2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
The 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series was the ninth running of the Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series, the second-tier V8 Supercar series. It began on 21 February at the Clipsal 500 and ended on 7 December at Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales after seven rounds.
Race calendar
The series comprised six rounds in support of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series and one stand-alone round.[1]
Rd. | Event | Circuit | Location | Date | Winner |
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1 | Clipsal 500 | Adelaide Street Circuit | Adelaide, South Australia | 21-24 Feb | Steve Owen |
2 | Wakefield Park | Wakefield Park | Goulburn, New South Wales | 4-6 Apr | Tim Slade |
3 | Midas 400 | Sandown Raceway | Melbourne, Victoria | 7-9 Jun | Steve Owen |
4 | City of Ipswich 300 | Queensland Raceway | Ipswich, Queensland | 18-20 Jul | Dean Canto |
5 | Winton | Winton Motor Raceway | Benalla, Victoria | 1-3 Aug | Steve Owen |
6 | Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 | Mount Panorama Circuit | Bathurst, New South Wales | 9-12 Oct | Dean Canto |
7 | Oran Park | Oran Park Raceway | Sydney, New South Wales | 4-7 Dec | Jack Perkins |
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. This was the last season the Ford AU Falcon was eligible.
Team | Vehicle | No | Driver | Rounds |
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Sieders Racing Team | Ford AU Falcon | 13 | Colin Sieders | 1-2 |
Ford BA Falcon | 3, 6-7 | |||
19 | David Sieders | All | ||
Slade Speed | Holden VZ Commodore | 23 | Tim Slade | All |
Howard Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 27 | Karl Reindler | All |
37 | Dean Canto | All | ||
MW Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | 28 | Matthew White | 1, 6 |
Andy Knight | 4 | |||
Brad Lowe | 7 | |||
29 | Grant Denyer | 1-5 | ||
Damian Assaillit | 6-7 | |||
Jay Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 28 | Nandi Kiss | 5 |
42 | Jay Verdnik | 1-6 | ||
Shane Price | 7 | |||
Racer Industries | Ford BA Falcon | 30 | Craig Baird | 4 |
A.N.T. Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 30 | Tony Evangelou | 3, 6 |
Peters Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | 32 | Luke Youlden | 6-7 |
96 | Joel Spychala | 1-5 | ||
TAG Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 35 | Tony Bates | 2-7 |
36 | Geoff Emery | All | ||
Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 38 | Ben Eggleston | All |
54 | Taz Douglas | 4-5 | ||
Simon Wills | 6 | |||
Greg Murphy Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 44 | James Bergmuller | All |
46 | Dale Wood | All | ||
47 | Sam Walter | All | ||
O’Brien Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | 45 | Shannon O'Brien | 4-6 |
Image Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 48 | Dean Neville | 6 |
Ford AU Falcon | 49 | Taz Douglas | 1-3 | |
Ford BA Falcon | Terry Wyhoon | 5-6 | ||
Loadsman Racing Team | Holden VZ Commodore | 54 | Steve Owen | 2 |
62 | 1, 3-7 | |||
Novocastrian Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | 58 | Drew Russell | All |
Race Image Motorsports | Ford BA Falcon | 60 | Damian Assaillit | 1-5 |
Jose Fernandez | 6 | |||
Gene Rollinson | 7 | |||
Prodigy Motorsport | Ford BA Falcon | 61 | Gene Rollinson | 1, 4-5 |
Clayton Pyne | 2 | |||
Ryan Brown | 6 | |||
Independent Race Cars Australia | Holden VZ Commodore | 64 | Michael Trimble | All |
500 | Jack Perkins | All | ||
Shane Beikoff Racing | Ford AU Falcon | 68 | Shane Beikoff | 2, 6-7 |
Jonathan Beikoff | 3-4 | |||
Capital Finance | Holden VZ Commodore | 70 | Ashley Cooper | 1 |
Action Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 73 | Marcus Zukanovic | All |
West Coast Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 74 | Mark McNally | All |
McGill Motorsport | Ford AU Falcon | 75 | Aaron McGill | 1-2 |
Holden VY Commodore | 3-5 | |||
Ford BA Falcon | 6-7 | |||
Wollongong Performance Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 85 | Andrew Fisher | 6-7 |
Stone Brothers Racing | Ford BA Falcon | 94 | Jonathon Webb | All |
Sydney Star Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 95 | Brett Holdsworth | All |
98 | Brett Hobson | 1–3, 6–7 | ||
Tony D'Alberto Racing | Holden VZ Commodore | 99 | David Reynolds | All |
Points system
Points were awarded for each race to any driver that had completed 75% of race distance and was running on the completion of the final lap.
Pos | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th |
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Rounds 1, 6 & 7 | 150 | 138 | 129 | 120 | 111 | 102 | 96 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 72 | 69 | 66 | 63 | 60 | 57 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 |
Rounds 2 - 5 | 100 | 92 | 86 | 80 | 74 | 68 | 64 | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 |
Driver standings
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References
- ^ "2008 V8 Supercars calendar". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
- ^ "2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series points". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.[permanent dead link]
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