2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series

2004 Konica V8 Supercar Series
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The 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the fifth series held for second tier V8 Supercar teams. The season began on 22 February 2004 at Wakefield Park and finished on 22 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park. The season consisted of six rounds held across four different states, returning to Queensland for the first time since 2001.

The tightest series in the history of the second-tier V8 Supercar competition saw the point score tied at the end of the final race. Brad Jones Racing Ford driver, Andrew Jones was adjudged the series champion on a countback as he won Winton Motor Raceway and Eastern Creek Raceway rounds whereas rival Supercheap Auto Racing Ford driver Luke Youlden did not have a round win to his credit. The pointscore underlined the necessity of consistency in race results, Dick Johnson Racing Ford driver Owen Kelly took the most race wins for the season, seven in total, but did not figure in the final points, losing too many through poor results. Jones had two wins, Youlden just one. The remaining wins were scattered between Alan Gurr, Mal Rose, Lee Holdsworth, Kurt Wimmer and Wayne Wakefield, most of those through the benefit of reverse grid races with Greg Ritter taking two wins and the final round in a guest drive of the Speed FX Racing Falcon Brad Tilley had driven all season. New Zealander Mark Porter had his best series result (and also the best Holden), finishing third, 68 points behind the top two after taking one second and a pair of third during the season. José Fernández finished fourth in the series despite never finishing higher than fourth in a race.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series.

Team	No	Driver	Car
Brad Jones Racing	19	Andrew Jones	Ford AU Falcon
Howard Racing	27	Cameron McLean	Ford AU Falcon
	37	Mark Howard
	38	Aaron McGill
	83	Tim Gordon Aaron McGill
Matthew White Racing	28	Matthew White	Ford AU Falcon
	76	Dean Wanless	Holden VX Commodore
Steven Ellery Racing	30	Luke Youlden	Ford AU Falcon
Jay Motorsport	32	Jay Verdnik	Holden VX Commodore
Peters Motorsport	40	Brett Peters Wayne Wakefield	Ford AU Falcon
	80	Michael Olsen Stephen Voight
	91	Gary Deane
Holden Young Lions	46	Michael Caruso Steve Owen Alan Gurr	Holden VX Commodore
	96	Kurt Wimmer
Rupprecht Motorsport	55	Mal Rose Ross Halliday Stephen White	Ford AU Falcon
	89	Adam Wallis
	90	Phillip Scifleet Greg Crick
Paul Cruickshank Racing	56	Kevin Mundy	Ford AU Falcon
	65	Marcus Zukanovic
Speed FX Racing	60	Brad Tilley Greg Ritter	Ford AU Falcon
Independent Race Cars Australia	64	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VX Commodore
Rod Lynch Racing	66	Gary MacDonald	Ford AU Falcon
Shane Beikoff Racing	68	Shane Beikoff Phill Foster Alex Yoong	Ford AU Falcon
Spiess Heckler Racing	69	Robert Jones	Holden VX Commodore
Robert Smith Racing	70	Alan Gurr	Holden VX Commodore
	72	Lee Holdsworth
Perkins Engineering	70	Alex Davison	Holden VX Commodore
Dick Johnson Racing	71	Owen Kelly	Ford AU Falcon
	81	José Fernández
Sydney Star Racing	98	Grant Elliott	Holden VX Commodore
MoPro	110	Jamie Cartwright	Ford AU Falcon
MSport	111	Mark Porter	Holden VX Commodore
A.N.T. Racing	300	Tony Evangelou	Ford AU Falcon

Race calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Location	Winning driver
1	22–23 February	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	Alan Gurr
2	19–20 March	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	Owen Kelly
3	17–18 April	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	Andrew Jones
4	29–30 May	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Andrew Jones
5	3–4 July	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	Owen Kelly
6	21–22 August	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	Greg Ritter

Results and standings

The season consisted of six rounds across three different states. Rounds 1 and 3-6 consisted of three races. The second race of each weekend saw the finishing order of race 1 reversed to form the grid, a 'reverse grid' race. Round 2 consisted of a pair of races. Points were awarded for all cars who finished each race in finishing order. Points may have been offered beyond the 30th position but at no point during the season did more than 30 cars finish a race. Round 2's pair of races carried 50% more points than a single race elsewhere in the season.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
Rounds 1 & 3-6 Points	64	62	60	58	56	54	52	50	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6
Round 2 Points	96	93	90	87	84	81	78	75	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27	24	21	18	15	12	9

Drivers championship

Points table referenced, in part, as follows:^[1]

Pos Driver Pen. WAK[2] ADE[3] WIN[4] EAS[5] QLD[6] MAL[7] Pts 1 Andrew Jones 4 Ret 1 2 Ret 1 7 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 945 2 Luke Youlden 6 3 7 5 6 2 16 1 4 7 3 6 Ret 5 3 6 3 945 3 Mark Porter 7 4 19 7 4 3 3 Ret 11 15 8 5 6 6 10 2 7 877 4 José Fernández 5 7 20 8 5 10 11 4 6 22 7 7 8 21 6 8 4 857 5 Owen Kelly Ret 5 22 1 1 7 1 Ret 1 5 1 1 4 1 24 20 18 830 6 Matthew White 2 15 2 3 2 4 Ret 5 3 23 Ret 4 9 4 5 25 6 827 7 Cameron McLean 32 3 16 3 4 3 6 20 2 7 20 4 Ret 12 19 13 14 Ret 725 8 Tony D'Alberto 9 9 8 Ret 13 27 Ret 9 8 6 6 10 5 8 12 10 8 714 9 Grant Elliott 11 12 DNS 12 10 13 10 6 25 3 12 11 14 12 14 23 9 706 10 Gary MacDonald 21 21 11 13 11 14 15 14 12 14 Ret 12 17 9 15 7 13 660 11 Marcus Zukanovic 16 20 9 10 Ret 17 4 8 9 Ret 11 9 11 16 4 15 Ret 629 12 Wayne Wakefield 6 21 5 6 21 10 13 Ret 22 2 17 22 1 20 565 13 Lee Holdsworth 12 13 6 Ret DNS 28 Ret 10 30 1 Ret 3 7 3 8 11 17 560 14 Alan Gurr 1 11 4 Ret DNS 5 11 5 8 13 Ret 9 12 5 558 15 Kevin Mundy 10 23 17 Ret Ret 12 21 12 13 12 23 23 15 11 11 13 10 538 16 Adam Wallis 15 6 15 15 12 16 8 13 21 Ret DNS 17 18 15 16 Ret DNS 523 17 Kurt Wimmer 18 8 DNS Ret DNS 9 Ret 11 28 Ret 9 24 1 7 17 4 11 498 18 Jay Verdnik 17 14 15 14 18 20 9 Ret 20 18 DNS 26 20 14 Ret 16 19 478 19 Tony Evangelou 9 7 8 Ret 20 19 Ret 10 13 21 10 18 19 Ret 468 20 Mark Howard 24 10 18 20 14 24 13 18 26 16 21 DNS DNS DNS 25 17 16 432 21 Robert Jones 15 5 7 14 Ret 17 15 16 22 20 18 15 398 22 Dean Wanless 23 Ret 12 Ret 17 26 17 15 24 8 14 27 Ret DNS 21 22 14 394 23 Brad Tilley 22 19 23 Ret 16 23 19 Ret 17 4 13 20 19 13 393 24 Phillip Scifleet 8 Ret 5 21 8 11 Ret DNS 16 10 16 375 25 Jamie Cartwright DNS DNS DNS 18 20 22 22 16 23 21 18 21 25 Ret 276 26 Michael Caruso 25 2 13 11 9 256 27 Aaron McGill 22 9 19 16 24 Ret 19 21 12 244 28 Gary Deane 25 18 19 27 24 22 18 26 23 23 24 Ret 228 29 Mal Rose 20 1 16 18 19 15 218 30 Michael Olsen 14 17 Ret 19 12 Ret 29 17 14 206 31 Greg Ritter 1 5 1 184 32 Shane Beikoff 19 22 21 21 14 17 168 33 Tim Gordon 19 15 Ret 22 20 144 34 Alex Yoong 15 Ret DNS 25 10 18 128 35 Brett Peters 13 18 14 108 36 Alex Davison 7 9 Ret 100 37 Phill Foster 17 19 90 38 Steve Owen Ret 2 Ret 62 39 Greg Crick 14 23 DNS 58 40 Ross Halliday 16 Ret 51 41 Stephen Voight 19 27 Ret 40 42 Stephen White 18 Ret DNS 30

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 (DNP) Excluded (EX)

References

1. "2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series Points". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
2. "Wakefield Park Raceway 22/02/2004 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series - Round 1". National Software. 22 February 2004. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
3. "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 21/03/2004 2004 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 21 March 2003. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
4. "Winton Motor Raceway 18/04/2004 2004 Konica V8 Minolta Supercar Series - Round 3". National Software. 18 April 2004. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
5. "Eastern Creek International Raceway 30/05/2004 2004 Konica V8 Minolta Supercar Series - Round 4". National Software. 30 May 2004. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
6. "Queensland Raceway Ipswich 04/07/2004 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 6". National Software. 4 July 2004. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
7. "Mallala Motorsport Park 22/08/2004 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series - Round 6". National Software. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 1 February 2009.

External links

• 2004 Racing Results Archive

See also

• 2004 V8 Supercar season