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Motor racing competition
The 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series was an Australian racing series for V8 Supercars . It began on 21 March 2004 at the Adelaide Street Circuit and ended on 5 December at Eastern Creek Raceway after 13 rounds. It was the sixth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series .[ 1] The series winner was also awarded the 45th Australian Touring Car Championship title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport .
The championship was won by Marcos Ambrose of the Stone Brothers Racing .
Calendar
The 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series comprised 13 rounds which included 11 sprint rounds and two endurance rounds.
Rd.
Event
Circuit
City / state
Date
1
Australia Clipsal 500
Adelaide Street Circuit
Adelaide , South Australia
18–21 March
2
Australia Eastern Creek
Eastern Creek Raceway
Eastern Creek , New South Wales
2–4 April
3
New Zealand PlaceMakers V8 International [ 2]
Pukekohe Park Raceway
Pukekohe , New Zealand
30 April – 2 May
4
Australia Darwin
Hidden Valley Raceway
Darwin , Northern Territory
21–23 May
5
Australia Perth
Barbagallo Raceway
Perth , Western Australia
11–13 June
6
Australia Ipswich
Queensland Raceway
Ipswich , Queensland
2–4 July
7
Australia Winton
Winton Motor Raceway
Benalla , Victoria
23–25 July
8
Australia Oran Park
Oran Park Raceway
Sydney , New South Wales
13–15 August
9
Australia Betta Electrical Sandown 500 [ 3]
Sandown International Raceway
Melbourne , Victoria
10–12 September
10
Australia Bob Jane T-Marts 1000 [ 4]
Mount Panorama Circuit
Bathurst , New South Wales
7–10 October
11
Australia Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge [ 5]
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Surfers Paradise , Queensland
21–24 October
12
Australia Launceston
Symmons Plains Raceway
Launceston , Tasmania
12–14 November
13
Australia BigPond Grand Finale [ 6]
Eastern Creek Raceway
Eastern Creek , New South Wales
3–5 December
Teams and drivers
The following drivers and teams competed in the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series . The series comprised eleven sprint rounds and two endurance rounds (the Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000) with each car driven by two drivers in the endurance rounds.
* = Drove in Sandown 500 only
** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only
Results and standings
Results summary
Race
Event
Pole position
Race winners
Round winner
1
R1
Adelaide
New Zealand Greg Murphy
Australia Marcos Ambrose
Australia Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing , Ford )
report
R2
Australia Marcos Ambrose
2
Eastern Creek 1
Australia Marcos Ambrose
Australia Rick Kelly (John Kelly Racing , Holden )
report
3
R1
Pukekohe
Australia Mark Skaife
Australia Marcos Ambrose
Australia Jason Bright (Paul Weel Racing , Holden )
report
R2
Australia Jason Bright
R3
Australia Jason Bright
4
R1
Darwin
Australia Mark Skaife
Australia Russell Ingall
Australia Todd Kelly (Holden Racing Team , Holden )
report
R2
Australia Rick Kelly
R3
Australia Todd Kelly
5
R1
Perth
New Zealand Steven Richards
Australia Mark Skaife
Australia Jason Bright (Paul Weel Racing , Holden )
report
R2
Australia Jason Bright
R3
Australia Jason Bright
6
Ipswich
Australia Marcos Ambrose
Australia Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing , Ford )
report
7
Winton
New Zealand Craig Baird
Australia Cameron McConville (Garry Rogers Motorsport , Holden )
report
8
R1
Oran Park
Australia Mark Skaife
Australia Mark Skaife
Australia Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing , Ford )
report
R2
Australia Marcos Ambrose
9
Sandown
Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Marcos Ambrose Australia Greg Ritter (Stone Brothers Racing , Ford )
report
10
Bathurst
New Zealand Steven Richards
New Zealand Greg Murphy Australia Rick Kelly (John Kelly Racing , Holden )
report
11
R1
Gold Coast
Australia Mark Skaife
Australia Marcos Ambrose
New Zealand Greg Murphy (John Kelly Racing , Holden )
report
R2
New Zealand Greg Murphy
12
R1
Launceston
New Zealand Steven Richards
Australia Rick Kelly
Australia Russell Ingall (Stone Brothers Racing , Ford )
report
R2
Australia Marcos Ambrose
R3
Australia David Besnard
13
R1
Eastern Creek 2
Australia Marcos Ambrose
Australia Marcos Ambrose
Australia Marcos Ambrose (Stone Brothers Racing , Ford )
report
R2
Australia Marcos Ambrose
R3
Australia Marcos Ambrose
Drivers championship
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points classification
Blue
Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold - Pole position
Italics - Fastest lap
See also
2004 V8 Supercar season
References
External links