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Victoria (state) 2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500
Event Information
Round 9 of 13 in the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date10–12 September 2004
LocationMelbourne, Victoria
VenueSandown International Raceway
WeatherFine
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 192 pts
Second 188 pts
Third 184 pts

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.

It was the 37th "Sandown 500" endurance race to be held at the Victorian circuit.

Top 10 Shootout

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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 Australia Rick Kelly Holden VY Commodore 1:22.1422
2 1 Stone Brothers Racing Australia Marcos Ambrose Ford BA Falcon 1:22.7453
3 29 Team Sirromet Wines Australia Paul Morris Holden VY Commodore 1:22.8858
4 2 Holden Racing Team Australia Mark Skaife Holden VY Commodore 1:23.2208
5 6 Ford Performance Racing Australia Craig Lowndes Ford BA Falcon 1:23.3147
6 17 Dick Johnson Racing Australia Steven Johnson Ford BA Falcon 1:23.8786
7 50 Paul Weel Racing Australia Jason Bright Holden VY Commodore 1:24.7091
8 8 Castrol Perkins Racing Australia Paul Dumbrell Holden VY Commodore 1:25.1486
9 10 Larkham Motor Sport Australia Jason Bargwanna Ford BA Falcon 1:25.3394
10 18 Dick Johnson Racing Australia Owen Kelly Ford BA Falcon 1:25.9627

Official results

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Sourced from:[2]

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

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  • 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

References

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  1. ^ "Betta Electrical Sandown 500 - Rd 9 2004 V8 Supercar Series Sandown International Motor Raceway V8 Supercars Top 10 Shoot Out". National Software. 2004-09-11. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
  2. ^ "Betta Electrical Sandown 500 - Rd 9 2004 V8 Supercar Series Sandown International Motor Raceway V8 Supercars Betta Electrical Sandown 500". National Software. 2004-09-12. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
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