2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series

2005 HPDC V8 Supercar Series
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The 2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the sixth series held for second tier V8 Supercar teams. The season began on 18 March 2005 at Wakefield Park and finished on 27 November at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. The season consisted of seven rounds held across four different states. The series was expanded for 2005, incorporating the previously stand-alone support race at Bathurst 1000 into a series round and adding a finale on the support program of the Bigpond Grand Finale.

Dean Canto, driving for Dick Johnson Racing's two car team, dominated the expanded series, winning ten races, and five of the seven rounds, which made Canto the first multiple-champion of the series and directly led to a full-time return to V8 Supercar Championship Series with Garry Rogers Motorsport. Series runner up Paul Cruickshank Racing driver Warren Luff failed to score a win, staying in touch with Canto through consistency. Adam Macrow was the other multiple race-winner, taking victory four times, but some unlucky results saw him finish fourth in the points race behind Gary MacDonald. Shane Beikoff, Lee Holdsworth and Dale Brede took the remaining wins with Race 2 at Bathurst declared a no result after a multi-car collision blocked the track after just six laps.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series.

Team	No	Driver	Car
Brad Jones Racing	19	Dale Brede	Ford AU Falcon
Dick Johnson Racing	19	Will Davison	Ford AU Falcon
	71	Dean Canto	Ford BA Falcon
	81	Grant Denyer
Britek Motorsport	26	José Fernández	Ford BA Falcon
Howard Racing	19	Stephen Voight	Ford BA Falcon
	27	Adam Macrow
	37	Mark Howard
Matthew White Racing	28	Dean Wanless	Ford AU Falcon
A.N.T. Racing	30	Tony Evangelou	Ford BA Falcon
Steven Ellery Racing	31	Mark Porter	Ford BA Falcon
	41	Gary MacDonald	Ford AU Falcon Ford BA Falcon
McGill Motorsport	32	Aaron McGill	Holden VX Commodore
Jay Motorsport	42	Jay Verdnik	Holden VY Commodore
	56	John Henderson	Ford AU Falcon
JPS Automotive	57	Dean Savage	Holden VX Commodore
Paul Cruickshank Racing	60	Warren Luff	Ford BA Falcon
	65	Phillip Scifleet	Ford AU Falcon
Scott Loadsman Racing	62	Scott Loadsman	Holden VX Commodore
Rod Lynch Racing	66	Adam Wallis	Ford AU Falcon
Shane Beikoff Racing	68	Shane Beikoff Jonathan Beikoff	Ford AU Falcon
Spies Hecker Racing	69	Robert Jones	Holden VX Commodore
Robert Smith Racing	72	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VY Commodore
Peters Motorsport	80	Mark Papendall Barry Tanton	Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon
	91	Gary Deane	Ford AU Falcon
Greg Smith Racing	86	Greg Smith	Ford AU Falcon
Sydney Star Racing	98	Grant Elliott	Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon
Tony D'Alberto Racing	99	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VY Commodore

Race calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Location	Winning driver
1	17–19 March	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	Dean Canto
2	14–15 May	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	Adam Macrow
3	9–10 July	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Dean Canto
4	23–24 July	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	Dean Canto
5	20–21 August	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	Dean Canto
6	6–8 October	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	Dean Canto
7	26–27 November	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	Adam Macrow

Results and standings

The season consisted of seven rounds across four different states. Rounds 2-5 consisted of three races. The second race of each weekend saw the finishing order of race 1 reversed to form the grid, a 'reverse grid' race. Rounds 1, 6 and 7 consisted of a pair of races. Points were awarded for all cars who finished each race in finishing order. Points may have been offered beyond the 24th position but at no point during the season did more than 24 cars finish a race. Round 2's pair of races carried 50% more points than a single race elsewhere in the season.

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
Rounds 2-5 Points	64	62	60	58	56	54	52	50	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18
Rounds 1, 6 & 7 Points	96	93	90	87	84	81	78	75	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27

Drivers championship

Points table referenced, in part, as follows:^[1]

Pos Driver ADE[2] WAK[3] EAS[4] QLD[5] MAL[6] BAT[7] PHI[8] Pts 1 Dean Canto 1 1 1 DNS DNS 1 3 1 1 5 1 1 3 1 1 C 2 2 1098 2 Warren Luff 9 9 2 8 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 Ret 6 2 C 4 3 1068 3 Gary MacDonald 5 5 4 10 5 9 8 10 8 7 9 15 2 3 5 C 6 7 1023 4 Adam Macrow 2 2 5 6 1 2 7 7 5 1 4 21 Ret DNS 4 C 1 1 1007 5 Tony D'Alberto 3 3 3 19 7 4 5 3 6 9 14 10 Ret 7 3 C 3 4 999 6 Phillip Scifleet 4 4 7 12 6 5 6 5 9 16 6 6 4 8 11 C Ret 9 924 7 José Fernández Ret 7 10 16 8 6 Ret 9 11 8 8 4 6 9 10 C 8 6 839 8 Aaron McGill 11 10 17 2 12 12 15 13 20 11 18 16 13 14 18 C 15 13 758 9 Mark Porter 7 Ret 6 9 4 8 4 8 7 6 13 2 Ret 4 6 C Ret DNS 743 10 Grant Denyer DNS DNS 12 11 10 7 11 6 10 10 7 7 5 5 7 C Ret 10 737 11 Grant Elliott 6 Ret 11 14 9 11 10 12 DNS DNS DNS 8 9 12 9 C 16 17 654 12 Tony Evangelou 13 7 13 10 9 20 13 Ret DNS 9 10 10 22 C 7 8 618 13 Lee Holdsworth 24 1 4 4 4 5 Ret 7 Ret 8 C 5 5 607 14 Mark Howard 8 8 15 13 11 14 16 14 14 14 20 12 Ret DNS Ret C Ret 12 587 15 Gary Deane 12 Ret Ret 15 16 19 18 18 15 15 12 17 12 17 16 C Ret 16 543 16 Dean Wanless Ret 11 14 3 15 13 12 23 Ret DNS DNS 14 17 18 Ret C 10 11 537 17 Greg Smith 17 14 21 18 17 20 Ret 21 17 Ret 17 22 16 Ret 20 C 12 18 508 18 Shane Beikoff 13 12 20 1 Ret 17 17 17 17 C 11 14 480 19 Scott Loadsman 16 15 19 DNS 14 Ret 14 19 16 19 16 19 14 15 19 C Ret DNS 477 20 Jay Verdnik Ret Ret 9 DNS DNS 15 Ret 11 12 18 10 13 8 Ret 13 C 9 Ret 468 21 Mark Papendall 14 13 18 17 20 16 19 15 Ret 17 DNS 18 15 16 457 22 Robert Jones 18 Ret Ret 21 13 11 11 11 13 12 C Ret 15 383 23 Adam Wallis 10 6 5 18 11 15 C 334 24 Dale Brede 8 4 3 23 1 2 314 25 Dean Savage 23 21 19 21 Ret 22 19 Ret Ret 20 Ret DNS 21 C 13 19 310 26 John Henderson 15 Ret 16 5 Ret 23 13 16 Ret DNS DNS 21 C 13 19 238 27 Barry Tanton 22 20 18 22 20 Ret Ret DNS 19 14 Ret 211 28 Will Davison 2 3 2 184 29 Jonathan Beikoff 18 12 15 108 30 Stephen Voight 14 C 57

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

References

1. "2005 HPDC V8 Supercar Series Points". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 27 November 2005. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
2. "Adelaide Parklands Circuit 20/03/2005 2005 Clipsal 500 Adelaide". National Software. 20 March 2005. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
3. "Wakefield Park Raceway 15/05/2005 2005 HPDC V8 Supercar Series - Round 2". National Software. 15 May 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
4. "Eastern Creek International Raceway 10/07/2005 2005 HPDC V8 Supercar Series - Round 3". National Software. 10 July 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
5. "Queensland Raceway Ipswich 24/07/2005 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 7". National Software. 24 July 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
6. "Mallala Motorsport Park 21/08/2005 2005 HPDC V8 Supercar Series - Round 5". National Software. 21 August 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
7. "Mount Panorama - Bathurst 09/10/2005 Super Cheap Auto 1000 - Rd 10 2005 V8 Supercar Series". National Software. 9 October 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
8. "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 27/11/2005 2005 BigPond Grand Finale". National Software. 27 November 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2009.

External links

• 2005 Racing Results Archive

See also

• 2005 V8 Supercar season