2005 Betta Electrical 500

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The 2005 Betta Electrical 500 was the ninth round of the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of the 9 to 11 September at Sandown Raceway in Victoria.

Victoria (state) 2005 Betta Electrical 500
Event Information
Round 9 of 13 in the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date9–11 September 2005
LocationMelbourne, Victoria
VenueSandown International Raceway
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 161 laps 500 km
Pole position Garth Tander
HSV Dealer Team
1:10.8917
Winner Craig Lowndes
Yvan Muller
Triple Eight Race Engineering
3:30:51.8944
Round Results
First 192 pts
Second 188 pts
Third 184 pts

It was the 38th "Sandown 500" endurance race.

Top ten shootout edit

Pos No Team Driver Car Time
Pole 16 HSV Dealer Team   Garth Tander Holden VZ Commodore 1:10.8917
2 888 Team Betta Electrical   Craig Lowndes Ford BA Falcon 1:11.0773
3 51 Paul Weel Racing   Greg Murphy Holden VZ Commodore 1:11.2219
4 9 Stone Brothers Racing   Russell Ingall Ford BA Falcon 1:11.2478
5 1 Stone Brothers Racing   Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon 1:11.2640
6 2 Holden Racing Team   Mark Skaife Holden VZ Commodore 1:11.4069
7 88 Team Betta Electrical   Steven Ellery Ford BA Falcon 1:11.5192
8 24 Castrol Perkins Racing   Steven Richards Holden VZ Commodore[1] 1:11.5264
9 6 Ford Performance Racing   Jason Bright Ford BA Falcon 1:11.8541
10 17 Dick Johnson Racing   Steven Johnson Ford BA Falcon 1:12.0887

Race results edit

Pos No Drivers Team Car Laps Time/Gap Grid Points
1 888   Craig Lowndes
  Yvan Muller
Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA 161 3:30:51.8944 2 192
2 2   Mark Skaife
  Todd Kelly
Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VZ 161 +35.6172 6 188
3 3   Jason Richards
  Jamie Whincup
Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 161 +50.8887 13 184
4 16   Garth Tander
  Rick Kelly
HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ 161 +56.2408 1 180
5 88   Steven Ellery
  Adam Macrow
Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BA 161 +1:01.4905 7 176
6 6   Jason Bright
  David Brabham
Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA 160 +1 lap 9 172
7 9   Russell Ingall
  Luke Youlden
Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA 160 +1 lap 4 168
8 67   Paul Morris
  Paul Radisich
Paul Morris Motorsport
Team Kiwi Racing
Holden Commodore VZ 160 +1 lap 19 164
9 21   John Bowe
  Brad Jones
Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon BA 160 +1 lap 12 160
10 34   Cameron McConville
  Andrew Jones
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 160 +1 lap 11 156
11 22   Jim Richards
  James Courtney
Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VZ 159 +2 laps 18 152
12 18   Glenn Seton
  Dean Canto
Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA 159 +2 laps 17 148
13 24   Steven Richards
  Paul Dumbrell
Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VY 159 +2 laps 8 144
14 1   Marcos Ambrose
  Warren Luff
Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA 159 +2 laps 5 140
15 5   Greg Ritter
  Cameron McLean
Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA 159 +2 laps 15 136
16 20   Jason Bargwanna
  Mark Winterbottom
Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon BA 158 +3 laps 14 132
17 7   Alex Davison
  Allan Simonsen
Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VY 158 +3 laps 31 128
18 17   Steven Johnson
  Will Davison
Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon BA 158 +3 laps 10 124
19 48   Craig Baird
  David Besnard
WPS Racing Ford Falcon BA 158 +3 laps 23 120
20 33   Phillip Scifleet
  Lee Holdsworth
Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 157 +4 laps 27 116
21 12   John Cleland
  Dale Brede
Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon BA 157 +4 laps 20 112
22 8   Marcus Marshall
  Alex Tagliani
WPS Racing Ford Falcon BA 157 +4 laps 25 108
23 25   Steve Owen
  Matthew White
Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BA 156 +5 laps 22 104
24 52   José Fernández
  Damien White
Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BA 153 +8 laps 34 100
25 75   Anthony Tratt
  Tony Evangelou
Paul Little Racing Holden Commodore VY 153 +8 laps 29 96
26 11   Matthew Coleman
  Christian D'Agostin
Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore VY 152 +9 laps 32 92
DNF 23   Fabian Coulthard
  Tony D'Alberto
Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore VZ 156 Crash 26
DNF 51   Greg Murphy
  Paul Weel
Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore VZ 140 Engine 3
DNF 10   Alain Menu
  Matt Halliday
Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon BA 116 24
DNF 15   Tim Leahey
  Mark Noske
HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ 113 Clutch 28
DNF 50   Owen Kelly
  Nathan Pretty
Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore VZ 86 Driveline 21
DNF 021   John Faulkner
  Alan Gurr
Team Kiwi Racing
Paul Morris Motorsport
Holden Commodore VZ 55 Engine 30
DNF 45   Mark Porter
  Kayne Scott
Team Dynamik Holden Commodore VZ 41 Engine 33
DNS 44   Simon Wills
  Max Wilson
Team Dynamik Holden Commodore VZ Crash in warm-up 16

Statistics edit

  • Provisional pole position - #1 Marcos Ambrose - 1:10.6715
  • Pole Position - #16 Garth Tander - 1:10.8917
  • Fastest Lap - #888 Craig Lowndes - 1:11.7940
  • Average Speed - 142 km/h

References edit

  1. ^ VZ Commodore No 24 at the 2005 Betta Electrical 500 Retrieved from www.motorsport.com on 6 July 2014

External links edit

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2004 Betta Electrical 500
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