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2005 V8 SUPERCAR: FINAL ROUND

2005 V8 SUPERCAR CHAMPIONSHIP

Round 13 of 13: Nov 26-27 Phillip Island, Victoria

AMBROSE finished 3rd in championship standing:

• “This is an era in my life that I won’t forget. I would have never have dreamed that I would win two championships. I am a lucky, lucky guy. I owe a lot to Ford, my crew and Stone Brothers Racing.”

RACE REVIEW (V8 SUPERCAR):

• It was a double celebration for Stone Brothers Racing with defending champion Marcos Ambrose winning the final round of the V8 Supercar Championship at his swansong and his team-mate Russell Ingall grabbing his first Series title at Phillip Island. Ambrose won both races yesterday in a dominant display for his Ford team, finishing ahead of the HSV Holden pair of Garth Tander and Rick Kelly at the event, who enjoyed their second straight podium finish. But all the glory was for the 41-year-old Ingall, who finally achieved the breakthrough to win his first championship after nine years in the series.

RACE REVIEW (STONE BROTHERS): INGALL CLAIMS MAIDEN V8 TITLE

• Stone Brothers Racing's Russell Ingall claimed his first V8 Supercar crown at the BigPond Grand Finale at Phillip Island Raceway in Victoria today. In his 10th year of V8 Supercar competition, Ingall finished fifth in the two final heats of the final round in his Caltex Falcon to collect his maiden crown ahead of fellow Ford driver Craig Lowndes.
• Ingall's SBR team-mate Marcos Ambrose finished his V8 Supercar career in style and gave Ford the V8 Supercar manufacturers' title when he won the round with wins in both of today's 32-lap races. Ambrose, who won the last two V8 Supercar Championships, finished third in this year's title chase in his Pirtek Falcon and now heads to the US to chase a career in the NASCAR series.
• Ingall's victory was the third consecutive championship victory for the Stone Brothers Racing outfit. In the end he won the championship with 1922 points from Craig Lowndes (1865), Ambrose (1856), Todd Kelly (1760), Mark Skaife (1754) and Garth Tander (1734).

RACE RESULT:

RACE 3, NOV 27, 2005, 140km, 32 LAPS

• 1 Marcos Ambrose
• 2 Greg Murphy
• 3 Rick Kelly
• 4 Garth Tander
• 5 Russell Ingall
• 6 Todd Kelly
• 7 Jason Bright
• 8 Mark Skaife
• 9 Paul Weel
• 10 Steve Ellery
• PENALTY: Lowndes (drive thru) , finish 15th

RACE 2, NOV 27, 2005, 140km, 32 LAPS

• 1 Marcos Ambrose
• 2 Garth Tander
• 3Craig Lowndes
• 4 Rick Kelly
• 5Russell Ingall
• 6 Steve Ellery
• 7 Greg Murphy
• 8 Paul Radisich
• 9 Mark Skaife
• 10 Jason Richards

RACE 1, NOV 26, 2005, 100 km

• 1 Craig Lowndes
• 2 Garth Tander
• 3 Marcos Ambrose
• 4 Rick Kelly
• 5Russell Ingall
• 6 Greg Murphy
• 7 Paul Radisich
• 8 Steve Ellery
• 9 Paul Dumbrell
• 10 Paul Weel

QUALIFYING:

TOP 10, GRID, NOV 26, 2005

• 1 Craig Lowndes
• 2 Marcos Ambrose
• 3 Jason Bright
• 4 Garth Tander
• 5 Todd Kelly
• 6 Rick Kelly
• 7 Greg Murphy
• 8 Russell Ingall
• 9 Steven Richards
• 10 Jamie Whincup