[V8] Ford zegeviert in Melbourne
 | Het team van Ford Performance Racing heeft de Betta Electrical 500 Race op het circuit van Sandown in Melbourne gewonnen. |
De vijfhonderd mijl die afgelegd dienden te worden, werden verreden door auto's met twee rijders. Normaal mag iedere coureur zijn eigen wagen besturen, nu deelden twee rijders er één van hetzelfde team. Het duo Jason Bright en Mark Winterbottom bleek na ruim drie uur racen nipt de beste. Het Toll HSV team van Rick en Todd Kelly werd tweede, het Betta Electrical Team werd derde.
Doordat Craig Lowndes in zijn Ford achter de Holden van directe concurrent Rick Kelly eindigde, liep Kelly slechts enkele puntjes in. In de volgende race, de wereldberoemde duizend mijls-klassieker op de Mount Panorama in Bathurst, zal naar verwachting de kampioensstrijd alleen maar spannender worden.
Uitslag Betta Electrical 500 op Sandown:
| # | Rijders | Team | Merk | Punten |
| 1. | Bright/Winterbottom | Ford Performance | Ford | 320 |
| 2. | Kelly/Kelly | Toll HSV | Holden | 310 |
| 3. | Lowndes/Whincup | Betta Electrical | Ford | 300 |
| 4. | Davison/Johnson | FirstRock | Ford | 290 |
| 5. | Bowe/Jones | BOC | Ford | 280 |
| 6. | Canto/Holdsworth | Repco Valvoline | Holden | 270 |
| 7. | Baird/Bargwanna | WPS Racing | Ford | 260 |
| 8. | Ellery/Morris | Sirromet Wines | Holden | 250 |
| 9. | Courtney/Seton | Jeld-Wen | Ford | 240 |
| 10. | Pretty/Weel | Supercheap | Holden | 230 |
| 11. | Besnard/Wilson | WPS Racing | Ford | 220 |
| 12. | Longhurst/Owen | Autobarn | Holden | 210 |
| 13. | Coulthard/Radisich | Kiwi Racing | Holden | 200 |
| 14. | Davison/Denyer | APVC | Ford | 190 |
| 15. | Halliday/McLean | Ford Performance | Ford | 180 |
| 16. | D'Alberto/Tratt | Toll HSV | Holden | 170 |
| 17. | Lyons/Simonsen | Betta Electrical | Ford | 160 |
| 18. | Brede/Porter | BOC | Ford | 150 |
| 19. | Gurr/Scott | Sirromet Wines | Holden | 140 |
| 20. | Ritter/Scifleet | Repco Valvoline | Holden | 130 |
| 21. | Briscoe/Richards | Holden Racing | Holden | 120 |
| 22. | Fernández/Ricciardello | Fujitsu | Ford | 110 |
| 23. | Luff/Macrow | Fujitsu | Ford | 100 |
| 24. | Perkins/Price | Jack Daniel's | Holden | 90 |
| 25. | Marshall/Webb | Glenfords AEG | Ford | 80 |
| 26. | Skaife/Tander | Holden Racing | Holden | 70 |
| 27. | Caltex Racing | Ingall/Youlden | Ford | 60 |
| 28. | Dumbrell/Richards | Jack Daniel's | Holden | 50 |
| 29. | McConville/Murphy | Supercheap | Holden | 40 |
| 30. | Jones/Richards | Tasman | Holden | 30 |
Stand kampioenschap:
| # | Rijder | Team | Merk | Punten |
| 1. | Lowndes | Betta Electrical | Ford | 2218 |
| 2. | R. Kelly | Toll HSV | Holden | 2191 |
| 3. | Winterbottom | Ford Performance | Ford | 1983 |
| 4. | Tander | Toll HSV | Holden | 1848 |
| 5. | Whincup | Betta Electrical | Ford | 1724 |
| 6. | Ingall | Stone Brothers | Ford | 1722 |
| 7. | Bright | Ford Performance | Ford | 1714 |
| 8. | Johnson | Dick Johnson | Ford | 1693 |
| 9. | S. Richards | Jack Daniel's | Holden | 1582 |
| 10. | Skaife | Holden Racing | Holden | 1418 |
| 11. | Dumbrell | Jack Daniel's | Holden | 1416 |
| 12. | T. Kelly | Holden Racing | Holden | 1376 |
| 13. | Davison | Dick Johnson | Ford | 1363 |
| 14. | Courtney | Stone Brothers | Ford | 1314 |
| 15. | Wilson | WPS Racing | Ford | 1304 |
| 16. | Canto | Garry Rogers | Holden | 1292 |
| 17. | J. Richards | Tasman Motorsport | Holden | 1279 |
| 18. | Holdsworth | Garry Rogers | Holden | 1267 |
| 19. | Bargwanna | WPS Racing | Ford | 1266 |
| 20. | Radisich | Kiwi Racing | Holden | 1235 |
| 21. | McConville | Supercheap | Holden | 1229 |
| 22. | Morris | Sirromet Wines | Holden | 1138 |
| 23. | Murphy | Supercheap | Holden | 1120 |
| 24. | Bowe | BOC | Ford | 1113 |
| 25. | B. Jones | BOC | Ford | 1045 |
| 26. | Owen | Autobarn | Holden | 1032 |
| 27. | A. Jones | Tasman Motorsport | Holden | 990 |
| 28. | Luff | Fujitsu Racing | Ford | 815 |
| 29. | Marshall | Paul Cruickshank | Ford | 601 |
| 30. | Coulthard | Sirromet Wines | Holden | 478 |
| 31. | Fernández | Fujitsu Racing | Ford | 428 |