynamik	120	110	90	111	190	98	174	177	0	152	68	108	126
Team Kiwi Racing (S)	99	162	104	48	170	116	24	135	0	156	92	130	140
Britek Motorsport	147	32	58	150	62	144	90	66	204	128	28	48	66
Paul Morris Motorsport (S)	108	110	122	66	70	112	42	45	164	0	58	74	88
Rod Nash Racing (S)	36		44	36	114	52	0	63	128	116	38	28	20
Paul Little Racing (S)	63	70	58	24	60	16	0	72	96	0	36	16	0

(S) denotes a single car team.

Manufacturers championship

Ford was awarded the Champion Manufacturer title, having achieved the most round wins during the series.

Notes

References

(22 February 2007). "Team Dynamik Racing Pty Ltd v Longhurst Racing Pty Ltd [2007] QSC 32". [[Supreme Court of Queensland.
Official Program, Clipsal 500 Adelaide, page 6
[http://www.natsoft.biz/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2005 Race Results Archive – 2005] {{Webarchive. link. (9 February 2012 Retrieved from www.natsoft.biz on 11 August 2012)
Official Program, 2005 Betta Electrical 500, front cover
Official Program, 2005 Super Cheap Auto 1000, front cover
link. (29 March 2012 Retrieved from www.v8dailydump.com.au on 10 August 2012)
Points system determined from Meeting Points for each round under http://www.natsoft.biz/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2005 {{Webarchive. link. (9 February 2012 together with championship points information from Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson, David Greenhaugh, The official history Australian Touring Car Championship 50 Years, page 459)
Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson, David Greenhaugh, The official history Australian Touring Car Championship 50 Years, page 459
Gala Awards Winners, V8 Supercars Championship 2011 Media Guide, Page 149

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