2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500

The 2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 the ninth round of the Australian 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 10–12 September 2004 at Sandown International Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria.

2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500
Event Information
Round 9 of 13 in the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date10–12 September 2004
LocationMelbourne, Victoria
VenueSandown International Raceway
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 160 laps 496 km
Pole position Rick Kelly
Kmart Racing Team
1:22.1422
Winner Marcos Ambrose
Greg Ritter
Stone Brothers Racing
3:41:03.1307
Round Results
First 192 pts
Second 188 pts
Third 184 pts

It was the 37th "Sandown 500" endurance race to be held at the Victorian circuit.

Top 10 Shootout

The ten fastest cars from Qualifying contested a Top 10 Shootout on the Saturday to determine the starting positions on the first five rows of the grid.

Sourced from:[1]

Pos No Team Driver Car Time
Pole 51 Kmart Racing Rick Kelly Holden VY Commodore 1:22.1422
2 1 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon 1:22.7453
3 29 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris Holden VY Commodore 1:22.8858
4 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife Holden VY Commodore 1:23.2208
5 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes Ford BA Falcon 1:23.3147
6 17 Dick Johnson Racing Steven Johnson Ford BA Falcon 1:23.8786
7 50 Paul Weel Racing Jason Bright Holden VY Commodore 1:24.7091
8 8 Castrol Perkins Racing Paul Dumbrell Holden VY Commodore 1:25.1486
9 10 Larkham Motor Sport Jason Bargwanna Ford BA Falcon 1:25.3394
10 18 Dick Johnson Racing Owen Kelly Ford BA Falcon 1:25.9627

Official results

Sourced from:[2]

Pos No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
Shootout
Pos
Series
Points
1 1 Stone Brothers Racing Marcos Ambrose
Greg Ritter
Ford BA Falcon 160 4 2 192
2 9 Stone Brothers Racing Russell Ingall
Cameron McLean
Ford BA Falcon 160 15 188
3 17 Dick Johnson Racing Steven Johnson
Warren Luff
Ford BA Falcon 160 6 6 184
4 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Garth Tander
Cameron McConville
Holden VY Commodore 160 14 180
5 51 Kmart Racing Greg Murphy
Rick Kelly
Holden VY Commodore 160 3 1 176
6 10 Larkham Motor Sport Jason Bargwanna
Mark Winterbottom
Ford BA Falcon 160 8 9 172
7 12 Brad Jones Racing John Bowe
Brad Jones
Ford BA Falcon 160 21 168
8 8 Castrol Perkins Racing Paul Dumbrell
Tony Longhurst
Holden VY Commodore 159 10 8 164
9 3 Tasman Motorsport Jason Richards
Fabian Coulthard
Holden VY Commodore 159 20 160
10 50 Paul Weel Racing Jason Bright
Paul Weel
Holden VY Commodore 159 9 7 156
11 16 Paul Weel Racing Matthew White
Marcus Marshall
Holden VY Commodore 159 23 152
12 75 Toll Racing Anthony Tratt
Tomas Mezera
Holden VY Commodore 158 30 148
13 021 Team Kiwi Racing Craig Baird
Mark Porter
Holden VY Commodore 158 17 144
14 05 Holden Racing Team Peter Brock
Jason Plato
Holden VY Commodore 156 16 140
15 11 Castrol Perkins Racing Steven Richards
Jim Richards
Holden VY Commodore 155 12 136
16 23 WPS Racing David Besnard
Charlie O'Brien
Neil McFadyen1
Ford BA Falcon 154 18 132
17 29 Team Sirromet Wines Paul Morris
Alan Gurr
Holden VY Commodore 153 1 3 128
18 6 Ford Performance Racing Craig Lowndes
Glenn Seton
Ford BA Falcon 152 5 5 124
19 5 Ford Performance Racing Alain Menu
Adam Macrow
Ford BA Falcon 152 34 120
20 43 John Faulkner Racing Christian D'Agostin
Kurt Wimmer
Holden VX Commodore 152 35 116
21 48 WPS Racing John McIntyre
Alex Yoong
Ford BA Falcon 148 22 112
22 31 Supercheap Auto Racing Steven Ellery
Luke Youlden
Ford BA Falcon 142 11 108
23 2 Holden Racing Team Mark Skaife
Todd Kelly
Holden VY Commodore 133 2 4 104
24 24 Walden Motorsport Garth Walden
Grant Elliott
Ford AU Falcon 123 33 100
DNF 33 Garry Rogers Motorsport Nathan Pretty
Allan Simonsen
Holden VY Commodore 122 25
DNF 45 Team Dynamik Dale Brede
Will Davison
Holden VY Commodore 122 24
DNF 20 Larkham Motor Sport Mark Larkham
Matt Halliday
Ford BA Falcon 121 29
DNF 18 Dick Johnson Racing Owen Kelly
David Brabham
Ford BA Falcon 111 7 10
DNF 44 Team Dynamik Simon Wills
Paul Stokell
Holden VY Commodore 108 27
DNF 7 Castrol Perkins Racing Alex Davison
Jamie Whincup
Holden VX Commodore 83 32
DNF 888 Team Betta Electrical Dean Canto
Yvan Muller
Ford BA Falcon 39 26
DNF 88 Team Betta Electrical Paul Radisich
Max Wilson
Ford BA Falcon 37 19
DNF 15 Kmart Racing Steve Owen
Tim Leahey
Holden VY Commodore 28 13
DNF 14 Robert Smith Racing Phillip Scifleet
Lee Holdsworth
Holden VY Commodore 16 31
DNF 21 Brad Jones Racing Andrew Jones
John Cleland
Ford BA Falcon 10 28

^1 - Neil McFadyen practiced the #23 WPS Falcon, but was withdrawn due to a stomach virus, he was replaced by Charlie O'Brien.

Statistics

  • Provisional Pole Position - #29 Paul Morris - 1:22.8431
  • Pole Position - #51 Rick Kelly - 1:22.1422
  • Fastest Lap - #1 Marcos Ambrose - 1:10.8251 (new lap record)
  • Race Average Speed - 135km/h

References

Supercars Championship
Previous race:
2004 Oran Park V8 Supercar round
2004 Supercars Championship Next race:
2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000
Previous year:
2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500
Sandown 500 Next year:
2005 Betta Electrical 500
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