2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series

The 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the fifth series held for second tier V8 Supercars. The season began on 22 February 2004 at Wakefield Park and finished on 22 August at Mallala Motor Sport Park. The season consisted of six rounds held across four different states, returning to Queensland for the first time since 2001.

The tightest series in the history of the second-tier V8 Supercar competition saw the point score tied at the end of the final race. Brad Jones Racing Ford driver, Andrew Jones was adjudged the series champion on a countback as he won Winton Motor Raceway and Eastern Creek Raceway rounds whereas rival Supercheap Auto Racing Ford driver Luke Youlden did not have a round win to his credit. The pointscore underlined the necessity of consistency in race results, Dick Johnson Racing Ford driver Owen Kelly took the most race wins for the season, seven in total, but did not figure in the final points, losing too many through poor results. Jones had two wins, Youlden just one. The remaining wins were scattered between Alan Gurr, Mal Rose, Lee Holdsworth, Kurt Wimmer and Wayne Wakefield, most of those through the benefit of reverse grid races with Greg Ritter taking two wins and the final round in a guest drive of the Speed FX Racing Falcon Brad Tilley had driven all season. New Zealander Mark Porter had his best series result (and also the best Holden), finishing third, 68 points behind the top two after taking one second and a pair of third during the season. José Fernández finished fourth in the series despite never finishing higher than fourth in a race.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series.

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Brad Jones Racing	Ford AU Falcon	19	Andrew Jones	All
Howard Racing	Ford AU Falcon	27	Cameron McLean	All
		37	Mark Howard	All
		38	Aaron McGill	5
			Adam Wallis	6
		83	Tim Gordon	2, 5
			Aaron McGill	4, 6
Matthew White Racing	Ford AU Falcon	28	Matthew White	All
	Holden VX Commodore	76	Dean Wanless	All
Steven Ellery Racing	Ford AU Falcon	30	Luke Youlden	All
Jay Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	32	Jay Verdnik	All
Peters Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	40	Brett Peters	1
			Wayne Wakefield	2–6
		80	Michael Olsen	1, 3–4
			Stephen Voight	5
		91	Gary Deane	3–6
Holden Young Lions	Holden VX Commodore	46	Michael Caruso	1–2
			Steve Owen	3
			Alan Gurr	4–6
		96	Kurt Wimmer	All
Rupprecht Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	55	Mal Rose	1, 4
			Ross Halliday	2
			Stephen White	3
		89	Adam Wallis	1–5
		90	Phillip Scifleet	1–4
			Greg Crick	5
Paul Cruickshank Racing	Ford AU Falcon	56	Kevin Mundy	All
		65	Marcus Zukanovic	All
Speed FX Racing	Ford AU Falcon	60	Brad Tilley	1–5
			Greg Ritter	6
Independent Race Cars Australia	Holden VX Commodore	64	Tony D'Alberto	All
Rod Lynch Racing	Ford AU Falcon	66	Gary MacDonald	All
Shane Beikoff Racing	Ford AU Falcon	68	Shane Beikoff	1, 3
			Phill Foster	2
			Alex Yoong	4–5
CarTrek Racing	Holden VX Commodore	69	Robert Jones	3–6
Robert Smith Racing	Holden VX Commodore	70	Alan Gurr	1–2
		72	Lee Holdsworth	All
Perkins Engineering	Holden VX Commodore	70	Alex Davison	6
Dick Johnson Racing	Ford AU Falcon	71	Owen Kelly	All
		81	José Fernández	All
Sydney Star Racing	Holden VX Commodore	98	Grant Elliott	All
Chance of a Lifetime	Ford AU Falcon	110	Jamie Cartwright	1–5
MSport	Holden VX Commodore	111	Mark Porter	All
A.N.T. Racing	Ford AU Falcon	300	Tony Evangelou	2–6

Race calendar

Round	Date	Circuit	Location	Winning driver
1	22–23 February	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	Alan Gurr
2	19–20 March	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	Owen Kelly
3	17–18 April	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	Andrew Jones
4	29–30 May	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Andrew Jones
5	3–4 July	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	Owen Kelly
6	21–22 August	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	Greg Ritter

Results and standings

The season consisted of six rounds across three different states. Rounds 1 and 3–6 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. Round 2 consisted of a pair of races. Points were awarded for all cars who finished each race in finishing order. Points may have been offered beyond the 30th position but at no point during the season did more than 30 cars finish a race. Round 2's pair of races carried 50% more points than a single race elsewhere in the season.

Drivers championship

Points table referenced, in part, as follows:

Pos. Driver No. WAK ADE WIN EAS QLD MAL Pen. Points 1 Andrew Jones 19 4 Ret 1 2 Ret 1 7 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 0 945 2 Luke Youlden 30 6 3 7 5 6 2 16 1 4 7 3 6 Ret 5 3 6 3 0 945 3 Mark Porter 111 7 4 19 7 4 3 3 Ret 11 15 8 5 6 6 10 2 7 0 877 4 José Fernández 81 5 7 20 8 5 10 11 4 6 22 7 7 8 21 6 8 4 0 857 5 Owen Kelly 71 Ret 5 22 1 1 7 1 Ret 1 5 1 1 4 1 24 20 18 0 830 6 Matthew White 28 2 15 2 3 2 4 Ret 5 3 23 Ret 4 9 4 5 25 6 0 827 7 Cameron McLean 27 3 16 3 4 3 6 20 2 7 20 4 Ret 12 19 13 14 Ret 32 725 8 Tony D'Alberto 64 9 9 8 Ret 13 27 Ret 9 8 6 6 10 5 8 12 10 8 0 714 9 Grant Elliott 98 11 12 DNS 12 10 13 10 6 25 3 12 11 14 12 14 23 9 0 706 10 Gary MacDonald 66 21 21 11 13 11 14 15 14 12 14 Ret 12 17 9 15 7 13 0 660 11 Marcus Zukanovic 65 16 20 9 10 Ret 17 4 8 9 Ret 11 9 11 16 4 15 Ret 0 629 12 Wayne Wakefield 40 6 21 5 6 21 10 13 Ret 22 2 17 22 1 20 0 565 13 Lee Holdsworth 72 12 13 6 Ret DNS 28 Ret 10 30 1 Ret 3 7 3 8 11 17 0 560 14 Alan Gurr 70/46 1 11 4 Ret DNS 5 11 5 8 13 Ret 9 12 5 0 558 15 Kevin Mundy 56 10 23 17 Ret Ret 12 21 12 13 12 23 23 15 11 11 13 10 0 538 16 Adam Wallis 89/38 15 6 15 15 12 16 8 13 21 Ret DNS 17 18 15 16 Ret DNS 0 523 17 Kurt Wimmer 96 18 8 DNS Ret DNS 9 Ret 11 28 Ret 9 24 1 7 17 4 11 0 498 18 Jay Verdnik 32 17 14 15 14 18 20 9 Ret 20 18 DNS 26 20 14 Ret 16 19 0 478 19 Tony Evangelou 300 9 7 8 Ret 20 19 Ret 10 13 21 10 18 19 Ret 0 468 20 Mark Howard 37 24 10 18 20 14 24 13 18 26 16 21 DNS DNS DNS 25 17 16 0 432 21 Robert Jones 69 15 5 7 14 Ret 17 15 16 22 20 18 15 0 398 22 Dean Wanless 76 23 Ret 12 Ret 17 26 17 15 24 8 14 27 Ret DNS 21 22 14 0 394 23 Brad Tilley 60 22 19 23 Ret 16 23 19 Ret 17 4 13 20 19 13 0 393 24 Phillip Scifleet 90 8 Ret 5 21 8 11 Ret DNS 16 10 16 0 375 25 Jamie Cartwright 110 DNS DNS DNS 18 20 22 22 16 23 21 18 21 25 Ret 0 276 26 Michael Caruso 46 25 2 13 11 9 0 256 27 Aaron McGill 83/38 22 9 19 16 24 Ret 19 21 12 0 244 28 Gary Deane 91 25 18 19 27 24 22 18 26 23 23 24 Ret 0 228 29 Mal Rose 55 20 1 16 18 19 15 0 218 30 Michael Olsen 80 14 17 Ret 19 12 Ret 29 17 14 0 206 31 Greg Ritter 60 1 5 1 0 184 32 Shane Beikoff 68 19 22 21 21 14 17 0 168 33 Tim Gordon 83 19 15 Ret 22 20 0 144 34 Alex Yoong 68 15 Ret DNS 25 10 18 0 128 35 Brett Peters 40 13 18 14 0 108 36 Alex Davison 70 7 9 Ret 0 100 37 Phill Foster 68 17 19 0 90 38 Steve Owen 46 Ret 2 Ret 0 62 39 Greg Crick 90 14 23 DNS 0 58 40 Ross Halliday 55 16 Ret 0 51 41 Stephen Voight 80 19 27 Ret 0 40 42 Stephen White 55 18 Ret DNS 0 30 Pos. Driver No. WAK ADE WIN EAS QLD MAL Pen. Points

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

References

External links

• 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series - Race Format & Points System, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
• 2004 race results, racing.natsoft.com.au > Circuit Racing > 2004
• 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series Points, www.v8supercars.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
• 2004 Konica Minolta V8 Supercar Series - Points Report, racing.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org

See also

• 2004 V8 Supercar season

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