2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series

The 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series was an Australian racing series for V8 Supercars. It began on 21 March 2004 at the Adelaide Street Circuit and ended on 5 December at Eastern Creek Raceway after 13 rounds. It was the sixth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.[1] The series winner was also awarded the 45th Australian Touring Car Championship title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

The championship was won by Marcos Ambrose of the Stone Brothers Racing.

Teams and drivers

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Glenn Seton placed 15th in the Championship driving a Ford Falcon BA for Ford Performance Racing. The car is pictured in 2018.
 
Craig Lowndes placed 20th in the Championship driving this Ford Falcon BA for Ford Performance Racing. The car is pictured in 2018.

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.

Manufacturer Vehicle Team No. Driver Events Endurance round co-driver
Ford Falcon AU Walden Motorsport 24   Garth Walden 6–10, 13   Grant Elliott
Falcon BA Stone Brothers Racing 1   Marcos Ambrose All   Greg Ritter
9   Russell Ingall All   Cameron McLean
Ford Performance Racing 5   Glenn Seton All   Alain Menu
  Adam Macrow
6   Craig Lowndes All
Larkham Motorsport 10   Jason Bargwanna All   Mark Larkham
  Matt Halliday
20   Mark Winterbottom All
Brad Jones Racing 12   John Bowe All   John Cleland
  Andrew Jones
21   Brad Jones All
Dick Johnson Racing 17   Steven Johnson All   Owen Kelly
  David Brabham
18   Warren Luff All
WPS Racing 23   David Besnard 1–10, 12–13   Charlie O'Brien*
  John McIntyre**
  John McIntyre 11
48   Mark Noske 4–8   John McIntyre*
  Neil McFadyen**
  Alex Yoong 9–11
  Owen Kelly 12–13
Steven Ellery Racing 31   Steven Ellery All   Luke Youlden
Triple Eight Race Engineering 88   Paul Radisich All   Yvan Muller
  Dean Canto
888   Max Wilson All
Thexton Motor Racing 99   David Thexton 1–2
Holden Commodore VX Tasman Motorsport 3   Jason Richards 1–7   Fabian Coulthard
43   Fabian Coulthard 8
Rod Nash Racing (PE) 7   Tony Longhurst 1–8, 11   Jamie Whincup
  Alex Davison 9–10, 12
Imrie Motorsport 14   Terry Wyhoon 1
24   Phillip Scifleet 1–2
MSport 14   Mark Porter 2–3
David Krause Racing 43   David Krause 1–2, 6–7
John Faulkner Racing 43   Christian D'Agostin 9–10, 13   Kurt Wimmer
Commodore VY Holden Racing Team 2   Mark Skaife All   Todd Kelly
22   Todd Kelly 1–8, 11–13   Jason Plato
  Peter Brock 9–10
Tasman Motorsport 3   Jason Richards 8–13
Rod Nash Racing (PE) 7   Alex Davison 13
Perkins Engineering 8   Paul Dumbrell All   Tony Longhurst
11   Steven Richards All   Jim Richards
Team Dynamik 14   Neil McFadyen 6
  Will Davison 7–8
44   Simon Wills All   Paul Stokell
45   Dale Brede All   Will Davison
Robert Smith Racing 14   Lee Holdsworth 9–10, 13   Phillip Scifleet*
  Mark Noske**
John Kelly Racing (HRT) 15   Rick Kelly All   Tim Leahey
  Steve Owen
51   Greg Murphy All
Paul Weel Racing 16   Paul Weel All   Matthew White
  Marcus Marshall
50   Jason Bright All
Team Kiwi Racing 021   Craig Baird All   Mark Porter
Paul Morris Motorsport 29   Paul Morris All   Alan Gurr
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33   Cameron McConville All   Nathan Pretty
  Allan Simonsen
34   Garth Tander All
Paul Little Racing 75   Anthony Tratt All   Tomas Mezera

* = Drove in Sandown 500 only

** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

Results and standings

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Race calendar

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

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

Drivers championship

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Pos. Driver No. Car ADE
 
EAS1
 
PUK
 
HID
 
BAR
 
QLD
 
WIN
 
ORA
 
SAN
 
BAT
 
SUR
 
SYM
 
EAS2
 
Pen. Pts.
1   Marcos Ambrose 1 Ford BA Falcon 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 0 2174
2   Russell Ingall 9 Ford BA Falcon 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 0 1936
3   Jason Bright 50 Holden VY Commodore 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 0 1920
4   Greg Murphy 51 Holden VY Commodore 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 0 1913
5   Steven Richards 11 Holden VY Commodore 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 0 1819
6   Rick Kelly 15 Holden VY Commodore 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 50 1793
7   Todd Kelly 22 Holden VY Commodore 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 0 1623
8   Jason Bargwanna 10 Ford BA Falcon 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 0 1526
9   John Bowe 12 Ford BA Falcon 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 0 1502
10   Steven Johnson 17 Ford BA Falcon 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 0 1416
11   Garth Tander 34 Holden VY Commodore 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 0 1396
12   Mark Skaife 2 Holden VY Commodore 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 0 1294
13   Cameron McConville 33 Holden VY Commodore 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 72 1292
14   Jason Richards 3 Holden VY Commodore 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 0 1245
15   Glenn Seton 5 Ford BA Falcon 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 0 1237
16   Brad Jones 21 Ford BA Falcon 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 0 1235
17   Paul Weel 16 Holden VY Commodore 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 0 1192
18   Mark Winterbottom 20 Ford BA Falcon 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 0 1190
19   Paul Radisich 88 Ford BA Falcon 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 0 1188
20   Craig Lowndes 6 Ford BA Falcon 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 0 1182
21   Warren Luff 18 Ford BA Falcon 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 0 1149
22   Paul Morris 29 Holden VY Commodore 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 50 1071
23   Anthony Tratt 75 Holden VY Commodore 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 0 1047
24   Paul Dumbrell 8 Holden VY Commodore 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 0 1018
25   Steve Ellery 31 Ford BA Falcon 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 0 991
26   Simon Wills 44 Holden VY Commodore 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 0 929
27   Craig Baird 021 Holden VY Commodore 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 0 925
28   Max Wilson 888 Ford BA Falcon 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 0 865
29   Tony Longhurst 7 Holden VY Commodore DNS DNS 24 26 13 13 26 23 13 14 19 20 8 17 16 16 8 Ret 23 Ret 0 856
30   David Besnard 23 Ford BA Falcon 18 14 17 23 23 25 19 28 Ret Ret Ret 22 19 Ret 26 30 16 Ret 8 29 1 4 20 21 0 790
31   Dale Brede 45 Holden VY Commodore 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 0 393
32   Greg Ritter 1 Ford BA Falcon 1 4 0 372
33   Cameron McLean 9 Ford BA Falcon 2 6 0 360
34   Fabian Coulthard 43/3 Holden VY Commodore 29 19 9 20 0 330
35   Mark Noske 48/14 Ford BA Falcon 27 21 26 22 18 25 20 21 27 27 Ret 0 304
36   Alex Yoong 48 Ford BA Falcon 21 15 Ret 23 0 278
37   Tomas Mezera 75 Holden VY Commodore 12 18 0 272
38   Alex Davison 7 Holden VX Commodore
Holden VY Commodore
Ret 9 20 20 Ret 23 27 27 0 256
39   Jim Richards 11 Holden VY Commodore 15 21 0 248
40   Christian D'Agostin 43 Holden VX Commodore 20 19 Ret 31 Ret 0 240
40   Luke Youlden 31 Ford BA Falcon 22 16 0 240
42   Kurt Wimmer 43 Holden VX Commodore 20 19 0 236
43   Neil McFadyen 14/48 Holden VY Commodore
Ford BA Falcon
18 15 0 226
44   Owen Kelly 18/48 Ford BA Falcon Ret 17 23 22 18 Ret 28 31 0 214
45   Mark Porter 14/021 Holden VY Commodore 28 32 25 28 13 Ret 0 202
46   John McIntyre 48/23 Ford BA Falcon 21 Ret 19 18 0 199
47   Garth Walden 24 Ford AU Falcon 22 DNQ 28 Ret 24 Ret Ret 32 32 0 185
48   Tim Leahey 51 Holden VY Commodore Ret 8 0 164
48   Steve Owen 51 Holden VY Commodore Ret 8 0 164
50   Jamie Whincup 7 Holden VX Commodore Ret 9 0 160
51   Nathan Pretty 33 Holden VY Commodore Ret 10 0 156
51   Allan Simonsen 33 Holden VY Commodore Ret 10 0 156
53   Matt Halliday 20 Ford BA Falcon Ret 11 0 152
53   Mark Larkham 20 Ford BA Falcon Ret 11 0 152
53   Marcus Marshall 16 Holden VY Commodore 11 DNS 0 152
53   Matthew White 16 Holden VY Commodore 11 DNS 0 152
57   Paul Stokell 44 Holden VY Commodore Ret 13 0 144
58   Peter Brock 05 Holden VY Commodore 14 Ret 0 140
58   Jason Plato 05 Holden VY Commodore 14 Ret 0 140
60   Charlie O'Brien 23 Ford BA Falcon 16 0 132
61   David Brabham 18 Ford BA Falcon Ret 17 0 128
61   Alan Gurr 29 Holden VY Commodore 17 Ret 0 128
63   Adam Macrow 5 Ford BA Falcon 19 Ret 0 120
63   Alain Menu 5 Ford BA Falcon 19 Ret 0 120
65   Grant Elliott 24 Ford AU Falcon 24 Ret 0 100
66   Lee Holdsworth 14 Holden VY Commodore Ret Ret 24 29 29 0 34
  Will Davison 14/45 Holden VY Commodore Ret DNS DSQ Ret Ret 0 0
  Phillip Scifleet 24/14 Holden VX Commodore
Holden VY Commodore
Ret DNS DNQ Ret 0 0
  Dean Canto 888 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret 0 0
  Yvan Muller 888 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret 0 0
  John Cleland 21 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret 0 0
  Andrew Jones 21 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret 0 0
  David Krause 43 Holden VX Commodore DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 0
  David Thexton 99 Ford BA Falcon DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 0
  Terry Wyhoon 14 Holden VX Commodore DNQ DNQ 0 0
Pos. Driver No. Car ADE
 
EAS1
 
PUK
 
HID
 
BAR
 
QLD
 
WIN
 
ORA
 
SAN
 
BAT
 
SUR
 
SYM
 
EAS2
 
Pen. Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

See also

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2004 V8 Supercar season

References

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  1. ^ The championship was contested as the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1960 to 1998, as the Shell Championship Series from 1999 to 2001 and as the V8 Supercar Championship Series from 2002
  2. ^ "Pukekohe Park Raceway 02/05/2004 PlaceMakers V8 International – V8 Supercar Series Round 3". National Software. 2 May 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Eastern Creek International Raceway 05/12/2004 BigPond Grand Finale – Round 13 V8 Supercar Championship". National Software. 5 December 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
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