2004 Clipsal 500

The 2004 Clipsal 500 was the sixth running of the Adelaide 500 race. Racing was held from Friday 18 March until Sunday 21 March 2004. The race was held for V8 Supercars and was the opening round of the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

2004 Clipsal 500

Event Information
Round 1 of 13 in the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	19–21 March 2004
Location	Adelaide, South Australia
Venue	Adelaide Street Circuit
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 78 laps 250 km Pole position Greg Murphy K-mart Racing Team 1:22.4672 Winner Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing 1:57:38.7153
Race 2 Distance 78 laps 250 km Winner Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing 2:00:31.4199
Round Results First Marcos Ambrose Stone Brothers Racing 192 pts Second Steven Richards Perkins Engineering 186 pts Third Paul Weel Paul Weel Racing 171 pts

Format

The format, unique to V8 Supercars and loosely similar to the Pukekohe 500 format, split the total distance of 500 kilometres into two separate 250 kilometre races each held on a different day. Points were assigned separately to the races, with more points allocated for Race 2 over Race 1, and they combined to award a round result.

Official results

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	1	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:21.9363
2	888	Max Wilson	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	1:22.1849
3	44	Simon Wills	Team Dynamik	Holden VY Commodore	1:22.2522
4	88	Paul Radisich	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	1:22.3407
5	12	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:22.3951
6	31	Steven Ellery	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:22.4183
7	9	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:22.4188
8	51	Greg Murphy	K-mart Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	1:22.4403
9	50	Jason Bright	Paul Weel Racing	Holden VY Commodore	1:22.5114
10	34	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	1:22.5756
11	15	Rick Kelly	K-mart Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	1:22.5822
12	11	Steven Richards	Perkins Engineering	Holden VY Commodore	1:22.6738
13	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	1:22.6996
14	22	Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	1:22.7015
15	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:22.7455
16	10	Jason Bargwanna	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford BA Falcon	1:22.8081
17	6	Craig Lowndes	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:22.8889
18	29	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	1:23.0031
19	21	Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:23.1066
20	5	Glenn Seton	Ford Performance Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:23.1401
21	8	Paul Dumbrell	Perkins Engineering	Holden VX Commodore	1:23.1770
22	33	Cameron McConville	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	1:23.1886
23	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	1:23.2441
24	18	Warren Luff	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:23.3066
25	021	Craig Baird	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden VY Commodore	1:23.6259
26	23	David Besnard	WPS Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:23.7854
27	75	Anthony Tratt	Paul Little Racing	Holden VY Commodore	1:24.3065
28	45	Dale Brede	Team Dynamik	Holden VY Commodore	1:24.6625
29	24	Phillip Scifleet	Imrie Motor Sport	Holden VX Commodore	1:25.7257
30	14	Terry Wyhoon	Imrie Motor Sport	Holden VX Commodore	1:27.4730
31	43	David Krause	David Krause Racing	Holden VX Commodore	1:27.4856
32	99	David Thexton	Thexton Motor Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:27.7251
-	16	Paul Weel	Paul Weel Racing	Holden VY Commodore	no time
-	20	Mark Winterbottom	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford BA Falcon	no time
Sources:[1]

Top Ten Shootout

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Time
1	51	Greg Murphy	K-mart Racing Team	Holden VY Commodore	1:22.4672
2	50	Jason Bright	Paul Weel Racing	Holden VY Commodore	1:22.9629
3	1	Marcos Ambrose	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:23.0463
4	12	John Bowe	Brad Jones Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:23.0659
5	34	Garth Tander	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	1:23.1914
6	888	Max Wilson	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	1:23.5284
7	9	Russell Ingall	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:23.6547
8	31	Steven Ellery	Steven Ellery Racing	Ford BA Falcon	1:23.7380
9	88	Paul Radisich	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Ford BA Falcon	1:24.0422
10	44	Simon Wills	Team Dynamik	Holden VY Commodore	1:28.3956
Sources:[2]

Race 1

Race 2