2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000

The 2004 Bob Jane T-Marts Bathurst 1000 was the eighth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. The race was staged four days after the 41st anniversary of the original touring car endurance race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in 1963. It was the 48th race that traces its lineage back to the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island.

It was held on 10 October 2004 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and was the tenth round of the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

The race was won by 2003 winners Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly driving a Kmart Racing Team run Holden VY Commodore. It was the sixth consecutive victory for Holden, a new record.

The 2004 race was the 32nd and last Bathurst 500/1000 for nine time race winner Peter Brock. However, he unfortunately did not get to drive in the race. His co-driver in the #05 Holden Racing Team VY Commodore, British driver Jason Plato, crashed heavily on lap 27, putting them out of the race.

Top ten shootout

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Steven Richards	Holden VY Commodore	2:07.9611
2	50	Paul Weel Racing	Jason Bright	Holden VY Commodore	2:07.9623
3	8	Castrol Perkins Racing	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VY Commodore	2:08.0360
4	15	Kmart Racing	Greg Murphy	Holden VY Commodore	2:08.1177
5	1	Stone Brothers Racing	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	2:08.4490
6	12	Brad Jones Racing	John Bowe	Ford BA Falcon	2:08.5537
7	29	Team Sirromet Wines	Paul Morris	Holden VY Commodore	2:08.6920
8	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Russell Ingall	Ford BA Falcon	2:08.9525
9	6	Ford Performance Racing	Craig Lowndes	Ford BA Falcon	2:09.4096
10	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Jason Bargwanna	Ford BA Falcon	2:09.4531

Official results

Pos	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos	Series Points
1	15	Kmart Racing Team	Greg Murphy Rick Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	161	1	4	192
2	6	Ford Performance Racing	Craig Lowndes Glenn Seton	Ford BA Falcon	161	4	9	188
3	12	Ozemail Racing Team	John Bowe Brad Jones	Ford BA Falcon	161	8	6	184
4	1	Pirtek Racing	Marcos Ambrose Greg Ritter	Ford BA Falcon	161	10	5	180
5	10	Larkham Orrcon Racing	Jason Bargwanna Mark Winterbottom	Ford BA Falcon	161	7	10	176
6	9	Caltex Racing	Russell Ingall Cameron McLean	Ford BA Falcon	161	5	8	172
7	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Steven Johnson Warren Luff	Ford BA Falcon	161	13		168
8	51	Kmart Racing Team	Steve Owen Tim Leahey	Holden VY Commodore	160	12		164
9	7	Castrol Perkins Racing	Alex Davison Jamie Whincup	Holden VX Commodore	160	29		160
10	33	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Nathan Pretty Allan Simonsen	Holden VY Commodore	160	30		156
11	20	Larkham Orrcon Racing	Mark Larkham Matt Halliday	Ford BA Falcon	160	28		152
12	50	Paul Weel Racing	Jason Bright Paul Weel	Holden VY Commodore	159	2	2	148
13	44	Team Dynamik	Simon Wills Paul Stokell	Holden VY Commodore	159	19		144
14	2	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife Todd Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	159	18		140
15	48	WPS Racing	Neil McFadyen Alex Yoong	Ford BA Falcon	159	32		136
16	31	Supercheap Auto Racing	Steven Ellery Luke Youlden	Ford BA Falcon	158	14		132
17	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Owen Kelly David Brabham	Ford BA Falcon	157	24		128
18	75	Toll Racing	Anthony Tratt Tomas Mezera	Holden VY Commodore	157	27		124
19	43	John Faulkner Racing	Christian D'Agostin Kurt Wimmer	Holden VX Commodore	157	34		120
20	3	Tasman Motorsport	Jason Richards Fabian Coulthard	Holden VY Commodore	152	16		116
21	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Steven Richards Jim Richards	Holden VY Commodore	148	3	1	112
DNF	888	Team Betta Electrical	Dean Canto Yvan Muller	Ford BA Falcon	138	17
DNF	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Garth Tander Cameron McConville	Holden VY Commodore	133	11
DNF	8	Castrol Perkins Racing	Paul Dumbrell Tony Longhurst	Holden VY Commodore	129	9	3
DNF	021	Team Kiwi Racing	Craig Baird Mark Porter	Holden VY Commodore	129	23
DNF	88	Team Betta Electrical	Paul Radisich Max Wilson	Ford BA Falcon	116	22
DNF	23	WPS Racing	David Besnard John McIntyre	Ford BA Falcon	99	21
DNF	14	Robert Smith Racing	Mark Noske Lee Holdsworth	Holden VY Commodore	59	31
DNF	29	Team Sirromet Wines	Paul Morris Alan Gurr	Holden VY Commodore	50	6	7
DNF	45	Team Dynamik	Dale Brede Will Davison	Holden VY Commodore	49	25
DNF	5	Ford Performance Racing	Alain Menu Adam Macrow	Ford BA Falcon	43	EXC
DNF	21	Ozemail Racing Team	Andrew Jones John Cleland	Ford BA Falcon	29	15
DNF	05	Holden Racing Team	Peter Brock Jason Plato	Holden VY Commodore	27	26
DNF	24	Walden Motorsport	Garth Walden Grant Elliott	Ford AU Falcon	18	33
DNS	16	Paul Weel Racing	Matthew White Marcus Marshall	Holden VY Commodore	0	20

Statistics

• Provisional Position - #15 Greg Murphy - 2:08.0940
• Pole Position - #11 Steven Richards - 2:07.9611
• Fastest Lap - #50 Jason Bright - 2:08.8927
• Average Speed - 154km/h

External links

• Official race results
• Official V8 Supercar website
• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
• Images from the 2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 Retrieved from www.motorsport.com on 8 February 2004