The 2005 Super Cheap Auto 1000 was an endurance motor race for

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. The race was held on 9 October 2005 at the

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just outside Bathurst in

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and was Round 10 of the

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. It was the ninth running of the Australia 1000 race, first held after the organisational split over the

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that occurred in

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. It was the 48th in a sequence of endurance races which commenced with the

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held at

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and 2005 was the 43rd year in which these races had been run at the

. 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

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and

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of the

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. 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

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as a Bathurst winner, becoming the 50th driver to claim victory. Skaife took the lead with 20 laps to go over the

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and

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came in contact at the Cutting with 16 laps to go. The two drivers argued heatedly after the collision.

Entry list

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

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

References

External links

Official race results
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