2008 Australian Sports Sedan Series

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The 2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan series [1] was the 18th running of a national series for Sports Sedans in Australia. It began on 17 May 2008 at Mallala Motor Sport Park and ended on 30 November at Sandown Raceway after fifteen races.

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The series was won by Darren Hossack. The battle between Hossack, driving the John Gourlay owned and still under development new Audi A4 and Tony Ricciardello and his family run team with their well sorted and multiple-championship winning Alfa Romeo GTV would go down to the final race of the series, with Hossack winning the race and the title. For Hossack it was the rare achievement of winning two Australian motor racing series in the same calendar year having previously won the 2008 Australian Superkart Championship.

Series winner, Darren Hossack (Audi A4-Chevrolet) Sportssedanhossack.jpg
Series winner, Darren Hossack (Audi A4-Chevrolet)

Eligibile automobiles

The following automobiles were eligible to compete in the series: [1]

Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series.

TeamCarNoDriver
B&M Ricciardello Alfa Romeo GTV 1 Tony Ricciardello
Audi Spares Audi A4 4 Darren Hossack
Flamecrusher Jaguar XKR 5Bernie Gillon
Prahrans Fastest Plumber Ford BF Falcon 5Bob Gill
Barnes High Performance Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 6Jeff Barnes
Simon Longhurst Racing Mazda RX-7 7Simon Longhurst
Domain Prestige Homes Holden Calibra 9Daniel Tamasi
Alvee Products Saab 9-3 Aero 14Mark Nelson
Alvee Products Saab 9-3 Aero 14 Shane Price
QLD Commercial Constructions Honda Prelude 15Charlie Senese
Rockley Contracting Opel Calibra 16Graham Smith
Kings Fibreglass/Harrop Engineering Holden LJ Torana 19Damian Johnson
Lifetime Financial Ford Mustang 21Phil Crompton
Menai Blinds/Steves Toy Shop Chevrolet Camaro 26Scott Butler
Airey Industrial Nissan 300ZX 28Kerry Baily
NMR Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro 30Geoff Munday
Sonata Lounge Furniture Ford Mustang 31 Luke Youlden
Bell Real Estate Holden Monaro 32Michael Robinson
Mt Aqua Spring Water Chevrolet Corvette GTS 38Des Wall
Harmony Ford AU Falcon 39Chris Smerdon
RK&T Young Plumbing Mazda RX-7 41Trent Young
Aston Air Conditioning Ford EB Falcon 43Shane Bradford
MR Automotive Rover Vitesse 44Colin Smith
Campbelltown Frames & Trusses Jaguar XKR 45Daniel Jameson
Coaststeer Auto Services Holden Calibra 46David McGinniss
Fuel 2 Race/Steves Toy Shop Holden Calibra 50Chris Jackson
Marinelli's Mechanical & Performance Holden VS Commodore 51Bob McLoughlin
BJ Banks Electrical Mazda RX-7 56Bruce Banks
Quality Concreting Mazda RX-7 59Bobby Irvin
Fivestar Fencing/Darred Panels Chevrolet Corvette GTS 66Dean Camm
Simons Builders Gypsum Australia Ford Cortina 77Glen Hastings
Austrack Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 80Fred Axisa
Esjay Commercial Plastering Holden VS Commodore 88cIan Rice
Bohler Uddeholm Australia Nissan 300ZX 97Anthony Macready
Wildridge Fabrications Ford EF Falcon 98Jeff Brown
Steve Ingwersen Painting Holden VS Commodore 115Steve Ingwersen
JCV Automotive Katoomba Ford AU Falcon 261John Vergotis

Race calendar

The 2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series was contested over five rounds [2] in three different Australian states with each round contested over three races.

Rd. [1] CircuitLocation / stateDateWinner
1 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia 17–18 May Luke Youlden
2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 14–15 Jun Darren Hossack
3 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 12–13 Jul Darren Hossack
4 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 30–31 Aug Tony Ricciardello
5 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 29–30 Nov Tony Ricciardello

Points system

Points were awarded 20–17–15–13–12–11–10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2 based on the top fifteen positions in each race with all other classified finishers awarded 1 point. [1] There were two bonus points allocated for first position in Qualifying [1] at each round.

To be eligible to score points, competitors were required to register with the series manager. [1]

Series standings

Pos [3] Driver [3] Round 1 – Mal [4] Round 2 – Phi [5] Round 3 – Eas [6] Round 4 – Ora [7] Round 5 – San [8] Pts [3]
Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 1Race 2Race 3
1 Darren Hossack DNS2nd2nd1st4th1st1st1st1st2nd1stRet2nd2nd1st244
2 Tony Ricciardello DNSRet1st2nd1st2nd2nd2nd2nd1st2nd1st1st1st4th237
3Kerry Baily2nd3rd4th11thRetDNS4th6th5thDNS4th2nd4th4th3rd160
4Trent Young4th4th6th5thRetDNS7th5th4th4thRet4th6th6th6th146
5 Luke Youlden 1st1st3rd3rd2nd3rd102
6Dean Camm6thRet9th11thRet8th7th13th9th7th7th7th90
7Charlie Senese5th7thRet10th5th5th13thDNS13thDNS12thRet68
8Daniel TamasiDNS6th5thDNSDNSDNS5th4thRetRet8th7thRetDNSDNS67
9Phil Crompton3rd5th7thRet3rd4thRetRetRetDNSDNSDNS65
Scott Butler8th7th10th6th3rd5th65
11Mark Nelson7th8th8thRet10th9th8th7thRet63
12David McGinnissRet6th6th9thRetRetDNS10th6th48
13Bruce Banks6thRet9th9thRetRet8th8thRet47
Shane Price 3rd3rd2nd47
15Ian Rice4th7th7th33
Bob McLoughlinRet8th8th9th11th8th33
17Chris Jackson6th8th6thRetDNSDNS31
18Colin Smith14th11th11th10th14thDNS27
Daniel JamesonRetDNSRet3rd5thRet27
Damian Johnson9th9th9th27
21Jeff BarnesDNS6th3rd26
22Anthony Macready10th9th12thDNSDNSDNS21
23Bobby IrvinDNSDNSDNS5th9thRet20
24Geoff Munday8thDNSDNSRetDNS8th19
25Michael RobinsonDNS16th10th8
Jeff Brown11th15thDNS8
27Bob GillDNS17thDNS1
Bernie Gillon [9] 3rd3rd3rd
Simon LonghurstRetRetRet
Fred AxisaDNSRetRet
Des WallDNSDNSDNS
Shane BradfordDNSDNSDNS
Graham SmithDNSDNSDNS
Glen HastingsDNSDNSDNS
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Note: First position in Qualifying at each round is shown in bold in the above table.

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References

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  9. Bernie Gillon but is not shown in the top five round placings for Eastern Creek or in the full series standings as published in The Annual.