2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500

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

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.

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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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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

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

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