2008 Falken Tasmania Challenge

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Flag of Tasmania.svg 2008 Falken Tasmania Challenge
Event Information
Round 13 of 14 in the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Symmons Plains Raceway (Australia) track map.svg
Date 16–18 November 2008
Location Launceston, Tasmania
Venue Symmons Plains Raceway
Weather Fine
Results
Race 1
Distance 50 laps 120 km
Pole position Garth Tander
Holden Racing Team
51.8338
Winner Todd Kelly
Perkins Engineering
52:25.8991
Race 2
Distance 50 laps 120 km
Winner Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
46:05.2365
Race 3
Distance 50 laps 120 km
Winner Jamie Whincup
Triple Eight Race Engineering
48:22.3812
Round Results
First 292 pts
Second 272 pts
Third 252 pts

The 2008 Falken Tasmania Challenge was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 21–23 November at the Symmons Plains Raceway in Tasmania.

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.

Symmons Plains Raceway race track

Symmons Plains Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Australia, located about 30 kilometres (18.64 mi) south of Launceston, Tasmania. Since the closure of the Longford circuit in the 1960s it has been Tasmania's premier motor racing facility. The circuit is one of the longest serving circuits of the combined history of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the V8 Supercar Championship Series. Since 2005 it has hosted the Falken Tasmania Challenge for V8 Supercars.

Tasmania island state of Australia

Tasmania is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 km (150 mi) to the south of the Australian mainland, separated by Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 334 islands. The state has a population of around 526,700 as of March 2018. Just over forty percent of the population resides in the Greater Hobart precinct, which forms the metropolitan area of the state capital and largest city, Hobart.

Contents

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday 22 November 2008.

Race 1

Race 1 was held on Saturday 22 November 2008.

Race 2

Race 2 was held on Sunday 23 November 2008.

Race 3

Race 3 was held on Sunday 23 November 2008.

Results

Qualifying

Pos No Name Car Team Part 3 Part 2 Part 1
11 Garth Tander Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 0:51.8338
288 Jamie Whincup Ford BF Falcon Team Vodafone 0:52.0438
35 Mark Winterbottom Ford BF Falcon Ford Performance Racing 0:52.0479
433 Lee Holdsworth Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 0:52.0708
517 Steven Johnson Ford BF Falcon Jim Beam Racing 0:52.0846
64 James Courtney Ford BF Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 0:52.1173
715 Rick Kelly Holden VE Commodore HSV Dealer Team 0:52.1180
86 Steven Richards Ford BF Falcon Ford Performance Racing 0:52.1377
9888 Craig Lowndes Ford BF Falcon Team Vodafone 0:52.1694
107 Todd Kelly Holden VE Commodore Jack Daniel's Racing 0:52.2593
1116 Paul Dumbrell Holden VE Commodore HSV Dealer Team 0:52.3095
1225 Jason Bright Ford BF Falcon Britek Motorsport 0:52.4432
1314 Cameron McConville Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 0:52.4661
1439 Russell Ingall Holden VE Commodore Supercheap Auto Racing 0:52.4915
1567 Paul Morris Holden VE Commodore Supercheap Auto Racing 0:52.5321
169 Shane Van Gisbergen Ford BF Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 0:52.5472
173 Jason Richards Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 0:52.5900
1818 Will Davison Ford BF Falcon Jim Beam Racing 0:52.6107
1934 Michael Caruso Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 0:52.6349
2051 Greg Murphy Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 0:52.6631
212 Mark Skaife Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 0:52.7659
2255 Tony D'Alberto Holden VE Commodore Rod Nash Racing 0:52.8247
2311 Jack Perkins Holden VE Commodore Jack Daniel's Racing 0:52.8301
2412 Andrew Jones Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 0:52.8496
25777 Michael Patrizi Ford BF Falcon Ford Rising Stars Racing 0:52.9292
26111 Fabian Coulthard Ford BF Falcon Glenfords Racing 0:53.0140
2726 Marcus Marshall Ford BF Falcon Britek Motorsport 0:53.0589
2850 Andrew Thompson Holden VE Commodore Paul Weel Racing 0:53.1012
29021 Daniel Gaunt Ford BF Falcon Team Kiwi Racing 0:53.5765

Standings

After round 13 of 14.

Pos No Name Team Points
188 Jamie Whincup TeamVodafone 3208
25 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 2975
31 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 2788
4888 Craig Lowndes TeamVodafone 2619
56 Will Davison Dick Johnson Racing 2375

Support categories

The 2008 Falken Tasmania Challenge had four support categories.

Category Round winner
Australian Formula Ford Championship Nick Percat (Mygale SJ07A Ford)
Aussie Racing Cars Adam Gowans (Falcon-Yamaha)
Australian Mini Challenge Paul Stokell (Mini Cooper R56)
Touring Car Masters Gavin Bullas (Ford Boss Mustang)

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