# 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.

## 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 |
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### 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 |
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