2005 V8 Supercar season
# 2005 V8 Supercar season

The 2005 V8 Supercar season was the 46th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.

There were 21 touring car race meetings held during 2005; a thirteen-round series for V8 Supercars, the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series (VCS), two of them endurance races; a seven-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series (HVS) and V8 Supercar support programme event at the 2005 Australian Grand Prix.

## Results and standings

### Race calendar

The 2005 Australian touring car season consisted of 21 events.

| Date | Series | Circuit | City / state | Winner | Team | Car | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4–6 Mar | QANTAS V8 Supercars GP 100 | Albert Park Circuit | Melbourne, Victoria | Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | report |
| 17–20 Mar | HVS Round 1 | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | Dean Canto | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
| 17–20 Mar | Clipsal 500 VCS Round 1 | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | Marcos Ambrose | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
| 15–17 April | PlaceMakers V8 International VCS Round 2 | Pukekohe Park Raceway | Pukekohe, New Zealand | Greg Murphy | Paul Weel Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | |
| 6–8 May | VB 400 VCS Round 3 | Wanneroo Raceway | Perth, Western Australia | Steven Richards | Castrol Perkins Racing | Holden VY Commodore | |
| 15 May | HVS Round 2 | Wakefield Park | Goulburn, New South Wales | Adam Macrow | Howard Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
| 27–29 May | VCS Round 4 | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | |
| 10–12 Jun | V8 Supercars China Round VCS Round 5 | Shanghai International Circuit | Shanghai, China | Todd Kelly | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | |
| 1–3 Jul | Skycity Triple Crown VCS Round 6 | Hidden Valley Raceway | Darwin, Northern Territory | Todd Kelly | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | |
| 10 Jul | HVS Round 3 | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Dean Canto | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
| 22–24 Jul | HVS Round 4 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | Dean Canto | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
| 22–24 Jul | VCS Round 7 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | |
| 14–15 Aug | VCS Round 8 | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Russell Ingall | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
| 21 Aug | HVS Round 5 | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Mallala, South Australia | Dean Canto | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
| 9–11 Sep | Betta Electrical 500 VCS Round 9 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | report |
| 6–9 Oct | HVS Round 6 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | Dean Canto | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
| 6–9 Oct | Supercheap Auto 1000 VCS Round 10 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | Mark Skaife Todd Kelly | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | report |
| 20–23 Oct | Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge VCS Round 11 | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | Surfers Paradise, Queensland | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | |
| 12–13 Nov | Ferodo Triple Challenge VCS Round 12 | Symmons Plains Raceway | Launceston, Tasmania | Garth Tander | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VZ Commodore | |
| 25–27 Nov | HVS Round 7 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Adam Macrow | Howard Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |
| 25–27 Nov | BigPond Grand Finale VCS Round 13 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Marcos Ambrose | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BA Falcon | |

### QANTAS V8 Supercars GP 100

This meeting was a support event of the 2005 Australian Grand Prix.

| Driver | No. | Team | Car | Race 1 | GP 100 | Race 3 | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Skaife | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | 3 | 3 | 1 | 184 |
| Marcos Ambrose | 4 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 2 | 4 | 2 | 182 |
| Russell Ingall | 9 | Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 4 | 5 | 3 | 174 |
| John Bowe | 12 | Brad Jones Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 11 | 1 | 5 | 164 |
| Jamie Whincup | 23 | Tasman Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 14 | 8 | 7 | 140 |
| Jason Bright | 6 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 5 | 7 | 18 | 138 |
| Brad Jones | 21 | Brad Jones Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 24 | 2 | 6 | 134 |
| Cameron McConville | 33 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 6 | 20 | 13 | 120 |
| Jason Richards | 3 | Tasman Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 17 | 13 | 10 | 118 |
| Steven Richards | 11 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Holden VY Commodore | 8 | 22 | 11 | 116 |
| Craig Lowndes | 888 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | DNF | 6 | 4 | 112 |
| Mark Winterbottom | 20 | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford BA Falcon | 20 | 14 | 9 | 112 |
| Jason Bargwanna | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport | Ford BA Falcon | 27 | 12 | 8 | 104 |
| Glenn Seton | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 16 | 21 | 12 | 100 |
| Steve Ellery | 88 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | 15 | 9 | DNF | 84 |
| Will Davison | 44 | Team Dynamik | Holden VZ Commodore | 13 | 11 | DNF | 84 |
| Steven Johnson | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 10 | 15 | DNF | 82 |
| Greg Ritter | 5 | Ford Performance Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 9 | 17 | DNF | 80 |
| Matthew White | 25 | Britek Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | 25 | 19 | 15 | 80 |
| Paul Radisich | 021 | Team Kiwi Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 7 | 23 | DNF | 72 |
| Garth Tander | 16 | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VZ Commodore | DNF | 18 | 13 | 68 |
| Todd Kelly | 22 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | 1 | DNF | DNS | 64 |
| Alex Davison | 7 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Holden VY Commodore | 21 | DNF | 16 | 58 |
| Andrew Jones | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 23 | DNF | 17 | 52 |
| Rick Kelly | 15 | HSV Dealer Team | Holden VZ Commodore | DNF | 10 | DNF | 46 |
| Paul Morris | 29 | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 26 | DNF | 19 | 42 |
| Tony Longhurst | 45 | Team Dynamik | Holden VZ Commodore | 29 | 16 | DNF | 42 |
| Paul Weel | 50 | Paul Weel Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 12 | DNF | DNS | 42 |
| Greg Murphy | 51 | Paul Weel Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 28 | DNF | 20 | 36 |
| Anthony Tratt | 75 | Paul Little Racing | Holden VY Commodore | 18 | DNF | DNS | 30 |
| Craig Baird | 8 | WPS Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 19 | DNF | DNS | 28 |
| David Besnard | 48 | WPS Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 22 | DNF | DNS | 22 |
