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

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The following teams and drivers competed in the series.

Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Brad Jones Racing Ford AU Falcon 19 Australia Dale Brede 2, 5
Dick Johnson Racing Ford AU Falcon 19 Australia Will Davison 4
Ford BA Falcon 71 Australia Dean Canto All
81 Australia Grant Denyer All
Howard Racing Ford BA Falcon 19 Australia Stephen Voight 6
27 Australia Adam Macrow All
37 Australia Mark Howard All
Matthew White Racing Ford AU Falcon 28 Australia Dean Wanless All
Britek Motorsport Ford BA Falcon 26 Australia José Fernández All
A.N.T. Racing Ford BA Falcon 30 Australia Tony Evangelou 2–7
Steven Ellery Racing Ford BA Falcon 31 New Zealand Mark Porter All
Ford AU Falcon
Ford BA Falcon 		41 Australia Gary MacDonald All
McGill Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 32 Australia Aaron McGill All
Gravity Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 40 Australia Mark Papendall 1–5
Jay Motorsport Holden VY Commodore 42 Australia Jay Verdnik All
John Henderson Ford AU Falcon 56 Australia John Henderson 1–4, 6–7
JPS Automotive Holden VX Commodore 57 Australia Dean Savage 2–7
Paul Cruickshank Racing Ford BA Falcon 60 Australia Warren Luff All
Ford AU Falcon 65 Australia Phillip Scifleet All
Scott Loadsman Racing Holden VX Commodore 62 Australia Scott Loadsman All
Rod Lynch Racing Ford AU Falcon 66 Australia Adam Wallis 1, 5–6
Shane Beikoff Racing Ford AU Falcon 68 Australia Shane Beikoff 1–3, 6–7
Australia Jonathan Beikoff 4
CarTrek Racing Holden VX Commodore 69 Australia Robert Jones 3–7
Robert Smith Racing Holden VY Commodore 72 Australia Lee Holdsworth 3–7
Peters Motorsport Ford AU Falcon 80 Australia Barry Tanton 2–4, 7
Ford AU Falcon 91 Australia Gary Deane All
Greg Smith Racing Ford AU Falcon 86 Australia Greg Smith All
Sydney Star Racing Holden VX Commodore
Ford AU Falcon 		98 Australia Grant Elliott All
Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden VY Commodore 99 Australia Tony D'Alberto All

Race calendar

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Round Date Circuit Location Winning driver Car
1 17–19 March South Australia Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia Australia Dean Canto Ford BA Falcon
2 14–15 May New South Wales Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales Australia Adam Macrow Ford BA Falcon
3 9–10 July New South Wales Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Australia Dean Canto Ford BA Falcon
4 23–24 July Queensland Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland Australia Dean Canto Ford BA Falcon
5 20–21 August South Australia Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia Australia Dean Canto Ford BA Falcon
6 6–8 October New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Australia Dean Canto Ford BA Falcon
7 26–27 November Victoria (state) Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Australia Adam Macrow Ford BA Falcon

Points system

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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

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Pos.[2] Driver[2] No. Car Ade
South Australia 		Wak
New South Wales 		Eas
New South Wales 		Que
Queensland 		Mal
South Australia 		Bat
New South Wales 		Phi
Victoria (state) 		Points[2]
1 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 New Zealand 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia Tony Evangelou 30 Ford BA Falcon 13 7 13 10 9 20 13 Ret DNS 9 10 10 22 C 7 8 618
13 Australia Lee Holdsworth 72 Holden VY Commodore 24 1 4 4 4 5 Ret 7 Ret 8 C 5 5 607
14 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia Shane Beikoff 68 Ford AU Falcon 13 12 20 1 Ret 17 17 17 17 C 11 14 480
19 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia Robert Jones 69 Holden VX Commodore 18 Ret Ret 21 13 11 11 11 13 12 C Ret 15 383
23 Australia Adam Wallis 66 Ford AU Falcon 10 6 5 18 11 15 C 334
24 Australia Dale Brede 19 Ford AU Falcon 8 4 3 23 1 2 314
25 Australia Dean Savage 57 Holden VX Commodore 23 21 19 21 Ret 22 19 Ret Ret 20 Ret DNS 21 C 13 19 310
26 Australia John Henderson 56 Ford AU Falcon 15 Ret 16 5 Ret 23 13 16 Ret DNS DNS 21 C 13 19 238
27 Australia Barry Tanton 80 Ford AU Falcon 22 20 18 22 20 Ret Ret DNS 19 14 Ret 211
28 Australia Will Davison 19 Ford AU Falcon 2 3 2 184
29 Australia Jonathan Beikoff 68 Ford AU Falcon 18 12 15 108
30 Australia Stephen Voight 19 Ford BA Falcon 14 C 57
Pos. Driver No. Car Ade
South Australia 		Wak
New South Wales 		Eas
New South Wales 		Que
Queensland 		Mal
South Australia 		Bat
New South Wales 		Phi
Victoria (state) 		Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

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  1. ^ Program, Malalla Motor Sport Park, 19–21 August 2005
  2. ^ a b c 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
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See also

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