2005 Points:

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Clipsal 500 Race 1:

1 Marcos Ambrose - 46 points
2 Russell Ingall - 38 points
3 Craig Lowndes - 34 points
4 Steven Johnson - 30 points
5 Steven Richards - 28 points
6 Greg Murphy - 26 points
7 Garth Tander - 24 points
8 Todd Kelly - 22 ponts
9 Glenn Seton - 20 points
10 Jamie Whincup - 18 points
11 Paul Weel - 16 points
12 John Bowe - 15 points
13 Brad Jones - 14 points
14 Paul Morris - 13 points
15 Rick Kelly - 12 points
16 Paul Dumbrell - 11 points
17 Cameron McConville - 10 points
18 David Besnard - 9 points
19 Jason Bright - 8 points
20 Jason Richards 7 points
21 Anthony Tratt - 6 points
22 Andrew Jones - 5.5 points
23 Paul Radisich - 5 points
24 Mark Winterbottom - 4.5 points
25 Steve Owen - 4 points
DNF Matthew White - 3.5 points
DNF Alex Davison - 3 points
DNF Simon Wills - 2.5 points
DNF Max Wilson - 2 points
DNF Jason Bargwanna - 1.5 points
DNF Greg Ritter - 1 point
DNF Craig Baird - 0.5 points
DNF Steve Ellery - 0 points
DNF Mark Skaife - 0 points

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Clipsal 500 Race 2:

1 Marcos Ambrose - 46 points
2 Craig Lowndes - 38 points
3 Mark Skaife - 34 points
4 Todd Kelly - 30 points
5 Paul Dumbrell - 28 points
6 Cameron McConville - 26 points
7 Max Wilson - 24 points
8 Paul Weel - 22 points
9 Rick Kelly - 20 points
10 Paul Radisich - 18 points
11 Jason Bright - 16 points
12 Matthew White - 15 points
13 Steve Owen - 14 points
14 Mark Winterbottom - 13 points
15 Steven Johnson - 12 points
16 Paul Morris - 11 points
17 Craig Baird - 10 points
18 Russell Ingall - 9 points
19 Simon Wills - 8 points
20 Brad Jones - 7 points
21 Alex Davison - 6 points
22 Jamie Whincup - 5.5 points
23 David Besnard - 5 points
24 Anthony Tratt - 4.5 points
25 Glenn Seton - 4 points
26 Steven Richards - 3.5 points
27 Andrew Jones - 3 points
DNF John Bowe - 2.5 points
DNF Greg Ritter - 2 points
DNF Jason Richards - 1.5 points
DNF Jason Bargwanna - 1 point
DNF Garth Tander - 0.5 points
DNF Greg Murphy - 0 points

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1 Marcos Ambrose - 92 points
2 Craig Lowndes - 72 points
3 Todd Kelly - 52 points
4 Russell Ingall - 47 points
5 Steven Johnson - 42 points
6 Paul Dumbrell - 39 points
7 Paul Weel - 38 points
8 Cameron McConville - 36 points
9 Mark Skaife - 34 points
10 Rick Kelly - 32 points
11 Steven Richards - 31.5 points
12 Greg Murphy - 26 points
13 Max Wilson - 26 points
14 Garth Tander - 24.5 points
15 Paul Morris - 24 points
16 Jason Bright - 24 points
17 Glenn Seton - 24 points
18 Jamie Whincup - 23.5 points
19 Paul Radisich - 23 points
20 Brad Jones - 21 points
21 Matthew White - 18.5 points
22 Steve Owen - 18 points
23 John Bowe - 17.5 points
24 Mark Winterbottom - 17.5 points
25 David Besnard - 14 points
26 Anthony Tratt - 10.5 points
27 Craig Baird - 10.5 points
28 Simon Wills - 10.5 points
29 Alex Davison - 9 points
30 Andrew Jones - 8.5 points
31 Jason Richards - 8.5 points
32 Greg Ritter - 3 points
33 Jason Bargwanna - 2.5 points
34 Steve Ellery - 0 points

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1 Marcos Ambrose - 92 points
2 Craig Lowndes - 72 points
3 Todd Kelly - 52 points
4 Russell Ingall - 47 points
5 Steven Johnson - 42 points
6 Paul Dumbrell - 39 points
7 Paul Weel - 38 points
8 Cameron McConville - 36 points
9 Mark Skaife - 34 points
10 Rick Kelly - 32 points
11 Steven Richards - 31.5 points
12 Greg Murphy - 26 points
13 Max Wilson - 26 points
14 Garth Tander - 24.5 points
15 Paul Morris - 24 points
16 Jason Bright - 24 points
17 Glenn Seton - 24 points
18 Jamie Whincup - 23.5 points
19 Paul Radisich - 23 points
20 Brad Jones - 21 points
21 Matthew White - 18.5 points
22 Steve Owen - 18 points
23 John Bowe - 17.5 points
24 Mark Winterbottom - 17.5 points
25 David Besnard - 14 points
26 Anthony Tratt - 10.5 points
27 Craig Baird - 10.5 points
28 Simon Wills - 10.5 points
29 Alex Davison - 9 points
30 Andrew Jones - 8.5 points
31 Jason Richards - 8.5 points
32 Greg Ritter - 3 points
33 Jason Bargwanna - 2.5 points
34 Steve Ellery - 0 points

[Blue Supra]

I only watched some of the 1st race. was it kelly who put those 3 guys into the wall?

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if its the incident im thinking of, rick kelly sorta caused it, but i think something like that happened in the 2nd race as well.......hard to tell with so much carnage

[charged]

Went all four days, Ambrose was in a league of his own, he could of won won towing a caravan around Lowndes was genuinely quick also, caught up with all my Bathurst mates, all holden fans and gave back plenty

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Im hoping Lowndes has enough to take the championship this year, although i think i'd still rather Ambrose get the three-peat.

That caravan wouldve seriously unbalanced the car through the chicane though

[charged]

Lowndes isnt far off the pace,but Ambrose was gaping them straight away after the saftey car,dont care as long as its ford winning The safteey car broke down,not a fantastic advert for the 300C

[2ndclasscitizen]

i think this years podiums might be increase of last years trends, 2 or 3 fords in the top 10, then 7 holdens

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One round isnt the forecast for the rest of the year. It could very much turn in Fords favour as HRT are really Holdens only team to maintain stability over the off season. TPR and HSVDT will be fast, but theyve had their issues before the season and whats to say that hasnt affected them like HRT, Kmart and Team Brock were affected in 2003 by the TWR fallout. Judging by channel 10's opinion, theres essentialy 3 Ford drivers and 2 Holden drivers chasing down Ambrose.

[2ndclasscitizen]

I think HRT should be back up there this year. Skaife is already running a new 2005 VZ spec car and it has been quick and todd kelly is going to get one in a few rounds once they've done a bit of development and ironed out the bugs in Skaife's car, but Kelly's already been going fast and so he should rip it up if HRT don't screw his car up

[Blue Supra]

hes got to settle into a new car though which is always going to muck him up for a race or three.

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A good team should have no problems ironing out most bugs in a test session, so HRT have the resources to get Todd into a race winning car with the new shell, but it really depends how the new car fits in with their testing schedule, they may debut it in China or Perth or some shit, so they dont have the time they need to fix things, test things, the go fix other things.

Ambrose though in 03 got straight on the pace in his car and now its 05 and the same cars even more dominant, so you'll have to wonder what it takes for him to jump into his new car. Ingalls car for this year is new as Warren Luff's got the old BA for the development series, and the new car was actually SBR's 04 spare car

[Blitz_]

wouldnt it be grand for a 1 - 2 -3 ford hat trick at bathurst this year, alas im sure it will not happen