2005 Betta Electrical 500

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

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.

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

Top ten shootout

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

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

  • 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

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