2008 V8 Supercar season

December 2019 2008 V8 Supercar season 2007 2009 The 2008 V8 Supercar season was the twelfth season in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car racing series. It was the 49th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first running of the Australian Touring Car Championship, known today as the V8 Supercar Championship Series, and of the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500. The season began on 21 February at the Clipsal 500 on the streets of Adelaide and finished on 7 December at Oran Park Raceway. 2008 featured the twelfth V8 Supercars Championship Series, consisting of 14 rounds covering all states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as rounds in New Zealand and Bahrain. It also featured a non-championship event supporting the 2008 Australian Grand Prix. It included the ninth second tier Development Series, this year referred to as the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. All bar one of the seven rounds were held as a support category for the V8 Supercar Championship Series. For the first time a third tier series was run, known as the Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series. Its four rounds were held as part of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships. Race calendar Race titleCircuitCity / stateDateSeriesWinnerTeamReport Victoria Victorian Official Test Day Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 12 Feb Test Garth Tander* Holden Racing TeamV8 Supercar Official Test Day Winton Motor Raceway V8 Supercars National Software retrieved on 13 February 2008 Queensland Queensland Official Test Day Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 14 Feb Test James Courtney* Stone Brothers RacingV8 Supercar Test Day Queensland Raceway Ipswich V8 Supercars Practice National Software retrieved on 15 February 2008 South Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 21–24 Feb VSC 1 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report FVS 1 Steve Owen Loadsman Racing Team New South Wales Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 7–9 Mar VSC 2 Will Davison Jim Beam Racing report Victoria Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge Albert Park Melbourne, Victoria 13–16 Mar NC Garth Tander Holden Racing Team report New South Wales Goulburn Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales 4–6 Apr FVS 2 Tim Slade Slade Speed New Zealand Hamilton 400 Hamilton Street Circuit Hamilton, New Zealand 18–20 Apr VSC 3 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team report Western Australia BigPond 400 Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia 9–11 May VSC 4 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing report South Australia Mallala Mallala Motor Sport Park Adelaide, South Australia 17–18 May STCS 1 Adam Wallis Warrin Mining Victoria Midas 400 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 7–9 Jun VSC 5 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report FVS 3 Steve Owen Loadsman Racing Team Northern Territory Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 4–6 Jul VSC 6 Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing report New South Wales Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 12–13 Jul STCS 2 Chris Smerdon Challenge Motorsport Queensland City of Ipswich 400 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 18–20 Jul VSC 7 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing report FVS 4 Dean Canto Howard Racing Victoria Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 1–3 Aug VSC 8 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team report FVS 5 Steve Owen Loadsman Racing Team Victoria Phillip Island Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 9–10 Aug STCS 3 Chris Smerdon Challenge Motorsport Victoria L&H 500 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 12–14 Sep VSC 9 Garth Tander Mark Skaife Holden Racing Team report New South Wales Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 9–12 Oct VSC 10 Jamie Whincup Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering report FVS 6 Dean Canto Howard Racing Queensland The Coffee Club V8 Supercar Challenge Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 23–26 Oct VSC 11 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report Bahrain Gulf Air Desert 400 Bahrain International Circuit Manama, Bahrain 6–8 Nov VSC 12 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineeringe report Tasmania Falken Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 21–23 Nov VSC 13 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering report Victoria Sandown Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 29–30 Nov STCS 4 Chris Smerdon Challenge Motorsport New South Wales NRMA Motoring & Services Grand Finale Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 4–7 Dec VSC 14 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team report FVS 7 Jack Perkins Independent Race Cars Australia * – fastest lap of official pre-season test days VSC – V8 Supercar Championship Series FVS – Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series STCS – Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series NC – Non-championship event V8 Supercar Championship Series 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge 2008 V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series 2008 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series References Linked articles contain additional references. External links Official V8 Supercar website 2008 Racing Results Archive Category:Supercar seasons sv:V8 Supercar 2008