From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series

Motor racing competition

Marcos Ambrose Teams' Champion: Stone Brothers Racing Manufacturers' Championship: Ford Konica Series Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Australian V8 Ute Racing Series

The 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series was an Australian racing series for V8 Supercars. It began on 21 March 2004 at the Adelaide Street Circuit and ended on 5 December at Eastern Creek Raceway after 13 rounds. It was the sixth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. The series winner was also awarded the 45th Australian Touring Car Championship title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

The championship was won by Marcos Ambrose of the Stone Brothers Racing.

Calendar

The 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series comprised 13 rounds which included 11 sprint rounds and two endurance rounds.

Rd.	Event	Circuit	City / state
Australia Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	18–21 March
Australia Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	2–4 April
New Zealand PlaceMakers V8 International	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	30 April – 2 May
Australia Darwin	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	21–23 May
Australia Perth	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	11–13 June
Australia Ipswich	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	2–4 July
Australia Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	23–25 July
Australia Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	13–15 August
Australia Betta Electrical Sandown 500	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	10–12 September
Australia Bob Jane T-Marts 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	7–10 October
Australia Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	21–24 October
Australia Launceston	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	12–14 November
Australia BigPond Grand Finale	Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	3–5 December

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The series comprised eleven sprint rounds and two endurance rounds (the Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000) with each car driven by two drivers in the endurance rounds.

Manufacturer	Vehicle	Team	No.	Driver	Events
Falcon AU	Walden Motorsport	24	Australia Garth Walden	6–10, 13	Australia Grant Elliott
Falcon BA	Stone Brothers Racing	1	Australia Marcos Ambrose	All	Australia Greg Ritter
9	Australia Russell Ingall	All	Australia Cameron McLean
Ford Performance Racing	5	Australia Glenn Seton	All	Switzerland Alain Menu
Australia Adam Macrow
6	Australia Craig Lowndes	All
Larkham Motorsport	10	Australia Jason Bargwanna	All	Australia Mark Larkham
New Zealand Matt Halliday
20	Australia Mark Winterbottom	All
Brad Jones Racing	12	Australia John Bowe	All	UK John Cleland
Australia Andrew Jones
21	Australia Brad Jones	All
Dick Johnson Racing	17	Australia Steven Johnson	All	Australia Owen Kelly
Australia David Brabham
18	Australia Warren Luff	All
WPS Racing	23	Australia David Besnard	1–10, 12–13	Australia Charlie O'Brien*
New Zealand John McIntyre**
New Zealand John McIntyre	11
48	Australia Mark Noske	4–8	New Zealand John McIntyre*
Australia Neil McFadyen**
Malaysia Alex Yoong	9–11
Australia Owen Kelly	12–13
Steven Ellery Racing	31	Australia Steven Ellery	All	Australia Luke Youlden
Triple Eight Race Engineering	88	New Zealand Paul Radisich	All	France Yvan Muller
Australia Dean Canto
888	Brazil Max Wilson	All
Thexton Motor Racing	99	New Zealand David Thexton	1–2
Commodore VX	Tasman Motorsport	3	New Zealand Jason Richards	1–7	New Zealand Fabian Coulthard
43	New Zealand Fabian Coulthard	8
Rod Nash Racing (PE)	7	Australia Tony Longhurst	1–8, 11	Australia Jamie Whincup
Australia Alex Davison	9–10, 12
Imrie Motorsport	14	Australia Terry Wyhoon	1	rowspan=2
24	Australia Phillip Scifleet	1–2
MSport	14	New Zealand Mark Porter	2–3
David Krause Racing	43	Australia David Krause	1–2, 6–7
John Faulkner Racing	43	Australia Christian D'Agostin	9–10, 13	Australia Kurt Wimmer
Commodore VY	Holden Racing Team	2	Australia Mark Skaife	All	Australia Todd Kelly
22	Australia Todd Kelly	1–8, 11–13	UK Jason Plato
Australia Peter Brock	9–10
Tasman Motorsport	3	New Zealand Jason Richards	8–13
Rod Nash Racing (PE)	7	Australia Alex Davison	13
Perkins Engineering	8	Australia Paul Dumbrell	All	Australia Tony Longhurst
11	New Zealand Steven Richards	All	New Zealand Jim Richards
Team Dynamik	14	Australia Neil McFadyen	6	rowspan=2
Australia Will Davison	7–8
44	New Zealand Simon Wills	All	Australia Paul Stokell
45	Australia Dale Brede	All	Australia Will Davison
Robert Smith Racing	14	Australia Lee Holdsworth	9–10, 13	Australia Phillip Scifleet*
Australia Mark Noske**
John Kelly Racing (HRT)	15	Australia Rick Kelly	All	Australia Tim Leahey
Australia Steve Owen
51	New Zealand Greg Murphy	All
Paul Weel Racing	16	Australia Paul Weel	All	Australia Matthew White
Australia Marcus Marshall
50	Australia Jason Bright	All
Team Kiwi Racing	021	New Zealand Craig Baird	All	New Zealand Mark Porter
Paul Morris Motorsport	29	Australia Paul Morris	All	Australia Alan Gurr
Garry Rogers Motorsport	33	Australia Cameron McConville	All	Australia Nathan Pretty
Denmark Allan Simonsen
34	Australia Garth Tander	All
Paul Little Racing	75	Australia Anthony Tratt	All	Australia Tomas Mezera

= Drove in Sandown 500 only

** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

Results and standings

Results summary

Round	Race	Event	Pole position	Race winners
Adelaide	NZL Greg Murphy	nowrap	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)	report
	AUS Marcos Ambrose
Eastern Creek 1	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Rick Kelly
(John Kelly Racing, Holden)
Pukekohe	AUS Mark Skaife	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Jason Bright
(Paul Weel Racing, Holden)	report
	AUS Jason Bright
AUS Jason Bright
Darwin	AUS Mark Skaife	AUS Russell Ingall	AUS Todd Kelly
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)
	AUS Rick Kelly
AUS Todd Kelly
Perth	NZL Steven Richards	AUS Mark Skaife	AUS Jason Bright
(Paul Weel Racing, Holden)
	AUS Jason Bright
AUS Jason Bright
Ipswich	nowrap	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
Winton	NZL Craig Baird	AUS Cameron McConville
(Garry Rogers Motorsport, Holden)	report
Oran Park	AUS Mark Skaife	AUS Mark Skaife	AUS Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
	AUS Marcos Ambrose
Sandown	AUS Rick Kelly	AUS Marcos Ambrose
AUS Greg Ritter
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)	report
Bathurst	NZL Steven Richards	NZL Greg Murphy
AUS Rick Kelly
(John Kelly Racing, Holden)	report
Gold Coast	AUS Mark Skaife	AUS Marcos Ambrose	NZL Greg Murphy
(John Kelly Racing, Holden)
	NZL Greg Murphy
Launceston	NZL Steven Richards	AUS Rick Kelly	AUS Russell Ingall
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
	AUS Marcos Ambrose
AUS David Besnard
Eastern Creek 2	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Marcos Ambrose	AUS Marcos Ambrose
(Stone Brothers Racing, Ford)
	AUS Marcos Ambrose
AUS Marcos Ambrose

Drivers championship

Pos.	Driver	No.	Car	ADE
South Australia	EAS1
New South Wales	PUK
NZL	HID
Northern Territory	BAR
Western Australia	QLD
Queensland	WIN
Victoria	ORA
New South Wales	SAN
Victoria	BAT
New South Wales	SUR
Queensland	SYM
Tasmania	EAS2
New South Wales	Pen.	Pts.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	40	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	48	50	51	51	53	53	53	53	57	58	58	60	61	61	63	63	65	66	Pos.	Driver	No.	Car	ADE
South Australia	EAS1
New South Wales	PUK
NZL	HID
Northern Territory	BAR
Western Australia	QLD
Queensland	WIN
Victoria	ORA
New South Wales	SAN
Victoria	BAT
New South Wales	SUR
Queensland	SYM
Tasmania	EAS2
New South Wales	Pen.	Pts.
AUS Marcos Ambrose	1	Ford BA Falcon	1	1	7	1	3	3	3	13	2	3	4	3	1	26	2	1	1	4	1	2	2	1	Ret	1	1	1	0	2174
AUS Russell Ingall	9	Ford BA Falcon	3	Ret	14	12	7	7	1	11	5	9	17	13	4	4	3	4	2	6	25	10	7	5	5	7	9	3	0	1936
AUS Jason Bright	50	nowrap	Holden VY Commodore	14	3	13	2	1	1	4	17	10	2	1	1	5	3	4	3	10	12	7	Ret	10	24	2	3	21	23	0	1920
NZL Greg Murphy	51	Holden VY Commodore	4	9	5	4	2	2	13	4	4	7	3	16	Ret	5	11	12	5	1	2	1	11	4	4	13	24	18	0	1913
NZL Steven Richards	11	Holden VY Commodore	2	2	4	6	5	4	5	3	3	Ret	6	2	2	13	10	11	15	21	Ret	Ret	4	13	6	8	4	8	0	1819
AUS Rick Kelly	15	Holden VY Commodore	12	6	1	7	4	5	6	1	21	4	2	4	15	2	30	9	5	1	21	25	1	2	Ret	5	Ret	15	50	1793
AUS Todd Kelly	22	Holden VY Commodore	Ret	10	19	17	10	14	2	2	1	11	8	10	9	7	5	7	23	14	3	DSQ	3	3	Ret	27	12	5	0	1623
AUS Jason Bargwanna	10	Ford BA Falcon	21	5	8	27	Ret	21	7	7	19	18	Ret	19	25	15	6	14	6	5	5	3	22	11	21	10	11	16	0	1526
AUS John Bowe	12	Ford BA Falcon	9	15	18	10	22	12	8	6	6	8	7	7	Ret	18	12	18	7	3	14	16	17	14	16	21	15	12	0	1502
AUS Steven Johnson	17	Ford BA Falcon	20	Ret	6	13	8	8	Ret	19	11	13	10	11	24	Ret	32	17	3	7	11	9	13	10	8	9	6	13	0	1416
AUS Garth Tander	34	Holden VY Commodore	19	DNS	3	28	11	10	15	20	8	5	5	6	3	9	21	28	4	Ret	22	11	5	28	Ret	Ret	18	10	0	1396
AUS Mark Skaife	2	Holden VY Commodore	7	17	22	16	Ret	19	14	9	7	1	15	9	Ret	28	1	2	23	14	24	13	Ret	Ret	3	18	7	2	0	1294
AUS Cameron McConville	33	Holden VY Commodore	17	Ret	25	19	18	26	23	18	27	6	Ret	18	10	1	8	22	4	Ret	10	6	15	7	7	12	10	6	72	1292
NZL Jason Richards	3	Holden VY Commodore	Ret	8	Ret	14	9	9	25	27	Ret	20	12	14	Ret	11	7	8	9	20	9	8	25	25	20	17	5	9	0	1245
AUS Glenn Seton	5	Ford BA Falcon	10	Ret	15	29	21	22	18	12	14	Ret	21	Ret	13	10	DNS	21	18	2	15	19	28	19	17	14	13	22	0	1237
AUS Brad Jones	21	Ford BA Falcon	13	Ret	23	20	20	18	Ret	15	16	12	13	12	12	24	20	31	7	3	13	Ret	12	9	24	19	19	14	0	1235
AUS Paul Weel	16	Holden VY Commodore	5	4	29	11	6	6	17	8	Ret	10	14	5	Ret	Ret	9	5	10	12	26	15	18	27	Ret	DNS	17	26	0	1192
AUS Mark Winterbottom	20	Ford BA Falcon	15	Ret	12	25	14	Ret	11	10	23	19	16	15	21	25	23	Ret	6	5	16	12	19	17	11	28	22	33	0	1190
NZL Paul Radisich	88	Ford BA Falcon	Ret	7	20	3	16	11	9	16	25	Ret	Ret	29	6	19	14	13	Ret	Ret	12	7	9	21	14	6	2	4	0	1188
AUS Craig Lowndes	6	Ford BA Falcon	Ret	Ret	2	8	29	Ret	12	5	9	21	Ret	DNS	Ret	27	19	26	18	2	4	Ret	6	6	13	2	3	Ret	0	1182
AUS Warren Luff	18	Ford BA Falcon	11	Ret	21	24	27	23	22	22	24	15	Ret	23	16	20	24	20	3	7	Ret	26	16	12	9	15	14	20	0	1149
AUS Paul Morris	29	Holden VY Commodore	6	16	11	21	15	Ret	29	24	15	Ret	11	26	23	8	13	10	17	Ret	20	14	Ret	30	19	29	23	7	50	1071
AUS Anthony Tratt	75	Holden VY Commodore	Ret	13	26	22	19	16	24	30	Ret	25	22	24	11	14	22	24	12	18	17	20	21	26	22	20	26	25	0	1047
AUS Paul Dumbrell	8	Holden VY Commodore	8	11	30	30	24	27	20	14	17	24	20	27	7	16	18	23	8	Ret	Ret	17	24	23	23	16	25	24	0	1018
AUS Steve Ellery	31	Ford BA Falcon	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	26	24	21	26	18	17	9	8	Ret	6	17	29	22	16	18	21	14	8	10	11	33	28	0	991
NZL Simon Wills	44	Holden VY Commodore	Ret	Ret	16	15	12	15	30	25	12	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	23	15	6	Ret	13	6	4	Ret	16	12	26	Ret	19	0	929
NZL Craig Baird	021	Holden VY Commodore	16	12	9	9	17	20	16	31	20	23	Ret	DNS	17	22	31	15	13	Ret	Ret	22	27	Ret	DNS	Ret	16	17	0	925
BRA Max Wilson	888	Ford BA Falcon	Ret	Ret	10	5	28	17	10	Ret	22	16	23	17	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	5	26	15	15	22	8	11	0	865
AUS Tony Longhurst	7	Holden VY Commodore	DNS	DNS	24	26	13	13	26	23	13	14	19	20	8	17	16	16	8	Ret	23	Ret							0	856
AUS David Besnard	23	Ford BA Falcon	18	14	17	23	23	25	19	28	Ret	Ret	Ret	22	19	Ret	26	30	16	Ret			8	29	1	4	20	21	0	790
AUS Dale Brede	45	Holden VY Commodore	Ret	DNS	27	31	Ret	29	28	29	28	26	24	28	Ret	12	25	25	Ret	Ret	Ret	24	Ret	18	25	25	30	30	0	393
AUS Greg Ritter	1	Ford BA Falcon																	1	4									0	372
AUS Cameron McLean	9	Ford BA Falcon																	2	6									0	360
NZL Fabian Coulthard	43/3	Holden VY Commodore															29	19	9	20									0	330
AUS Mark Noske	48/14	Ford BA Falcon							27	21	26	22	18	25	20	21	27	27		Ret									0	304
MAS Alex Yoong	48	Ford BA Falcon																	21	15	Ret	23							0	278
AUS Tomas Mezera	75	Holden VY Commodore																	12	18									0	272
AUS Alex Davison	7	Holden VX Commodore
Holden VY Commodore																	Ret	9			20	20	Ret	23	27	27	0	256
NZL Jim Richards	11	Holden VY Commodore																	15	21									0	248
AUS Christian D'Agostin	43	nowrap	Holden VX Commodore																	20	19						Ret	31	Ret	0	240
AUS Luke Youlden	31	Ford BA Falcon																	22	16									0	240
AUS Kurt Wimmer	43	Holden VX Commodore																	20	19									0	236
AUS Neil McFadyen	14/48	Holden VY Commodore
Ford BA Falcon													18					15									0	226
AUS Owen Kelly	18/48	Ford BA Falcon																	Ret	17			23	22	18	Ret	28	31	0	214
NZL Mark Porter	14/021	Holden VY Commodore			28	32	25	28											13	Ret									0	202
NZL John McIntyre	48/23	Ford BA Falcon																	21	Ret	19	18							0	199
AUS Garth Walden	24	Ford AU Falcon													22	DNQ	28	Ret	24	Ret						Ret	32	32	0	185
AUS Tim Leahey	51	Holden VY Commodore																	Ret	8									0	164
AUS Steve Owen	51	Holden VY Commodore																	Ret	8									0	164
AUS Jamie Whincup	7	Holden VX Commodore																	Ret	9									0	160
AUS Nathan Pretty	33	Holden VY Commodore																	Ret	10									0	156
DNK Allan Simonsen	33	Holden VY Commodore																	Ret	10									0	156
NZL Matt Halliday	20	Ford BA Falcon																	Ret	11									0	152
AUS Mark Larkham	20	Ford BA Falcon																	Ret	11									0	152
AUS Marcus Marshall	16	Holden VY Commodore																	11	DNS									0	152
AUS Matthew White	16	Holden VY Commodore																	11	DNS									0	152
AUS Paul Stokell	44	Holden VY Commodore																	Ret	13									0	144
AUS Peter Brock	05	Holden VY Commodore																	14	Ret									0	140
GBR Jason Plato	05	Holden VY Commodore																	14	Ret									0	140
AUS Charlie O'Brien	23	Ford BA Falcon																	16										0	132
AUS David Brabham	18	Ford BA Falcon																	Ret	17									0	128
AUS Alan Gurr	29	Holden VY Commodore																	17	Ret									0	128
AUS Adam Macrow	5	Ford BA Falcon																	19	Ret									0	120
SUI Alain Menu	5	Ford BA Falcon																	19	Ret									0	120
AUS Grant Elliott	24	Ford AU Falcon																	24	Ret									0	100
AUS Lee Holdsworth	14	Holden VY Commodore																	Ret	Ret						24	29	29	0	34
AUS Will Davison	14/45	Holden VY Commodore														Ret	DNS	DSQ	Ret	Ret									0	0
AUS Phillip Scifleet	24/14	Holden VX Commodore
Holden VY Commodore	Ret	DNS	DNQ														Ret										0	0
AUS Dean Canto	888	Ford BA Falcon																	Ret	Ret									0	0
FRA Yvan Muller	888	Ford BA Falcon																	Ret	Ret									0	0
GBR John Cleland	21	Ford BA Falcon																	Ret	Ret									0	0
AUS Andrew Jones	21	Ford BA Falcon																	Ret	Ret									0	0
AUS David Krause	43	Holden VX Commodore	DNQ	DNQ											DNQ	DNQ													0	0
NZL David Thexton	99	Ford BA Falcon	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ																								0	0
AUS Terry Wyhoon	14	Holden VX Commodore	DNQ	DNQ																									0	0

Bold - Pole position

Italics - Fastest lap |}

References

The championship was contested as the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1960 to 1998, as the Shell Championship Series from 1999 to 2001 and as the V8 Supercar Championship Series from 2002
(2 May 2004). "Pukekohe Park Raceway 02/05/2004 PlaceMakers V8 International – V8 Supercar Series Round 3". National Software.
(12 September 2004). "Sandown International Motor Raceway 12/09/2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 – Rd 9 2004 V8 Supercar Series". National Software.
(10 October 2004). "Mount Panorama – Bathurst 10/10/2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 – Rd 10 2004 V8 Supercar Series". National Software.
(24 October 2004). "Surfers Paradise Street Circuit 24/10/2004 Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge – Round 11 V8 Supercar Series". National Software.
(5 December 2004). "Eastern Creek International Raceway 05/12/2004 BigPond Grand Finale – Round 13 V8 Supercar Championship". National Software.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

supercars-championship-seasons 2004-in-v8-supercars

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report