2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series

Motor racing competition February 2020 V8 Supercar V8 Supercar Championship Series Drivers' Champion:Marcos AmbroseTeams' Champion:Stone Brothers RacingManufacturers' Championship:Holden 2004 Support series:Konica SeriesPorsche Carrera Cup AustraliaAustralian V8 Ute Racing 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 Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 18–21 March 2 Australia Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek, New South Wales 2–4 April 3 New Zealand PlaceMakers V8 Internationalhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?02/05/2004.PUK Pukekohe Park Raceway 02/05/2004 PlaceMakers V8 International – V8 Supercar Series Round 3 National Software 2 May 2004 30 November 2008 Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand 30 April – 2 May 4 Australia Darwin Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 21–23 May 5 Australia Perth Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 11–13 June 6 Australia Ipswich Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 2–4 July 7 Australia Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 23–25 July 8 Australia Oran Park Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 13–15 August 9 Australia Betta Electrical Sandown 500http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?12/09/2004.SAN Sandown International Motor Raceway 12/09/2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 – Rd 9 2004 V8 Supercar Series National Software 12 September 2004 30 November 2008 Sandown International Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 10–12 September 10 Australia Bob Jane T-Marts 1000http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?10/10/2004.MOUN Mount Panorama – Bathurst 10/10/2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 – Rd 10 2004 V8 Supercar Series National Software 10 October 2004 30 November 2008 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 7–10 October 11 Australia Gillette V8 Supercar Challengehttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?24/10/2004.GOLD Surfers Paradise Street Circuit 24/10/2004 Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge – Round 11 V8 Supercar Series National Software 24 October 2004 30 November 2008 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 21–24 October 12 Australia Launceston Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 12–14 November 13 Australia BigPond Grand Finalehttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?05/12/2004.ECIR Eastern Creek International Raceway 05/12/2004 BigPond Grand Finale – Round 13 V8 Supercar Championship National Software 5 December 2004 30 November 2008 Eastern Creek Raceway Eastern Creek, New South Wales 3–5 December Australia 400 left Australian rounds Australia -34.55 138.37 Adelaide left Australia -33.98 150.72 Eastern Creek top Australia -12.36 130.74 Darwin left Australia -31.39 115.47 Perth right Australia -27.41 152.39 Ipswich top Australia -36.31 146.05 Winton left Australia -34.20 150.44 Oran Park bottom Australia -37.87 145.30 Sandown right Australia -33.26 149.33 Bathurst left Australia -27.59 153.25 Gold Coast bottom Australia -41.39 147.15 Launceston bottom New Zealand 200 left New Zealand rounds New Zealand -37.12 174.55 Pukekohe left Teams and drivers thumb|Glenn Seton placed 15th in the Championship driving a Ford Falcon BA for Ford Performance Racing. The car is pictured in 2018. thumb|Craig Lowndes placed 20th in the Championship driving this Ford Falcon BA for Ford Performance Racing. The car is pictured in 2018. 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. ManufacturerVehicleTeamNo. Car NumberDriverEventsEndurance round co-driver Ford Falcon AU Walden Motorsport 24 Australia Garth Walden 6–10, 13 Australia Grant Elliott Falcon BA Stone Brothers Racing 1 Australia Marcos Ambrose All Australia Greg Ritter 9 Ran as #98 at the Grand Finale. Australia Russell Ingall All Australia Cameron McLean Ford Performance Racing 5 Australia Glenn Seton All Switzerland Alain Menu Australia Adam Macrow 6 Australia Craig Lowndes All Larkham Motorsport 10 Australia Jason Bargwanna All Australia Mark Larkham New Zealand Matt Halliday 20 Australia Mark Winterbottom All Brad Jones Racing 12 Australia John Bowe All UK John Cleland Australia Andrew Jones 21 Australia Brad Jones All Dick Johnson Racing 17 Australia Steven Johnson All Australia Owen Kelly Australia David Brabham 18 Australia Warren Luff All WPS Racing 23 Australia David Besnard 1–10, 12–13 Australia Charlie O'Brien*New Zealand John McIntyre** New Zealand John McIntyre 11 48 Ran as #14 at Barbagallo. Australia Mark Noske 4–8 New Zealand John McIntyre*Australia Neil McFadyen** Malaysia Alex Yoong 9–11 Australia Owen Kelly 12–13 Steven Ellery Racing 31 Australia Steven Ellery All Australia Luke Youlden Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 New Zealand Paul Radisich All France Yvan Muller Australia Dean Canto 888 Brazil Max Wilson All Thexton Motor Racing 99 New Zealand David Thexton 1–2 Holden Commodore VX Tasman Motorsport 3 New Zealand Jason Richards 1–7 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard 43 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard 8 Rod Nash Racing (PE Satellite team of Perkins Engineering) 7 Australia Tony Longhurst 1–8, 11 Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Alex Davison 9–10, 12 Imrie Motorsport 14 Australia Terry Wyhoon 1 rowspan=2 24 Australia Phillip Scifleet 1–2 MSport 14 New Zealand Mark Porter 2–3 David Krause Racing 43 Australia David Krause 1–2, 6–7 John Faulkner Racing 43 Australia Christian D'Agostin 9–10, 13 Australia Kurt Wimmer Commodore VY Holden Racing Team 2 Australia Mark Skaife All Australia Todd Kelly 22 Ran as #05 for the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000. Australia Todd Kelly 1–8, 11–13 UK Jason Plato Australia Peter Brock 9–10 Tasman Motorsport 3 New Zealand Jason Richards 8–13 Rod Nash Racing (PE Satellite team of Perkins Engineering) 7 Australia Alex Davison 13 Perkins Engineering 8 Australia Paul Dumbrell All Australia Tony Longhurst 11 New Zealand Steven Richards All New Zealand Jim Richards Team Dynamik 14 Australia Neil McFadyen 6 rowspan=2 Australia Will Davison 7–8 44 New Zealand Simon Wills All Australia Paul Stokell 45 Australia Dale Brede All Australia Will Davison Robert Smith Racing 14 Australia Lee Holdsworth 9–10, 13 Australia Phillip Scifleet* Australia Mark Noske** John Kelly Racing (HRT Satellite team of Holden Racing Team) 15 Australia Rick Kelly All Australia Tim Leahey Australia Steve Owen 51 New Zealand Greg Murphy All Paul Weel Racing 16 Australia Paul Weel All Australia Matthew White Australia Marcus Marshall 50 Australia Jason Bright All Team Kiwi Racing 021 New Zealand Craig Baird All New Zealand Mark Porter Paul Morris Motorsport 29 Australia Paul Morris All Australia Alan Gurr Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Australia Cameron McConville All Australia Nathan Pretty Denmark Allan Simonsen 34 Australia Garth Tander All Paul Little Racing 75 Australia Anthony Tratt All Australia Tomas Mezera * = Drove in Sandown 500 only ** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only Results and standings Results summary Round Round number Race Event Pole position Race winners Round winner Report Race Report 1 R1 Adelaide NZL Greg Murphy AUS Marcos Ambrose AUS Marcos Ambrose(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) report R2 AUS Marcos Ambrose 2 Eastern Creek 1 AUS Marcos Ambrose AUS Rick Kelly(John Kelly Racing, Holden) report 3 R1 Pukekohe AUS Mark Skaife AUS Marcos Ambrose AUS Jason Bright(Paul Weel Racing, Holden) report R2 AUS Jason Bright R3 AUS Jason Bright 4 R1 Darwin AUS Mark Skaife AUS Russell Ingall AUS Todd Kelly(Holden Racing Team, Holden) report R2 AUS Rick Kelly R3 AUS Todd Kelly 5 R1 Perth NZL Steven Richards AUS Mark Skaife AUS Jason Bright(Paul Weel Racing, Holden) report R2 AUS Jason Bright R3 AUS Jason Bright 6 Ipswich AUS Marcos Ambrose AUS Marcos Ambrose(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) report 7 Winton NZL Craig Baird AUS Cameron McConville(Garry Rogers Motorsport, Holden) report 8 R1 Oran Park AUS Mark Skaife AUS Mark Skaife AUS Marcos Ambrose(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) report R2 AUS Marcos Ambrose 9 Sandown AUS Rick Kelly AUS Marcos AmbroseAUS Greg Ritter(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) report 10 Bathurst NZL Steven Richards NZL Greg MurphyAUS Rick Kelly(John Kelly Racing, Holden) report 11 R1 Gold Coast AUS Mark Skaife AUS Marcos Ambrose NZL Greg Murphy(John Kelly Racing, Holden) report R2 NZL Greg Murphy 12 R1 Launceston NZL Steven Richards AUS Rick Kelly AUS Russell Ingall(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) report R2 AUS Marcos Ambrose R3 AUS David Besnard 13 R1 Eastern Creek 2 AUS Marcos Ambrose AUS Marcos Ambrose AUS Marcos Ambrose(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford) report R2 AUS Marcos Ambrose R3 AUS Marcos Ambrose Drivers championship Pos. Position Driver No. Car Number Car ADESouth Australia EAS1New South Wales PUKNZL HIDNorthern Territory BARWestern Australia QLDQueensland WINVictoria ORANew South Wales SANVictoria BATNew South Wales SURQueensland SYMTasmania EAS2New South Wales Pen. Penalties Pts. Points 1 AUS 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 NZL 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 NZL 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 AUS Cameron McConville 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 NZL 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 NZL 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 NZL 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 NZL 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 BRA 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 AUS 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 AUS Greg Ritter 1 Ford BA Falcon 1 4 0 372 33 AUS Cameron McLean 9 Ford BA Falcon 2 6 0 360 34 NZL Fabian Coulthard 43/3 Holden VY Commodore 29 19 9 20 0 330 35 AUS Mark Noske 48/14 Ford BA Falcon 27 21 26 22 18 25 20 21 27 27 Ret 0 304 36 MAS Alex Yoong 48 Ford BA Falcon 21 15 Ret 23 0 278 37 AUS Tomas Mezera 75 Holden VY Commodore 12 18 0 272 38 AUS Alex Davison 7 Holden VX Commodore Holden VY Commodore Ret 9 20 20 Ret 23 27 27 0 256 39 NZL Jim Richards 11 Holden VY Commodore 15 21 0 248 40 AUS Christian D'Agostin 43 Holden VX Commodore 20 19 Ret 31 Ret 0 240 40 AUS Luke Youlden 31 Ford BA Falcon 22 16 0 240 42 AUS Kurt Wimmer 43 Holden VX Commodore 20 19 0 236 43 AUS Neil McFadyen 14/48 Holden VY Commodore Ford BA Falcon 18 15 0 226 44 AUS Owen Kelly 18/48 Ford BA Falcon Ret 17 23 22 18 Ret 28 31 0 214 45 NZL Mark Porter 14/021 Holden VY Commodore 28 32 25 28 13 Ret 0 202 46 NZL John McIntyre 48/23 Ford BA Falcon 21 Ret 19 18 0 199 47 AUS Garth Walden 24 Ford AU Falcon 22 DNQ 28 Ret 24 Ret Ret 32 32 0 185 48 AUS Tim Leahey 51 Holden VY Commodore Ret 8 0 164 48 AUS Steve Owen 51 Holden VY Commodore Ret 8 0 164 50 AUS Jamie Whincup 7 Holden VX Commodore Ret 9 0 160 51 AUS Nathan Pretty 33 Holden VY Commodore Ret 10 0 156 51 DNK Allan Simonsen 33 Holden VY Commodore Ret 10 0 156 53 NZL Matt Halliday 20 Ford BA Falcon Ret 11 0 152 53 AUS Mark Larkham 20 Ford BA Falcon Ret 11 0 152 53 AUS Marcus Marshall 16 Holden VY Commodore 11 DNS 0 152 53 AUS Matthew White 16 Holden VY Commodore 11 DNS 0 152 57 AUS Paul Stokell 44 Holden VY Commodore Ret 13 0 144 58 AUS Peter Brock 05 Holden VY Commodore 14 Ret 0 140 58 GBR Jason Plato 05 Holden VY Commodore 14 Ret 0 140 60 AUS Charlie O'Brien 23 Ford BA Falcon 16 0 132 61 AUS David Brabham 18 Ford BA Falcon Ret 17 0 128 61 AUS Alan Gurr 29 Holden VY Commodore 17 Ret 0 128 63 AUS Adam Macrow 5 Ford BA Falcon 19 Ret 0 120 63 SUI Alain Menu 5 Ford BA Falcon 19 Ret 0 120 65 AUS Grant Elliott 24 Ford AU Falcon 24 Ret 0 100 66 AUS Lee Holdsworth 14 Holden VY Commodore Ret Ret 24 29 29 0 34 AUS Will Davison 14/45 Holden VY Commodore Ret DNS DSQ Ret Ret 0 0 AUS Phillip Scifleet 24/14 Holden VX Commodore Holden VY Commodore Ret DNS DNQ Ret 0 0 AUS Dean Canto 888 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret 0 0 FRA Yvan Muller 888 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret 0 0 GBR John Cleland 21 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret 0 0 AUS Andrew Jones 21 Ford BA Falcon Ret Ret 0 0 AUS David Krause 43 Holden VX Commodore DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 0 NZL David Thexton 99 Ford BA Falcon DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 0 AUS Terry Wyhoon 14 Holden VX Commodore DNQ DNQ 0 0 Pos. Position Driver No. Car Number Car ADESouth Australia EAS1New South Wales PUKNZL HIDNorthern Territory BARWestern Australia QLDQueensland WINVictoria ORANew South Wales SANVictoria BATNew South Wales SURQueensland SYMTasmania EAS2New South Wales Pen. Penalties Pts. PointsBold - Pole position Italics - Fastest lap See also 2004 V8 Supercar season References External links Official V8 Supercar site 2004 Racing Results Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20071014034458/http://natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?2004 14 October 2007 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series images Retrieved from motorsport.com on 8 November 2008 Category:Supercars Championship seasons V8 Supercar Championship Series