2005 Betta Electrical 500

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	Template:Flagicon Garth Tander	Holden VZ Commodore	1:10.8917
2	888	Team Betta Electrical	Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.0773
3	51	Paul Weel Racing	Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy	Holden VZ Commodore	1:11.2219
4	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Template:Flagicon Russell Ingall	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.2478
5	1	Stone Brothers Racing	Template:Flagicon Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.2640
6	2	Holden Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife	Holden VZ Commodore	1:11.4069
7	88	Team Betta Electrical	Template:Flagicon Steven Ellery	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.5192
8	24	Castrol Perkins Racing	Template:Flagicon Steven Richards	Holden VZ Commodore	1:11.5264
9	6	Ford Performance Racing	Template:Flagicon Jason Bright	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.8541
10	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Template:Flagicon Steven Johnson	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.0887

Race results

Pos	No	Drivers	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Points
1	888	Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes Template:Flagicon Yvan Muller	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	161	3:30:51.8944	2	192
2	2	Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife Template:Flagicon Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	161	+35.6172	6	188
3	3	Template:Flagicon Jason Richards Template:Flagicon Jamie Whincup	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	161	+50.8887	13	184
4	16	Template:Flagicon Garth Tander Template:Flagicon Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	161	+56.2408	1	180
5	88	Template:Flagicon Steven Ellery Template:Flagicon Adam Macrow	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford Falcon BA	161	+1:01.4905	7	176
6	6	Template:Flagicon Jason Bright Template:Flagicon David Brabham	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	160	+1 lap	9	172
7	9	Template:Flagicon Russell Ingall Template:Flagicon Luke Youlden	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	160	+1 lap	4	168
8	67	Template:Flagicon Paul Morris Template:Flagicon Paul Radisich	Paul Morris Motorsport Team Kiwi Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	160	+1 lap	19	164
9	21	Template:Flagicon John Bowe Template:Flagicon Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	160	+1 lap	12	160
10	34	Template:Flagicon Cameron McConville Template:Flagicon Andrew Jones	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	160	+1 lap	11	156
11	22	Template:Flagicon Jim Richards Template:Flagicon James Courtney	Holden Racing Team	Holden Commodore VZ	159	+2 laps	18	152
12	18	Template:Flagicon Glenn Seton Template:Flagicon Dean Canto	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	159	+2 laps	17	148
13	24	Template:Flagicon Steven Richards Template:Flagicon Paul Dumbrell	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VY	159	+2 laps	8	144
14	1	Template:Flagicon Marcos Ambrose Template:Flagicon Warren Luff	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford Falcon BA	159	+2 laps	5	140
15	5	Template:Flagicon Greg Ritter Template:Flagicon Cameron McLean	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Falcon BA	159	+2 laps	15	136
16	20	Template:Flagicon Jason Bargwanna Template:Flagicon Mark Winterbottom	Larkham Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	158	+3 laps	14	132
17	7	Template:Flagicon Alex Davison Template:Flagicon Allan Simonsen	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VY	158	+3 laps	31	128
18	17	Template:Flagicon Steven Johnson Template:Flagicon Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford Falcon BA	158	+3 laps	10	124
19	48	Template:Flagicon Craig Baird Template:Flagicon David Besnard	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	158	+3 laps	23	120
20	33	Template:Flagicon Phillip Scifleet Template:Flagicon Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	157	+4 laps	27	116
21	12	Template:Flagicon John Cleland Template:Flagicon Dale Brede	Brad Jones Racing	Ford Falcon BA	157	+4 laps	20	112
22	8	Template:Flagicon Marcus Marshall Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon BA	157	+4 laps	25	108
23	25	Template:Flagicon Steve Owen Template:Flagicon Matthew White	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	156	+5 laps	22	104
24	52	Template:Flagicon José Fernández Template:Flagicon Damien White	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	153	+8 laps	34	100
25	75	Template:Flagicon Anthony Tratt Template:Flagicon Tony Evangelou	Paul Little Racing	Holden Commodore VY	153	+8 laps	29	96
26	11	Template:Flagicon Matthew Coleman Template:Flagicon Christian D'Agostin	Perkins Engineering	Holden Commodore VY	152	+9 laps	32	92
DNF	23	Template:Flagicon Fabian Coulthard Template:Flagicon Tony D'Alberto	Tasman Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	156	Crash	26
DNF	51	Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy Template:Flagicon Paul Weel	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	140	Engine	3
DNF	10	Template:Flagicon Alain Menu Template:Flagicon Matt Halliday	Larkham Motorsport	Ford Falcon BA	116		24
DNF	15	Template:Flagicon Tim Leahey Template:Flagicon Mark Noske	HSV Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VZ	113	Clutch	28
DNF	50	Template:Flagicon Owen Kelly Template:Flagicon Nathan Pretty	Paul Weel Racing	Holden Commodore VZ	86	Driveline	21
DNF	021	Template:Flagicon John Faulkner Template:Flagicon Alan Gurr	Team Kiwi Racing Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden Commodore VZ	55	Engine	30
DNF	45	Template:Flagicon Mark Porter Template:Flagicon Kayne Scott	Team Dynamik	Holden Commodore VZ	41	Engine	33
DNS	44	Template:Flagicon Simon Wills Template:Flagicon Max Wilson	Team Dynamik	Holden Commodore VZ		Crash in warm-up	16

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

External links

• Official race results at www.natsoft.com.au Template:Webarchive
• 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