2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series

2004 V8 Supercar

Drivers' Champion:
Marcos Ambrose
Teams' Champion:
Stone Brothers Racing
Manufacturers' Championship:
Ford

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Support series:
Konica 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.

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	Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	18–21 March
2	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	2–4 April
3	PlaceMakers V8 International [2]	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	30 April – 2 May
4	Darwin	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	21–23 May
5	Perth	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	11–13 June
6	Ipswich	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	2–4 July
7	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	23–25 July
8	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	13–15 August
9	Betta Electrical Sandown 500 [3]	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	10–12 September
10	Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 [4]	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	7–10 October
11	Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge [5]	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	21–24 October
12	Launceston	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	12–14 November
13	BigPond Grand Finale [6]	Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	3–5 December

Adelaide Eastern Creek Darwin Perth Ipswich Winton Oran Park Sandown Bathurst Gold Coast Launceston class=notpageimage| Australian rounds

Pukekohe class=notpageimage| New Zealand rounds

Teams and drivers

Glenn Seton placed 15th in the Championship driving a Ford Falcon BA for Ford Performance Racing. The car is pictured in 2018.

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.

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
			9	Russell Ingall	All		Cameron McLean
		Ford Performance Racing	5	Glenn Seton	All		Alain Menu Adam Macrow
			6	Craig Lowndes	All
		Larkham Motorsport	10	Jason Bargwanna	All		Mark Larkham Matt Halliday
			20	Mark Winterbottom	All
		Brad Jones Racing	12	John Bowe	All		John Cleland Andrew Jones
			21	Brad Jones	All
		Dick Johnson Racing	17	Steven Johnson	All		Owen Kelly David Brabham
			18	Warren Luff	All
		WPS Racing	23	David Besnard	1–10, 12–13		Charlie O'Brien* John McIntyre**
				John McIntyre	11
			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
			888	Max Wilson	All
		Thexton Motor Racing	99	David Thexton	1–2		—
Holden	Commodore VX	Tasman Motorsport	3	Jason Richards	1–7		Fabian Coulthard
			43	Fabian Coulthard	8		—
		Rod Nash Racing (PE)	7	Tony Longhurst	1–8, 11		Jamie Whincup
				Alex Davison	9–10, 12
		Imrie Motorsport	14	Terry Wyhoon	1		—
			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
				Peter Brock	9–10
		Tasman Motorsport	3	Jason Richards	8–13		—
		Rod Nash Racing (PE)	7	Alex Davison	13		—
		Perkins Engineering	8	Paul Dumbrell	All		Tony Longhurst
			11	Steven Richards	All		Jim Richards
		Team Dynamik	14	Neil McFadyen	6		—
				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
			51	Greg Murphy	All
		Paul Weel Racing	16	Paul Weel	All		Matthew White Marcus Marshall
			50	Jason Bright	All
		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
			34	Garth Tander	All
		Paul Little Racing	75	Anthony Tratt	All		Tomas Mezera

* = Drove in Sandown 500 only

** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

Results and standings

Results summary

Round	Race	Event	Pole position	Race winners	Round winner	Report
1	R1	Adelaide	Greg Murphy	Marcos Ambrose	Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)	report
	R2			Marcos Ambrose
2		Eastern Creek 1	Marcos Ambrose	Rick Kelly (John Kelly Racing, Holden)
3	R1	Pukekohe	Mark Skaife	Marcos Ambrose	Jason Bright (Paul Weel Racing, Holden)	report
	R2			Jason Bright
	R3			Jason Bright
4	R1	Darwin	Mark Skaife	Russell Ingall	Todd Kelly (Holden Racing Team, Holden)
	R2			Rick Kelly
	R3			Todd Kelly
5	R1	Perth	Steven Richards	Mark Skaife	Jason Bright (Paul Weel Racing, Holden)
	R2			Jason Bright
	R3			Jason Bright
6		Ipswich	Marcos Ambrose	Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
7		Winton	Craig Baird	Cameron McConville (Garry Rogers Motorsport, Holden)		report
8	R1	Oran Park	Mark Skaife	Mark Skaife	Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
	R2			Marcos Ambrose
9		Sandown	Rick Kelly	Marcos Ambrose Greg Ritter (Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)		report
10		Bathurst	Steven Richards	Greg Murphy Rick Kelly (John Kelly Racing, Holden)		report
11	R1	Gold Coast	Mark Skaife	Marcos Ambrose	Greg Murphy (John Kelly Racing, Holden)
	R2			Greg Murphy
12	R1	Launceston	Steven Richards	Rick Kelly	Russell Ingall (Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
	R2			Marcos Ambrose
	R3			David Besnard
13	R1	Eastern Creek 2	Marcos Ambrose	Marcos Ambrose	Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
	R2			Marcos Ambrose
	R3			Marcos Ambrose

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 classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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

See also

2004 V8 Supercar season

References

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.

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