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2004 Betta Electrical Sandown 500

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V8 Supercars race number 17 of 26
Sunday, September 12, 2004 at Sandown Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria
161 laps* on a 3.104 kilometer road course (499.744 kilometers)

Time of race: 3:41:03.1307
Average speed: 134.803 kph
Pole time: 82.1422 seconds

Cautions: 12 for 30 laps
Margin of victory: 3.308 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 12

Glossary 2004 V8 Supercars results / 2004 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Team	Sponsor	Car	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	1	Marcos Ambrose Greg Ritter	Stone Brothers	Pirtek	Ford	160	running	130	192
23	4	2	Mark Skaife Todd Kelly	Holden Racing Team	Mobil 1	Holden	133	running	1	104
9	20	3	Jason Richards Fabian Coulthard	Tasman Motorsport	Fuchs / Inner Circle Rum	Holden	159	running	0	160
14	16	05	Peter Brock Jason Plato	Holden Racing Team	Mobil 1	Holden	156	running	0	140
19	34	5	Alain Menu Adam Macrow	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Credit / FPV	Ford	152	running	0	120
14	16	05	Peter Brock Jason Plato	Holden Racing Team	Mobil 1	Holden	156	running	0	140
19	34	5	Alain Menu Adam Macrow	Ford Performance Racing	Ford Credit / FPV	Ford	152	running	0	120
18	5	6	Glenn Seton Craig Lowndes	Ford Performance Racing	Caterpillar	Ford	152	running	0	124
30	32	7	Jamie Whincup Alex Davison	Perkins Engineering	Castrol Formula R	Holden	83	crash	0	0
8	8	8	Paul Dumbrell Tony Longhurst	Perkins Engineering	Castrol Formula R	Holden	159	running	0	164
2	15	9	Russell Ingall Cameron McLean	Stone Brothers	Caltex Havoline	Ford	160	running	3	188
6	9	10	Jason Bargwanna Mark Winterbottom	Larkham Motor Sport	Orrcon Steel	Ford	160	running	1	172
15	12	11	Steven Richards Jim Richards	Perkins Engineering	Castrol Formula R	Holden	155	running	0	136
7	21	12	John Bowe Brad Jones	Brad Jones	OzEmail Broadband	Ford	160	running	0	168
34	31	14	Phillip Scifleet	Robert Smith	Smiths Trucks / Doric	Holden	16	fire	0	0
33	13	15	Tim Leahey	Tom Walkinshaw	K-Mart	Holden	28	engine	0	0
11	23	16	Matthew White Marcus Marshall	Paul Weel	PWR / Chandlers	Holden	159	running	0	152
3	6	17	Steven Johnson Warren Luff	Dick Johnson	Shell Helix	Ford	160	running	0	184
28	10	18	Owen Kelly David Brabham	Dick Johnson	Shell Helix	Ford	111	did not finish	0	0
27	29	20	Mark Larkham Matt Halliday	Larkham Motor Sport	Orrcon Steel	Ford	121	electrical	0	0
35	28	21	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones	OzEmail Broadband	Ford	10	tailshaft	0	0
13	17	021	Craig Baird Mark Porter	Team Kiwi	Hyundai Construction Equipment	Holden	158	running	0	144
16	18	23	David Besnard Charlie O'Brien	WPS Racing	WPS Financial Solutions	Ford	154	running	0	132
24	33	24	Garth Walden Grant Elliott	Walden Motor Sport	Century 21	Ford	123	running	0	100
17	3	29	Paul Morris Alan Gurr	Paul Morris	Sirromet / BWS	Holden	153	running	0	128
22	11	31	Steven Ellery Luke Youlden	Steven Ellery	Supercheap Auto	Ford	142	running	0	108
25	25	33	Nathan Pretty Allan Simonsen	Garry Rogers	Repco / Valvoline Cummins	Holden	122	engine	0	0
4	14	34	Cameron McConville Garth Tander	Garry Rogers	Repco / Valvoline Cummins	Holden	160	running	5	180
20	35	43	Christian D'Agostin Kurt Wimmer	John Faulkner	Holden Young Lions	Holden	152	running	0	116
29	27	44	Simon Wills Paul Stokell	Team Dynamik	Dodo	Holden	108	crash	0	0
26	24	45	Dale Brede Will Davison	Team Dynamik	Dodo	Holden	122	did not finish	0	0
21	22	48	Alex Yoong John McIntyre	WPS Racing	WPS Financial Solutions	Ford	148	running	0	112
10	7	50	Jason Bright Paul Weel	Paul Weel	PWR / Chandlers	Holden	159	running	5	156
5	1	51	Rick Kelly Greg Murphy	Tom Walkinshaw	K-Mart	Holden	160	running	15	176
12	30	75	Anthony Tratt Tomas Mezera	Paul Little	Toll Ipec / Orix	Holden	158	running	0	148
32	19	88	Paul Radisich	Triple Eight	Betta Electrical	Ford	37	mechanical	0	0
31	26	888	Dean Canto	Triple Eight	Betta Electrical	Ford	39	mechanical	0	0

* Race shortened to 160 laps due to time limit.

Fastest Lap: 70.825 seconds by Marcos Ambrose

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
WD	Lee Holdsworth	14	Smiths Trucks / Doric	Robert Smith	Holden
WD	Steve Owen	15	K-Mart	Tom Walkinshaw	Holden
WD	John Cleland	21	OzEmail Broadband	Brad Jones	Ford
WD	Max Wilson	88	Betta Electrical	Triple Eight	Ford
WD	Yvan Muller	888	Betta Electrical	Triple Eight	Ford

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	1	1
	2	3	2	#23 off course turn 1
	4	8	5
	9	11	3	#24 off course turn 9
	12	13	2
	14	14	1	#23 off course turn 1
	15	18	4
	19	24	6	#14 off course turn 11
	25	74	50
	75	76	2	#7 off course turn 2
	77	86	10
	87	89	3	#7 off course turn 2
	90	103	14
	104	106	3	#48 off course turn 12
	107	109	3
	110	111	2	#2,6,45 accident turn 13
	112	114	3
	115	116	2	#45 off course turn 9
	117	128	12
	129	130	2	#48 off course turn 1
	131	147	17
	148	149	2	#05 off course turn 12
	150	150	1
	151	152	2	#48 off course turn 1
	153	160	8
Percent of race run under caution: 18.8% Average green flag run: 10.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
#1	1	14	14
#51	15	17	3
#1	18	48	31
#51	49	57	9
#50	58	62	5
#2	63	63	1
#1	64	100	37
#51	101	103	3
#34	104	108	5
#10	109	109	1
#9	110	112	3
#1	113	161	49

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Marcos Ambrose	1487
2	Jason Bright	1464	-23
3	Steven Richards	1397	-90
4	Rick Kelly	1373	-114
5	Russell Ingall	1347	-140
6	Greg Murphy	1284	-203
7	Todd Kelly	1163	-324
8	Garth Tander	1155	-332
9	John Bowe	1004	-483
10	Jason Bargwanna	962	-525
11	Cameron McConville	932	-555
12	Paul Morris	911	-576
13	Paul Weel	881	-606
14	Mark Skaife	863	-624
15	Paul Dumbrell	844	-643
16	Steven Johnson	832	-655
17	Tony Longhurst	826	-661
18	Craig Baird	814	-673
19	Brad Jones	789	-698
20	Jason Richards	788	-699
21	Glenn Seton	783	-704