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2005 V8 SUPERCAR: BATHURST 1000

2005 V8 SUPERCAR CHAMPIONSHIP

Round 10 of 13: Oct 6-9 Bathurst 1000 Bathurst

• 43rd Bathurst 1000
• 2004 WINNERS: Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly celebrated their back to back win last year. It was Murphy's 4th Bathurst win and 2nd win for Rick Kelly. This year they'll be driving for different teams with new co-drivers.
• LAST YEAR'S RESULT: 2004
• 1Greg Murphy / Rick Kelly, Holden, 1000 km, 161 laps
• 2 Craig Lowndes / Glen Seton, Ford
• 3 John Bowe / Brad Jones, Ford
• 4 Marcus Ambrose / Greg Ritter, Ford
• 5 Jason Bargwanna / Mark Winterbottom, Ford
• 6 Russell Ingall / Cameron McLean, Ford

RACE FORMAT:

• 1000 km race; 161 laps
• 3 compulsory pit stops before lap 120
• 1 compulsory front brake pad change between lap 48 and 120
• 2 driver combination
• maximum 3.5 hour per session per driver

SCHEDULE:

• Fri, Oct 7, 2005:
• Qualifying: 2-3.40pm
• Sat, Oct 8, 2005:
• Top 10 Shootout: 3.40-4.25pm
• Sun, Oct 9, 2005
• Race: 10am - 5.45pm

CIRCUIT:

• Mt Panorama, Bathurst, NSW
• located in western NSW
• about 2.5 - 3 hours drive from Sydney
• 6.213 km road circuit
• lap record: 2m 12.3398s L Perkins, Holden VS 1997
• qualifying record: G Murphy, Holden, 2m 7.9503 (2002)
• top speed: 295kph, Conrod Straight

BATHURST WINNERS;

• 2005 WINNER: Mark Skaife / Todd Kelly
• 2004 WINNER: Greg Murphy / Rick Kelly
• 2003 WINNER: Greg Murphy / Rick Kelly
• 2002 WINNER: Mark Skaife / Jim Richards
• 2001 WINNER: Mark Skaife / Tony Longhurst
• 2000 WINNER: Garth Tander / Jason Bargwanna
• 1999 WINNER: Steven Richards / Greg Murphy

2005 BATHURST 1000 RACE RESULT:

• 1 Mark Skaife/Todd Kelly, #2 HRT Commodore VZ, 161 laps
  2 Jason Richards/Jamie Whincup, #3 Dodo Commodore VZ, 161 laps
  3 Steve Ellery/Adam Macrow, #88 Betta Falcon BA, 161 laps
  4 Cameron McConville/Andrew Jones, #34 Valvoline Commodore VZ, 161 laps
  5 Russell Ingall/Luke Youlden, #9 Caltex Falcon BA, 161 laps
  6 Owen Kelly/Nathan Pretty, #50 Super Cheap Commodore VZ, 161 laps
  7 Dale Brede/John Cleland, #12 BOC Falcon BA, 159 laps
  8 David Besnard/Craig Baird, #48 WPS Falcon BA, 158 laps
  9 Glenn Seton/Dean Canto, #18 Westpoint Falcon BA, 158 laps
  10 Alan Gurr/John Faulkner, #021 Team Kiwi Commodore VZ, 158 laps
• 11 M.Porter/K.Scott 12 A.Menu/M.Halliday 13 M.Marshall/A.Tagliani
• 14 D.Brabham/J.Bright 15 C.Lowndes/Y.Muller 16 R.Kelly/G.Tander
• 17 J.Fernandez/D.White 18 C.McLean/G.Ritter 19 W.Davison/S.Johnson
• 20 A.Davison/A.Simonsen 21 J.Bowe/B.Jones +36laps

DNF:

• LOWNDES: crash
• AMBROSE & LUFF penalised for not wearing safety balaclavas
• MURPHY & AMBROSE crash out together
• BARGWANNA, MORRIS, COURTNEY, STEVEN RICHARDS

RACE REPORT:

• JASON RICHARDS, 2ND: “It’s such an amazing day – we have been very much the underdogs and there we were taking it up to the might of the factory Holden team. It’s the scenario you picture as a kid to be leading Bathurst in the final stint. Jamie drove like an absolute champion in his last stint and gave us every shot. The team have been amazing. Since the rollover in Queensland they have been inundated with work and the podium at Sandown was a nice way to pay them back. Our growing pains are gone. We have cemented our place as a serious contender in the category. Success promotes success. Our guys have lifted to the occasion and a Bathurst podium is something very special to share together. We had a picture perfect race. We stuck to our strategy and the result came to us.”
• ELLERY, 3RD: “Any step on the podium at Bathurst is special, I’m really happy to be third and consider myself very fortunate to have been in this position two other times ... Adam did a fantastic job, to finish the race itself is just tough, anyone can tell you that. Qualifying wasn’t what we wanted it to be, but we had a good start and were the team’s backup plan and it worked out.”
• INGALL, 5TH, NEW CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER: “What a day ... I guess today’s race really showed just how it can throw so many things at you in space of a few hours. It is never easy handing over your car to a co-driver, especially when the championship is on the line, but Luke did a real solid job. I managed to pull up before the accident on lap 144 and then got tagged right at the end. You have to wonder where some of these guys are looking. There is no doubt that I am happy to be leading the championship, especially heading into the last three rounds of the season at tracks that I enjoy. Two points is not much of a break, but it’s better than being 58 points behind which was the case before this weekend. We just need to focus more than ever from now on to ensure we collect the title.”
• AMBROSE, DNF: “What do I say? – not much I guess...We had a pretty quick car all day and really had a chance to win the race. The balaclava deal is frustrating and confusing and really put us behind the eight-ball. A safety car fell for us late in the race and I had the chance to run for at least a podium. Murphy made a mistake coming out of turn two and I had the momentum on him. He had a chance to avoid the accident and did not. The car is in pretty ordinary shape and I really feel for the boys who have worked so hard this weekend and now have plenty of work to do before Indy in two weeks time. It was a luxury to have the points break that we did heading into this race and now we trail by a couple points to Russell. I guess we are going to have a cracking run to the title.”

QUALIFYING:

GRID, TOP 10 SHOOT-OUT

• 1 Craig Lowndes / Muller Team Betta Electrical Ford Falcon 2m 8.59
  “We are delighted as a team. The car is basically the same as it rolled out of the transporter. Conditions did not allow any records but the car was very good across the top of the mountain. Being fast in qualifying and racing 1000km are totally different things. The last half of the season has been the best for me in the last five years and I’m not prepared to let that go.’’
• 2 Ambrose / Luff Pirtek Racing Ford Falcon +0.25
  “I was conservative over the top of the mountain because there were still some damp patches and that combined with Craig’s driving was probably the difference"
• 3 Murphy / Weel Super Cheap Auto Holden Commodore +0.58
• 4 Skaife/ T. Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore
• 5 Tander/R. Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore
• 6 S. Richards / Dumbrell Castrol Racing Holden Commodore
• 7Jason Richards Dodo Racing Holden Commodore
• 8 Seton / Canto Westpoint Racing Ford Falcon
• 9 Jim Richards / Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore
• 10 Ingall / Youlden Caltex Racing Ford Falcon

FRI PRACTICE, OCT 6, 2005

• 1 Craig Lowndes / Muller Team Betta Electrical Ford Falcon 2m 7.1322
• 2 Skaife/ T. Kelly Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore +0.4
• 3 Ambrose / Luff Pirtek Racing Ford Falcon +0.6
• 4 Tander/R. Kelly HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore
• 5 Murphy / Weel Super Cheap Auto Holden Commodore
• 6 S. Richards / Dumbrell Castrol Racing Holden Commodore
• 7 Jason Richards Dodo Racing Holden Commodore
• 8 Ingall Caltex Racing Ford Falcon
• 9 Seton / Canto Westpoint Racing Ford Falcon
• 10 Jim Richards / Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore

THU PRACTICE, OCT 6, 2005

• 1 Craig Lowndes / Muller Team Betta Electrical Ford Falcon BA 2m 8.17
  "That's the quickest lap I've done around here. With the long two-hour session we were able to make improvements and we are very happy with the position that we are currently in. The good news is that we are confident of refining the package for tomorrow and the weekend"
  2 T. Kelly / Skaife Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore +0.04
  3 Ambrose / Luff Pirtek Racing Ford Falcon BA +0.18
  4 Murphy / Weel Super Cheap Auto Holden Commodore
  5 S. Richards / Dumbrell Castrol Racing Holden Commodore
  6 Jim Richards / Courtney Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore
  7 Bargwanna / Winterbottom Orrcon Steel Racing Ford Falcon BA
  8 Johnson / Davison Westpoint Racing Ford Falcon BA
  9 R. Kelly / Tander HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore
  10 Seton / Canto Westpoint Racing Ford Falcon BA