| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 9 of 13 in the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series on the Sandown International Raceway at Melbourne, Victoria. | |||
| Date | 9-11 September 2005 | ||
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Course | Sandown International Raceway 3.1 km |
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| Distance | 161 laps, 500 km | ||
| Weather | |||
| Pole | |||
| Driver | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | |
| Time | 1:10.8917 | ||
| Race 1 | |||
| First | Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller |
3:30:51.8944 | Team Betta Electrical |
| Second | Mark Skaife Todd Kelly |
3:31:27.5116 | Holden Racing Team |
| Third | Jason Richards Jamie Whincup |
3:31:42.7831 | Tasman Motorsport |
| Final standings | |||
| First | Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller |
Team Betta Electrical | |
| Second | Mark Skaife Todd Kelly |
Holden Racing Team | |
| Third | Jason Richards Jamie Whincup |
Tasman Motorsport | |
The 2005 Betta Electrical 500 was the ninth round of the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of the 9 to 11 September at Sandown Raceway in Victoria.
It was the 38th "Sandown 500" endurance race.
Contents |
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pole | 16 | HSV Dealer Team | Garth Tander | Holden VZ Commodore | 1:10.8917 |
| 2 | 888 | Team Betta Electrical | Craig Lowndes | Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.0773 |
| 3 | 51 | Paul Weel Racing | Greg Murphy | Holden VZ Commodore | 1:11.2219 |
| 4 | 9 | Stone Brothers Racing | Russell Ingall | Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.2478 |
| 5 | 1 | Stone Brothers Racing | Marcos Ambrose | Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.2640 |
| 6 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Mark Skaife | Holden VZ Commodore | 1:11.4069 |
| 7 | 88 | Team Betta Electrical | Steven Ellery | Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.5192 |
| 8 | 24 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Steven Richards | Holden VZ Commodore [1] | 1:11.5264 |
| 9 | 6 | Ford Performance Racing | Jason Bright | Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.8541 |
| 10 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford BA Falcon | 1:12.0887 |
| V8 Supercar | ||
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| Previous race: 2005 Oran Park round of the V8 Supercar Championship |
2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series | Next race: 2005 Supercheap Auto 1000 |
| Previous year: 2004 Betta Electrical 500 |
Sandown 500 | Next year: 2006 Betta Electrical 500 |
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