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.
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 | Dale Brede | 2, 5 |
Dick Johnson Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 19 | Will Davison | 4 |
Ford BA Falcon | 71 | Dean Canto | All | |
81 | Grant Denyer | All | ||
Howard Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 19 | Stephen Voight | 6 |
27 | Adam Macrow | All | ||
37 | Mark Howard | All | ||
Matthew White Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 28 | Dean Wanless | All |
Britek Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | 26 | José Fernández | All |
A.N.T. Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 30 | Tony Evangelou | 2–7 |
Steven Ellery Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 31 | Mark Porter | All |
Ford AU Falcon Ford BA Falcon | 41 | Gary MacDonald | All | |
McGill Motorsport | Holden VX Commodore | 32 | Aaron McGill | All |
Gravity Motorsport | Holden VX Commodore | 40 | Mark Papendall | 1–5 |
Jay Motorsport | Holden VY Commodore | 42 | Jay Verdnik | All |
John Henderson | Ford AU Falcon | 56 | John Henderson | 1–4, 6–7 |
JPS Automotive | Holden VX Commodore | 57 | Dean Savage | 2–7 |
Paul Cruickshank Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 60 | Warren Luff | All |
Ford AU Falcon | 65 | Phillip Scifleet | All | |
Scott Loadsman Racing | Holden VX Commodore | 62 | Scott Loadsman | All |
Rod Lynch Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 66 | Adam Wallis | 1, 5–6 |
Shane Beikoff Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 68 | Shane Beikoff | 1–3, 6–7 |
Jonathan Beikoff | 4 | |||
Spiess Hecker Racing | Holden VX Commodore | 69 | Robert Jones | 3–7 |
Robert Smith Racing | Holden VY Commodore | 72 | Lee Holdsworth | 3–7 |
Peters Motorsport | Ford AU Falcon | 80 | Barry Tanton | 2–4, 7 |
Ford AU Falcon | 91 | Gary Deane | All | |
Greg Smith Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 86 | Greg Smith | All |
Sydney Star Racing | Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon | 98 | Grant Elliott | All |
Tony D'Alberto Racing | Holden VY Commodore | 99 | Tony D'Alberto | All |
Round | Date | Circuit | Location | Winning driver | Car |
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1 | 17–19 March | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | Dean Canto | Ford BA Falcon |
2 | 14–15 May | Wakefield Park | Goulburn, New South Wales | Adam Macrow | Ford BA Falcon |
3 | 9–10 July | Eastern Creek Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | Dean Canto | Ford BA Falcon |
4 | 23–24 July | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | Dean Canto | Ford BA Falcon |
5 | 20–21 August | Mallala Motor Sport Park | Mallala, South Australia | Dean Canto | Ford BA Falcon |
6 | 6–8 October | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | Dean Canto | Ford BA Falcon |
7 | 26–27 November | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | Phillip Island, Victoria | Adam Macrow | Ford BA Falcon |
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 |
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Note: Due to time constraints, Race 2 at the Bathurst round was abandoned and no points were awarded. [3]
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