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	Russell Ingall
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
Tasman Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	43	Fabian Coulthard
Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	5	Glenn Seton	Alain Menu Adam Macrow
Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	6	Craig Lowndes	Alain Menu Adam Macrow
Castrol Perkins Racing	Holden VX Commodore Holden VY Commodore	7	Tony Longhurst Alex Davison	Jamie Whincup
	Holden VY Commodore	8	Paul Dumbrell
	Holden VY Commodore	11	Steven Richards	Jim Richards
Larkham Motor Sport	Ford BA Falcon	10	Jason Bargwanna	Mark Larkham Matt Halliday
Larkham Motor Sport	Ford BA Falcon	20	Mark Winterbottom	Mark Larkham Matt Halliday
Brad Jones Racing	Ford BA Falcon	12	John Bowe	John Cleland Andrew Jones
Brad Jones Racing	Ford BA Falcon	21	Brad Jones	John Cleland Andrew Jones
Imrie Motor Sport	Holden VX Commodore	14	Terry Wyhoon
Imrie Motor Sport	Holden VX Commodore	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
K-mart Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	51	Greg Murphy	Tim Leahey Steve Owen
Paul Weel Racing	Holden VY Commodore	16	Paul Weel	Matthew White Marcus Marshall
Paul Weel Racing	Holden VY Commodore	50	Jason Bright	Matthew White Marcus Marshall
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon	17	Steven Johnson	Owen Kelly David Brabham
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon	18	Warren Luff	Owen Kelly David Brabham
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**
WPS Racing	Ford BA Falcon	48	Owen Kelly Mark Noske Alex Yoong	Charlie O'Brien* Neil McFadyen**
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
Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	34	Garth Tander	Nathan Pretty* Allan Simonsen
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
Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	888	Max Wilson	Yvan Muller Dean Canto
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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

References

↑ "Pukekohe Park Raceway 02/05/2004 PlaceMakers V8 International - V8 Supercar Series Round 3". National Software. 2 May 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "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

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