2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series

September 2020 Konica V8 Supercar Series Konica V8 Supercar Series 2004 2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series Holden Performance Driving Centre Parent series:V8 Supercars The 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the fifth series held for second tier V8 Supercars. The season began on 22 February 2004 at Wakefield Park and finished on 22 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park. The season consisted of six rounds held across four different states, returning to Queensland for the first time since 2001. The tightest series in the history of the second-tier V8 Supercar competition saw the point score tied at the end of the final race. Brad Jones Racing Ford driver, Andrew Jones was adjudged the series champion on a countback as he won Winton Motor Raceway and Eastern Creek Raceway rounds whereas rival Supercheap Auto Racing Ford driver Luke Youlden did not have a round win to his credit. The pointscore underlined the necessity of consistency in race results, Dick Johnson Racing Ford driver Owen Kelly took the most race wins for the season, seven in total, but did not figure in the final points, losing too many through poor results. Jones had two wins, Youlden just one. The remaining wins were scattered between Alan Gurr, Mal Rose, Lee Holdsworth, Kurt Wimmer and Wayne Wakefield, most of those through the benefit of reverse grid races with Greg Ritter taking two wins and the final round in a guest drive of the Speed FX Racing Falcon Brad Tilley had driven all season. New Zealander Mark Porter had his best series result (and also the best Holden), finishing third, 68 points behind the top two after taking one second and a pair of third during the season. José Fernández finished fourth in the series despite never finishing higher than fourth in a race. Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series. Team Car No. Driver Rounds Brad Jones Racing Ford AU Falcon 19 AUS Andrew Jones All Howard Racing Ford AU Falcon 27 AUS Cameron McLean All 37 AUS Mark Howard All 38 AUS Aaron McGill 5 AUS Adam Wallis 6 83 AUS Tim Gordon 2, 5 AUS Aaron McGill 4, 6 Matthew White Racing Ford AU Falcon 28 AUS Matthew White All Holden VX Commodore 76 AUS Dean Wanless All Steven Ellery Racing Ford AU Falcon 30 AUS Luke Youlden All Jay Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 32 AUS Jay Verdnik All Peters MotorsportFord AU Falcon 40 AUS Brett Peters 1 AUS Wayne Wakefield 2–6 80 AUS Michael Olsen 1, 3–4 AUS Stephen Voight 5 91 AUS Gary Deane 3–6 Holden Young Lions Holden VX Commodore 46 AUS Michael Caruso 1–2 AUS Steve Owen 3 AUS Alan Gurr 4–6 96 AUS Kurt Wimmer All Rupprecht Motorsport Ford AU Falcon 55 AUS Mal Rose 1, 4 AUS Ross Halliday 2 AUS Stephen White 3 89 AUS Adam Wallis 1–5 90 AUS Phillip Scifleet 1–4 AUS Greg Crick 5 Paul Cruickshank RacingFord AU Falcon 56 AUS Kevin Mundy All 65 AUS Marcus Zukanovic All Speed FX Racing Ford AU Falcon 60 AUS Brad Tilley 1–5 AUS Greg Ritter 6 Independent Race Cars Australia Holden VX Commodore 64 AUS Tony D'Alberto All Rod Lynch Racing Ford AU Falcon 66 AUS Gary MacDonald All Shane Beikoff Racing Ford AU Falcon 68 AUS Shane Beikoff 1, 3 AUS Phill Foster 2 MYS Alex Yoong 4–5 CarTrek Racing Holden VX Commodore 69 AUS Robert Jones 3–6 Robert Smith Racing Holden VX Commodore 70 AUS Alan Gurr 1–2 72 AUS Lee Holdsworth All Perkins Engineering Holden VX Commodore 70 AUS Alex Davison 6 Dick Johnson RacingFord AU Falcon 71 AUS Owen Kelly All 81 AUS José Fernández All Sydney Star Racing Holden VX Commodore 98 AUS Grant Elliott All Chance of a Lifetime Ford AU Falcon 110 AUS Jamie Cartwright 1–5 MSport Holden VX Commodore 111 NZL Mark Porter All A.N.T. Racing Ford AU Falcon 300 AUS Tony Evangelou 2–6 Race calendar Round Date Circuit Location Winning driver 1 22–23 February New South Wales Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales AUS Alan Gurr 2 19–20 March South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia AUS Owen Kelly 3 17–18 April Victoria Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria AUS Andrew Jones 4 29–30 May New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales AUS Andrew Jones 5 3–4 July Queensland Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland AUS Owen Kelly 6 21–22 August South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia AUS Greg Ritter Results and standings The season consisted of six rounds across three different states. Rounds 1 and 3–6 consisted of three races. The second race of each weekend saw the finishing order of race 1 reversed to form the grid, a 'reverse grid' race. Round 2 consisted of a pair of races. Points were awarded for all cars who finished each race in finishing order. Points may have been offered beyond the 30th position but at no point during the season did more than 30 cars finish a race. Round 2's pair of races carried 50% more points than a single race elsewhere in the season. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th Rounds 1 & 3–6Points 64 62 60 58 56 54 52 50 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 Round 2Points 96 93 90 87 84 81 78 75 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 18 15 12 9 Drivers championship Points table referenced, in part, as follows: Pos. Driver No. WAKNew South Wales ADESouth Australia WINVictoria EASNew South Wales QLDQueensland MALSouth Australia Pen. Points 1 AUS Andrew Jones 19 4 Ret 1 2 Ret 1 7 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 0 945 2 AUS Luke Youlden 30 6 3 7 5 6 2 16 1 4 7 3 6 Ret 5 3 6 3 0 945 3 NZL Mark Porter 111 7 4 19 7 4 3 3 Ret 11 15 8 5 6 6 10 2 7 0 877 4 AUS José Fernández 81 5 7 20 8 5 10 11 4 6 22 7 7 8 21 6 8 4 0 857 5 AUS Owen Kelly 71 Ret 5 22 1 1 7 1 Ret 1 5 1 1 4 1 24 20 18 0 830 6 AUS Matthew White 28 2 15 2 3 2 4 Ret 5 3 23 Ret 4 9 4 5 25 6 0 827 7 AUS Cameron McLean 27 3 16 3 4 3 6 20 2 7 20 4 Ret 12 19 13 14 Ret 32 725 8 AUS Tony D'Alberto 64 9 9 8 Ret 13 27 Ret 9 8 6 6 10 5 8 12 10 8 0 714 9 AUS Grant Elliott 98 11 12 DNS 12 10 13 10 6 25 3 12 11 14 12 14 23 9 0 706 10 AUS Gary MacDonald 66 21 21 11 13 11 14 15 14 12 14 Ret 12 17 9 15 7 13 0 660 11 AUS Marcus Zukanovic 65 16 20 9 10 Ret 17 4 8 9 Ret 11 9 11 16 4 15 Ret 0 629 12 AUS Wayne Wakefield 40 6 21 5 6 21 10 13 Ret 22 2 17 22 1 20 0 565 13 AUS Lee Holdsworth 72 12 13 6 Ret DNS 28 Ret 10 30 1 Ret 3 7 3 8 11 17 0 560 14 AUS Alan Gurr 70/46 1 11 4 Ret DNS 5 11 5 8 13 Ret 9 12 5 0 558 15 AUS Kevin Mundy 56 10 23 17 Ret Ret 12 21 12 13 12 23 23 15 11 11 13 10 0 538 16 AUS Adam Wallis 89/38 15 6 15 15 12 16 8 13 21 Ret DNS 17 18 15 16 Ret DNS 0 523 17 AUS Kurt Wimmer 96 18 8 DNS Ret DNS 9 Ret 11 28 Ret 9 24 1 7 17 4 11 0 498 18 AUS Jay Verdnik 32 17 14 15 14 18 20 9 Ret 20 18 DNS 26 20 14 Ret 16 19 0 478 19 AUS Tony Evangelou 300 9 7 8 Ret 20 19 Ret 10 13 21 10 18 19 Ret 0 468 20 AUS Mark Howard 37 24 10 18 20 14 24 13 18 26 16 21 DNS DNS DNS 25 17 16 0 432 21 AUS Robert Jones 69 15 5 7 14 Ret 17 15 16 22 20 18 15 0 398 22 AUS Dean Wanless 76 23 Ret 12 Ret 17 26 17 15 24 8 14 27 Ret DNS 21 22 14 0 394 23 AUS Brad Tilley 60 22 19 23 Ret 16 23 19 Ret 17 4 13 20 19 13 0 393 24 AUS Phillip Scifleet 90 8 Ret 5 21 8 11 Ret DNS 16 10 16 0 375 25 AUS Jamie Cartwright 110 DNS DNS DNS 18 20 22 22 16 23 21 18 21 25 Ret 0 276 26 AUS Michael Caruso 46 25 2 13 11 9 0 256 27 AUS Aaron McGill 83/38 22 9 19 16 24 Ret 19 21 12 0 244 28 AUS Gary Deane 91 25 18 19 27 24 22 18 26 23 23 24 Ret 0 228 29 AUS Mal Rose 55 20 1 16 18 19 15 0 218 30 AUS Michael Olsen 80 14 17 Ret 19 12 Ret 29 17 14 0 206 31 AUS Greg Ritter 60 1 5 1 0 184 32 AUS Shane Beikoff 68 19 22 21 21 14 17 0 168 33 AUS Tim Gordon 83 19 15 Ret 22 20 0 144 34 MYS Alex Yoong 68 15 Ret DNS 25 10 18 0 128 35 AUS Brett Peters 40 13 18 14 0 108 36 AUS Alex Davison 70 7 9 Ret 0 100 37 AUS Phill Foster 68 17 19 0 90 38 AUS Steve Owen 46 Ret 2 Ret 0 62 39 AUS Greg Crick 90 14 23 DNS 0 58 40 AUS Ross Halliday 55 16 Ret 0 51 41 AUS Stephen Voight 80 19 27 Ret 0 40 42 AUS Stephen White 55 18 Ret DNS 0 30 Pos. Driver No. WAKNew South Wales ADESouth Australia WINVictoria EASNew South Wales QLDQueensland MALSouth Australia Pen. Points References External links 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series - Race Format & Points System, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org 2004 race results, racing.natsoft.com.au > Circuit Racing > 2004 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series Points, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series - Points Report, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org See also 2004 V8 Supercar season Konica Category:Supercars Development Series