2004 V8 Supercar season

The 2004 V8 Supercar season was the 45th 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.

2004 V8 Supercar season

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There were 21 touring car race meetings held during 2004; a thirteen-round series for V8 Supercars, the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series (VCS), two of them endurance races; a six-round second tier V8 Supercar series 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series (KVS) along with a non-point scoring race supporting the Bathurst 1000 and V8 Supercar support programme event at the 2004 Australian Grand Prix.

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 2004 Australian touring car season consisted of 21 events.

Date	Series	Circuit	City / state	Winner	Team	Car	Report
22 Feb	KVS Round 1	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	Alan Gurr	Robert Smith Racing	Holden VX Commodore
4–6 Mar	Netspace V8 Supercars	Albert Park street circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	Jason Bright	Paul Weel Racing	Holden VY Commodore	report
19–20 Mar	KVS Round 2	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	Owen Kelly	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon
	Clipsal 500 VCS Round 1			Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon
3–4 Apr	VCS Round 2	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Rick Kelly	K-Mart Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore
18 Apr	KVS Round 3	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford AU Falcon
1–2 May	Placemakers V8 International VCS Round 3	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	Jason Bright	Paul Weel Racing	Holden VY Commodore
22–23 May	VCS Round 4	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore
30 May	KVS Round 4	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford AU Falcon
12–13 Jun	VB 400 VCS Round 5	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	Jason Bright	Paul Weel Racing	Holden VY Commodore
3–4 Jul	KVS Round 5	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	Owen Kelly	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon
	VCS Round 6			Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon
24–25 Jul	VCS Round 7	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	Cameron McConville	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore
14–15 Aug	VCS Round 8	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon
22 Aug	KVS Round 6	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Adelaide, South Australia	Greg Ritter	Speed FX Racing	Ford AU Falcon
11–12 Sep	Betta Electrical Sandown 500 VCS Round 9	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	Marcos Ambrose Greg Ritter	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon	report
9–10 Oct	Konica Minolta V8Supercar Challenge	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	Matthew White	Matthew White Racing	Ford AU Falcon	report
	Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 VCS Round 10			Greg Murphy Rick Kelly	K-Mart Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	report
23–24 Oct	Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge VCS Round 11	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	Greg Murphy	K-Mart Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore
12–14 Nov	Falken Tasmania Challenge VCS Round 12	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon
4–5 Dec	BigPond Grand Finale VCS Round 13	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon

Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series

Main article: 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series

Netspace V8Supercars GP 100

This meeting was a support event of the 2004 Australian Grand Prix.

Driver	No.	Team	Car	Shootout	Race 1	GP 100	Race 3	Points
Jason Bright	50	Paul Weel Racing	Holden VY Commodore	3	2	1	1	190
Steven Richards	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Holden VY Commodore	5	4	2	2	182
Garth Tander	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	6	3	4	3	182
Greg Murphy	51	K-Mart Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	1	1	3	4	178
Jason Bargwanna	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford BA Falcon		7	5	5	164
Todd Kelly	22	Holden Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	9	9	6	12	144
Steven Johnson	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon		13	9	7	140
Steve Ellery	31	Supercheap Auto Racing	Ford BA Falcon		12	10	9	136
Paul Morris	29	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore		15	11	13	120
Marcos Ambrose	1	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon	4	6	DNF	6	108
Paul Dumbrell	8	Castrol Perkins Racing	Holden VX Commodore		17	15	15	104
Simon Wills	44	Team Dynamik	Holden VY Commodore	10	8	7	DNF	102
Jason Richards	3	Tasman Motorsports	Holden VX Commodore		20	18	14	94
Cameron McConville	33	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore		11	8	DNF	94
Paul Weel	16	Paul Weel Racing	Holden VY Commodore		DNF	12	8	92
Russell Ingall	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon		DNF	13	10	86
Paul Radisich	88	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	8	5	DNF	19	84
John Bowe	12	Brad Jones Racing	Ford BA Falcon		10	DNF	16	80
Warren Luff	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon		23	19	18	78
Craig Lowndes	6	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon		19	DNF	11	72
Glenn Seton	5	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon		18	21	24	72
Mark Skaife	2	Holden Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	2	16	14	DNF	72
Anthony Tratt	75	Paul Little Racing	Holden VY Commodore		14	20	DNF	64
Brad Jones	21	Brad Jones Racing	Ford BA Falcon		DNF	17	20	58
Tony Longhurst	7	Castrol Perkins Racing	Holden VY Commodore		21	16	DNF	58
Mark Winterbottom	20	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford BA Falcon		24	DNF	21	42
Max Wilson	77	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon		22	DNF	23	42
Mark Noske	23	WPS Racing	Ford BA Falcon		26	DNF	22	36
Craig Baird	14	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden VY Commodore		DNF	DNF	17	32
Dale Brede	45	Team Dynamik	Holden VY Commodore		25	DNF	DNS	16
Rick Kelly	15	K-Mart Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	7	DNF	DNS	DNS

V8 Supercar Championship Series

Main article: 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series

Konica Minolta V8Supercar Challenge

This race was a support event of the 2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000.^[1]

Driver	No.	Team	Car	Grid	Race
Matthew White	28	Matthew White Racing	Ford AU Falcon	3	1
Alan Gurr	72	Robert Smith Racing	Holden VX Commodore	5	2
Tony D'Alberto	83	Howard Racing	Ford AU Falcon	8	3
José Fernández	81	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon	7	4
Tony Evangelou	300	ANT Racing	Ford AU Falcon	9	5
Adam Wallis	66	Rod Lynch Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	12	6
Neil McFadyen	76	WPS Racing	Ford AU Falcon	14	7
Jay Verdnik	32	Jay Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	15	8
Aaron McGill	27	Howard Racing	Ford AU Falcon	19	9
Mark Howard	37	Howard Racing	Ford AU Falcon	18	10
Robert Jones	69	Spiess Heckler Racing	Holden VX Commodore	13	11
Marcus Zukanovic	65	Paul Cruikshank Racing	Ford AU Falcon	11	12
Ben Eggleston	38	Eggleston Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	16	13
Greg Ritter	60	Speed FX Racing	Ford AU Falcon	2	DNF
Gary MacDonald	41	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford AU Falcon	6	DNF
Andrew Jones	19	Brad Jones Racing	Ford AU Falcon	1	DNF
Gary Deane	91	Peters Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	20	DNF
David Brabham	71	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon	4	DNF
Wayne Wakefield	40	Peters Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	DNQ	DNF
Kevin Mundy	56	Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford AU Falcon	10	DNF
Shane Price	96	Holden Young Lions	Holden VX Commodore	23	DNF
Shane Beikoff	68	Beikoff Racing	Ford AU Falcon	21	DNF
Mark Papendall	55	Rupprecht Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	22	DNF
Stephen Voight	80	Peters Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	17	DNF
Peter Doulman	26	M3 Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	24	DNS
Ray Ayton	89	Rupprecht Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	DNQ	DNS
Grant Elliott	98	Sydney Star Racing	Holden VX Commodore	DNQ	DNS

References

1. "Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 - Rd 10 2004 V8 Supercar Series Mount Panorama - Bathurst Konica Minolta V8 Supercars Challenge Race". National Software. 9 October 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2009.

Additional references can be found in linked event/series reports.

External links

• Official V8 Supercar site
• 2004 Racing Results Archive Archived 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine