2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series
2008 V8 Supercar season | |||
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The 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series was the tenth V8 Supercar Championship Series and the twelfth series in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car title. The championship began on 21 February at the Clipsal 500 on the streets of Adelaide and finished on 7 December at Oran Park Raceway. It consisted of 14 rounds covering all states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as rounds in New Zealand and Bahrain.
Jamie Whincup secured the championship with two races in hand with victory in race 1 of the 2008 NRMA Motoring & Services Grand Finale. Whincup was also awarded the 2008 Australian Touring Car Championship title by CAMS.[1]
Race Calendar
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers contested the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series.
* Phillip Island 500 only
** Bathurst 1000 only
Rule Changes
The points system was changed for 2008. Points were awarded to the top 30 drivers, with 300 points being the most available to a driver in each round[2]
In Friday practise sessions, drivers who had finished in the top 15 in the 2007 Championship were not permitted to participate for the first 30 minutes.[3]
Driver changes
Russell Ingall has signed with Paul Morris Motorsport and will race under the identity of Supercheap Auto Racing.
In a complicated series of moves several drivers have been shuffled around the Holden teams. The juggling began with Todd Kelly signing with Perkins Engineering. Reigning series champion Garth Tander has announced he will take the #1 plate to the Holden Racing Team with Toll sponsorship and some key personnel led by Rob Crawford transfer across teams with him. And finally, former Supercheap Auto driver Paul Dumbrell took Tander's seat at the HSV Dealer Team.
Second tier Fujitsu series champion team Tony D'Alberto Racing will move to the V8 Supercar series, and will take over the running of the Rod Nash Racing owned franchise, replacing Independent Racing Cars who previously operated the team. Tony D'Alberto will likewise replace Steve Owen as driver.[4]
Paul Cruickshank Racing have confirmed signing Fabian Coulthard to replace the retiring John Bowe.[5]
Marcus Marshall will drive the Irwin backed Falcon at Britek Motorsport.[5]
Dean Canto has announced on his website that he has had his contract with Garry Rogers Motorsport terminated a year early and that he will be seeking an endurance drive for the Phillip Island and Bathurst rounds with another team as it is too late to find a seat with another team so close to season start.[6]
Garry Rogers Motorsport have announced their new driver as Fujitsu series runner up, and WPS Racing enduro driver, Michael Caruso.[7]
Team Kiwi Racing have purchased a former Triple Eight Race Engineering Falcon and will run the car themselves. While the team has not made a formal announcement, V8Supercars have published Fujitsu series front runner Kayne Scott as the team's driver.[8][9] Although due to a date clash with Round 2 and the final of the New Zealand V8 series, Scott will not be available and will be replaced by Chris Pither.[10]
Reversing a previous decision to fold their team, Paul Weel Racing announced their return for the 2008 season and will run a single VE Commodore for Andrew Thompson.[11]
Former PWR racer Cameron McConville has signed with Brad Jones Racing, a team he raced for previously in the mid-90s when it ran the Audi touring car program. The team will change manufacturer camps to become a Holden team and run with the technical assistance of Walkinshaw Performance, the organisation that runs the Holden Racing Team and HSV Dealer Teams.[12]
Ford Rising Stars Racing have named Formula 3 Euroseries racer Michael Patrizi as the driver for their début season. However the team will not be ready to start their season until the second round of the year at Eastern Creek Raceway at the earliest. The team will be utilising the second of the two Paul Weel Racing franchises.[13]
Stone Brothers Racing has named teenager Shane Van Gisbergen to the #9 Ford Falcon, replacing Russell Ingall. Van Gisbergen was linked to SBR last season and was placed with Team Kiwi Racing in the second half of the season after TKR's previous partnership with Ford Performance Racing dissolved.[14]
Despite previously announcing that they would be forced to sell their franchise from lack of a major sponsor and technical partner,[15] Walden Motorsport have committed to run and V8Supercar's website have named Australian Production Car Championship racer Garth Walden as the driver in the teams Ford Falcon, although it has yet to be confirmed that the team actually have possession an eligible car.[9] After failing to appear at the first two rounds the franchise has been placed for sale.[16]
WPS Racing has announced the closure of the team with the vehicles and equipment to be sold off to new owners. The franchises have already been sold within TEGA. The team cite business and health issues affecting team principal Craig Gore.[17]
Shane Price was sacked from the Perkins Engineering a week after the Bathurst 1000 and replaced with endurance co-driver Jack Perkins.[18]
Results and Standings
Drivers Championship
Pos. | Driver | No. | ADE |
EAS |
HAM |
BAR |
SAN |
HID |
QLD |
WIN |
PHI |
BAT |
SUR |
BAH |
SYM |
ORA |
Pen. | Pts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | Jamie Whincup | 88 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 23 | 0 | 3332 |
2 | Mark Winterbottom | 5 | 2 | Ret | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 3079 |
3 | Garth Tander | 1 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3048 |
4 | Craig Lowndes | 888 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | DNS | 5 | 4 | Ret | 28 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2871 |
5 | Will Davison | 18 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 11 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 2495 |
6 | James Courtney | 4 | 16 | Ret | 5 | 15 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 2 | Ret | 17 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2446 |
7 | Rick Kelly | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2430 |
8 | Steven Richards | 6 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 24 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 2416 |
9 | Russell Ingall | 39 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 4 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 11 | 24 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2236 |
10 | Steven Johnson | 17 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 19 | 18 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 2163 |
11 | Lee Holdsworth | 33 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 24 | Ret | 23 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 10 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2065 |
12 | Todd Kelly | 7 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 6 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 0 | 2053 |
13 | Fabian Coulthard | 111 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 14 | Ret | 14 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 16 | 7 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1823 |
14 | Mark Skaife | 2 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 2 | Ret | DNS | 10 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 12 | Ret | DNS | 1 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 14 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 25 | 24 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 0 | 1644 |
15 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 9 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 17 | 13 | Ret | 7 | 26 | 10 | 5 | Ret | EX | Ret | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1614 |
16 | Greg Murphy | 51 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 25 | Ret | 12 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 27 | 21 | 21 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 14 | 12 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 17 | Ret | 0 | 1572 |
17 | Jason Richards | 3 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 14 | Ret | 22 | Ret | 18 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 22 | 4 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 2 | 13 | 17 | 11 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 11 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 1548 |
18 | Michael Caruso | 34 | Ret | 11 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 17 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 8 | Ret | 20 | 5 | Ret | 20 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1439 |
19 | Jason Bright | 25 | Ret | 10 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 14 | Ret | 18 | Ret | 18 | Ret | 25 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 24 | Ret | Ret | 22 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1438 |
20 | Paul Morris | 67 | Ret | 16 | 18 | 10 | Ret | 24 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 27 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 19 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1436 |
21 | Paul Dumbrell | 16 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 11 | Ret | 15 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 20 | 8 | Ret | 16 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 19 | Ret | 13 | 0 | 1398 |
22 | Cameron McConville | 14 | Ret | 3 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 14 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 16 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 18 | 19 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 22 | Ret | 13 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 15 | Ret | 11 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 1370 |
23 | Marcus Marshall | 26 | 19 | 13 | 26 | Ret | 22 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 22 | 19 | 17 | Ret | 24 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 26 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 1113 |
24 | Andrew Jones | 12 | 18 | 12 | 22 | 23 | Ret | 22 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 27 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 29 | 14 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 19 | Ret | 21 | Ret | 20 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 21 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 0 | 1071 |
25 | Tony D'Alberto | 55 | 17 | Ret | 23 | 20 | Ret | 13 | 10 | Ret | 21 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 24 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 24 | Ret | 19 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 0 | 890 |
26 | Michael Patrizi | 777 | Ret | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Ret | EX | 26 | 26 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 21 | Ret | 22 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 26 | Ret | 21 | 25 | 0 | 848 | |||||
27 | Shane Price | 11 | 21 | Ret | 19 | 21 | 21 | Ret | 24 | 16 | 18 | Ret | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 13 | Ret | 21 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 843 | ||||||||||||
28 | Andrew Thompson | 50 | 20 | Ret | 24 | 24 | 13 | 15 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 18 | 18 | 24 | 27 | 20 | 24 | 28 | Ret | 23 | 23 | Ret | 16 | DNS | 17 | 23 | DNS | 22 | 20 | Ret | 18 | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 22 | Ret | 23 | 15 | 0 | 771 |
29 | Jack Perkins | 11 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 19 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 22 | 25 | 17 | Ret | 20 | 0 | 620 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | David Besnard | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 459 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Kayne Scott | 021 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 20 | Ret | 23 | Ret | 24 | 21 | 28 | 23 | Ret | 25 | 24 | 26 | Ret | 24 | DNS | Ret | 0 | 362 | ||||||||||||||||||
32 | Steve Owen | 17/021 | 22 | 11 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 351 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Brad Jones | 14 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 343 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max Wilson | 14 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 343 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Nathan Pretty | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 338 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Adam Macrow | 25 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 320 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Warren Luff | 17 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 259 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Dean Canto | 5 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 252 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luke Youlden | 5 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 252 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Steven Ellery | 34 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 245 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greg Ritter | 34 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 245 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Mark Noske | 51 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 226 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dale Wood | 51 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Matt Halliday | 26 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 225 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | 88 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 222 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marc Hynes | 88 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Paul Radisich | 15 | 7 | DNS | 0 | 196 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Jonathon Webb | 9 | 10 | Ret | 0 | 190 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Alex Davison | 111 | 10 | 0 | 156 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Chris Pither | 021 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 28 | 19 | 22 | DNS | Ret | 0 | 130 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | John McIntyre | 111 | 16 | 0 | 128 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Craig Baird | 2 | 14 | Ret | 0 | 118 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Glenn Seton | 2 | 14 | Ret | 0 | 118 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Daniel Gaunt | 021 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 24 | Ret | 0 | 112 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Grant Denyer | 777 | 18 | 0 | 102 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Karl Reindler | 777 | 19 | 0 | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Matt Neal | 67 | Ret | Ret | 0 | 94 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boris Said | 67 | Ret | Ret | 0 | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Paul Weel | 50 | Ret | DNS | 0 | 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Fahad Al Musalam | 021 | 23 | Ret | 24 | 0 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Jason Bargwanna | 55 | Ret | Ret | 0 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | David Reynolds | 16 | Ret | DNS | 0 | 22 |
Teams Championship
TeamVodafone won the Teams Championship.[19]
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Manufacturers Championship
Ford won the Manufacturers Championship having won more rounds than rival Holden.[20]
See also
References
- ↑ Australian Titles Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 20 May 2009. Archived 20 May 2009. Archived 2 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ V8 Supercars to reward more teams in 2008 points score Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 25 January 2008
- ↑ Ottley, S. "Champs penalised". Herald Sun. 23 January 2008.
- ↑ A full field motorsport enews retrieved on 29 January 2008
- 1 2 Old faces, new seats motorsport enews retrieved on 18 December 2007
- ↑ Statement regarding Dean Canto and the 2008 series Dean Canto Racing retrieved on 12 January 2008
- ↑ Michael Caruso joins Garry Rogers Motorsport Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 14 January 2008
- ↑ TKR goes it alone, Scott driving crash.net retrieved on 15 January 2008
- 1 2 V8 Supercar Championship Series gets full 2008 grid Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 31 January 2008
- ↑ Pither: Kiwi Sub motorsport enews retrieved on 4 March 2008
- ↑ Andrew Thompson signs with PWR Racing Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 25 January 2008
- ↑ New Cars, New Driver for Team BOC Team BOC website retrieved on 29 January 2008
- ↑ Chance and Challenge motorsport enews retrieved on 30 January 2008
- ↑ Van Gisbergen claims prize SBR drive Stone Brothers Racing website retrieved on 30 January 2008
- ↑ Walden Motorsport Forced To Sell Or Lease Licence. Norrgard Motorsport Development retrieved on 21 December 2007
- ↑ Walden licence for sale Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 20 March 2008
- ↑ WPS/Wow Racing Withdraws From V8 Supercars WPS Racing retrieved on 11 February 2008
- ↑ Price dumped for Perkins Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 21 October 2008
- ↑ TeamVodafone scoops the pool Retrieved from www.v8supercars.com.au on 10 January 2010
- ↑ Ford Wins 2008 Manufacturer's Championship Archived at www.webcitation.org on 10 January 2010
External links
- Official V8 Supercar website
- 2008 Racing Results Archive
- 2008 V8 Supercar images Retrieved from www.motorsport.com on 20 May 2009
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