2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

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The 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series 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 comprised six rounds in support of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series and one stand-alone round. ^[1]

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

Team	Vehicle	No	Driver	Rounds
Sieders Racing Team	Ford AU Falcon	13	Colin Sieders	1-2
	Ford BA Falcon			3, 6-7
		19	David Sieders	All
Slade Speed	Holden VZ Commodore	23	Tim Slade	All
Howard Racing	Ford BA Falcon	27	Karl Reindler	All
		37	Dean Canto	All
MW Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	28	Matthew White	1, 6
			Andy Knight	4
			Brad Lowe	7
		29	Grant Denyer	1-5
			Damian Assaillit	6-7
Jay Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	28	Nandi Kiss	5
		42	Jay Verdnik	1-6
			Shane Price	7
Racer Industries	Ford BA Falcon	30	Craig Baird	4
A.N.T. Racing	Ford BA Falcon	30	Tony Evangelou	3, 6
Peters Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	32	Luke Youlden	6-7
		96	Joel Spychala	1-5
TAG Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	35	Tony Bates	2-7
		36	Geoff Emery	All
Eggleston Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	38	Ben Eggleston	All
		54	Taz Douglas	4-5
			Simon Wills	6
Greg Murphy Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	44	James Bergmuller	All
		46	Dale Wood	All
		47	Sam Walter	All
O’Brien Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	45	Shannon O'Brien	4-6
Image Racing	Ford BA Falcon	48	Dean Neville	6
	Ford AU Falcon	49	Taz Douglas	1-3
	Ford BA Falcon		Terry Wyhoon	5-6
Loadsman Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore	54	Steve Owen	2
		62		1, 3-7
Novocastrian Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	58	Drew Russell	All
Race Image Motorsports	Ford BA Falcon	60	Damian Assaillit	1-5
			Jose Fernandez	6
			Gene Rollinson	7
		61	Gene Rollinson	1, 4-5
			Clayton Pyne	2
			Ryan Brown	6
Independent Race Cars Australia	Holden VZ Commodore	64	Michael Trimble	All
		500	Jack Perkins	All
Shane Beikoff Racing	Ford AU Falcon	68	Shane Beikoff	2, 6-7
			Jonathan Beikoff	3-4
Capital Finance	Holden VZ Commodore	70	Ashley Cooper	1
Action Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	73	Marcus Zukanovic	All
West Coast Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	74	Mark McNally	All
McGill Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	75	Aaron McGill	1-2
	Holden VY Commodore			3-5
	Ford BA Falcon			6-7
Wollongong Performance Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	85	Andrew Fisher	6-7
Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon	94	Jonathon Webb	All
Sydney Star Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	95	Brett Holdsworth	All
		98	Brett Hobson	1–3, 6–7
Tony D'Alberto Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	99	David Reynolds	All

Points system

Points were awarded for each race to any driver that had completed 75% of race distance and was running on the completion of the final lap.

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 ADE WAK SAN QLD WIN BAT ORA Pts 1 Steve Owen 1 1 1 2 14 1 10 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 4 3 5 17 1762 2 Dean Canto Ret 10 2 27 1 2 11 2 1 2 1 1 4 7 2 1 1 3 1621 3 Jonathon Webb 9 19 3 5 7 6 3 4 3 13 4 6 8 4 1 2 3 6 1527 4 David Reynolds 17 9 5 3 4 5 4 3 4 6 6 5 3 3 5 4 11 5 1494 5 Jack Perkins 2 2 4 14 5 26 Ret 11 6 Ret Ret 3 2 2 3 6 2 1 1399 6 Dale Wood 4 3 Ret 10 Ret 3 5 19 5 8 3 Ret 9 5 6 5 13 Ret 1122 7 Tim Slade 3 Ret 7 1 2 11 20 14 24 24 20 7 6 6 27 Ret 4 2 1061 8 Karl Reindler 8 7 8 20 11 4 7 5 19 7 9 9 5 9 28 12 9 Ret 1056 9 Michael Trimble 7 4 13 6 3 7 2 11 17 11 10 4 Ret Ret 8 9 Ret 20 1053 10 Mark McNally 15 11 6 4 Ret 14 8 8 Ret 16 16 13 14 8 11 22 6 7 973 11 Marcus Zukanovic 13 8 17 7 17 8 6 7 9 5 12 19 Ret 16 Ret 14 24 4 946 12 Damian Assaillit 18 12 14 15 16 16 12 9 18 Ret 18 12 16 12 9 7 12 12 896 13 Sam Walter 11 21 10 9 12 12 13 12 7 9 7 10 20 Ret Ret DNS 8 8 850 14 Jay Verdnik 12 14 9 16 6 9 9 6 Ret 12 28 11 12 14 10 8 838 15 Grant Denyer 5 5 Ret 11 9 10 1 25 10 1 5 Ret 13 11 816 16 Drew Russell 26 23 12 8 8 15 Ret 17 15 Ret 22 17 10 15 20 15 16 10 739 17 Geoff Emery 19 13 20 18 Ret 19 17 18 11 14 13 8 7 20 15 Ret 20 18 724 18 David Sieders 25 22 18 13 10 25 19 20 13 15 17 14 Ret 21 Ret 19 7 9 699 19 Brett Holdsworth 23 16 15 17 13 17 25 22 20 23 21 16 11 10 30 23 14 23 665 20 James Bergmuller 24 18 23 26 Ret 20 23 23 21 22 24 20 15 18 23 20 18 16 573 21 Brett Hobson 10 6 11 Ret Ret 13 14 13 DNS 18 10 Ret 487 22 Tony Bates 24 23 19 21 15 16 25 20 19 23 Ret 22 17 24 25 Ret 433 23 Aaron McGill 22 24 26 25 Ret 24 Ret 27 22 Ret 27 24 19 19 21 16 Ret 21 417 24 Ben Eggleston DNS DNS 16 21 15 18 18 Ret Ret Ret 26 21 18 Ret 18 Ret 17 22nd 398 25 Gene Rollinson 14 Ret 12 10 11 15 Ret 13 21 19 383 26 Joel Spychala 20 15 25 20 Ret 23 16 15 Ret 19 29 22 21 Ret 355 27 Matthew White 6 25 7 10 306 28 Colin Sieders 21 20 21 12 Ret 22 Ret 26 29 Ret Ret 15 283 29 Luke Youlden 19 11 15 13 246 30 Shannon O'Brien 14 21 15 18 22 17 22 Ret 245 31 Craig Baird 8 4 8 200 32 Taz Douglas Ret 17 Ret DNS DNS Ret 22 Ret Ret 18 23 26 17 Ret 192 33 Tony Evangelou Ret 21 21 12 13 191 34 Shane Price 19 11 120 35 Andy Knight 16 17 14 116 36 Shane Beikoff 22 24 Ret Ret 26 22 Ret 114 37 Terry Wyhoon 25 Ret Ret 26 17 101 38 Brad Lowe 23 14 99 39 Clayton Pyne 19 22 18 92 40 Andrew Fisher 16 Ret 26 Ret 84 41 Dean Neville 24 21 75 42 José Fernández 13 Ret 66 43 Jonathan Beikoff 27 24 24 23 25 25 64 44 Simon Wills 14 Ret 63 45 Ryan Brown 25 25 60 46 Ashley Cooper 16 Ret 57 47 Nandi Kiss 27 Ret Ret 16

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) 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.^{[ permanent dead link ]}