2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series season
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The 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercars season 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 after seven rounds.

Race calendar

The series consisted of six events in support to the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series and one stand-alone event.[1]

Rd. Event Circuit Location Date Winner
1 Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 21-24 Feb Steve Owen
2 Australia Wakefield Park Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales 4-6 Apr Tim Slade
3 Australia Midas 400 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 7-9 Jun Steve Owen
4 Australia City of Ipswich 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 18-20 Jul Dean Canto
5 Australia Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 1-3 Aug Steve Owen
6 Australia Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 9-12 Oct Dean Canto
7 Australia 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.

Team No Driver Car
Sieders Racing Team 13 Australia Colin Sieders Ford AU Falcon
Ford BA Falcon
19 Australia David Sieders Ford BA Falcon
Slade Speed 23 Australia Tim Slade Holden VZ Commodore
Howard Racing 27 Australia Karl Reindler Ford BA Falcon
32 Australia Luke Youlden
37 Australia Dean Canto
MW Motorsport 28 Australia Matthew White
New Zealand Andy Knight
Australia Brad Lowe
Australia Nandi Kiss		 Ford BA Falcon
29 Australia Grant Denyer
Australia Damian Assaillit
Racer Industries 30 New Zealand Craig Baird Ford BA Falcon
A.N.T. Racing 30 Australia Tony Evangelou Ford BA Falcon
TAG Motorsport 35 Australia Tony Bates Holden VZ Commodore
36 Australia Geoff Emery
Eggleston Motorsport 38 Australia Ben Eggleston Holden VZ Commodore
54 Australia Taz Douglas
New Zealand Simon Wills
Jay Motorsport 42 Australia Jay Verdnik
Australia Shane Price		 Holden VZ Commodore
Greg Murphy Racing 44 Australia James Bergmuller Holden VZ Commodore
46 Australia Dale Wood
47 Australia Sam Walter
O'Brien Motorsport 45 Australia Shannon O'Brien Ford BA Falcon
Image Racing 48 Australia Dean Neville Ford BA Falcon
49 Australia Taz Douglas
Australia Terry Wyhoon		 Ford AU Falcon
Ford BA Falcon
Loadsman Racing Team 54 Australia Steve Owen Holden VZ Commodore
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Novacastrian Motorsport 58 Australia Drew Russell Holden VZ Commodore
Race Image Motorsports 60 Australia Damian Assaillit
Australia Jose Fernandez
New Zealand Gene Rollinson		 Ford BA Falcon
Prodigy Motorsport 61 New Zealand Gene Rollinson
Australia Clayton Pyne
Australia Ryan Brown		 Ford BA Falcon
Independent Race Cars Australia 64 Australia Michael Trimble Holden VZ Commodore
500 Australia Jack Perkins
Beikoff Racing 68 Australia Shane Beikoff
Australia Jonathan Beikoff		 Ford AU Falcon
Capital Finance 70 Australia Ashley Cooper Holden VZ Commodore
Action Racing 73 Australia Marcus Zukanovic Holden VZ Commodore
Brad Jones Racing 74 Australia Mark McNally Holden VZ Commodore
McGill Motorsport 75 Australia Aaron McGill Ford AU Falcon
Ford BA Falcon
Holden VY Commodore
Wollongong Performance Racing 85 Australia Andrew Fisher Holden VZ Commodore
Stone Brothers Racing 94 Australia Jonathon Webb Ford BA Falcon
Mid Coast Ford Racing 96 Australia Joel Spychala Ford BA Falcon
Sydney Star Racing 95 Australia Brett Holdsworth Holden VZ Commodore
98 Australia Brett Hobson
Tony D'Alberto Racing 99 Australia David Reynolds Holden VZ Commodore

Points system

Points are awarded to any driver that completes 75% of race distance and is running on the completion of the final lap. These are the points awarded for each race.

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
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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Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Pts
1 Steve Owen 1st 1st 1st 2nd 14th 1st 10th 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 4th 3rd 5th 17th 1762
2 Dean Canto Ret 10th 2nd 27th 1st 2nd 11th 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 4th 7th 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 1621
3 Jonathon Webb 9th 19th 3rd 5th 7th 6th 3rd 4th 3rd 13th 4th 6th 8th 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 6th 1527
4 David Reynolds 17th 9th 5th 3rd 4th 5th 4th 3rd 4th 6th 6th 5th 3rd 3rd 5th 4th 11th 5th 1494
5 Jack Perkins 2nd 2nd 4th 14th 5th 26th Ret 11th 6th Ret Ret 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 6th 2nd 1st 1399
6 Dale Wood 4th 3rd Ret 10th Ret 3rd 5th 19th 5th 8th 3rd Ret 5th 9th 6th 5th 13th Ret 1122
7 Tim Slade 3rd Ret 7th 1st 2nd 11th 20th 14th 24th 24th 20th 7th 6th 6th 27th Ret 4th 2nd 1061
8 Karl Reindler 8th 7th 8th 20th 11th 4th 7th 5th 19th 7th 9th 9th 5th 9th 28th 12th 9th Ret 1056
9 Michael Trimble 7th 4th 13th 6th 3rd 7th 2nd 11th 17th 11th 10th 4th Ret Ret 8th 9th Ret 20th 1053
10 Mark McNally 15th 11th 6th 4th Ret 14th 8th 8th Ret 16th 16th 13th 14th 8th 11th 22nd 6th 7th 973
11 Marcus Zukanovic 13th 8th 17th 7th 17th 8th 6th 7th 9th 5th 12th 19th Ret 16th Ret 14th 24th 4th 946
12 Damian Assaillit 18th 12th 14th 15th 16th 16th 12th 9th 18th Ret 18th 12th 16th 12th 9th 7th 12th 12th 896
13 Sam Walter 11th 21st 10th 9th 12th 12th 13th 12th 7th 9th 7th 10th 20th Ret Ret DNS 8th 8th 850
14 Jay Verdnik 12th 14th 9th 16th 6th 9th 9th 6th Ret 12th 28th 11th 12th 14th 10th 8th 838
15 Grant Denyer 5th 5th Ret 11th 9th 10th 1st 25th 10th 1st 5th Ret 13th 11th 816
16 Drew Russell 26th 23rd 12th 8th 8th 15th Ret 17th 15th Ret 22nd 17th 10th 15th 20th 15th 16th 10th 739
17 Geoff Emery 19th 13th 20th 18th Ret 19th 17th 18th 11th 14th 13th 8th 7th 20th 15th Ret 20th 18th 724
18 David Seiders 25th 22nd 18th 13th 10th 25th 19th 20th 13th 15th 17th 14th Ret 21st Ret 19th 7th 9th 699
19 Brett Holdsworth 23rd 16th 15th 17th 13th 17th 25th 22nd 20th 23rd 21st 16th 11th 10th 30th 23rd 14th 23rd 665
20 James Bergmuller 24th 18th 23rd 26th Ret 20th 23rd 23rd 21st 22nd 24th 20th 15th 18th 23rd 20th 18th 16th 573
21 Brett Hobson 10th 6th 11th Ret Ret 13th 14th 13th DNS 18th 10th Ret 487
22 Tony Bates 24th 23rd 19th 21st 15th 16th 25th 20th 19th 23rd Ret 22nd 17th 24th 25th Ret 433
23 Aaron McGill 22nd 24th 26th 25th Ret 24th Ret 27th 22nd Ret 27th 24th 19th 19th 21st 16th Ret 21st 417
24 Ben Eggleston DNS DNS 16th 21st 15th 18th 18th Ret Ret Ret 26th 21st 18th Ret 18th Ret 17th 22nd 398
25 Gene Rollinson 14th Ret 12th 10th 11th 15th Ret 13th 21st 19th 383
26 Joel Spychala 20th 15th 25th 20th Ret 23rd 16th 15th Ret 19th 29th 22nd 21st Ret 355
27 Matthew White 6th 25th 7th 10th 306
28 Colin Sieders 21st 20th 21st 12th Ret 22nd Ret 26th 29th Ret Ret 15th 283
29 Luke Youlden 19th 11th 15th 13th 246
30 Shannon O'Brien 14th 21st 15th 18th 22nd 17th 22nd 245
31 Craig Baird 8th 4th 8th 200
32 Taz Douglas Ret 17th Ret DNS DNS Ret 22nd Ret Ret 18th 23rd 26th 17th Ret 192
33 Tony Evangelou Ret 21st 21st 12th 13th 191
34 Shane Beikoff 22nd 24th Ret 27th 24th 24th Ret 26th 22nd Ret 174
35 Shane Price 19th 11th 120
36 Andy Knight 16th 17th 14th 116
37 Terry Wyhoon 25th Ret Ret 26th 17th 101
38 Brad Lowe 23rd 14th 99
39 Clayton Pyne 19th 22nd 18th 92
40 Andrew Fisher 16th Ret 26th Ret 84
41 Dean Neville 24th 21st 75
42 José Fernández 13th Ret 66
43 Jonathan Beikoff 27th 24th 24th 23rd 25th 25th 64
44 Simon Wills 14th Ret 63
45 Ryan Brown 25th 25th 60
46 Ashley Cooper 16th Ret 57
47 Nandi Kiss 27th Ret Ret 16
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

References

  1. ↑ "2008 V8 Supercars calendar". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series points". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.