2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

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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 in New South Wales 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.EventCircuitLocationDateWinner
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 21-24 Feb Steve Owen
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wakefield Park Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales 4-6 Apr Tim Slade
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Midas 400 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 7-9 JunSteve Owen
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg City of Ipswich 300 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 18-20 Jul Dean Canto
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria1-3 AugSteve Owen
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales9-12 OctDean Canto
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oran Park Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales4-7 Dec Jack Perkins

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. This was the last season the Ford AU Falcon was eligible.

TeamVehicleNoDriverRounds
Sieders Racing Team Ford AU Falcon 13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Colin Sieders 1-3
Ford BA Falcon 6-7
19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Sieders All
Slade Speed Holden VZ Commodore 23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Slade All
Howard Racing Ford BA Falcon 27 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karl Reindler All
32 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Youlden 6-7
37 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Canto All
MW Motorsport Ford BA Falcon 28 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew White 1, 6
Flag of New Zealand.svg Andy Knight 4
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Lowe 7
29 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grant Denyer 1-5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damian Assaillit 6-7
Jay Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 28 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nandi Kiss 5
42 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jay Verdnik 1-6
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Price 7
Racer Industries Ford BA Falcon 30 Flag of New Zealand.svg Craig Baird 4
A.N.T. Racing Ford BA Falcon 30 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Evangelou 3, 6
TAG Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Bates 2-7
36 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Emery All
Eggleston Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 38 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Eggleston All
54 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Taz Douglas 4-5
Flag of New Zealand.svg Simon Wills 6
Greg Murphy Racing Holden VZ Commodore 44 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Bergmuller All
46 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Wood All
47 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Walter All
O’Brien Motorsport Ford BA Falcon 45 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shannon O'Brien 4-6
Image Racing Ford BA Falcon 48 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Neville 6
Ford AU Falcon 49 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Taz Douglas 1-3
Ford BA Falcon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Wyhoon 5-6
Loadsman Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore 54 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Owen 2
621, 3-7
Novocastrian Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore 58 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Drew Russell All
Race Image Motorsports Ford BA Falcon 60 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damian Assaillit 1-5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jose Fernandez 6
Flag of New Zealand.svg Gene Rollinson 7
Prodigy Motorsport Ford BA Falcon 61 Flag of New Zealand.svg Gene Rollinson 1, 4-5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Clayton Pyne 2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Brown 6
Independent Race Cars Australia Holden VZ Commodore 64 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Trimble All
500 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Perkins All
Shane Beikoff Racing Ford AU Falcon 68 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Beikoff 2, 6-7
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathan Beikoff 3-4
Capital Finance Holden VZ Commodore 70 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashley Cooper 1
Action Racing Holden VZ Commodore 73 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Zukanovic All
West Coast Racing Holden VZ Commodore 74 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark McNally All
McGill Motorsport Ford AU Falcon 75 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aaron McGill 1-3
Holden VY Commodore 4-5
Ford BA Falcon 6-7
Wollongong Performance Racing Holden VZ Commodore 85 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Fisher 6-7
Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon 94 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jonathon Webb All
Sydney Star Racing Holden VZ Commodore 95 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Holdsworth All
98 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brett Hobson 1–3, 6–7
Peters Motorsport Ford BA Falcon 96 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joel Spychala 1-5
Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden VZ Commodore 99 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds All

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.

Pos1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th21st22nd23rd24th25th26th27th28th29th
Rounds 1, 6 & 71501381291201111029690847872696663605754514845423936333027242118
Rounds 2 - 510092868074686460565248464442403836343230282624222018161412

Driver standings

[2]

PosDriverRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Pts
1 Steve Owen 1st1st1st2nd14th1st10th1st2nd3rd2nd2nd1st1st4th3rd5th17th1762
2 Dean Canto Ret10th2nd27th1st2nd11th2nd1st2nd1st1st4th7th2nd1st1st3rd1621
3 Jonathon Webb 9th19th3rd5th7th6th3rd4th3rd13th4th6th8th4th1st2nd3rd6th1527
4 David Reynolds 17th9th5th3rd4th5th4th3rd4th6th6th5th3rd3rd5th4th11th5th1494
5 Jack Perkins 2nd2nd4th14th5th26thRet11th6thRetRet3rd2nd2nd3rd6th2nd1st1399
6 Dale Wood 4th3rdRet10thRet3rd5th19th5th8th3rdRet9th5th6th5th13thRet1122
7 Tim Slade 3rdRet7th1st2nd11th20th14th24th24th20th7th6th6th27thRet4th2nd1061
8 Karl Reindler 8th7th8th20th11th4th7th5th19th7th9th9th5th9th28th12th9thRet1056
9 Michael Trimble 7th4th13th6th3rd7th2nd11th17th11th10th4thRetRet8th9thRet20th1053
10 Mark McNally 15th11th6th4thRet14th8th8thRet16th16th13th14th8th11th22nd6th7th973
11 Marcus Zukanovic 13th8th17th7th17th8th6th7th9th5th12th19thRet16thRet14th24th4th946
12 Damian Assaillit 18th12th14th15th16th16th12th9th18thRet18th12th16th12th9th7th12th12th896
13 Sam Walter 11th21st10th9th12th12th13th12th7th9th7th10th20thRetRetDNS8th8th850
14 Jay Verdnik 12th14th9th16th6th9th9th6thRet12th28th11th12th14th10th8th838
15 Grant Denyer 5th5thRet11th9th10th1st25th10th1st5thRet13th11th816
16 Drew Russell 26th23rd12th8th8th15thRet17th15thRet22nd17th10th15th20th15th16th10th739
17 Geoff Emery 19th13th20th18thRet19th17th18th11th14th13th8th7th20th15thRet20th18th724
18 David Sieders 25th22nd18th13th10th25th19th20th13th15th17th14thRet21stRet19th7th9th699
19 Brett Holdsworth 23rd16th15th17th13th17th25th22nd20th23rd21st16th11th10th30th23rd14th23rd665
20 James Bergmuller 24th18th23rd26thRet20th23rd23rd21st22nd24th20th15th18th23rd20th18th16th573
21 Brett Hobson 10th6th11thRetRet13th14th13thDNS18th10thRet487
22 Tony Bates 24th23rd19th21st15th16th25th20th19th23rdRet22nd17th24th25thRet433
23 Aaron McGill 22nd24th26th25thRet24thRet27th22ndRet27th24th19th19th21st16thRet21st417
24 Ben Eggleston DNSDNS16th21st15th18th18thRetRetRet26th21st18thRet18thRet17th22nd398
25 Gene Rollinson 14thRet12th10th11th15thRet13th21st19th383
26 Joel Spychala 20th15th25th20thRet23rd16th15thRet19th29th22nd21stRet355
27 Matthew White 6th25th7th10th306
28 Colin Sieders 21st20th21st12thRet22ndRet26th29thRetRet15th283
29 Luke Youlden 19th11th15th13th246
30 Shannon O'Brien 14th21st15th18th22nd17th22ndRet245
31 Craig Baird 8th4th8th200
32 Taz Douglas Ret17thRetDNSDNSRet22ndRetRet18th23rd26th17thRet192
33 Tony Evangelou Ret21st21st12th13th191
34 Shane Price 19th11th120
35 Andy Knight 16th17th14th116
36 Shane Beikoff 22nd24thRetRet26th22ndRet114
37 Terry Wyhoon 25thRetRet26th17th101
38 Brad Lowe 23rd14th99
39 Clayton Pyne 19th22nd18th92
40 Andrew Fisher 16thRet26thRet84
41 Dean Neville 24th21st75
42 José Fernández 13thRet66
43 Jonathan Beikoff 27th24th24th23rd25th25th64
44 Simon Wills 14thRet63
45 Ryan Brown 25th25th60
46 Ashley Cooper 16thRet57
47 Nandi Kiss 27thRetRet16
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)

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