2008 V8 Supercars Grand Finale

The 2008 NRMA Motoring + Services Grand Finale was the fourteenth and final race of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 4 to 7 December at the Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales.

2008 NRMA Motoring & Services Grand Finale

Event Information
Round 14 of 14 in the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	4–7 December 2008
Location	Sydney, New South Wales
Venue	Oran Park Raceway
Weather	Fine
Results
Race 1 Distance 46 laps 120 km Pole position Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 1:09.4562 Winner Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 56:12.2480
Race 2 Distance 46 laps 120 km Winner Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 57:04.0467
Race 3 Distance 46 laps 120 km Winner Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team 57:03.6766
Round Results First Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 260 pts Second Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 252 pts Third Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team 236 pts

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday 6 December 2008.^[1]

Race 1

Race 1 was held on Saturday 6 December 2008.

Race 2

Race 2 was held on Sunday 7 December 2008.

Race 3

Race 3 was held on Sunday 7 December 2008.

Results

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Part 3	Part 2	Part 1
1	1	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:09.4562
2	888	Craig Lowndes	Ford BF Falcon	Team Vodafone	1:09.8709
3	88	Jamie Whincup	Ford BF Falcon	Team Vodafone	1:09.9161
4	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:09.9620
5	39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Supercheap Auto Racing	1:10.1421
6	120	Steven Richards	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:10.1594
7	4	James Courtney	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:10.2049
8	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Jack Daniel's Racing	1:10.3222
9	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:10.4076
10	18	Will Davison	Ford BF Falcon	Jim Beam Racing	1:10.4959
11	15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team		1:10.3320
12	14	Cameron McConville	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing		1:10.3983
13	25	Jason Bright	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport		1:10.4329
14	3	Jason Richards	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport		1:10.4703
15	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing		1:10.5647
16	2	Mark Skaife	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team		1:10.6061
17	17	Steven Johnson	Ford BF Falcon	Jim Beam Racing		1:10.6901
18	34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport		1:10.6941
19	50	Andrew Thompson	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Weel Racing		1:10.7593
20	55	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VE Commodore	Rod Nash Racing		1:10.8179
21	67	Paul Morris	Holden VE Commodore	Supercheap Auto Racing			1:11.3725
22	11	Jack Perkins	Holden VE Commodore	Jack Daniel's Racing			1:11.4414
23	51	Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport			1:11.4995
24	111	Fabian Coulthard	Ford BF Falcon	Glenfords Racing			1:11.5220
25	777	Michael Patrizi	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Rising Stars Racing			1:11.6063
26	26	Marcus Marshall	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport			1:11.6299
27	12	Andrew Jones	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing			1:11.7497
28	021	Daniel Gaunt	Ford BF Falcon	Team Kiwi Racing			1:12.7317
29	16	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team			1:12.8345

Standings

After round 14 of 14.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	88	Jamie Whincup	TeamVodafone	3332
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	3079
3	1	Garth Tander	Toll Holden Racing Team	3048
4	888	Craig Lowndes	TeamVodafone	2871
5	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	2495

Support categories

The 2008 NRMA Motoring + Services Grand Finale had seven support categories.

Category	Round winner
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	Jack Perkins (Holden VZ Commodore)
Australian Formula Ford Championship	Daniel Erickson (Spectrum 011b Ford)
V8 Utes Series	Grant Johnson (Holden VE Ute SS)
Aussie Racing Cars	Nick Simmons (Falcon-Yamaha)
Australian Mini Challenge	Jason Bargwanna (Mini Cooper R56)
Touring Car Masters	John Bowe (Chevrolet Camaro)
Group A/C	Paul Stubber (Holden LX Torana A9X)