The 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series was a motor racing championship for V8 Supercars. The series, which was the seventh V8 Supercar Championship Series, began on 18 March 2005 in Adelaide and ended on 27 November at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit after 13 rounds. The 46th Australian Touring Car Championship title was awarded to the series winner, Russell Ingall by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.
The following drivers and teams competed in the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series.
* = Drove in Sandown 500 only ** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only
The 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series was contested over 13 rounds which included 11 single-driver sprint rounds and two two-driver endurance rounds.
 Australian rounds | New Zealand rounds | Chinese rounds |
Points were awarded on the results of each race as follows. [7]
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| Pos | Team | Penalty | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Rd 11 | Rd 12 | Rd 13 | Total |
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| 1 | Stone Brothers Racing | 0 | 330 | 360 | 362 | 354 | 264 | 212 | 360 | 369 | 304 | 176 | 180 | 268 | 356 | 3895 |
| 2 | Holden Racing Team | 0 | 252 | 264 | 198 | 324 | 332 | 328 | 288 | 93 | 340 | 192 | 270 | 238 | 260 | 3379 |
| 3 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 0 | 183 | 226 | 180 | 279 | 124 | 210 | 348 | 159 | 368 | 320 | 346 | 294 | 310 | 3347 |
| 4 | HSV Dealer Team | 0 | 204 | 176 | 194 | 204 | 122 | 344 | 288 | 270 | 180 | 132 | 320 | 372 | 358 | 3164 |
| 5 | Dick Johnson Racing | 0 | 237 | 162 | 284 | 189 | 190 | 296 | 270 | 180 | 272 | 280 | 190 | 224 | 150 | 2924 |
| 6 | Paul Weel Racing | 0 | 222 | 330 | 186 | 216 | 196 | 140 | 150 | 294 | 0 | 172 | 242 | 220 | 310 | 2678 |
| 7 | Perkins Engineering | 0 | 240 | 168 | 186 | 225 | 186 | 204 | 258 | 237 | 236 | 0 | 126 | 334 | 180 | 2580 |
| 8 | Ford Performance Racing | 0 | 108 | 218 | 118 | 75 | 248 | 180 | 144 | 222 | 308 | 264 | 236 | 156 | 166 | 2443 |
| 9 | Brad Jones Racing | 0 | 162 | 186 | 178 | 261 | 190 | 172 | 144 | 150 | 272 | 280 | 178 | 122 | 76 | 2371 |
| 10 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 0 | 180 | 118 | 184 | 129 | 206 | 84 | 168 | 198 | 272 | 180 | 264 | 160 | 138 | 2281 |
| 11 | Tasman Motorsport | 0 | 141 | 176 | 196 | 213 | 206 | 212 | 30 | 150 | 184 | 188 | 214 | 168 | 182 | 2260 |
| 12 | WPS Racing | 0 | 123 | 62 | 190 | 120 | 82 | 96 | 222 | 93 | 228 | 308 | 166 | 94 | 68 | 1852 |
| 13 | Larkham Motor Sport | 0 | 84 | 110 | 186 | 114 | 64 | 102 | 132 | 147 | 132 | 148 | 74 | 106 | 168 | 1567 |
| 14 | Team Dynamik | 0 | 120 | 110 | 90 | 111 | 190 | 98 | 174 | 177 | 0 | 152 | 68 | 108 | 126 | 1524 |
| 15 | Team Kiwi Racing (S) | 0 | 99 | 162 | 104 | 48 | 170 | 116 | 24 | 135 | 0 | 156 | 92 | 130 | 140 | 1376 |
| 16 | Britek Motorsport | 0 | 147 | 32 | 58 | 150 | 62 | 144 | 90 | 66 | 204 | 128 | 28 | 48 | 66 | 1223 |
| 17 | Paul Morris Motorsport (S) | 0 | 108 | 110 | 122 | 66 | 70 | 112 | 42 | 45 | 164 | 0 | 58 | 74 | 88 | 1059 |
| 18 | Rod Nash Racing (S) | 0 | 36 | 44 | 36 | 114 | 52 | 0 | 63 | 128 | 116 | 38 | 28 | 20 | 675 | |
| 19 | Paul Little Racing (S) | 0 | 63 | 70 | 58 | 24 | 60 | 16 | 0 | 72 | 96 | 0 | 36 | 16 | 0 | 511 |
(S) denotes a single car team.
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