2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

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.

2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

Previous

2007

Next

2009

Parent series:
V8 Supercars

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
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
		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 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 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)