2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series

2004 V8 Supercar season
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The 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series featured the sixth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. It began on 21 March 2004 in Adelaide and ended on 5 December at Eastern Creek Raceway after 13 rounds. The series winner was awarded the 2004 Australian Touring Car Championship title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

Contents 1 Teams and drivers 2 Season review 3 Results and Standings 3.1 Race Calendar 3.2 Drivers championship 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The series consisted of eleven rounds of sprint racing and two rounds (the Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000) of endurance racing with each car piloted by two drivers.

Team	Make	Model	Car #	Drivers	Endurance Event Drivers
Stone Brothers Racing		BA Falcon	1	Marcos Ambrose	Greg Ritter
			9	Russell Ingall	Cameron McLean
			98
Holden Racing Team		VY Commodore	2	Mark Skaife
			05		Peter Brock Jason Plato
			22	Todd Kelly
Tasman Motorsport		VX Commodore VY Commodore	3	Jason Richards
		VX Commodore	43	Fabian Coulthard
Ford Performance Racing		BA Falcon	5	Glenn Seton	Alain Menu Adam Macrow
			6	Craig Lowndes
Castrol Perkins Racing		VX Commodore VY Commodore	7	Tony Longhurst Alex Davison	Jamie Whincup
		VY Commodore	8	Paul Dumbrell
			11	Steven Richards	Jim Richards
Larkham Motor Sport		BA Falcon	10	Jason Bargwanna	Mark Larkham Matt Halliday
			20	Mark Winterbottom
Brad Jones Racing		BA Falcon	12	John Bowe	John Cleland Andrew Jones
			21	Brad Jones
Imrie Motor Sport		VX Commodore	14	Terry Wyhoon
			24	Phillip Scifleet
MSport		VX Commodore	14	Mark Porter
Robert Smith Racing		VY Commodore	14	Lee Holdsworth	Phillip Scifleet* Mark Noske**
Team Dynamik		VY Commodore	14	Neil McFadyen Will Davison
			44	Simon Wills	Paul Stokell
			45	Dale Brede
K-mart Racing Team		VY Commodore	15	Rick Kelly	Tim Leahey Steve Owen
			51	Greg Murphy
Paul Weel Racing		VY Commodore	16	Paul Weel	Matthew White Marcus Marshall
			50	Jason Bright
Dick Johnson Racing		BA Falcon	17	Steven Johnson	Owen Kelly David Brabham
			18	Warren Luff
Team Kiwi Racing		VY Commodore	021	Craig Baird	Mark Porter
WPS Racing		BA Falcon	23	David Besnard John McIntyre	Charlie O'Brien* Neil McFadyen**
			48	Owen Kelly Mark Noske Alex Yoong
Walden Motorsport		AU Falcon	24	Garth Walden	Grant Elliott
Paul Morris Motorsport		VY Commodore	29	Paul Morris	Alan Gurr
Supercheap Auto Racing		BA Falcon	31	Steven Ellery	Luke Youlden
Garry Rogers Motorsport		VY Commodore	33	Cameron McConville	Nathan Pretty* Allan Simonsen
			34	Garth Tander
John Faulkner Racing		VX Commodore	43	Christian D'Agostin	Kurt Wimmer
David Krause Racing		VX Commodore	43	David Krause
Paul Little Racing		VY Commodore	75	Anthony Tratt	Tomas Mezera
Triple Eight Race Engineering		BA Falcon	88	Paul Radisich	Yvan Muller Dean Canto
			888	Max Wilson
Thexton Motor Racing		BA Falcon	99	David Thexton

* = Drove in Sandown 500 only

** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

Season review

Results and Standings

Race Calendar

The 2004 V8 Supercar season consisted of 13 rounds which included 11 sprint rounds of two or three races and two endurance races.

Rd.	Race Title	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner	Team	Report
1	Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	18 - 21 Mar	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Report
2	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	2 - 4 Apr	Rick Kelly	Kmart Racing Team
3	PlaceMakers V8 International[1]	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	30 Apr - 2 May	Jason Bright	Paul Weel Racing
4	Darwin	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	21–23 May	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team
5	Perth	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	11 - 13 Jun	Jason Bright	Paul Weel Racing
6	Ipswich	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	2 - 4 Jul	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing
7	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	23 - 25 Jul	Cameron McConville	Garry Rogers Motorsport
8	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	13 - 15 Aug	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing
9	Betta Electrical 500[2]	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	10 - 12 Sept	Marcos Ambrose Greg Ritter	Stone Brothers Racing	Report
10	Bob Jane T-Marts 1000[3]	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	7 - 10 Oct	Greg Murphy Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	Report
11	Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge[4]	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	21 - 24 Oct	Greg Murphy	HSV Dealer Team
12	Launceston	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	12 - 14 Nov	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing
13	BigPond Grand Finale[5]	Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	3 - 5 Dec	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing

Drivers championship

Pos Driver 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 Rd 13 Pts 1 Marcos Ambrose 0 192 156 184 162 178 192 42 189 192 180 189 126 192 2174 2 Russell Ingall 0 90 114 146 164 120 174 174 177 188 172 93 164 160 1936 3 Jason Bright 0 147 120 190 136 190 168 180 177 156 148 78 126 104 1920 4 Greg Murphy 0 159 168 182 156 146 Ret 168 129 176 192 189 160 88 1913 5 Steven Richards 0 186 174 168 176 116 186 120 135 136 112 Ret 152 158 1819 6 Rick Kelly 50 144 192 166 142 178 108 186 81 176 192 60 126 92 1793 7 Todd Kelly 0 69 84 116 188 140 144 156 162 104 140 90 120 110 1623 8 Jason Bargwanna 0 120 150 36 132 58 48 108 138 172 176 174 90 124 1526 9 John Bowe 0 126 90 110 158 154 Ret 90 108 168 184 108 104 102 1502 10 Steven Johnson 0 39 162 140 72 130 54 Ret 51 184 168 138 136 142 1416 11 Garth Tander 0 42 180 100 112 166 180 144 51 180 Ret 99 66 76 1396 12 Mark Skaife 0 126 66 62 138 148 Ret 30 189 104 140 87 60 144 1294 13 Cameron McConville 72 48 48 72 72 84 138 192 108 180 Ret 150 140 142 1292 14 Jason Richards 0 75 Ret 134 28 106 Ret 132 153 160 116 147 58 136 1245 15 Glenn Seton 0 69 108 54 110 24 120 138 36 124 188 96 70 100 1237 16 Brad Jones 0 60 60 82 70 124 126 54 45 168 184 60 108 94 1235 17 Paul Weel 0 171 24 152 82 140 Ret Ret 156 156 148 75 42 46 1192 18 Mark Winterbottom 0 54 126 54 110 98 72 48 30 172 176 114 104 32 1190 19 Paul Radisich 0 78 78 138 98 8 162 84 117 Ret Ret 141 110 174 1188 20 Craig Lowndes 0 Ret 186 58 146 24 Ret 36 63 124 188 87 148 122 1182 21 Warren Luff 0 66 72 50 62 56 102 78 66 184 168 21 124 100 1149 22 Paul Morris 50 132 132 60 62 58 60 150 129 128 Ret 96 34 80 1071 23 Anthony Tratt 0 60 42 84 24 56 132 114 60 148 124 87 60 56 1047 24 Paul Dumbrell 0 141 18 36 96 56 156 102 75 164 Ret 48 58 68 1018 25 Steve Ellery 0 Ret Ret 62 68 130 Ret 162 60 108 132 81 134 54 991 26 Simon Wills 0 Ret 102 114 64 24 Ret 60 135 Ret 144 168 76 42 929 27 Craig Baird 0 114 144 106 64 20 96 66 60 144 Ret 33 12 66 925 28 Max Wilson 0 Ret 138 98 68 86 114 Ret Ret Ret Ret 159 86 116 865 29 Tony Longhurst 0 DNS 54 94 74 92 150 96 102 164 Ret 30 856 30 David Besnard 0 102 96 56 38 22 84 Ret 30 132 Ret 122 108 790 31 Dale Brede 0 Ret 36 12 28 42 Ret 126 48 Ret Ret 27 46 28 393 32 Greg Ritter 0 192 180 372 33 Cameron McLean 0 188 172 360 34 Fabian Coulthard 0 54 160 116 330 35 Mark Noske 0 50 68 78 72 36 Ret 304 36 Alex Yoong 0 112 136 30 278 37 Tomas Mezera 0 148 124 272 38 Alex Davison 0 Ret 160 52 44 256 39 Jim Richards 0 136 112 248 40 Christian D'Agostin 0 116 120 4 240 40 Luke Youlden 0 108 132 240 42 Kurt Wimmer 0 116 120 236 43 Neil McFadyen 0 90 136 226 44 Owen Kelly 0 Ret 128 72 14 214 45 Mark Porter 0 30 28 144 Ret 202 46 John McIntyre 0 112 Ret 87 199 47 Garth Walden 0 66 DNQ 15 100 Ret 4 185 48 Tim Leahey 0 Ret 164 164 48 Steve Owen 0 Ret 164 164 50 Jamie Whincup 0 Ret 160 160 51 Nathan Pretty 0 Ret 156 156 51 Allan Simonsen 0 Ret 156 156 53 Matt Halliday 0 Ret 152 152 53 Mark Larkham 0 Ret 152 152 53 Marcus Marshall 0 152 DNS 152 53 Matthew White 0 152 DNS 152 57 Paul Stokell 0 Ret 144 144 58 Peter Brock 0 140 Ret 140 58 Jason Plato 0 140 Ret 140 60 Charlie O'Brien 0 132 132 61 David Brabham 0 Ret 128 128 61 Alan Gurr 0 128 Ret 128 63 Adam Macrow 0 120 Ret 120 63 Alain Menu 0 120 Ret 120 65 Grant Elliott 0 100 Ret 100 66 Lee Holdsworth 0 Ret Ret 34 34 David Krause 0 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Phillip Scifleet 0 Ret DNQ Ret 0 David Thexton 0 DNQ DNQ 0 Terry Wyhoon 0 DNQ 0 Dean Canto 0 Ret Ret 0 John Cleland 0 Ret Ret 0 Will Davison 0 Ret DSQ Ret Ret 0 Andrew Jones 0 Ret Ret 0 Yvan Muller 0 Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver 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 Rd 13 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

See also

2004 V8 Supercar season‎

References

External links

• Official V8 Supercar site
• 2004 Racing Results Archive
• 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series images Retrieved from motorsport.com on 8 November 2008

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