2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500

The 2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500 was the ninth round of the Australian 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of 10–12 September 2004 at Sandown International Raceway in Melbourne, 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.

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Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	51	Kmart Racing	Template:Flagicon Rick Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	1:22.1422
2	1	Stone Brothers Racing	Template:Flagicon Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	1:22.7453
3	29	Team Sirromet Wines	Template:Flagicon Paul Morris	Holden VY Commodore	1:22.8858
4	2	Holden Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife	Holden VY Commodore	1:23.2208
5	6	Ford Performance Racing	Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes	Ford BA Falcon	1:23.3147
6	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Template:Flagicon Steven Johnson	Ford BA Falcon	1:23.8786
7	50	Paul Weel Racing	Template:Flagicon Jason Bright	Holden VY Commodore	1:24.7091
8	8	Castrol Perkins Racing	Template:Flagicon Paul Dumbrell	Holden VY Commodore	1:25.1486
9	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Template:Flagicon Jason Bargwanna	Ford BA Falcon	1:25.3394
10	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Template:Flagicon Owen Kelly	Ford BA Falcon	1:25.9627

Official results

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Pos	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos	Series Points
1	1	Stone Brothers Racing	Template:Flagicon Marcos Ambrose Template:Flagicon Greg Ritter	Ford BA Falcon	160	4	2	192
2	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Template:Flagicon Russell Ingall Template:Flagicon Cameron McLean	Ford BA Falcon	160	15		188
3	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Template:Flagicon Steven Johnson Template:Flagicon Warren Luff	Ford BA Falcon	160	6	6	184
4	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Garth Tander Template:Flagicon Cameron McConville	Holden VY Commodore	160	14		180
5	51	Kmart Racing	Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy Template:Flagicon Rick Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	160	3	1	176
6	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Template:Flagicon Jason Bargwanna Template:Flagicon Mark Winterbottom	Ford BA Falcon	160	8	9	172
7	12	Brad Jones Racing	Template:Flagicon John Bowe Template:Flagicon Brad Jones	Ford BA Falcon	160	21		168
8	8	Castrol Perkins Racing	Template:Flagicon Paul Dumbrell Template:Flagicon Tony Longhurst	Holden VY Commodore	159	10	8	164
9	3	Tasman Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Jason Richards Template:Flagicon Fabian Coulthard	Holden VY Commodore	159	20		160
10	50	Paul Weel Racing	Template:Flagicon Jason Bright Template:Flagicon Paul Weel	Holden VY Commodore	159	9	7	156
11	16	Paul Weel Racing	Template:Flagicon Matthew White Template:Flagicon Marcus Marshall	Holden VY Commodore	159	23		152
12	75	Toll Racing	Template:Flagicon Anthony Tratt Template:Flagicon Tomas Mezera	Holden VY Commodore	158	30		148
13	021	Team Kiwi Racing	Template:Flagicon Craig Baird Template:Flagicon Mark Porter	Holden VY Commodore	158	17		144
14	05	Holden Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Peter Brock Template:Flagicon Jason Plato	Holden VY Commodore	156	16		140
15	11	Castrol Perkins Racing	Template:Flagicon Steven Richards Template:Flagicon Jim Richards	Holden VY Commodore	155	12		136
16	23	WPS Racing	Template:Flagicon David Besnard Template:Flagicon Charlie O'Brien Template:Flagicon Neil McFadyen1	Ford BA Falcon	154	18		132
17	29	Team Sirromet Wines	Template:Flagicon Paul Morris Template:Flagicon Alan Gurr	Holden VY Commodore	153	1	3	128
18	6	Ford Performance Racing	Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes Template:Flagicon Glenn Seton	Ford BA Falcon	152	5	5	124
19	5	Ford Performance Racing	Template:Flagicon Alain Menu Template:Flagicon Adam Macrow	Ford BA Falcon	152	34		120
20	43	John Faulkner Racing	Template:Flagicon Christian D'Agostin Template:Flagicon Kurt Wimmer	Holden VX Commodore	152	35		116
21	48	WPS Racing	Template:Flagicon John McIntyre Template:Flagicon Alex Yoong	Ford BA Falcon	148	22		112
22	31	Supercheap Auto Racing	Template:Flagicon Steven Ellery Template:Flagicon Luke Youlden	Ford BA Falcon	142	11		108
23	2	Holden Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife Template:Flagicon Todd Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	133	2	4	104
24	24	Walden Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Garth Walden Template:Flagicon Grant Elliott	Ford AU Falcon	123	33		100
DNF	33	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Nathan Pretty Template:Flagicon Allan Simonsen	Holden VY Commodore	122	25
DNF	45	Team Dynamik	Template:Flagicon Dale Brede Template:Flagicon Will Davison	Holden VY Commodore	122	24
DNF	20	Larkham Motor Sport	Template:Flagicon Mark Larkham Template:Flagicon Matt Halliday	Ford BA Falcon	121	29
DNF	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Template:Flagicon Owen Kelly Template:Flagicon David Brabham	Ford BA Falcon	111	7	10
DNF	44	Team Dynamik	Template:Flagicon Simon Wills Template:Flagicon Paul Stokell	Holden VY Commodore	108	27
DNF	7	Castrol Perkins Racing	Template:Flagicon Alex Davison Template:Flagicon Jamie Whincup	Holden VX Commodore	83	32
DNF	888	Team Betta Electrical	Template:Flagicon Dean Canto Template:Flagicon Yvan Muller	Ford BA Falcon	39	26
DNF	88	Team Betta Electrical	Template:Flagicon Paul Radisich Template:Flagicon Max Wilson	Ford BA Falcon	37	19
DNF	15	Kmart Racing	Template:Flagicon Steve Owen Template:Flagicon Tim Leahey	Holden VY Commodore	28	13
DNF	14	Robert Smith Racing	Template:Flagicon Phillip Scifleet Template:Flagicon Lee Holdsworth	Holden VY Commodore	16	31
DNF	21	Brad Jones Racing	Template:Flagicon Andrew Jones Template:Flagicon John Cleland	Ford BA Falcon	10	28

^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

External links

• Official race results
• Official V8 Supercar website
• Race images at au.motorsport.com