2005 V8 Supercar season
The 2005 V8 Supercar season was the 46th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.
There were 21 touring car race meetings held during 2004; a thirteen-round series for V8 Supercars, the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series (VCS), two of them endurance races; a seven-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series (HVS) and V8 Supercar support programme event at the 2005 Australian Grand Prix.
Results and standings
Race calendar
The 2005 Australian touring car season consisted of 21 events.
Date |
Series |
Circuit |
City / State |
Winner |
Team |
Car |
Report |
4 - 6 Mar |
QANTAS V8 Supercars GP 100 |
Albert Park street circuit |
Melbourne, Victoria |
Mark Skaife |
Holden Racing Team |
Holden VZ Commodore |
report |
17 - 20 Mar |
HVS Round 1 |
Adelaide Street Circuit |
Adelaide, South Australia |
Dean Canto |
Dick Johnson Racing |
Ford BA Falcon |
|
Clipsal 500 VCS Round 1 |
Marcos Ambrose |
Stone Brothers Racing |
Ford BA Falcon |
|
15–17 April |
PlaceMakers V8 International VCS Round 2 |
Pukekohe Park Raceway |
Pukekohe, New Zealand |
Greg Murphy |
Paul Weel Racing |
Holden VZ Commodore |
|
6–8 May |
VB 400 VCS Round 3 |
Barbagallo Raceway |
Perth, Western Australia |
Steven Richards |
Castrol Perkins Racing |
Holden VY Commodore |
|
15 May |
HVS Round 2 |
Wakefield Park |
Goulburn, New South Wales |
Adam Macrow |
Howard Racing |
Ford BA Falcon |
|
27–29 May |
VCS Round 4 |
Eastern Creek Raceway |
Sydney, New South Wales |
Craig Lowndes |
Triple Eight Race Engineering |
Ford BA Falcon |
|
10 - 12 Jun |
V8 Supercars China Round VCS Round 5 |
Shanghai International Circuit |
Shanghai, China |
Todd Kelly |
Holden Racing Team |
Holden VZ Commodore |
|
1 - 3 Jul |
Skycity Triple Crown VCS Round 6 |
Hidden Valley Raceway |
Darwin, Northern Territory |
Todd Kelly |
Holden Racing Team |
Holden VZ Commodore |
|
10 Jul |
HVS Round 3 |
Eastern Creek Raceway |
Sydney, New South Wales |
Dean Canto |
Dick Johnson Racing |
Ford BA Falcon |
|
22 - 24 Jul |
HVS Round 4 |
Queensland Raceway |
Ipswich, Queensland |
Dean Canto |
Dick Johnson Racing |
Ford BA Falcon |
|
VCS Round 7 |
Craig Lowndes |
Triple Eight Race Engineering |
Ford BA Falcon |
|
14 - 15 Aug |
VCS Round 8 |
Oran Park Raceway |
Sydney, New South Wales |
Russell Ingall |
Stone Brothers Racing |
Ford BA Falcon |
|
21 Aug |
HVS Round 5 |
Mallala Motor Sport Park |
Mallala, South Australia |
Dean Canto |
Dick Johnson Racing |
Ford BA Falcon |
|
9 - 11 Sep |
Betta Electrical 500 VCS Round 9 |
Sandown Raceway |
Melbourne, Victoria |
Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller |
Triple Eight Race Engineering |
Ford BA Falcon |
report |
6 - 9 Oct |
HVS Round 6 |
Mount Panorama Circuit |
Bathurst, New South Wales |
Dean Canto |
Dick Johnson Racing |
Ford BA Falcon |
|
Supercheap Auto 1000 VCS Round 10 |
Mark Skaife Todd Kelly |
Holden Racing Team |
Holden VZ Commodore |
report |
20 - 23 Oct |
Gilette V8 Supercar Challenge VCS Round 11 |
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit |
Surfers Paradise, Queensland |
Craig Lowndes |
Triple Eight Race Engineering |
Ford BA Falcon |
|
12 - 13 Nov |
Ferodo Triple Challenge VCS Round 12 |
Symmons Plains Raceway |
Launceston, Tasmania |
Garth Tander |
HSV Dealer Team |
Holden VZ Commodore |
|
25 - 27 Nov |
HVS Round 7 |
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit |
Phillip Island, Victoria |
Adam Macrow |
Howard Racing |
Ford BA Falcon |
|
BigPond Grand Finale VCS Round 13 |
Marcos Ambrose |
Stone Brothers Racing |
Ford BA Falcon |
|
QANTAS V8 Supercars GP 100
This meeting was a support event of the 2005 Australian Grand Prix.[1]
V8 Supercar Championship Series
References
Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.
External links