2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series

2004 V8 Supercar
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The 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series was the sixth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. It began on 21 March 2004 in Adelaide and ended on 5 December at Eastern Creek Raceway after 13 rounds. The series winner was awarded the 2004 Australian Touring Car Championship title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The series comprised eleven sprint rounds and two endurance rounds (the Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000) with each car driven by two drivers in the endurance rounds.

Team	Vehicle	Car #	Drivers	Endurance round drivers
Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1	Marcos Ambrose	Greg Ritter
		9	Russell Ingall	Cameron McLean
		98
Holden Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	2	Mark Skaife
		05		Peter Brock Jason Plato
		22	Todd Kelly
Tasman Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore Holden VY Commodore	3	Jason Richards
	Holden VX Commodore	43	Fabian Coulthard
Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	5	Glenn Seton	Alain Menu Adam Macrow
		6	Craig Lowndes
Castrol Perkins Racing	Holden VX Commodore Holden VY Commodore	7	Tony Longhurst Alex Davison	Jamie Whincup
	Holden VY Commodore	8	Paul Dumbrell
		11	Steven Richards	Jim Richards
Larkham Motor Sport	Ford BA Falcon	10	Jason Bargwanna	Mark Larkham Matt Halliday
		20	Mark Winterbottom
Brad Jones Racing	Ford BA Falcon	12	John Bowe	John Cleland Andrew Jones
		21	Brad Jones
Imrie Motor Sport	Holden VX Commodore	14	Terry Wyhoon
		24	Phillip Scifleet
MSport	Holden VX Commodore	14	Mark Porter
Robert Smith Racing	Holden VY Commodore	14	Lee Holdsworth	Phillip Scifleet* Mark Noske**
Team Dynamik	Holden VY Commodore	14	Neil McFadyen Will Davison
		44	Simon Wills	Paul Stokell
		45	Dale Brede
K-mart Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	15	Rick Kelly	Tim Leahey Steve Owen
		51	Greg Murphy
Paul Weel Racing	Holden VY Commodore	16	Paul Weel	Matthew White Marcus Marshall
		50	Jason Bright
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon	17	Steven Johnson	Owen Kelly David Brabham
		18	Warren Luff
Team Kiwi Racing	Holden VY Commodore	021	Craig Baird	Mark Porter
WPS Racing	Ford BA Falcon	23	David Besnard John McIntyre	Charlie O'Brien* Neil McFadyen**
		48	Owen Kelly Mark Noske Alex Yoong
Walden Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	24	Garth Walden	Grant Elliott
Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	29	Paul Morris	Alan Gurr
Supercheap Auto Racing	Ford BA Falcon	31	Steven Ellery	Luke Youlden
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	33	Cameron McConville	Nathan Pretty* Allan Simonsen
		34	Garth Tander
John Faulkner Racing	Holden VX Commodore	43	Christian D'Agostin	Kurt Wimmer
David Krause Racing	Holden VX Commodore	43	David Krause
Paul Little Racing	Holden VY Commodore	75	Anthony Tratt	Tomas Mezera
Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	88	Paul Radisich	Yvan Muller Dean Canto
		888	Max Wilson
Thexton Motor Racing	Ford BA Falcon	99	David Thexton

* = Drove in Sandown 500 only

** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

Results and Standings

Race Calendar

The 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series comprised 13 rounds which included 11 sprint rounds of two or three races and two endurance races.

Rd.	Race Title	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner	Team	Report
1	Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	18 - 21 Mar	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Report
2	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	2 - 4 Apr	Rick Kelly	Kmart Racing Team
3	PlaceMakers V8 International[1]	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	30 Apr - 2 May	Jason Bright	Paul Weel Racing	Report
4	Darwin	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	21–23 May	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team
5	Perth	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	11 - 13 Jun	Jason Bright	Paul Weel Racing
6	Ipswich	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	2 - 4 Jul	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing
7	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	23 - 25 Jul	Cameron McConville	Garry Rogers Motorsport
8	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	13 - 15 Aug	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing
9	Betta Electrical Sandown 500 [2]	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	10 - 12 Sept	Marcos Ambrose Greg Ritter	Stone Brothers Racing	Report
10	Bob Jane T-Marts 1000[3]	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	7 - 10 Oct	Greg Murphy Rick Kelly	Kmart Racing Team	Report
11	Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge[4]	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	21 - 24 Oct	Greg Murphy	Kmart Racing Team
12	Launceston	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	12 - 14 Nov	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing
13	BigPond Grand Finale[5]	Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	3 - 5 Dec	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing

Drivers championship

Pos. Driver Pen. ADE EAS1 PUK HID BAR QLD WIN ORA SAN BAT SUR SYM EAS2 Pts. 1 Marcos Ambrose 0 1 1 7 1 3 3 3 13 2 3 4 3 1 26 2 1 1 4 1 2 2 1 Ret 1 1 1 2174 2 Russell Ingall 0 3 Ret 14 12 7 7 1 11 5 9 17 13 4 4 3 4 2 6 25 10 7 5 5 7 9 3 1936 3 Jason Bright 0 14 3 13 2 1 1 4 17 10 2 1 1 5 3 4 3 10 12 7 Ret 10 24 2 3 21 23 1920 4 Greg Murphy 0 4 9 5 4 2 2 13 4 4 7 3 16 Ret 5 11 12 5 1 2 1 11 4 4 13 24 18 1913 5 Steven Richards 0 2 2 4 6 5 4 5 3 3 Ret 6 2 2 13 10 11 15 21 Ret Ret 4 13 6 8 4 8 1819 6 Rick Kelly 50 12 6 1 7 4 5 6 1 21 4 2 4 15 2 30 9 5 1 21 25 1 2 Ret 5 Ret 15 1793 7 Todd Kelly 0 Ret 10 19 17 10 14 2 2 1 11 8 10 9 7 5 7 23 14 3 DSQ 3 3 Ret 27 12 5 1623 8 Jason Bargwanna 0 21 5 8 27 Ret 21 7 7 19 18 Ret 19 25 15 6 14 6 5 5 3 22 11 21 10 11 16 1526 9 John Bowe 0 9 15 18 10 22 12 8 6 6 8 7 7 Ret 18 12 18 7 3 14 16 17 14 16 21 15 12 1502 10 Steven Johnson 0 20 Ret 6 13 8 8 Ret 19 11 13 10 11 24 Ret 32 17 3 7 11 9 13 10 8 9 6 13 1416 11 Garth Tander 0 19 DNS 3 28 11 10 15 20 8 5 5 6 3 9 21 28 4 Ret 22 11 5 28 Ret Ret 18 10 1396 12 Mark Skaife 0 7 17 22 16 Ret 19 14 9 7 1 15 9 Ret 28 1 2 23 14 24 13 Ret Ret 3 18 7 2 1294 13 Cameron McConville 72 17 Ret 25 19 18 26 23 18 27 6 Ret 18 10 1 8 22 4 Ret 10 6 15 7 7 12 10 6 1292 14 Jason Richards 0 Ret 8 Ret 14 9 9 25 27 Ret 20 12 14 Ret 11 7 8 9 20 9 8 25 25 20 17 5 9 1245 15 Glenn Seton 0 10 Ret 15 29 21 22 18 12 14 Ret 21 Ret 13 10 DNS 21 18 2 15 19 28 19 17 14 13 22 1237 16 Brad Jones 0 13 Ret 23 20 20 18 Ret 15 16 12 13 12 12 24 20 31 7 3 13 Ret 12 9 24 19 19 14 1235 17 Paul Weel 0 5 4 29 11 6 6 17 8 Ret 10 14 5 Ret Ret 9 5 10 12 26 15 18 27 Ret DNS 17 26 1192 18 Mark Winterbottom 0 15 Ret 12 25 14 Ret 11 10 23 19 16 15 21 25 23 Ret 6 5 16 12 19 17 11 28 22 33 1190 19 Paul Radisich 0 Ret 7 20 3 16 11 9 16 25 Ret Ret 29 6 19 14 13 Ret Ret 12 7 9 21 14 6 2 4 1188 20 Craig Lowndes 0 Ret Ret 2 8 29 Ret 12 5 9 21 Ret DNS Ret 27 19 26 18 2 4 Ret 6 6 13 2 3 Ret 1182 21 Warren Luff 0 11 Ret 21 24 27 23 22 22 24 15 Ret 23 16 20 24 20 3 7 Ret 26 16 12 9 15 14 20 1149 22 Paul Morris 50 6 16 11 21 15 Ret 29 24 15 Ret 11 26 23 8 13 10 17 Ret 20 14 Ret 30 19 29 23 7 1071 23 Anthony Tratt 0 Ret 13 26 22 19 16 24 30 Ret 25 22 24 11 14 22 24 12 18 17 20 21 26 22 20 26 25 1047 24 Paul Dumbrell 0 8 11 30 30 24 27 20 14 17 24 20 27 7 16 18 23 8 Ret Ret 17 24 23 23 16 25 24 1018 25 Steve Ellery 0 Ret Ret Ret 18 26 24 21 26 18 17 9 8 Ret 6 17 29 22 16 18 21 14 8 10 11 33 28 991 26 Simon Wills 0 Ret Ret 16 15 12 15 30 25 12 Ret Ret 21 Ret 23 15 6 Ret 13 6 4 Ret 16 12 26 Ret 19 929 27 Craig Baird 0 16 12 9 9 17 20 16 31 20 23 Ret DNS 17 22 31 15 13 Ret Ret 22 27 Ret DNS Ret 16 17 925 28 Max Wilson 0 Ret Ret 10 5 28 17 10 Ret 22 16 23 17 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 5 26 15 15 22 8 11 865 29 Tony Longhurst 0 DNS DNS 24 26 13 13 26 23 13 14 19 20 8 17 16 16 8 Ret 23 Ret 856 30 David Besnard 0 18 14 17 23 23 25 19 28 Ret Ret Ret 22 19 Ret 26 30 16 Ret 8 29 1 4 20 21 790 31 Dale Brede 0 Ret DNS 27 31 Ret 29 28 29 28 26 24 28 Ret 12 25 25 Ret Ret Ret 24 Ret 18 25 25 30 30 393 32 Greg Ritter 0 1 4 372 33 Cameron McLean 0 2 6 360 34 Fabian Coulthard 0 29 19 9 20 330 35 Mark Noske 0 27 21 26 22 18 25 20 21 27 27 Ret 304 36 Alex Yoong 0 21 15 Ret 23 278 37 Tomas Mezera 0 12 18 272 38 Alex Davison 0 Ret 9 20 20 Ret 23 27 27 256 39 Jim Richards 0 15 21 248 40 Christian D'Agostin 0 20 19 Ret 31 Ret 240 40 Luke Youlden 0 22 16 240 42 Kurt Wimmer 0 20 19 236 43 Neil McFadyen 0 18 15 226 44 Owen Kelly 0 Ret 17 23 22 18 Ret 28 31 214 45 Mark Porter 0 28 32 25 28 13 Ret 202 46 John McIntyre 0 21 Ret 19 18 199 47 Garth Walden 0 22 DNQ 28 Ret 24 Ret Ret 32 32 185 48 Tim Leahey 0 Ret 8 164 48 Steve Owen 0 Ret 8 164 50 Jamie Whincup 0 Ret 9 160 51 Nathan Pretty 0 Ret 10 156 51 Allan Simonsen 0 Ret 10 156 53 Matt Halliday 0 Ret 11 152 53 Mark Larkham 0 Ret 11 152 53 Marcus Marshall 0 11 DNS 152 53 Matthew White 0 11 DNS 152 57 Paul Stokell 0 Ret 13 144 58 Peter Brock 0 14 Ret 140 58 Jason Plato 0 14 Ret 140 60 Charlie O'Brien 0 16 132 61 David Brabham 0 Ret 17 128 61 Alan Gurr 0 17 Ret 128 63 Adam Macrow 0 19 Ret 120 63 Alain Menu 0 19 Ret 120 65 Grant Elliott 0 24 Ret 100 66 Lee Holdsworth 0 Ret Ret 24 29 29 34 David Krause 0 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Phillip Scifleet 0 Ret DNS DNQ Ret 0 David Thexton 0 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Terry Wyhoon 0 DNQ DNQ 0 Dean Canto 0 Ret Ret 0 John Cleland 0 Ret Ret 0 Will Davison 0 Ret DNS DSQ Ret Ret 0 Andrew Jones 0 Ret Ret 0 Yvan Muller 0 Ret Ret 0 Pos. Driver Pen. ADE EAS1 PUK HID BAR QLD WIN ORA SAN BAT SUR SYM EAS2 Pts.

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) Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

See also

2004 V8 Supercar season

References

1. "Pukekohe Park Raceway 02/05/2004 PlaceMakers V8 International - V8 Supercar Series Round 3". National Software. 2 May 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
2. "Sandown International Motor Raceway 12/09/2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 - Rd 9 2004 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 12 September 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
3. "Mount Panorama - Bathurst 10/10/2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 - Rd 10 2004 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 10 October 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
4. "Surfers Paradise Street Circuit 24/10/2004 Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge - Round 11 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 24 October 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
5. "Eastern Creek International Raceway 05/12/2004 BigPond Grand Finale - Round 13 V8 Supercar Championship". National Software. 5 December 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.

External links

• Official V8 Supercar site
• 2004 Racing Results Archive
• 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series images Retrieved from motorsport.com on 8 November 2008