The 2005 V8 Supercars Oran Park round was the eighth round of the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 12 to 14 August at Oran Park Raceway in Narellan, New South Wales.

Marcos Ambrose took pole position for the second event in succession and was on course for victory in race one. However, a penalty for him and Craig Lowndes saw Steven Richards seize the opportunity to claim victory. Race two would be won by Russell Ingall and the accumulated points saw the Stone Brothers Racing driver secure his sole round victory of the season.

Background The event was held on the weekend of 12 to 14 August 2005. It was the 34th ATCC/V8 Supercar event to be held at Oran Park Raceway and consisted of two 150 km races with compulsory pitstops each.

During practice, Triple Eight Race Engineering driver Steven Ellery sustained heavy damage to the right-hand side of his car after crashing on the exit of turn nine during practice. As a result, Ellery's car would be withdrawn from the remainder of the weekend.

Entry list

There were 34 drivers entered into the event which included fifteen BA Ford Falcon's, fifteen VZ Holden Commodore's and two VY Holden Commodore's.

The weekend coincided with the 80th anniversary of the Ford Motor Company in Australia. To commemorate the occasion, all Ford's (with the exception of WPS Racing) carried a windscreen banner that read 'Ford 80' and Ford Performance Racing driver Greg Ritter was entered under the number 80 in lieu of his regular number 5.

Race report Qualifying Marcos Ambrose claimed provisional pole position over Mark Skaife by over one tenth of a second. Steven Ellery did not partake in the qualifying session owing to a practice accident which would sideline him for the duration of the weekend. Driver Team Vehicle Time 1 1 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:08.2878 2 2 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:08.4221 3 3 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:08.5576 4 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:08.6527 5 9 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:08.6603 6 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:08.6834 7 67 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:08.7054 8 15 Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:08.7337 9 16 Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:08.7471 10 11 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 1:08.7505 11 12 John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:08.7818 12 22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:08.7986 13 45 Max Wilson Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:08.9269 14 23 Jamie Whincup Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:08.9390 15 6 Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:08.9447 16 021 Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:08.9912 17 10 Jason Bargwanna Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 1:08.9940 18 51 Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:09.0150 19 33 Cameron McConville Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:09.0410 20 18 Glenn Seton Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:09.0510 21 21 Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:09.0593 22 44 Simon Wills Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:09.0653 23 20 Mark Winterbottom Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 1:09.1008 24 24 Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 1:09.2989 25 48 David Besnard WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:09.3217 26 25 Steve Owen Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 1:09.3466 27 80 Greg Ritter Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:09.4834 28 75 Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 1:09.7926 29 34 Andrew Jones Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:09.8977 30 50 Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:09.9766 31 7 Alex Davison Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 1:10.0749 32 52 Matthew White Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.2452 33 8 Craig Baird WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.4645 105% time - 1:11.7022 - 88 Steven Ellery Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) no time Source:

Top ten shootout Driver Team Vehicle Time 1 1 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:08.3774 2 15 Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:08.5417 3 2 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:08.6434 4 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:08.6532 5 9 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:08.7985 6 11 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 1:08.8199 7 67 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:09.1101 8 16 Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:09.1136 9 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:09.4782 10 3 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:09.5167 Source:

Race 1 Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 11 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 54 01:05:18.7053 6 2 9 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 1.325 5 3 51 Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 1.551 18 4 1 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 5.031 1 5 15 Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 5.299 2 6 3 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 7.929 10 7 6 Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 16.211 15 8 33 Cameron McConville Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 19.752 19 9 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 23.784 4 10 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 28.596 9 11 10 Jason Bargwanna Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 32.489 17 12 021 Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 33.128 16 13 45 Max Wilson Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 33.873 13 14 50 Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 34.296 30 15 80 Greg Ritter Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 35.933 27 16 2 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 37.181 3 17 24 Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 54 + 44.576 24 18 18 Glenn Seton Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 45.375 20 19 48 David Besnard WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 46.018 25 20 12 John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 48.807 11 21 7 Alex Davison Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 1:08.510 31 22 75 Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 54 + 1:11.536 28 23 21 Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 53 + 1 lap 21 24 52 Matthew White Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 53 + 1 lap 32 25 34 Andrew Jones Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 53 + 1 lap 29 26 16 Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 48 + 6 laps 8 27 25 Steve Owen Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 41 + 13 laps 26 Ret 67 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 39 Retired 7 Ret 44 Simon Wills Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 38 Retired 22 Ret 23 Jamie Whincup Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 22 Retired 14 Ret 22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 14 Retired 12 Ret 20 Mark Winterbottom Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 7 Retired 23 Ret 8 Craig Baird WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 7 Retired 33 Fastest Lap: Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing) - 1:09.4178 on lap 2 Source:

Race 2 Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 9 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 54 01:08:50.5625 2 2 1 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 6.236 4 3 51 Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 9.401 3 4 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 11.094 9 5 16 Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 12.645 26 6 15 Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 19.545 5 7 6 Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 27.815 7 8 33 Cameron McConville Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 28.541 8 9 021 Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 28.766 12 10 45 Max Wilson Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 29.018 13 11 11 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 54 + 31.379 1 12 10 Jason Bargwanna Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 32.330 11 13 18 Glenn Seton Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 32.909 18 14 50 Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 33.291 14 15 23 Jamie Whincup Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 33.808 29 16 48 David Besnard WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 34.367 19 17 44 Simon Wills Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 35.298 29 18 67 Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 37.029 28 19 12 John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 39.894 20 20 21 Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 40.262 23 21 75 Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 54 + 44.077 22 22 22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 51.495 31 23 7 Alex Davison Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 52.334 21 24 24 Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 54 + 53.710 17 25 34 Andrew Jones Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 54 + 54.042 25 26 25 Steve Owen Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 54 + 59.340 27 27 20 Mark Winterbottom Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 53 + 1 lap 32 28 3 Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 50 + 4 laps 6 29 80 Greg Ritter Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 49 + 5 laps 15 30 2 Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 48 + 6 laps 16 31 17 Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 45 + 9 laps 10 Ret 52 Matthew White Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 48 Retired 24 Ret 8 Craig Baird WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 11 Retired 33 Fastest Lap: Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing) - 1:09.9220 on lap 10 Source:

Championship standings No Driver Team 1 1 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing 1346 2 9 Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing 1240 9 11 Steven Richards Perkins Engineering 1223 4 888 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 1069 5 22 Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team 1065

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