The 2005 V8 Supercar season was the 46th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000 , the Armstrong 500.
There were 21 touring car race meetings held during 2005; a thirteen-round series for V8 Supercars, the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series (VCS), two of them endurance races; a seven-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series (HVS) and V8 Supercar support programme event at the 2005 Australian Grand Prix .
Results and standings [ edit ] The 2005 Australian touring car season consisted of 21 events.
Date Series Circuit City / state Winner Team Car Report 4–6 Mar QANTAS V8 Supercars GP 100 Albert Park Circuit Melbourne , Victoria Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore report 17–20 Mar HVS Round 1 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide , South Australia Dean Canto Dick Johnson Racing Ford BA Falcon Clipsal 500 VCS Round 1 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon 15–17 April PlaceMakers V8 International VCS Round 2 Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe , New Zealand Greg Murphy Paul Weel Racing Holden VZ Commodore 6–8 May VB 400 VCS Round 3 Wanneroo Raceway Perth , Western Australia Steven Richards Castrol Perkins Racing Holden VY Commodore 15 May HVS Round 2 Wakefield Park Goulburn , New South Wales Adam Macrow Howard Racing Ford BA Falcon 27–29 May VCS Round 4 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney , New South Wales Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BA Falcon 10–12 Jun V8 Supercars China Round VCS Round 5 Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai , China Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore 1–3 Jul Skycity Triple Crown VCS Round 6 Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore 10 Jul HVS Round 3 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney , New South Wales Dean Canto Dick Johnson Racing Ford BA Falcon 22–24 Jul HVS Round 4 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland Dean Canto Dick Johnson Racing Ford BA Falcon VCS Round 7 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BA Falcon 14–15 Aug VCS Round 8 Oran Park Raceway Sydney , New South Wales Russell Ingall Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon 21 Aug HVS Round 5 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia Dean Canto Dick Johnson Racing Ford BA Falcon 9–11 Sep Betta Electrical 500 VCS Round 9 Sandown Raceway Melbourne , Victoria Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BA Falcon report 6–9 Oct HVS Round 6 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Dean Canto Dick Johnson Racing Ford BA Falcon Supercheap Auto 1000 VCS Round 10 Mark Skaife Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore report 20–23 Oct Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge VCS Round 11 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise , Queensland Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford BA Falcon 12–13 Nov Ferodo Triple Challenge VCS Round 12 Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden VZ Commodore 25–27 Nov HVS Round 7 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island , Victoria Adam Macrow Howard Racing Ford BA Falcon BigPond Grand Finale VCS Round 13 Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon
QANTAS V8 Supercars GP 100 [ edit ] This meeting was a support event of the 2005 Australian Grand Prix .[ 1]
V8 Supercar Championship Series [ edit ] Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.
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