2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series

The 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series was a motor racing championship for V8 Supercars. The series, which was the seventh V8 Supercar Championship Series, began on 18 March 2005 in Adelaide and ended on 27 November at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit after 13 rounds. The 46th Australian Touring Car Championship title was awarded to the series winner, Russell Ingall by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2005 championship.

Manufacturer

Model

Team

Driver name

Rounds

Co-driver name

Ford

Falcon BA

Stone Brothers Racing

Calendar

The 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series was contested over 13 rounds, including eleven single-driver 'sprint' rounds and two two-driver 'endurance' rounds.

Rd.

Event

Circuit

Location

Date

Results and standings

Points system

Points were awarded on the results of each race as follows.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd
1 race per round	192	186	180	174	168	162	156	150	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54	48	42	36	30	24	18	12	6
2 races per round	96	93	90	87	84	81	78	75	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27	24	21	18	15	12	9	6	3
3 races per round	64	62	60	58	56	54	52	50	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Drivers championship

Each round carried a maximum of 192, 186, 180 points etc. with each race at two-race rounds carrying half points and each race at three-race rounds carrying one third points.
Each driver was required to drop his/her worst score from the first ten rounds.
Gross total points are shown within brackets.

Teams championship

Pos	Team	Penalty	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Rd 12	Rd 13	Total
1	Stone Brothers Racing	0	330	360	362	354	264	212	360	369	304	176	180	268	356	3895
2	Holden Racing Team	0	252	264	198	324	332	328	288	93	340	192	270	238	260	3379
3	Triple Eight Race Engineering	0	183	226	180	279	124	210	348	159	368	320	346	294	310	3347
4	HSV Dealer Team	0	204	176	194	204	122	344	288	270	180	132	320	372	358	3164
5	Dick Johnson Racing	0	237	162	284	189	190	296	270	180	272	280	190	224	150	2924
6	Paul Weel Racing	0	222	330	186	216	196	140	150	294	0	172	242	220	310	2678
7	Perkins Engineering	0	240	168	186	225	186	204	258	237	236	0	126	334	180	2580
8	Ford Performance Racing	0	108	218	118	75	248	180	144	222	308	264	236	156	166	2443
9	Brad Jones Racing	0	162	186	178	261	190	172	144	150	272	280	178	122	76	2371
10	Garry Rogers Motorsport	0	180	118	184	129	206	84	168	198	272	180	264	160	138	2281
11	Tasman Motorsport	0	141	176	196	213	206	212	30	150	184	188	214	168	182	2260
12	WPS Racing	0	123	62	190	120	82	96	222	93	228	308	166	94	68	1852
13	Larkham Motor Sport	0	84	110	186	114	64	102	132	147	132	148	74	106	168	1567
14	Team Dynamik	0	120	110	90	111	190	98	174	177	0	152	68	108	126	1524
15	Team Kiwi Racing	0	99	162	104	48	170	116	24	135	0	156	92	130	140	1376
16	Britek Motorsport	0	147	32	58	150	62	144	90	66	204	128	28	48	66	1223
17	Paul Morris Motorsport	0	108	110	122	66	70	112	42	45	164	0	58	74	88	1059
18	Rod Nash Racing	0	36		44	36	114	52	0	63	128	116	38	28	20	675
19	Paul Little Racing	0	63	70	58	24	60	16	0	72	96	0	36	16	0	511

denotes a single car team.

Manufacturers championship

Ford was awarded the Champion Manufacturer title, having achieved the most round wins during the series.