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.

2005 Betta Electrical 500

Event Information
Round 9 of 13 in the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	9–11 September 2005
Location	Melbourne, Victoria
Venue	Sandown International Raceway
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 161 laps 500 km Pole position Garth Tander HSV Dealer Team 1:10.8917 Winner Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller Triple Eight Race Engineering 3:30:51.8944
Round Results First Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller Triple Eight Race Engineering 192 pts Second Mark Skaife Todd Kelly Holden Racing Team 188 pts Third Jason Richards Jamie Whincup Tasman Motorsport 184 pts

It was the 38th "Sandown 500" endurance race.

Top ten shootout

Pos	No	Team	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	16	HSV Dealer Team	Garth Tander	Holden VZ Commodore	1:10.8917
2	888	Team Betta Electrical	Craig Lowndes	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.0773
3	51	Paul Weel Racing	Greg Murphy	Holden VZ Commodore	1:11.2219
4	9	Stone Brothers Racing	Russell Ingall	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.2478
5	1	Stone Brothers Racing	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.2640
6	2	Holden Racing Team	Mark Skaife	Holden VZ Commodore	1:11.4069
7	88	Team Betta Electrical	Steven Ellery	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.5192
8	24	Castrol Perkins Racing	Steven Richards	Holden VZ Commodore[1]	1:11.5264
9	6	Ford Performance Racing	Jason Bright	Ford BA Falcon	1:11.8541
10	17	Dick Johnson Racing	Steven Johnson	Ford BA Falcon	1:12.0887

Race results

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