2008 V8 Supercar season

2008 V8 Supercar season
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The 2008 V8 Supercar season is the twelfth series in which V8Supercars contested the senior Australian touring car series. It is the 49th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship, known today as the V8 Supercar Championship Series, and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.

The season began on 21 February at the Clipsal 500 on the streets of Adelaide and will finish on 7 December at Oran Park Raceway. 2008 features the tenth V8 Supercar Championship Series, consisting of 14 rounds covering all states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as rounds in New Zealand and Bahrain. It also features a non-championship round supporting the 2008 Australian Grand Prix. It also features the ninth second tier Development Series, this year referred to as the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, all bar one of the seven rounds were held as a support category for the V8 Supercar Championship Series. For the first time a third tier series was run, known as the Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series. Its four rounds were held at rounds of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships.

Contents 1 Race calendar 1.1 V8 Supercar Championship Series 1.2 Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge 1.3 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 1.4 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series 2 References 3 External links

Race calendar

Race Title	Circuit	City / State	Date	Series	Winner	Team	Report
Victorian Official Test Day	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	12 Feb	Test	Garth Tander*	Holden Racing Team	[1]
Queensland Official Test Day	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	14 Feb	Test	James Courtney*	Stone Brothers Racing	[2]
Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	21 - 24 Feb	VSC 1	Jamie Whincup	TeamVodafone	report
				FVS 1	Steve Owen	Loadsman Racing Team
Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	7 - 9 Mar	VSC 2	Will Davison	Jim Beam Racing	report
Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge	Albert Park	Melbourne, Victoria	13 - 16 Mar	NC	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	report
Goulburn	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	4 - 6 Apr	FVS 2	Tim Slade	Slade Speed
Hamilton 400	Hamilton Street Circuit	Hamilton, New Zealand	18 - 20 Apr	VSC 3	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	report
BigPond 400	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	9–11 May	VSC 4	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	report
Mallala	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Adelaide, South Australia	17–18 May	STCS 1	Adam Wallis	Warrin Mining
Midas 400	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	7 - 9 Jun	VSC 5	Jamie Whincup	TeamVodafone	report
				FVS 3	Steve Owen	Loadsman Racing Team
Skycity Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	4 - 6 Jul	VSC 6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	report
Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	12 - 13 Jul	STCS 2	Chris Smerdon	Challenge Motorsport
City of Ipswich 400	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	18 - 20 Jul	VSC 7	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	report
				FVS 4	Dean Canto	Howard Racing
Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	1 - 3 Aug	VSC 8	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	report
				FVS 5	Steve Owen	Loadsman Racing Team
Phillip Island	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	9 - 10 Aug	STCS 3	Chris Smerdon	Challenge Motorsport
L&H 500	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	12 - 14 Sep	VSC 9	Garth Tander Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	report
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	9 - 12 Oct	VSC 10	Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes	TeamVodafone	report
				FVS 6	Dean Canto	Howard Racing
The Coffee Club V8 Supercar Challenge	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	23 - 26 Oct	VSC 11	Jamie Whincup	TeamVodafone	report
Gulf Air Desert 400	Bahrain International Circuit	Manama, Bahrain	6 - 8 Nov	VSC 12	Jamie Whincup	TeamVodafone	report
Falken Tasmania Challenge	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	21 - 23 Nov	VSC 13	Jamie Whincup	TeamVodafone	report
Sandown	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	29 - 30 Nov	STCS 4	Chris Smerdon	Challenge Motorsport
NRMA Motoring & Services Grand Finale	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	4 - 7 Dec	VSC 14	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	report
				FVS 7	Jack Perkins	Independent Race Cars Australia

* - fastest lap of official pre-season test days

• VSC - V8 Supercar Championship Series
• FVS - Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
• STCS - Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series
• NC - Non-championship event

V8 Supercar Championship Series

Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge

Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series

References

Linked articles contain additional references.

External links

• Official V8 Supercar website
• 2008 Racing Results Archive

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