2008 Australian Sports Sedan Series

18th running of a national series for Sports Sedans in Australia March 2020 June 2011 The 2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan serieshttp://cams.com.au/bulletins/B08-046%202008%20Sports%20Sedan%20Series%20Sporting%20Regulations.pdf Sporting Regulations - 2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org 22 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080722014839/http://cams.com.au/bulletins/B08-046%202008%20Sports%20Sedan%20Series%20Sporting%20Regulations.pdf 22 July 2008 live was the 18th running of a national series for Sports Sedans in Australia. It began on 17 May 2008 at Mallala Motor Sport Park and ended on 30 November at Sandown Raceway after fifteen races. The series was won by Darren Hossack. The battle between Hossack, driving the John Gourlay owned and still under development new Audi A4 and Tony Ricciardello and his family run team with their well sorted and multiple-championship winning Alfa Romeo GTV would go down to the final race of the series, with Hossack winning the race and the title. For Hossack it was the rare achievement of winning two Australian motor racing series in the same calendar year having previously won the 2008 Australian Superkart Championship. thumb|right|Series winner, Darren Hossack (Audi A4-Chevrolet) Eligible automobiles The following automobiles were eligible to compete in the series: Sports Sedans complying with CAMS Group 3D regulations Transam Cars complying with ASSC regulations for North American Transam competition TraNZam cars complying with TRG of New Zealand regulations Teams and drivers The following drivers competed in the 2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series. TeamCarNoDriver B&M Ricciardello Alfa Romeo GTV 1 Tony Ricciardello Audi Spares Audi A4 4 Darren Hossack Flamecrusher Jaguar XKR 5 Bernie Gillon Prahrans Fastest Plumber Ford BF Falcon 5 Bob Gill Barnes High Performance Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 6 Jeff Barnes Simon Longhurst Racing Mazda RX-7 7 Simon Longhurst Domain Prestige Homes Holden Calibra 9 Daniel Tamasi Alvee Products Saab 9-3 Aero 14 Mark Nelson Alvee Products Saab 9-3 Aero 14 Shane Price QLD Commercial Constructions Honda Prelude 15 Charlie Senese Rockley Contracting Opel Calibra 16 Graham Smith Kings Fibreglass/Harrop Engineering Holden LJ Torana 19 Damian Johnson Lifetime Financial Ford Mustang 21 Phil Crompton Menai Blinds/Steves Toy Shop Chevrolet Camaro 26 Scott Butler Airey Industrial Nissan 300ZX 28 Kerry Baily NMR Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro 30 Geoff Munday Sonata Lounge Furniture Ford Mustang 31 Luke Youlden Bell Real Estate Holden Monaro 32 Michael Robinson Mt Aqua Spring Water Chevrolet Corvette GTS 38 Des Wall Harmony Ford AU Falcon 39 Chris Smerdon RK&T Young Plumbing Mazda RX-7 41 Trent Young Aston Air Conditioning Ford EB Falcon 43 Shane Bradford MR Automotive Rover Vitesse 44 Colin Smith Campbelltown Frames & Trusses Jaguar XKR 45 Daniel Jameson Coaststeer Auto Services Holden Calibra 46 David McGinniss Fuel 2 Race/Steves Toy Shop Holden Calibra 50 Chris Jackson Marinelli's Mechanical & Performance Holden VS Commodore 51 Bob McLoughlin BJ Banks Electrical Mazda RX-7 56 Bruce Banks Quality Concreting Mazda RX-7 59 Bobby Irvin Fivestar Fencing/Darred Panels Chevrolet Corvette GTS 66 Dean Camm Simons Builders Gypsum Australia Ford Cortina 77 Glen Hastings Austrack Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 80 Fred Axisa Esjay Commercial Plastering Holden VS Commodore 88c Ian Rice Bohler Uddeholm Australia Nissan 300ZX 97 Anthony Macready Wildridge Fabrications Ford EF Falcon 98 Jeff Brown Steve Ingwersen Painting Holden VS Commodore 115 Steve Ingwersen JCV Automotive Katoomba Ford AU Falcon 261 John Vergotis Race calendar The 2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series was contested over five roundshttp://www.sportssedans.com.au/events/events.html National Australian Sports Sedan Association Events Kerrick Sports Sedan Series 2008-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20080726190227/http://www.sportssedans.com.au/events/events.html 26 July 2008 dead dmy in three different Australian states with each round contested over three races. Rd.CircuitLocation / stateDateWinner 1 Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia 17–18 May Luke Youlden 2 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 14–15 Jun Darren Hossack 3 Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 12–13 Jul Darren Hossack 4 Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 30–31 Aug Tony Ricciardello 5 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 29–30 Nov Tony Ricciardello Points system Points were awarded 20–17–15–13–12–11–10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2 based on the top fifteen positions in each race with all other classified finishers awarded 1 point. There were two bonus points allocated for first position in Qualifying at each round. To be eligible to score points, competitors were required to register with the series manager. Series standings PosLachlan Mansell, Black Audi defeats Red Alfa – Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, The Annual – Australian Motorsports, Number 3 / 2008, pages 112 to 114 (Non-pointscorers are not listed in the "Final points" table included with this article.) DriverRound 1 – Malhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?18/05/2008.MALL Mallala Motorsport Park 18/05/2008 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships – Round 3 National Software 18 May 2008 2008-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20080618181938/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?18%2F05%2F2008.MALL 18 June 2008 dead dmy-all Round 2 – Phihttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?15/06/2008.PHIL Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 15/06/2008 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2008 – Round 4 National Software 15 June 2008 2008-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20080618180114/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?15%2F06%2F2008.PHIL 18 June 2008 dead dmy-all Round 3 – Eashttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?15/06/2008.PHIL Eastern Creek International Raceway 13/07/2008 Shannons National Motor Racing Championship – Rnd 5 National Software 13 July 2008 2008-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20080618180114/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?15%2F06%2F2008.PHIL 18 June 2008 dead dmy-all Round 4 – Orahttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?31/08/2008.ORAN Oran Park Raceway – Grand Prix Circuit 31/08/2008 Shannons Nationals National Software 31 August 2008 2008-09-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20090307222225/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?31%2F08%2F2008.ORAN 7 March 2009 dead dmy-all Round 5 – Sanhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?30/11/2008.SAND Sandown International Motor Raceway 30/11/2008 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2008 – Rd 10 National Software 30 November 2008 2008-11-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20081206012232/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?30%2F11%2F2008.SAND 6 December 2008 dead dmy-all Pts Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 1 Darren Hossack DNS 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st Ret 2nd 2nd 1st 244 2 Tony Ricciardello DNS Ret 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 4th 237 3 Kerry Baily 2nd 3rd 4th 11th Ret DNS 4th 6th 5th DNS 4th 2nd 4th 4th 3rd 160 4 Trent Young 4th 4th 6th 5th Ret DNS 7th 5th 4th 4th Ret 4th 6th 6th 6th 146 5 Luke Youlden 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 102 6 Dean Camm 6th Ret 9th 11th Ret 8th 7th 13th 9th 7th 7th 7th 90 7 Charlie Senese 5th 7th Ret 10th 5th 5th 13th DNS 13th DNS 12th Ret 68 8 Daniel Tamasi DNS 6th 5th DNS DNS DNS 5th 4th Ret Ret 8th 7th Ret DNS DNS 67 9 Phil Crompton 3rd 5th 7th Ret 3rd 4th Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 65 Scott Butler 8th 7th 10th 6th 3rd 5th 65 11 Mark Nelson 7th 8th 8th Ret 10th 9th 8th 7th Ret 63 12 David McGinniss Ret 6th 6th 9th Ret Ret DNS 10th 6th 48 13 Bruce Banks 6th Ret 9th 9th Ret Ret 8th 8th Ret 47 Shane Price 3rd 3rd 2nd 47 15 Ian Rice 4th 7th 7th 33 Bob McLoughlin Ret 8th 8th 9th 11th 8th 33 17 Chris Jackson 6th 8th 6th Ret DNS DNS 31 18 Colin Smith 14th 11th 11th 10th 14th DNS 27 Daniel Jameson Ret DNS Ret 3rd 5th Ret 27 Damian Johnson 9th 9th 9th 27 21 Jeff Barnes DNS 6th 3rd 26 22 Anthony Macready 10th 9th 12th DNS DNS DNS 21 23 Bobby Irvin DNS DNS DNS 5th 9th Ret 20 24 Geoff Munday 8th DNS DNS Ret DNS 8th 19 25 Michael Robinson DNS 16th 10th 8 Jeff Brown 11th 15th DNS 8 27Bob Gill DNS 17th DNS 1 Bernie GillonBernie Gillon but is not shown in the top five round placings for Eastern Creek or in the full series standings as published in The Annual. 3rd 3rd 3rd Simon Longhurst Ret Ret Ret Fred Axisa DNS Ret Ret Des Wall DNS DNS DNS Shane Bradford DNS DNS DNS Graham Smith DNS DNS DNS Glen Hastings DNS DNS DNS Note: First position in Qualifying at each round is shown in bold in the above table. References External links Official series website – www.sportssedans.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 29 August 2008 2008 Racing Results Archive – www.natsoft.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org on 25 July 2011 Category:National Sports Sedan Series Sports Sedans