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 CommodoreVZ Commodore No 24 at the 2005 Betta Electrical 500 Retrieved from www.motorsport.com on 6 July 2014 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 MotorsportTeam 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 RacingPaul 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
External links Official race results at www.natsoft.com.au 2005 Betta Electrical 500 from the Official V8 Supercar website - www.v8supercar.com.au via web.archive.org Images from the 2005 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 Retrieved from www.v8fans.com on 19 December 2008