2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series
The 2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the sixth series held for second tier V8 Supercars competitors. The season began on 18 March 2005 at Wakefield Park and finished on 27 November at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. The season consisted of seven rounds held across four different states. The series was expanded for 2005, incorporating the previously stand-alone support race at Bathurst 1000 into a series round and adding a finale on the support program of the Bigpond Grand Finale.
Dean Canto, driving for Dick Johnson Racing's two car team, dominated the expanded series, winning ten races, and five of the seven rounds, which made Canto the first multiple winner of the series and directly led to a full-time return to V8 Supercar Championship Series with Garry Rogers Motorsport. Series runner up Paul Cruickshank Racing driver Warren Luff failed to score a win, staying in touch with Canto through consistency. Adam Macrow was the other multiple race-winner, taking victory four times, but some unlucky results saw him finish fourth in the points race behind Gary MacDonald. Shane Beikoff, Lee Holdsworth and Dale Brede took the remaining wins with Race 2 at Bathurst declared a no result after a multi-car collision blocked the track after just six laps.
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the series.
Team | Car | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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Brad Jones Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 19 | ![]() | 2, 5 |
Dick Johnson Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 19 | ![]() | 4 |
Ford BA Falcon | 71 | ![]() | All | |
81 | ![]() | All | ||
Howard Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 19 | ![]() | 6 |
27 | ![]() | All | ||
37 | ![]() | All | ||
Matthew White Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 28 | ![]() | All |
Britek Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | 26 | ![]() | All |
A.N.T. Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 30 | ![]() | 2–7 |
Steven Ellery Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 31 | ![]() | All |
Ford AU Falcon Ford BA Falcon | 41 | ![]() | All | |
McGill Motorsport | Holden VX Commodore | 32 | ![]() | All |
Gravity Motorsport | Holden VX Commodore | 40 | ![]() | 1–5 |
Jay Motorsport | Holden VY Commodore | 42 | ![]() | All |
John Henderson | Ford AU Falcon | 56 | ![]() | 1–4, 6–7 |
JPS Automotive | Holden VX Commodore | 57 | ![]() | 2–7 |
Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 60 | ![]() | All |
Ford AU Falcon | 65 | ![]() | All | |
Scott Loadsman Racing | Holden VX Commodore | 62 | ![]() | All |
Rod Lynch Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 66 | ![]() | 1, 5–6 |
Shane Beikoff Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 68 | ![]() | 1–3, 6–7 |
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CarTrek Racing | Holden VX Commodore | 69 | ![]() | 3–7 |
Robert Smith Racing | Holden VY Commodore | 72 | ![]() | 3–7 |
Peters Motorsport | Ford AU Falcon | 80 | ![]() | 2–4, 7 |
Ford AU Falcon | 91 | ![]() | All | |
Greg Smith Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 86 | ![]() | All |
Sydney Star Racing | Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon | 98 | ![]() | All |
Tony D'Alberto Racing | Holden VY Commodore | 99 | ![]() | All |
Race calendar
Round | Date | Circuit | Location | Winning driver | Car |
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1 | 17–19 March | ![]() | Adelaide, South Australia | ![]() | Ford BA Falcon |
2 | 14–15 May | ![]() | Goulburn, New South Wales | ![]() | Ford BA Falcon |
3 | 9–10 July | ![]() | Sydney, New South Wales | ![]() | Ford BA Falcon |
4 | 23–24 July | ![]() | Ipswich, Queensland | ![]() | Ford BA Falcon |
5 | 20–21 August | ![]() | Mallala, South Australia | ![]() | Ford BA Falcon |
6 | 6–8 October | ![]() | Bathurst, New South Wales | ![]() | Ford BA Falcon |
7 | 26–27 November | ![]() | Phillip Island, Victoria | ![]() | Ford BA Falcon |
Points system
The series comprised seven rounds across four different states. Rounds 2, 3, 4 and 5 each 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. Rounds 1, 6 and 7 each consisted of two races. Points were offered down to 32nd position in each race[1] but at no point during the season did more than 24 cars finish a race.
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 |
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Rounds 1, 6 & 7 points | 96 | 93 | 90 | 87 | 84 | 81 | 78 | 75 | 72 | 69 | 66 | 63 | 60 | 57 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 27 |
Rounds 2, 3, 4 & 5 points | 64 | 62 | 60 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 52 | 50 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 |
Series standings
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Note: Due to time constraints, Race 2 at the Bathurst round was abandoned and no points were awarded.[3]
References
External links
- 2005 Racing Results Archive Archived 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
See also
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- Super2 Series
- Super3 Series
- Australian Super Touring Championship
- AMSCAR
- Bathurst 1000
- Sandown 500
- Enduro Cup
- List of Australian Touring Car and V8 Supercar champions
- List of Australian Touring Car Championship races
- List of Australian Touring Car Championship circuits
- List of Australian Touring Car and V8 Supercar driver records