2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series

The 2005 Holden Performance Driving Centre V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the sixth series held for second tier V8 Supercars competitors. The season began on 18 March 2005 at Wakefield Park and finished on 27 November at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. The season consisted of seven rounds held across four different states. The series was expanded for 2005, incorporating the previously stand-alone support race at Bathurst 1000 into a series round and adding a finale on the support program of the Bigpond Grand Finale.

Dean Canto, driving for Dick Johnson Racing's two car team, dominated the expanded series, winning ten races, and five of the seven rounds, which made Canto the first multiple winner of the series and directly led to a full-time return to V8 Supercar Championship Series with Garry Rogers Motorsport. Series runner up Paul Cruickshank Racing driver Warren Luff failed to score a win, staying in touch with Canto through consistency. Adam Macrow was the other multiple race-winner, taking victory four times, but some unlucky results saw him finish fourth in the points race behind Gary MacDonald. Shane Beikoff, Lee Holdsworth and Dale Brede took the remaining wins with Race 2 at Bathurst declared a no result after a multi-car collision blocked the track after just six laps.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the series.

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Brad Jones Racing	Ford AU Falcon	19	Dale Brede	2, 5
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon	19	Will Davison	4
	Ford BA Falcon	71	Dean Canto	All
	Ford BA Falcon	81	Grant Denyer	All
Howard Racing	Ford BA Falcon	19	Stephen Voight	6
		27	Adam Macrow	All
		37	Mark Howard	All
Matthew White Racing	Ford AU Falcon	28	Dean Wanless	All
Britek Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	26	José Fernández	All
A.N.T. Racing	Ford BA Falcon	30	Tony Evangelou	2–7
Steven Ellery Racing	Ford BA Falcon	31	Mark Porter	All
Steven Ellery Racing	Ford AU Falcon Ford BA Falcon	41	Gary MacDonald	All
McGill Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	32	Aaron McGill	All
Gravity Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	40	Mark Papendall	1–5
Jay Motorsport	Holden VY Commodore	42	Jay Verdnik	All
John Henderson	Ford AU Falcon	56	John Henderson	1–4, 6–7
JPS Automotive	Holden VX Commodore	57	Dean Savage	2–7
Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford BA Falcon	60	Warren Luff	All
Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford AU Falcon	65	Phillip Scifleet	All
Scott Loadsman Racing	Holden VX Commodore	62	Scott Loadsman	All
Rod Lynch Racing	Ford AU Falcon	66	Adam Wallis	1, 5–6
Shane Beikoff Racing	Ford AU Falcon	68	Shane Beikoff	1–3, 6–7
Shane Beikoff Racing	Ford AU Falcon	68	Jonathan Beikoff	4
CarTrek Racing	Holden VX Commodore	69	Robert Jones	3–7
Robert Smith Racing	Holden VY Commodore	72	Lee Holdsworth	3–7
Peters Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	80	Barry Tanton	2–4, 7
Peters Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	91	Gary Deane	All
Greg Smith Racing	Ford AU Falcon	86	Greg Smith	All
Sydney Star Racing	Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon	98	Grant Elliott	All
Tony D'Alberto Racing	Holden VY Commodore	99	Tony D'Alberto	All

Race calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Location	Winning driver	Car
1	17–19 March	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	Dean Canto	Ford BA Falcon
2	14–15 May	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	Adam Macrow	Ford BA Falcon
3	9–10 July	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Dean Canto	Ford BA Falcon
4	23–24 July	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	Dean Canto	Ford BA Falcon
5	20–21 August	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	Dean Canto	Ford BA Falcon
6	6–8 October	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	Dean Canto	Ford BA Falcon
7	26–27 November	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	Adam Macrow	Ford BA Falcon

Points system

The series comprised seven rounds across four different states. Rounds 2, 3, 4 and 5 each consisted of three races. The second race of each weekend saw the finishing order of Race 1 reversed to form the grid, a 'reverse grid' race. Rounds 1, 6 and 7 each consisted of two races. Points were offered down to 32nd position in each race^[1] but at no point during the season did more than 24 cars finish a race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th
Rounds 1, 6 & 7 points	96	93	90	87	84	81	78	75	72	69	66	63	60	57	54	51	48	45	42	39	36	33	30	27
Rounds 2, 3, 4 & 5 points	64	62	60	58	56	54	52	50	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18

Series standings

Pos.^[2]	Driver^[2]	No.	Car	Ade		Wak			Eas			Que			Mal			Bat		Phi		Points^[2]
1	Dean Canto	71	Ford BA Falcon	1	1	1	DNS	DNS	1	3	1	1	5	1	1	3	1	1	C	2	2	1098
2	Warren Luff	60	Ford BA Falcon	9	9	2	8	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	Ret	6	2	C	4	3	1068
3	Gary MacDonald	41	Ford AU Falcon Ford BA Falcon	5	5	4	10	5	9	8	10	8	7	9	15	2	3	5	C	6	7	1023
4	Adam Macrow	27	Ford BA Falcon	2	2	5	6	1	2	7	7	5	1	4	21	Ret	DNS	4	C	1	1	1007
5	Tony D'Alberto	99	Holden VY Commodore	3	3	3	19	7	4	5	3	6	9	14	10	Ret	7	3	C	3	4	999
6	Phillip Scifleet	65	Ford AU Falcon	4	4	7	12	6	5	6	5	9	16	6	6	4	8	11	C	Ret	9	924
7	José Fernández	26	Ford BA Falcon	Ret	7	10	16	8	6	Ret	9	11	8	8	4	6	9	10	C	8	6	839
8	Aaron McGill	32	Holden VX Commodore	11	10	17	2	12	12	15	13	20	11	18	16	13	14	18	C	15	13	758
9	Mark Porter	31	Ford BA Falcon	7	Ret	6	9	4	8	4	8	7	6	13	2	Ret	4	6	C	Ret	DNS	743
10	Grant Denyer	81	Ford BA Falcon	DNS	DNS	12	11	10	7	11	6	10	10	7	7	5	5	7	C	Ret	10	737
11	Grant Elliott	98	Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon	6	Ret	11	14	9	11	10	12	DNS	DNS	DNS	8	9	12	9	C	16	17	654
12	Tony Evangelou	30	Ford BA Falcon			13	7	13	10	9	20	13	Ret	DNS	9	10	10	22	C	7	8	618
13	Lee Holdsworth	72	Holden VY Commodore						24	1	4	4	4	5	Ret	7	Ret	8	C	5	5	607
14	Mark Howard	37	Ford BA Falcon	8	8	15	13	11	14	16	14	14	14	20	12	Ret	DNS	Ret	C	Ret	12	587
15	Gary Deane	91	Ford AU Falcon	12	Ret	Ret	15	16	19	18	18	15	15	12	17	12	17	16	C	Ret	16	543
16	Dean Wanless	28	Ford AU Falcon	Ret	11	14	3	15	13	12	23	Ret	DNS	DNS	14	17	18	Ret	C	10	11	537
17	Greg Smith	86	Ford AU Falcon	17	14	21	18	17	20	Ret	21	17	Ret	17	22	16	Ret	20	C	12	18	508
18	Shane Beikoff	68	Ford AU Falcon	13	12	20	1	Ret	17	17	17							17	C	11	14	480
19	Scott Loadsman	62	Holden VX Commodore	16	15	19	DNS	14	Ret	14	19	16	19	16	19	14	15	19	C	Ret	DNS	477
20	Jay Verdnik	42	Holden VX Commodore	Ret	Ret	9	DNS	DNS	15	Ret	11	12	18	10	13	8	Ret	13	C	9	Ret	468
21	Mark Papendall	40	Holden VX Commodore Ford AU Falcon	14	13	18	17	20	16	19	15	Ret	17	DNS	18	15	16					435
22	Robert Jones	69	Holden VX Commodore						18	Ret	Ret	21	13	11	11	11	13	12	C	Ret	15	383
23	Adam Wallis	66	Ford AU Falcon	10	6										5	18	11	15	C			334
24	Dale Brede	19	Ford AU Falcon			8	4	3							23	1	2					314
25	Dean Savage	57	Holden VX Commodore			23	21	19	21	Ret	22	19	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	DNS	21	C	13	19	310
26	John Henderson	56	Ford AU Falcon	15	Ret	16	5	Ret	23	13	16	Ret	DNS	DNS				21	C	13	19	238
27	Barry Tanton	80	Ford AU Falcon			22	20	18	22	20	Ret	Ret	DNS	19						14	Ret	211
28	Will Davison	19	Ford AU Falcon									2	3	2								184
29	Jonathan Beikoff	68	Ford AU Falcon									18	12	15								108
30	Stephen Voight	19	Ford BA Falcon															14	C			57
Pos.	Driver	No.	Car	Ade		Wak			Eas			Que			Mal			Bat		Phi		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Note: Due to time constraints, Race 2 at the Bathurst round was abandoned and no points were awarded.^[3]

References

^ Program, Malalla Motor Sport Park, 19–21 August 2005
^ ^a ^b ^c HPDC V8 Supercars Series Points Report, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
^ Grant Rowley, (Not) The Great Race, The Annual – Australian Motorsport, Number 1 / 2005, page 48

External links

2005 Racing Results Archive Archived 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine