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.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 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.

Calendar The 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series comprised 13 rounds which included 11 sprint rounds and two endurance rounds. Rd. Event Circuit City / state Date 1 Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 18–21 March 2 Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek, New South Wales 2–4 April 3 PlaceMakers V8 International Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand 30 April – 2 May 4 Darwin Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 21–23 May 5 Perth Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 11–13 June 6 Ipswich Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 2–4 July 7 Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 23–25 July 8 Oran Park Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 13–15 August 9 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 10–12 September 10 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 7–10 October 11 Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 21–24 October 12 Launceston Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 12–14 November 13 BigPond Grand Finale Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek, New South Wales 3–5 December

Teams and drivers

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. ManufacturerVehicleTeamDriverEventsEndurance 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 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 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 () 7 Tony Longhurst 1–8, 11 Jamie Whincup Alex Davison 9–10, 12 Imrie Motorsport 14 Terry Wyhoon 1 rowspan=2 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 Holden Racing Team 2 Mark Skaife All Todd Kelly Todd Kelly 1–8, 11–13 Jason Plato Peter Brock 9–10 Tasman Motorsport 3 Jason Richards 8–13 Rod Nash Racing () 7 Alex Davison 13 Perkins Engineering 8 Paul Dumbrell All Tony Longhurst 11 Steven Richards All Jim Richards Team Dynamik 14 Neil McFadyen 6 rowspan=2 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 () 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 Results summary Race Event Pole position Race winners Round winner 1 R1 Adelaide Greg Murphy Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ambrose report R2 Marcos Ambrose 2 Eastern Creek 1 Marcos Ambrose Rick Kelly report 3 R1 Pukekohe Mark Skaife Marcos Ambrose Jason Bright report R2 Jason Bright R3 Jason Bright 4 R1 Darwin Mark Skaife Russell Ingall Todd Kelly report R2 Rick Kelly R3 Todd Kelly 5 R1 Perth Steven Richards Mark Skaife Jason Bright report R2 Jason Bright R3 Jason Bright 6 Ipswich Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ambrose report 7 Winton Craig Baird Cameron McConville report 8 R1 Oran Park Mark Skaife Mark Skaife Marcos Ambrose report R2 Marcos Ambrose 9 Sandown Rick Kelly Marcos Ambrose Greg Ritter report 10 Bathurst Steven Richards Greg Murphy Rick Kelly report 11 R1 Gold Coast Mark Skaife Marcos Ambrose Greg Murphy report R2 Greg Murphy 12 R1 Launceston Steven Richards Rick Kelly Russell Ingall report R2 Marcos Ambrose R3 David Besnard 13 R1 Eastern Creek 2 Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ambrose Marcos Ambrose report R2 Marcos Ambrose R3 Marcos Ambrose

Drivers championship Driver Car ADE EAS1 PUK HID BAR QLD WIN ORA SAN BAT SUR SYM EAS2 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 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 Driver Car ADE EAS1 PUK HID BAR QLD WIN ORA SAN BAT SUR SYM EAS2 Bold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap

See also 2004 V8 Supercar season

References

External links Official V8 Supercar site 2004 Racing Results Archive 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series images Retrieved from motorsport.com on 8 November 2008