2005 Queensland 300

Motor race Queensland 2005 Queensland 300 7 13 2005 V8SC Queensland Raceway (Australia) track map -- National Circuit.svg 22–24 July Ipswich, Queensland Queensland Raceway Sunny 90 300 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing 1:10.2173 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 01:57:29.6514 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 192 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing 186 Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team 180 The 2005 Queensland 300 was the seventh round of the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 22 to 24 July at Queensland Raceway in Ipswich, Queensland. Craig Lowndes took victory for the second time in 2005 and claimed his first round win in the process after leading the race from pole position. Championship leader Marcos Ambrose claimed provisional pole position and closely followed Lowndes for most of the race but was ultimately unable to rein him in.2005-07-24 Lowndes celebrates thrilling home triumph https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-07-24/lowndes-celebrates-thrilling-home-triumph/2066096 2026-09-27 ABC News Australia en-AU2005-07-24 Lowndes Scores Queensland Win https://www.autosport.com/supercars/news/lowndes-scores-queensland-win-5329711/5329711/ 2026-09-27 Autosport en-AU The race was also notable for a major crash for Jason Richards. After incurring contact with Paul Morris, his car struck a raised kerb sideways and sent his car into a series of rollovers.2005-07-25 Richards survives spectacular crash https://www.smh.com.au/sport/richards-survives-spectacular-crash-20050725-gdlqtw.html 2026-09-27 The Sydney Morning Herald en-AU The crash mirrored that of a Porsche Carrera Cup incident involving Cameron McLean earlier that day.2005-07-26 AUS: Saturday Queensland summary https://au.motorsport.com/porsche/news/aus-saturday-queensland-summary/1255315/ 2026-09-27 Motorsport.com en-AU Background The event was held on the weekend of 22 to 24 July 2005. It was the fifth V8 Supercar event to be held at Queensland Raceway in the sprint format and consisted of one 300 km race with two compulsory pitstops for fuel and tyres. Entry list 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series#Teams and drivers 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. Race report Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Vehicle Time 1 1 AUS Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.3557 2 16 AUS Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.4841 3 9 AUS Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.4965 4 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.5235 5 22 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.5456 6 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.5942 7 11 NZL Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.6398 8 45 BRA Max Wilson Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.6953 9 51 NZL Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.7595 10 88 AUS Steven Ellery Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.8325 11 15 AUS Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.8406 12 20 AUS Mark Winterbottom Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.8627 13 17 AUS Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.8675 14 6 AUS Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.8952 15 021 NZL Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.9095 16 10 AUS Jason Bargwanna Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.9142 17 67 AUS Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.9665 18 48 AUS David Besnard WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.9924 19 18 AUS Glenn Seton Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:11.0108 20 44 NZL Simon Wills Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.0617 21 5 AUS Greg Ritter Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:11.0667 22 3 NZL Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.0842 23 50 AUS Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.1154 24 23 AUS Jamie Whincup Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.1369 25 24 AUS Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 1:11.1629 26 52 AUS Matthew White Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 1:11.2558 27 8 NZL Craig Baird WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:11.3110 28 12 AUS John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:11.3344 29 21 AUS Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:11.3858 30 33 AUS Cameron McConville Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.3924 31 25 AUS Steve Owen Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 1:11.4016 32 34 AUS Andrew Jones Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.4056 33 7 AUS Alex Davison Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.4459 34 75 AUS Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 1:11.8628 105% time - 1:13.8735 Source:2005 V8 Supercars Queensland 300 https://www.racingyears.com/race/2005_V8_Supercars_Queensland_300 2026-09-27 Racing Years en-GB Top ten shootout Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Vehicle Time 1 1 AUS Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.2173 2 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.3290 3 9 AUS Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.5096 4 22 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.5831 5 11 NZL Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.5991 6 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.6147 7 88 AUS Steven Ellery Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 1:10.6799 8 16 AUS Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:10.8525 9 51 NZL Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.1100 10 45 BRA Max Wilson Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 1:11.4790 Source: Race Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 90 01:57:29.6514 2 2 1 AUS Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 2.801 1 3 16 AUS Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 5.446 8 4 9 AUS Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 5.974 3 5 11 NZL Steven Richards Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 90 + 6.642 5 6 22 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 10.502 4 7 88 AUS Steven Ellery Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 11.499 7 8 51 NZL Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 14.773 9 9 6 AUS Jason Bright Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 15.128 14 10 17 AUS Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 17.467 13 11 18 AUS Glenn Seton Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 17.963 19 12 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 18.560 6 13 48 AUS David Besnard WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 18.784 18 14 45 BRA Max Wilson Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 18.898 10 15 15 AUS Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 20.644 11 16 8 NZL Craig Baird WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 21.006 27 17 33 AUS Cameron McConville Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 21.790 30 18 24 AUS Paul Dumbrell Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore (VY) 90 + 22.333 25 19 10 AUS Jason Bargwanna Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 22.870 16 20 21 AUS Brad Jones Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 23.964 29 21 34 AUS Andrew Jones Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 25.220 32 22 12 AUS John Bowe Brad Jones Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 90 + 28.165 28 23 44 NZL Simon Wills Team Dynamik Holden Commodore (VZ) 90 + 30.447 20 24 25 AUS Steve Owen Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 89 + 1 lap 31 25 20 AUS Mark Winterbottom Larkham Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 89 + 1 lap 12 26 67 AUS Paul Morris Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 89 + 1 lap 17 27 52 AUS Matthew White Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) 85 + 5 laps 26 28 23 AUS Jamie Whincup Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 85 + 5 laps 24 29 021 NZL Paul Radisich Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 85 + 5 laps 15 Ret 75 AUS Anthony Tratt Paul Little Racing Holden Commodore (VY) 87 Retired 34 Ret 3 NZL Jason Richards Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore (VZ) 42 Accident 22 Ret 50 AUS Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 29 Retired 23 Ret 5 AUS Greg Ritter Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon (BA) 12 Retired 21 Ret 7 AUS Alex Davison Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) 12 Retired 33 Fastest Lap: Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing) - 1:11.1963 on lap 2 Source: Championship standings Pos. Position No Driver Team Pts Points 10px 1 1 AUS Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing 1166 10px 2 11 NZL Steven Richards Perkins Engineering 1061 10px 3 9 AUS Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing 1051 10px 4 22 AUS Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team 1032 10px 5 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team 954 References Queensland 300 2005 2005 Darwin V8 Supercars 2005 V8 Supercars Oran Park round 2004 V8 Supercars Ipswich round 2006 Ipswich 400 Queensland