2005 Betta Electrical 500

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.

Top ten shootout

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

Official results

Pos	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos	Series Points
1	888	Team Betta Electrical	Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller	Ford BA Falcon	161	2	2	192
2	2	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife Todd Kelly	Holden VZ Commodore	161	3	6	188
3	3	Tasman Motorsport	Jason Richards Jamie Whincup	Holden VZ Commodore	161	13		184
4	16	HSV Dealer Team	Garth Tander Rick Kelly	Holden VZ Commodore	161	9	1	180
5	88	Team Betta Electrical	Steven Ellery Adam Macrow	Ford BA Falcon	161	5	7	176
6	6	Ford Performance Racing	Jason Bright David Brabham	Ford BA Falcon	161	8	9	172
7	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Russell Ingall Luke Youlden	Ford BA Falcon	161	6	4	168
8	67	Team Sirromet Wines Team Kiwi Racing	Paul Morris Paul Radisich	Holden VZ Commodore	160	19		164
9	21	Team BOC	John Bowe Brad Jones	Ford BA Falcon	160	12		160
10	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Cameron McConville Andrew Jones	Holden VZ Commodore	160	11		156
11	22	Holden Racing Team	Jim Richards James Courtney	Holden VZ Commodore	159	18		152
12	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Glenn Seton Dean Canto	Ford BA Falcon	159	17		148
13	24	Castrol Perkins Racing	Steven Richards Paul Dumbrell	Holden VZ Commodore [1]	159	4	8	144
14	1	Stone Brothers Racing	Marcos Ambrose Warren Luff	Ford BA Falcon	159	1	5	140
15	5	Ford Performance Racing	Greg Ritter Cameron McLean	Ford BA Falcon	159	15		136
16	20	Larkham Orrcon Racing	Jason Bargwanna Mark Winterbottom	Ford BA Falcon	158	14		132
17	7	Castrol Perkins Racing	Alex Davison Allan Simonsen	Holden VY Commodore	158	31		128
18	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Steven Johnson Will Davison	Ford BA Falcon	158	10	10	124
19	48	WPS Racing	Craig Baird David Besnard	Ford BA Falcon	158	23		120
20	33	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Phillip Scifleet Lee Holdsworth	Holden VZ Commodore	157	27		116
21	12	Team BOC	John Cleland Dale Brede	Ford BA Falcon	157	20		112
22	8	WPS Racing	Marcus Marshall Alex Tagliani	Ford BA Falcon	157	25		108
23	25	Britek Motorsport	Steve Owen Matthew White	Ford BA Falcon	156	22		104
24	52	Britek Motorsport	José Fernández Damien White	Ford BA Falcon	153	34		100
25	75	Toll Racing	Anthony Tratt Tony Evangelou	Holden VY Commodore	153	29		96
26	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Matthew Coleman Christian D'Agostin	Holden VZ Commodore [2]	152	32		92
DNF	23	Tasman Motorsport	Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto	Holden VZ Commodore	156	26
DNF	51	Paul Weel Racing	Greg Murphy Paul Weel	Holden VZ Commodore	140	7	3
DNF	10	Larkham Orrcon Racing	Alain Menu Matt Halliday	Ford BA Falcon	116	24
DNF	15	HSV Dealer Team	Tim Leahey Mark Noske	Holden VZ Commodore	113	28
DNF	50	Paul Weel Racing	Owen Kelly Nathan Pretty	Holden VZ Commodore	86	21
DNF	021	Team Kiwi Racing Team Sirromet Wines	John Faulkner Alan Gurr	Holden VZ Commodore	55	30
DNF	45	Team Dynamik	Mark Porter Kayne Scott	Holden VZ Commodore	41	33
DNS	44	Team Dynamik	Simon Wills Max Wilson	Holden VZ Commodore	16

Statistics

• Provisional pole position - #1 Marcos Ambrose - 1:10.6715
• Pole Position - #16 Garth Tander - 1:10.8917
• Fastest Lap - #888 Craig Lowndes - 1:11.7940
• Average Speed - 142km/h

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 VZ Commodore No 24 at the 2005 Betta Electrical 500 Retrieved from www.motorsport.com on 6 July 2014
2. ↑ VZ Commodore No 11 at the 2005 Betta Electrical 500 Retrieved from www.motorsport.com on 6 July 2014

External links

• Official race results at www.natsoft.com.au
• 2005 Betta Electrical 500 from the Official V8 Supercar website - www.v8supercar.com.au via web.archive.org
• Images from the 2005 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 Retrieved from www.v8fans.com on 19 December 2008