# 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.
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 | 1:11.5264 |
| 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