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.

2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500

Event Information
Round 9 of 13 in the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	10–12 September 2004
Location	Melbourne, Victoria
Venue	Sandown International Raceway
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 160 laps 496 km Pole position Rick Kelly Kmart Racing Team 1:22.1422 Winner Marcos Ambrose Greg Ritter Stone Brothers Racing 3:41:03.1307
Round Results First Marcos Ambrose Greg Ritter Stone Brothers Racing 192 pts Second Russell Ingall Cameron McLean Stone Brothers Racing 188 pts Third Steven Johnson Warren Luff Dick Johnson Racing 184 pts

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:^[1]

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

Official results

Sourced from:^[2]

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