2005 Supercheap Auto 1000
The 2005 Super Cheap Auto 1000 was an endurance motor race for V8 Supercars. The race was held on 9 October 2005 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia and was Round 10 of the 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was the ninth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the Bathurst 1000 that occurred in 1997. It was the 49th in a sequence of endurance races which commenced with the 1960 Armstrong 500 held at Phillip Island and 2005 was the 43rd year in which these races had been run at the Mount Panorama Circuit. It was also the first to be run under new naming rights sponsor, Australian automotive retail chain Super Cheap Auto.
The race was won by Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly of the Holden Racing Team. It was the seventh consecutive win by a Holden, the longest such streak in the combined history of the Bathurst 1000. It was the Holden Racing Team's fifth Bathurst victory and Skaife's fifth win as well. Kelly followed his younger brother Rick as a Bathurst winner, becoming the 50th driver to claim victory.
Skaife took the lead with 20 laps to go over the Tasman Motorsport Commodore of Jason Richards.
Greg Murphy and Marcos Ambrose came in contact at the Cutting with 16 laps to go. The two drivers argued heatedly after the collision.
Entry list
| Drivers | Team | Car | Drivers | Team | Car | |||
| 1 |  Marcos Ambrose Warren Luff | 21 | John Bowe Brad Jones | |||||
| 2 | Mark Skaife Todd Kelly | 22 |  Jim Richards James Courtney | |||||
| 3 | Jason Richards Jamie Whincup | 23 | Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto | |||||
| 5 | Greg Ritter Cameron McLean | 24 | Steven Richards Paul Dumbrell | |||||
| 6 | Jason Bright David Brabham | 25 | Steve Owen Matthew White | |||||
| 7 | Alex Davison Allan Simonsen | 33 | Phillip Scifleet Lee Holdsworth | |||||
| 8 | Marcus Marshall Alex Tagliani | 34 | Cameron McConville Andrew Jones | |||||
| 9 | Russell Ingall Luke Youlden | 44 |  Max Wilson Tony Longhurst | |||||
| 10 |  Alain Menu Matthew Halliday | 45 | Mark Porter Kayne Scott | |||||
| 11 | Matthew Coleman Christian D'Agostin | 48 | Craig Baird David Besnard | |||||
| 12 |  John Cleland Dale Brede | 50 | Owen Kelly Nathan Pretty | |||||
| 15 | Tim Leahey Mark Noske | 51 | Greg Murphy Paul Weel | |||||
| 16 | Garth Tander Rick Kelly | 52 | José Fernández Damien White | |||||
| 17 | Steven Johnson Will Davison | 67 | Paul Morris Paul Radisich | |||||
| 18 | Glenn Seton Dean Canto | 75 | Anthony Tratt Tony Evangelou | |||||
| 20 | Jason Bargwanna Mark Winterbottom | 88 | Steve Ellery Adam Macrow | |||||
| 021 | John Faulkner Alan Gurr | 888 | Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller |
Qualifying
Qualifying
Top Ten Shootout
The fastest ten cars from Qualifying contested a single lap shootout to determine the first ten grid positions for the race.| Pos. | No. | Team | Driver | Car | Time |
| 1 | 888 | Triple Eight Race Engineering |  Craig Lowndes | Ford Falcon BA | 2:08.5990 |
| 2 | 1 | Stone Brothers Racing | Marcos Ambrose | Ford Falcon BA | 2:08.8571 |
| 3 | 51 | Paul Weel Racing |  Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VZ | 2:09.1834 |
| 4 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Mark Skaife | Holden Commodore VZ | 2:09.3787 |
| 5 | 16 | HSV Dealer Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VZ | 2:09.6648 |
| 6 | 24 | Perkins Engineering | Steven Richards | Holden Commodore VY | 2:09.8170 |
| 7 | 3 | Tasman Motorsport | Jason Richards | Holden Commodore VZ | 2:12.2092 |
| 8 | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Glenn Seton | Ford Falcon BA | 2:19.6014 |
| 9 | 22 | Holden Racing Team | Jim Richards | Holden Commodore VZ | 2:20.1202 |
| 10 | 9 | Stone Brothers Racing | Russell Ingall | Ford Falcon BA | DNF |
Starting grid
The following table represents the final starting grid for the race on Sunday:Race results
| Pos | No | Team | Drivers | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 2 | Holden Racing Team | Mark Skaife Todd Kelly | Holden VZ Commodore | 161 | 6:37:17.0012 | 2 | 192 |
| 2 | 3 | Tasman Motorsport | Jason Richards Jamie Whincup | Holden VZ Commodore | 161 | +2.4877 | 7 | 188 |
| 3 | 88 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Steve Ellery Adam Macrow | Ford BA Falcon | 161 | +15.8041 | 16 | 184 |
| 4 | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Cameron McConville Andrew Jones | Holden VZ Commodore | 161 | +19.5755 | 11 | 180 |
| 5 | 9 | Stone Brothers Racing | Russell Ingall Luke Youlden | Ford BA Falcon | 161 | +20.7574 | 10 | 176 |
| 6 | 50 | Paul Weel Racing | Owen Kelly Nathan Pretty | Holden VZ Commodore | 161 | +51.0579 | 33 | 172 |
| 7 | 12 | Brad Jones Racing |  John Cleland Dale Brede | Ford BA Falcon | 159 | +2 laps | 29 | 168 |
| 8 | 48 | WPS Racing | Craig Baird David Besnard | Ford BA Falcon | 158 | +3 laps | 19 | 164 |
| 9 | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Glenn Seton Dean Canto | Ford BA Falcon | 158 | +3 laps | 8 | 160 |
| 10 | 021 | Team Kiwi Racing Paul Morris Motorsport | John Faulkner Alan Gurr | Holden VZ Commodore | 158 | +3 laps | 27 | 156 |
| 11 | 45 | Team Dynamik | Mark Porter Kayne Scott | Holden VZ Commodore | 158 | +3 laps | 30 | 152 |
| 12 | 10 | Larkham Motor Sport |  Alain Menu Matt Halliday | Ford BA Falcon | 157 | +4 laps | 22 | 148 |
| 13 | 8 | WPS Racing | Marcus Marshall Alex Tagliani | Ford BA Falcon | 155 | +6 laps | 34 | 144 |
| 14 | 6 | Ford Performance Racing | Jason Bright David Brabham | Ford BA Falcon | 152 | +9 laps | 12 | 140 |
| 15 | 888 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Craig Lowndes Yvan Muller | Ford BA Falcon | 151 | +10 laps | 1 | 136 |
| 16 | 16 | HSV Dealer Team | Garth Tander Rick Kelly | Holden VZ Commodore | 149 | +12 laps | 5 | 132 |
| 17 | 52 | Britek Motorsport | José Fernández Damien White | Ford BA Falcon | 148 | +13 laps | 32 | 128 |
| 18 | 5 | Ford Performance Racing | Greg Ritter Cameron McLean | Ford BA Falcon | 138 | +23 laps | 13 | 124 |
| 19 | 17 | Dick Johnson Racing | Steven Johnson Will Davison | Ford BA Falcon | 133 | +28 laps | 15 | 120 |
| 20 | 7 | Rod Nash Racing Perkins Engineering | Alex Davison Allan Simonsen | Holden VZ Commodore | 129 | +32 laps | 23 | 116 |
| 21 | 21 | Brad Jones Racing | John Bowe Brad Jones | Ford BA Falcon | 125 | +36 laps | 26 | 112 |
| DNF | 51 | Paul Weel Racing | Greg Murphy Paul Weel | Holden VZ Commodore | 144 | Crash | 3 | |
| DNF | 1 | Stone Brothers Racing | Marcos Ambrose Warren Luff | Ford BA Falcon | 144 | Crash | 2 | |
| DNF | 25 | Britek Motorsport | Steve Owen Matthew White | Ford BA Falcon | 136 | Mechanical | 14 | |
| DNF | 33 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Phillip Scifleet Lee Holdsworth | Holden VZ Commodore | 136 | Crash | 28 | |
| DNF | 11 | Perkins Engineering | Matthew Coleman Christian D'Agostin | Holden VZ Commodore | 135 | Engine | 31 | |
| DNF | 20 | Larkham Motor Sport | Jason Bargwanna Mark Winterbottom | Ford BA Falcon | 122 | Crash | 17 | |
| DNF | 23 | Tasman Motorsport | Fabian Coulthard Tony D'Alberto | Holden VZ Commodore | 108 | Crash | 25 | |
| DNF | 75 | Paul Little Racing | Anthony Tratt Tony Evangelou | Holden VY Commodore | 92 | Engine | 24 | |
| DNF | 15 | HSV Dealer Team | Tim Leahey Mark Noske | Holden VZ Commodore | 32 | Crash | 21 | |
| DNF | 44 | Team Dynamik |  Max Wilson Tony Longhurst | Holden VZ Commodore | 32 | Crash | 18 | |
| DNF | 24 | Perkins Engineering | Steven Richards Paul Dumbrell | Holden VZ Commodore | 28 | Crash | 6 | |
| DNF | 67 | Paul Morris Motorsport Team Kiwi Racing | Paul Morris Paul Radisich | Holden VZ Commodore | 26 | Suspension | 20 | |
| DNF | 22 | Holden Racing Team | Jim Richards James Courtney | Holden VZ Commodore | 7 | Crash | 9 |
Statistics
- Provisional Pole – #888 Craig Lowndes – 2:07.1322
- Pole Position – #888 Craig Lowndes – 2:07.4221
- Fastest Lap – #2 Mark Skaife – 2:08.6515 on lap 95 – new outright record
- Average Speed – 151 km/h