| Round no | 9 |
|---|---|
| Season no | 13 |
| Year | 2005 |
| Series | V8SC |
| Date | 9–11 September |
| Location | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Circuit | Sandown International Raceway |
| Weather | Fine |
| Race1 laps | 161 |
| Race1 dist | 500 |
| Pole 1 | Garth Tander |
| Pole1 team | HSV Dealer Team |
| Pole1 time | 1:10.8917 |
| Winner 1 | Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller |
| Winner1 team | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Winner1 time | 3:30:51.8944 |
| First round | Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller |
| First round team | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| First pts | 192 |
| Second round | Mark Skaife Todd Kelly |
| Second round team | Holden Racing Team |
| Second pts | 188 |
| Third round | Jason Richards Jamie Whincup |
| Third round team | Tasman Motorsport |
| Third pts | 184 |
The 2005 Betta Electrical 500 was the ninth round of the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of the 9 to 11 September at Sandown Raceway in Victoria.
It was the 38th "Sandown 500" endurance race.
Top ten shootout
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pole | 16 | HSV Dealer Team | Garth Tander | Holden VZ Commodore | 1:10.8917 |
| 2 | 888 | Team Betta Electrical | Craig Lowndes | Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.0773 |
| 3 | 51 | Paul Weel Racing | Greg Murphy | Holden VZ Commodore | 1:11.2219 |
| 4 | 9 | Stone Brothers Racing | Russell Ingall | Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.2478 |
| 5 | 1 | Stone Brothers Racing | Marcos Ambrose | Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.2640 |
| 6 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Mark Skaife | Holden VZ Commodore | 1:11.4069 |
| 7 | 88 | Team Betta Electrical | Steven Ellery | Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.5192 |
| 8 | 24 | Castrol Perkins Racing | Steven Richards | Holden VZ Commodore[1] | 1:11.5264 |
| 9 | 6 | Ford Performance Racing | Jason Bright | Ford BA Falcon | 1:11.8541 |
| 10 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford BA Falcon | 1:12.0887 |
Race results
Statistics
- Provisional pole position - #1 Marcos Ambrose - 1:10.6715
- Pole Position - #16 Garth Tander - 1:10.8917
- Fastest Lap - #888 Craig Lowndes - 1:11.7940
- Average Speed - 142 km/h
References
- ^ VZ Commodore No 24 at the 2005 Betta Electrical 500 Retrieved from www.motorsport.com on 6 July 2014
External links
- Official race results at www.natsoft.com.au Archived 2008-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
- 2005 Betta Electrical 500 from the Official V8 Supercar website - www.v8supercar.com.au via web.archive.org
- Images from the 2005 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 Retrieved from www.v8fans.com on 19 December 2008