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{{ Infobox V8 Supercar race report
| flag              = Victoria
| title             = 2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500
| round_no          = 9
| season_no         = 13
| year              = 2004
| series            = V8SC
| track_map         = Sandown (Australia) track map.svg
| date              = 10–12 September
| location          = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
| circuit           = Sandown International Raceway
| weather           = Fine
| race1_laps        = 160
| race1_dist        = 496
| pole1             = [[Rick Kelly]]
| pole1_team        = [[HSV Dealer Team|Kmart Racing Team]]
| pole1_time        = 1:22.1422
| winner1           = [[Marcos Ambrose]]<br/>[[Greg Ritter]]
| winner1_team      = [[Stone Brothers Racing]]
| winner1_time      = 3:41:03.1307
| first_round       = [[Marcos Ambrose]]<br/>[[Greg Ritter]]
| first_round_team  = [[Stone Brothers Racing]]
| first_pts         = 192
| second_round      = [[Russell Ingall]]<br/>Cameron McLean
| second_round_team = [[Stone Brothers Racing]]
| second_pts        = 188
| third_round       = [[Steven Johnson (racing driver)|Steven Johnson]]<br/>[[Warren Luff]]
| third_round_team  = [[Dick Johnson Racing]]
| third_pts         = 184
}}

The '''2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500''' was the ninth round of the [[Australia]]n [[2004 V8 Supercar season|2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series]]. It was held on the weekend of 10–12 September 2004 at [[Sandown International Raceway]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]].

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:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?12/09/2004.SAN.Q7 | title = Betta Electrical Sandown 500 - Rd 9 2004 V8 Supercar Series Sandown International Motor Raceway V8 Supercars Top 10 Shoot Out | publisher = National Software | accessdate = 2009-12-27| date = 2004-09-11 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos
! No
! Team
! Driver
! Car
! Time
|-
|- style="font-weight:bold"
! Pole
| 51
| [[HSV Dealer Team|Kmart Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Rick Kelly]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 1:22.1422
|-
! 2
| 1
| [[Stone Brothers Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Marcos Ambrose]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 1:22.7453
|-
! 3
| 29
| [[Paul Morris Motorsport|Team Sirromet Wines]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Paul Morris (motorsport)|Paul Morris]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 1:22.8858
|-
! 4
| 2
| [[Holden Racing Team]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Mark Skaife]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 1:23.2208
|-
! 5
| 6
| [[Ford Performance Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Craig Lowndes]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 1:23.3147
|-
! 6
| 17
| [[Dick Johnson Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Steven Johnson (racing driver)|Steven Johnson]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 1:23.8786
|-
! 7
| 50
| [[Paul Weel Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jason Bright]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 1:24.7091
|-
! 8
| 8
| [[Perkins Engineering|Castrol Perkins Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Paul Dumbrell]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 1:25.1486
|-
! 9
| 10
| [[Larkham Motor Sport]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jason Bargwanna]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 1:25.3394
|-
! 10
| 18
| [[Dick Johnson Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Owen Kelly]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 1:25.9627
|-
|}

==Official results==
Sourced from:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?12/09/2004.SAN.R13 | title = Betta Electrical Sandown 500 - Rd 9 2004 V8 Supercar Series Sandown International Motor Raceway V8 Supercars Betta Electrical Sandown 500 | publisher = National Software | accessdate = 2009-12-27| date = 2004-09-12 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos
! No
! Team
! Drivers
! Car
! Laps
! Qual<br>Pos
! Shootout<br>Pos
! Series<br>Points
|-
|- style="font-weight:bold"
! 1
| 1
| [[Stone Brothers Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Marcos Ambrose]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Greg Ritter]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 160
| 4
| 2
| 192
|-
! 2
| 9
| [[Stone Brothers Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Russell Ingall]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Cameron McLean]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 160
| 15
| 
| 188
|-
! 3
| 17
| [[Dick Johnson Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Steven Johnson (racing driver)|Steven Johnson]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Warren Luff]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 160
| 6
| 6
| 184
|-
! 4
| 34
| [[Garry Rogers Motorsport]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Garth Tander]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Cameron McConville]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 160
| 14
| 
| 180
|-
! 5
| 51
| [[HSV Dealer Team|Kmart Racing]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Greg Murphy]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Rick Kelly]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 160
| 3
| 1
| 176
|-
! 6
| 10
| [[Larkham Motor Sport]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jason Bargwanna]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Mark Winterbottom]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 160
| 8
| 9
| 172
|-
! 7
| 12
| [[Brad Jones Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[John Bowe (racing driver)|John Bowe]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Brad Jones (racing driver)|Brad Jones]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 160
| 21
| 
| 168
|-
! 8
| 8
| [[Perkins Engineering|Castrol Perkins Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Paul Dumbrell]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Tony Longhurst]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 159
| 10
| 8
| 164
|-
! 9
| 3
| [[Tasman Motorsport]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Jason Richards]]<br>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Fabian Coulthard]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 159
| 20
| 
| 160
|-
! 10
| 50
| [[Paul Weel Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jason Bright]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Paul Weel]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 159
| 9
| 7
| 156
|-
! 11
| 16
| [[Paul Weel Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Matthew White (racing driver)|Matthew White]]<br> {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Marcus Marshall]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 159
| 23
| 
| 152
|-
! 12
| 75
| [[Paul Little Racing|Toll Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Anthony Tratt]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Tomas Mezera]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 158
| 30
| 
| 148
|-
! 13
| 021
| [[Team Kiwi Racing]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Craig Baird]]<br>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Mark Porter (racing driver)|Mark Porter]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 158
| 17
| 
| 144
|-
! 14
| 05
| [[Holden Racing Team]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Peter Brock]]<br>{{flagicon|Great Britain}} [[Jason Plato]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 156
| 16
| 
| 140
|-
! 15
| 11
| [[Perkins Engineering|Castrol Perkins Racing]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Steven Richards]]<br>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Jim Richards (race driver)|Jim Richards]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 155
| 12
| 
| 136
|-
! 16
| 23
| [[WPS Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[David Besnard]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Charlie O'Brien (racing driver)|Charlie O'Brien]]<br> {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Neil McFadyen]]{{ref|1|1}}
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 154
| 18
| 
| 132
|-
! 17
| 29
| [[Paul Morris Motorsport|Team Sirromet Wines]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Paul Morris (motorsport)|Paul Morris]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Alan Gurr]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 153
| 1
| 3
| 128
|-
! 18
| 6
| [[Ford Performance Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Craig Lowndes]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Glenn Seton]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 152
| 5
| 5
| 124
|-
! 19
| 5
| [[Ford Performance Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Alain Menu]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Adam Macrow]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 152
| 34
| 
| 120
|-
! 20
| 43
| [[John Faulkner Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Christian D'Agostin]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Kurt Wimmer]]
| [[Holden VX Commodore]]
| 152
| 35
| 
| 116
|-
! 21
| 48
| [[WPS Racing]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[John McIntyre (driver)|John McIntyre]]<br>{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Alex Yoong]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 148
| 22
| 
| 112
|-
! 22
| 31
| [[Steven Ellery Racing|Supercheap Auto Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Steven Ellery]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Luke Youlden]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 142
| 11
| 
| 108
|-
! 23
| 2
| [[Holden Racing Team]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Mark Skaife]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Todd Kelly]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 133
| 2
| 4
| 104
|-
! 24
| 24
| [[Walden Motorsport]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Garth Walden]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Grant Elliott (racing driver)|Grant Elliott]]
| [[Ford AU Falcon]]
| 123
| 33
| 
| 100
|-
! DNF
| 33
| [[Garry Rogers Motorsport]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Nathan Pretty]]<br>{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Allan Simonsen (racing driver)|Allan Simonsen]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 122
| 25
| 
| 
|-
! DNF
| 45
| [[Team Dynamik]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Dale Brede]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Will Davison]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 122
| 24
| 
| 
|-
! DNF
| 20
| [[Larkham Motor Sport]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Mark Larkham]]<br>{{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Matthew Halliday (racing driver)|Matt Halliday]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 121
| 29
| 
| 
|-
! DNF
| 18
| [[Dick Johnson Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Owen Kelly]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[David Brabham]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 111
| 7
| 10
| 
|-
! DNF
| 44
| [[Team Dynamik]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Simon Wills (racing driver)|Simon Wills]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Paul Stokell]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 108
| 27
| 
| 
|-
! DNF
| 7
| [[Perkins Engineering|Castrol Perkins Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Alex Davison]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Jamie Whincup]]
| [[Holden VX Commodore]]
| 83
| 32
| 
| 
|-
! DNF
| 888
| [[Triple Eight Race Engineering|Team Betta Electrical]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Dean Canto]]<br>{{flagicon|France}} [[Yvan Muller]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 39
| 26
| 
| 
|-
! DNF
| 88
| [[Triple Eight Race Engineering|Team Betta Electrical]]
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Paul Radisich]]<br>{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Max Wilson]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 37
| 19
| 
| 
|-
! DNF
| 15
| [[HSV Dealer Team|Kmart Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Steve Owen (racing driver)|Steve Owen]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Tim Leahey]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 28
| 13
| 
| 
|-
! DNF
| 14
| [[Robert Smith Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Phillip Scifleet]]<br>{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Lee Holdsworth]]
| [[Holden VY Commodore]]
| 16
| 31
| 
| 
|-
! DNF
| 21
| [[Brad Jones Racing]]
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Andrew Jones (racing driver)|Andrew Jones]]<br>{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[John Cleland (racing driver)|John Cleland]]
| [[Ford BA Falcon]]
| 10
| 28
| 
| 
|-
|}
{{note|1|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==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?12/09/2004.SAN Official race results]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20031120151855/http://www.v8supercar.com.au/ Official V8 Supercar website]
* [http://au.motorsport.com/v8supercars/photos/main-gallery/?dt_start=2004-09-12&dt_end=2004-09-12 Race images at au.motorsport.com]

{{V8 race report|
 Name_of_race = Sandown 500 |
 Year_of_race = 2004 |
 Previous_race_in_season = [[2004 V8 Supercar Oran Park|2004 Oran Park V8 Supercar round]] |
 Next_race_in_season = [[2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000]] |
 Previous_year's_race = [[2003 Betta Electrical Sandown 500]] |
 Next_year's_race = [[2005 Betta Electrical 500]] |
}}

{{ATCC rounds 2000–2009}}

[[Category:Motorsport at Sandown]]
[[Category:2004 in V8 Supercars|Betta Electrical 500]]
[[Category:Pre-Bathurst 500]]