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.^[1] 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.

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.

Manufacturer	Vehicle	Team	No.	Driver	Events	Endurance 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
		Stone Brothers Racing	9	Russell Ingall	All	Cameron McLean
		Ford Performance Racing	5	Glenn Seton	All	Alain Menu Adam Macrow
		Ford Performance Racing	6	Craig Lowndes	All	Alain Menu Adam Macrow
		Larkham Motorsport	10	Jason Bargwanna	All	Mark Larkham Matt Halliday
		Larkham Motorsport	20	Mark Winterbottom	All	Mark Larkham Matt Halliday
		Brad Jones Racing	12	John Bowe	All	John Cleland Andrew Jones
		Brad Jones Racing	21	Brad Jones	All	John Cleland Andrew Jones
		Dick Johnson Racing	17	Steven Johnson	All	Owen Kelly David Brabham
		Dick Johnson Racing	18	Warren Luff	All	Owen Kelly David Brabham
		WPS Racing	23	David Besnard	1–10, 12–13	Charlie O'Brien* John McIntyre**
			23	John McIntyre	11	Charlie O'Brien* John McIntyre**
			48	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
		Triple Eight Race Engineering	888	Max Wilson	All	Yvan Muller Dean Canto
		Thexton Motor Racing	99	David Thexton	1–2	—
Holden	Commodore VX	Tasman Motorsport	3	Jason Richards	1–7	Fabian Coulthard
		Tasman Motorsport	43	Fabian Coulthard	8	—
		Rod Nash Racing (PE)	7	Tony Longhurst	1–8, 11	Jamie Whincup
		Rod Nash Racing (PE)	7	Alex Davison	9–10, 12	Jamie Whincup
		Imrie Motorsport	14	Terry Wyhoon	1	—
		Imrie Motorsport	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
	Commodore VY	Holden Racing Team	2	Mark Skaife	All	Todd Kelly
			22	Todd Kelly	1–8, 11–13	Jason Plato
			22	Peter Brock	9–10	Jason Plato
		Tasman Motorsport	3	Jason Richards	8–13	—
		Rod Nash Racing (PE)	7	Alex Davison	13	—
		Perkins Engineering	8	Paul Dumbrell	All	Tony Longhurst
		Perkins Engineering	11	Steven Richards	All	Jim Richards
		Team Dynamik	14	Neil McFadyen	6	—
			14	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 (HRT)	15	Rick Kelly	All	Tim Leahey Steve Owen
		John Kelly Racing (HRT)	51	Greg Murphy	All	Tim Leahey Steve Owen
		Paul Weel Racing	16	Paul Weel	All	Matthew White Marcus Marshall
		Paul Weel Racing	50	Jason Bright	All	Matthew White Marcus Marshall
		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
		Garry Rogers Motorsport	34	Garth Tander	All	Nathan Pretty Allan Simonsen
		Paul Little Racing	75	Anthony Tratt	All	Tomas Mezera

* = Drove in Sandown 500 only

** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series comprised 13 rounds which included 11 sprint rounds and two endurance rounds.

Rd.	Race title	Circuit	City / state	Date	Format	Round winner(s)	Car	Team	Report
1	Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	18–21 Mar	Two races	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	Report
2	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	2–4 Apr	One race	Rick Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	Kmart Racing Team
3	PlaceMakers V8 International^[2]	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	30 Apr – 2 May	Three races	Jason Bright	Holden VY Commodore	Paul Weel Racing	Report
4	Darwin	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	21–23 May	Three races	Todd Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	Holden Racing Team
5	Perth	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	11–13 Jun	Three races	Jason Bright	Holden VY Commodore	Paul Weel Racing
6	Ipswich	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	2–4 Jul	One race	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
7	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	23–25 Jul	One race	Cameron McConville	Holden VY Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Report
8	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	13–15 Aug	Two races	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
9	Betta Electrical Sandown 500^[3]	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	10–12 Sep	One race	Marcos Ambrose Greg Ritter	Ford BA Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	Report
10	Bob Jane T-Marts 1000^[4]	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	7–10 Oct	One race	Greg Murphy Rick Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	Kmart Racing Team	Report
11	Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge^[5]	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	21–24 Oct	Two races	Greg Murphy	Holden VY Commodore	Kmart Racing Team
12	Launceston	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	12–14 Nov	Three races	Russell Ingall	Ford BA Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
13	BigPond Grand Finale^[6]	Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	3–5 Dec	Three races	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing

Adelaide

Eastern Creek

Darwin

Perth

Ipswich

Winton

Oran Park

Sandown

Bathurst

Gold Coast

Launceston

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Australian rounds

Pukekohe

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New Zealand rounds

Drivers championship

Pos.	Driver	No.	Car	ADE		EAS1	PUK			HID			BAR			QLD	WIN	ORA		SAN	BAT	SUR		SYM			EAS2			Pen.	Pts.
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	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	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
Pos.	Driver	No.	Car	ADE		EAS1	PUK			HID			BAR			QLD	WIN	ORA		SAN	BAT	SUR		SYM			EAS2			Pen.	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap

References

^ 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
^ "Pukekohe Park Raceway 02/05/2004 PlaceMakers V8 International – V8 Supercar Series Round 3". National Software. 2 May 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
^ "Sandown International Motor Raceway 12/09/2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 – Rd 9 2004 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 12 September 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
^ "Mount Panorama – Bathurst 10/10/2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 – Rd 10 2004 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 10 October 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
^ "Surfers Paradise Street Circuit 24/10/2004 Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge – Round 11 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 24 October 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
^ "Eastern Creek International Raceway 05/12/2004 BigPond Grand Finale – Round 13 V8 Supercar Championship". National Software. 5 December 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.

External links

Official V8 Supercar site
2004 Racing Results Archive Archived 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series images Retrieved from motorsport.com on 8 November 2008

[1] 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

[2] "Pukekohe Park Raceway 02/05/2004 PlaceMakers V8 International – V8 Supercar Series Round 3". National Software. 2 May 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.

[3] "Sandown International Motor Raceway 12/09/2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 – Rd 9 2004 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 12 September 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.

[4] "Mount Panorama – Bathurst 10/10/2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 – Rd 10 2004 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 10 October 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.

[5] "Surfers Paradise Street Circuit 24/10/2004 Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge – Round 11 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 24 October 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.

[6] "Eastern Creek International Raceway 05/12/2004 BigPond Grand Finale – Round 13 V8 Supercar Championship". National Software. 5 December 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2008.

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