2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

The 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercars season was the ninth running of the

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.	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	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	13	Colin Sieders	3, 6-7
	Ford BA Falcon	19	David Sieders	All
Slade Speed	Holden VZ Commodore	23	Tim Slade	All
Howard Racing	Ford BA Falcon	27	Karl Reindler	All
Howard Racing	Ford BA Falcon	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
		29	Damian Assaillit	6-7
Jay Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	28	Nandi Kiss	5
		42	Jay Verdnik	1-6
		42	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
Peters Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	96	Joel Spychala	1-5
TAG Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	35	Tony Bates	2-7
TAG Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	36	Geoff Emery	All
Eggleston Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	38	Ben Eggleston	All
		54	Taz Douglas	4-5
		54	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	49	Terry Wyhoon	5-6
Loadsman Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore	54	Steve Owen	2
Loadsman Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore	62	Steve Owen	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
Prodigy Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	61	Gene Rollinson	1, 4-5
			Clayton Pyne	2
			Ryan Brown	6
Independent Race Cars Australia	Holden VZ Commodore	64	Michael Trimble	All
Independent Race Cars Australia	Holden VZ Commodore	500	Jack Perkins	All
Shane Beikoff Racing	Ford AU Falcon	68	Shane Beikoff	2, 6-7
Shane Beikoff Racing	Ford AU Falcon	68	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
Sydney Star Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	98	Brett Hobson	1–3, 6–7
Tony D'Alberto Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	99	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.

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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

^ "2008 V8 Supercars calendar". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
^ "2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series points". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

[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]}

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