2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series

2005 HPDC V8 Supercar Series

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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
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
CarTrek 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

Race calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Location	Winning driver	Car
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

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
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

Pos. [2] Driver [2] No. Car ADE WAK EAS QLD MAL BAT PHI Points [2] 1 Dean Canto 71 Ford BA Falcon 1 1 1 DNS DNS 1 3 1 1 5 1 1 3 1 1 C 2 2 1098 2 Warren Luff 60 Ford BA Falcon 9 9 2 8 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 Ret 6 2 C 4 3 1068 3 Gary MacDonald 41 Ford AU Falcon Ford BA Falcon 5 5 4 10 5 9 8 10 8 7 9 15 2 3 5 C 6 7 1023 4 Adam Macrow 27 Ford BA Falcon 2 2 5 6 1 2 7 7 5 1 4 21 Ret DNS 4 C 1 1 1007 5 Tony D'Alberto 99 Holden VY Commodore 3 3 3 19 7 4 5 3 6 9 14 10 Ret 7 3 C 3 4 999 6 Phillip Scifleet 65 Ford AU Falcon 4 4 7 12 6 5 6 5 9 16 6 6 4 8 11 C Ret 9 924 7 José Fernández 26 Ford BA Falcon Ret 7 10 16 8 6 Ret 9 11 8 8 4 6 9 10 C 8 6 839 8 Aaron McGill 32 Holden VX Commodore 11 10 17 2 12 12 15 13 20 11 18 16 13 14 18 C 15 13 758 9 Mark Porter 31 Ford BA Falcon 7 Ret 6 9 4 8 4 8 7 6 13 2 Ret 4 6 C Ret DNS 743 10 Grant Denyer 81 Ford BA Falcon DNS DNS 12 11 10 7 11 6 10 10 7 7 5 5 7 C Ret 10 737 11 Grant Elliott 98 Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon 6 Ret 11 14 9 11 10 12 DNS DNS DNS 8 9 12 9 C 16 17 654 12 Tony Evangelou 30 Ford BA Falcon 13 7 13 10 9 20 13 Ret DNS 9 10 10 22 C 7 8 618 13 Lee Holdsworth 72 Holden VY Commodore 24 1 4 4 4 5 Ret 7 Ret 8 C 5 5 607 14 Mark Howard 37 Ford BA Falcon 8 8 15 13 11 14 16 14 14 14 20 12 Ret DNS Ret C Ret 12 587 15 Gary Deane 91 Ford AU Falcon 12 Ret Ret 15 16 19 18 18 15 15 12 17 12 17 16 C Ret 16 543 16 Dean Wanless 28 Ford AU Falcon Ret 11 14 3 15 13 12 23 Ret DNS DNS 14 17 18 Ret C 10 11 537 17 Greg Smith 86 Ford AU Falcon 17 14 21 18 17 20 Ret 21 17 Ret 17 22 16 Ret 20 C 12 18 508 18 Shane Beikoff 68 Ford AU Falcon 13 12 20 1 Ret 17 17 17 17 C 11 14 480 19 Scott Loadsman 62 Holden VX Commodore 16 15 19 DNS 14 Ret 14 19 16 19 16 19 14 15 19 C Ret DNS 477 20 Jay Verdnik 42 Holden VX Commodore Ret Ret 9 DNS DNS 15 Ret 11 12 18 10 13 8 Ret 13 C 9 Ret 468 21 Mark Papendall 40 Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon 14 13 18 17 20 16 19 15 Ret 17 DNS 18 15 16 435 22 Robert Jones 69 Holden VX Commodore 18 Ret Ret 21 13 11 11 11 13 12 C Ret 15 383 23 Adam Wallis 66 Ford AU Falcon 10 6 5 18 11 15 C 334 24 Dale Brede 19 Ford AU Falcon 8 4 3 23 1 2 314 25 Dean Savage 57 Holden VX Commodore 23 21 19 21 Ret 22 19 Ret Ret 20 Ret DNS 21 C 13 19 310 26 John Henderson 56 Ford AU Falcon 15 Ret 16 5 Ret 23 13 16 Ret DNS DNS 21 C 13 19 238 27 Barry Tanton 80 Ford AU Falcon 22 20 18 22 20 Ret Ret DNS 19 14 Ret 211 28 Will Davison 19 Ford AU Falcon 2 3 2 184 29 Jonathan Beikoff 68 Ford AU Falcon 18 12 15 108 30 Stephen Voight 19 Ford BA Falcon 14 C 57 Pos. Driver No. Car ADE WAK EAS QLD MAL BAT PHI Points

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)

Note: Due to time constraints, Race 2 at the Bathurst round was abandoned and no points were awarded. ^[3]

References

1. Program, Malalla Motor Sport Park, 19–21 August 2005
2. HPDC V8 Supercars Series Points Report, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
3. Grant Rowley, (Not) The Great Race, The Annual – Australian Motorsport, Number 1 / 2005, page 48

External links

• 2005 Racing Results Archive Archived 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine

See also

• 2005 V8 Supercar season