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2005 Supercheap Auto 1000

The 2005 Supercheap 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 48th 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.

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. Starting grid The following table represents the final starting grid for the race on Sunday: ==Race results==
Race results
and David Brabham placed 14th driving a Ford BA Falcon and Yvan Muller placed 15th driving a Ford BA Falcon and Warren Luff did not finish in a Ford BA Falcon and Paul Radisich did not finish in a Holden VZ Commodore ==Statistics==
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 (173.86 km/h) on lap 95 – new outright record • Average Speed – 151 km/h ==Broadcast==
Broadcast
Network 10 broadcast the race for the ninth consecutive year, dating back to the 1997 5.0L race. ==References==
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