The 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series was an Australian racing series for V8 Supercars. It began on 21 March 2004 at the Adelaide Street Circuit and ended on 5 December at Eastern Creek Raceway after 13 rounds. It was the sixth running of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.^[1] The series winner was also awarded the 45th Australian Touring Car Championship title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

The championship was won by Marcos Ambrose of the Stone Brothers Racing.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers and teams competed in the 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The series comprised eleven sprint rounds and two endurance rounds (the Sandown 500 and the Bathurst 1000) with each car driven by two drivers in the endurance rounds.

Manufacturer	Vehicle	Team	No.	Driver	Events		Endurance round co-driver
Ford	Falcon AU	Walden Motorsport	24	Garth Walden	6–10, 13		Grant Elliott
	Falcon BA	Stone Brothers Racing	1	Marcos Ambrose	All		Greg Ritter
			9	Russell Ingall	All		Cameron McLean
		Ford Performance Racing	5	Glenn Seton	All		Alain Menu Adam Macrow
			6	Craig Lowndes	All
		Larkham Motorsport	10	Jason Bargwanna	All		Mark Larkham Matt Halliday
			20	Mark Winterbottom	All
		Brad Jones Racing	12	John Bowe	All		John Cleland Andrew Jones
			21	Brad Jones	All
		Dick Johnson Racing	17	Steven Johnson	All		Owen Kelly David Brabham
			18	Warren Luff	All
		WPS Racing	23	David Besnard	1–10, 12–13		Charlie O'Brien* John McIntyre**
				John McIntyre	11
			48	Mark Noske	4–8		John McIntyre* Neil McFadyen**
				Alex Yoong	9–11
				Owen Kelly	12–13
		Steven Ellery Racing	31	Steven Ellery	All		Luke Youlden
		Triple Eight Race Engineering	88	Paul Radisich	All		Yvan Muller Dean Canto
			888	Max Wilson	All
		Thexton Motor Racing	99	David Thexton	1–2		—
Holden	Commodore VX	Tasman Motorsport	3	Jason Richards	1–7		Fabian Coulthard
			43	Fabian Coulthard	8		—
		Rod Nash Racing (PE)	7	Tony Longhurst	1–8, 11		Jamie Whincup
				Alex Davison	9–10, 12
		Imrie Motorsport	14	Terry Wyhoon	1		—
			24	Phillip Scifleet	1–2
		MSport	14	Mark Porter	2–3		—
		David Krause Racing	43	David Krause	1–2, 6–7		—
		John Faulkner Racing	43	Christian D'Agostin	9–10, 13		Kurt Wimmer
	Commodore VY	Holden Racing Team	2	Mark Skaife	All		Todd Kelly
			22	Todd Kelly	1–8, 11–13		Jason Plato
				Peter Brock	9–10
		Tasman Motorsport	3	Jason Richards	8–13		—
		Rod Nash Racing (PE)	7	Alex Davison	13		—
		Perkins Engineering	8	Paul Dumbrell	All		Tony Longhurst
			11	Steven Richards	All		Jim Richards
		Team Dynamik	14	Neil McFadyen	6		—
				Will Davison	7–8
			44	Simon Wills	All		Paul Stokell
			45	Dale Brede	All		Will Davison
		Robert Smith Racing	14	Lee Holdsworth	9–10, 13		Phillip Scifleet* Mark Noske**
		John Kelly Racing (HRT)	15	Rick Kelly	All		Tim Leahey Steve Owen
			51	Greg Murphy	All
		Paul Weel Racing	16	Paul Weel	All		Matthew White Marcus Marshall
			50	Jason Bright	All
		Team Kiwi Racing	021	Craig Baird	All		Mark Porter
		Paul Morris Motorsport	29	Paul Morris	All		Alan Gurr
		Garry Rogers Motorsport	33	Cameron McConville	All		Nathan Pretty Allan Simonsen
			34	Garth Tander	All
		Paul Little Racing	75	Anthony Tratt	All		Tomas Mezera

* = Drove in Sandown 500 only

** = Drove in Bathurst 1000 only

Results and standings

Race calendar

The 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series comprised 13 rounds which included 11 sprint rounds and two endurance rounds.

Rd.	Race title	Circuit	City / state	Date	Format	Round winner(s)	Car	Team	Report
1	Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	18–21 Mar	Two races	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	Report
2	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	2–4 Apr	One race	Rick Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	Kmart Racing Team
3	PlaceMakers V8 International[2]	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Pukekohe, New Zealand	30 Apr – 2 May	Three races	Jason Bright	Holden VY Commodore	Paul Weel Racing	Report
4	Darwin	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	21–23 May	Three races	Todd Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	Holden Racing Team
5	Perth	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	11–13 Jun	Three races	Jason Bright	Holden VY Commodore	Paul Weel Racing
6	Ipswich	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	2–4 Jul	One race	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
7	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	23–25 Jul	One race	Cameron McConville	Holden VY Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Report
8	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	13–15 Aug	Two races	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
9	Betta Electrical Sandown 500[3]	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	10–12 Sep	One race	Marcos Ambrose Greg Ritter	Ford BA Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	Report
10	Bob Jane T-Marts 1000[4]	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	7–10 Oct	One race	Greg Murphy Rick Kelly	Holden VY Commodore	Kmart Racing Team	Report
11	Gillette V8 Supercar Challenge[5]	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	21–24 Oct	Two races	Greg Murphy	Holden VY Commodore	Kmart Racing Team
12	Launceston	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	12–14 Nov	Three races	Russell Ingall	Ford BA Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
13	BigPond Grand Finale[6]	Eastern Creek Raceway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	3–5 Dec	Three races	Marcos Ambrose	Ford BA Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing