Stone Brothers Racing celebrated a fantastic V8 Supercar seas🌄on by cleaning up at the end🤡 year gala dinner at the Gold Coast Convention Centre.

Marcos Ambrose was officially awarded his V8 Supercar Championship Series trophy, but was also awarded the Ba♉rry Sheene Medal as the "Best and Fairest" driver in the series for the second consecutive year.

SBR⛦ co-owner Ross Stone collected the trophy on behalf of his 40-strong outfit as the champion team for 2005.

Russell Ingall collected the❀ runners-up trophy after his amazing effort in the final round last weekend when he jumped from fourth to second in the Caltex Falcon.

Ambrose was thrilled to walk away with the two most prestigious t🎃rophies on the night.

"I am honoured as a member of Pirtek Racing and the Stone Brothers Racing team to 🐠be V8 Supercar champion for the second time," the champion said. "This trophy really is a symbol of all the hard work done by so many people🃏 over the last couple of years.

"The competition just gets tougher and tougher and I guess that's why this one probably means a little more to me than the first one. You just cannot afford to rest for the second📖 in this bꩲusiness and there is not one member of the team as SBR that does not realise that.

"SBR is one of the best motor sport organisations in the world and I am proud to be a representative of the team on stag൲e tonight. What means equally as much to ♔me is my second Barry Sheene Medal. Barry was an enormously special person who touched all off us in one way or another and this trophy is about the spirit of the business."

The Barry Shꦅeene medal is in memory of the two-time world motorc💖ycle champion who made a home for himself in Australia and became a part of the V8 Supercar circus as a popular commentator for Network Ten.

The winner of♊ the medal is decided by a panel of 14 which consists of former drivers, Network Ten commentators and the media. The provide 3-2-1 vote༺s at all 13 rounds based on outstanding leadership, personality, fan appeal and sportsmanship.

While Ambrose was busy collecting trophies on the Gꦯold Coast, he was also being rewarded for his efforts at the annual Confederation of Australian Motor Sports awards in Melbourne.

Ambro🎃se was announced as "Motor Sport Personality of the Year" for the second time.

Ingall collected his fourth runners-u𒅌p🥀 trophy and was more than happy to do so to his SBR team mate.

"There is no doubt that🔴 I am pretty good company up here with Marcos tonight," Ingall said. "I don't think people realise just♐ how much effort it takes to pull off a one-two finish in a championship of this calibre.

"The fact that it has only been done once before in this championship 11 years ago gives you a pretty good idea. While I say that, the𒁃re is no reason why SBR cannot achieve the same feat next season, but I think it's about time Marcos got the smaller trophy.

"I have toꦫ thank Ross and Jimmy Stone and all the SBR boys for another magnificent season. I also have pay tribute to Ford, Caltex, Pirtek, Bosch and aꩲll our other sponsors who have gotten behind this program and become part of our success.

"Hopefully we can be back up on this stage agai𝓡n next season."

2005 AVESCO award winners

Best Volunteer Group: Eastern Creek - BigPond Grand Finale AVESCO Media Award - Press: Guy Hand, Australian Associated Press Best Presented Team: Holden Racing Team Promoter of the Year: Clipsal 500 Adelaide Champion Manufacturer of the Year: Holden Champion Team of the Year: Stone Brothers Racing Mike Kable Rookie of the Year: Warren Luff Konica Minolta Champion: Andrew Jones, Team BOC Barry Sheene Medal: Marcos Ambrose Monroe Pole Award: Mark Skaife Bartercard Miss V8 Supergirl: Renee Maurer RPM People's Choice Award - Most Personality of the Year: Mark Skaife RPM People's Choice Award - Most Popular Team of the Year: Holden Racing Team Hall of Fame Inductees: Bob Morris, Fred Gibson