2008 Australian Superkart Championship

March 2020 2008 Australian Superkart Championship 2007 2009 The 2008 Australian Superkart Championship covers national level Superkart racing in Australia during 2008. Featured events Australian Superkart Championship The 2008 Australian Superkart Championship will be the 20th running of the national championships for Superkarts. It will begin on 13 July 2008 at Eastern Creek Raceway (using what is currently known as the Gardner Grand Prix Circuit)Sydney Motorsport Park https://www.racingcircuits.info/australasia/australia/sydney-motorsport-park.html#.Yfc2EOpBzZs 2022-01-31 and end on 2 November at Mallala Motor Sport Park after eight races. It will be contested for three engine based classes, 250 cc International (twin cylinder engines), 250 cc National (single-cylinder engines) and 125 cc. Non-Gearbox Superkart Championship The Australian championship for non-gearbox Superkarts will be held at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit on 10 August and will be consisted of the Rotax Max family of classes; two weight based classes Light and Heavy and Junior Max for competitors under the age of 17. V8 Supercar Superkarts will compete as a support category for V8 Supercars for the first time at the series second round, to be held at Eastern Creek on 9 March. Teams and drivers Gearbox The following drivers competed in the 2008 Australian Superkart Championship. The series consisted of two rounds, with four races at each meeting. TeamClassChassisEngineNoDriver RMR Superkarts 250 National Anderson Maverick KTM 2 Victoria Rick Setterfield 250 International FPE/RCS 7 Victoria Jason McIntyreVictoria Matthew Wall 10 Victoria Gary Pegoraro 26 New Zealand Wayne SprostanNew Zealand Karl Wilson Buildersmile Construction 250 International PVP PVP 3 Queensland Carlo Chermaz Rocket Race Engines 250 International Anderson Mirage FPE/RCS 4 Victoria Rod Prickett 57 Victoria Darren Tyler 125 Gearbox Omega TM 95 Victoria Steve Young Zip - BDH 250 International Zip Eagle II BRC 5 South Australia Gerard Siebert 27 Victoria Luke May 66 South Australia Todd Johnson OnGuard Safety Training 125 Gearbox Stockman MR2 Honda RS125 6 Queensland Bruce Lewis Centreline 67 Queensland Craig Heufel MJR Bricklaying 250 National Stockman MR2 Yamaha YZ250 6 Victoria Martin Latta ElectrosilArt MotorsportKelgate 250 International PVP PVP 8 New Zealand Anton Stevens Stockman Superkarts 250 International Stockman MR2 Honda RS250 9 Victoria Stephen Castles 17 New South Wales Gerald Chait 18 New South Wales Warren McIlveen Yamaha TZ250 19 New South Wales Sam Zavaglia Honda RS250 43 New South Wales John Roberts One Zero Racing 250 International Anderson Mirage Rotax 256 1112 Queensland Brock Nicholas BCR 250 International Anderson 12 Australia Dean Davies Suburban Accounting 250 International Anderson Maverick 13 Germany Ralf Rupprecht Stockman MR2 Honda RS250 33 Victoria Kristian Stebbing 125 Gearbox Stockman MR2 Honda RS125 77 Victoria Brad Stebbing B Antrobus 125 Gearbox Gladiator Yamaha 80 14 Queensland Bodine Antrobus G Milenkovic 125 Gearbox Stockman MR2 Honda RS125 15 New South Wales Goran Milenkovic Safe Evolutions 250 International Anderson Mirage SAFE 1619 Victoria Darren Hossack IGA Supermarkets 125 Gearbox Stockman MR2 Honda RS125 1770 South Australia Anthony Lappas Darren Dunn 125 Gearbox Topkart Honda RS125 20 Victoria Darren Dunn C Systems DynoGeorge Floth Engineering 125 Gearbox Stockman MR2 Honda RS125 22 Queensland Craig Philp 23 Queensland Tim Philp Lombo Racing 250 International Anderson Maverick Honda RS250 25 New South Wales Adrian Lombardo Centreline 27 New South Wales Rami Viitanen InternodeMetaplannersDavtec 250 International Zip Eagle II BRC 28 South Australia Ilya Harpas 29 South Australia Yiani Harpas Team CRD 125 Gearbox Worrall Honda RS125 30 New South Wales Clinton Downs Nick Paul 250 International Stockman MR2 Honda RS250 32 South Australia Robert Oakley John Roberts 125 Gearbox Stockman MR2 Honda RS125 34 New South Wales John Reed Coach Design 125 Gearbox Stockman MR2 Laydown Honda RS125 35 Queensland Russell Jamieson 250 International Anderson Maverick Honda RS250 86 Queensland Chryss Jamieson 250 International PVP Rotax 39 Victoria Jason Maros NEC Automotive 250 International Stockman MR2 Honda RS250 40 Victoria Greg Bass Jeff Burford 250 International Zip Eagle II 41 South Australia Jeff Burford Sodi-Maxjet Racing 125 Gearbox Sodi Rotax Max 42 Queensland John Hay Paul Snaith 250 International Eliminator 44 New South Wales Paul Snaith Impact Flags & Banners 125 Gearbox Stockman MR2 Honda RS125 46 Victoria Colin Moore Squeeler Racing 250 International Zip 48 New South Wales Jeffrey Squires Stockman MR2 49 New South Wales Don Wheeler John Bakker 125 Gearbox Bakker Honda RS125 5051 Victoria John Bakker Martelco Equipment Hire 250 International Zip Eagle II Yamaha TZ250 5052 South Australia Brett Purdie MW Racing 250 International Anderson 51 New South Wales Mike Wayne IDM RacingANC Health 125 Gearbox Centreline Honda RS125 55 New South Wales Ian Mash Crispy Racing 250 National Anderson Mirage 58 Victoria David Yuill GR Industries 250 National Stockman MR2 60 New South Wales Frank Giglio Gas Action Services 250 International PVP Honda RS250 61 New Zealand Steve Murray Avoig Racing 125 Gearbox Avoig Honda RS125 61 New South Wales Sonny Luca 62 New South Wales John Pellicano 250 International Honda RS250 62 New South Wales John Pellicano 81 New South Wales Luke Brown Advantage Fastener Specialists 250 International Stockman MR2 Honda RS250 65 New South Wales Terry Lancaster www.trimfix.com.nz 125 Gearbox Bakker Honda RS125 65 Victoria Jarrod Lethborg Kylope Hire Cars 125 Gearbox Stockman MR2 Honda RS125 69 New South Wales Mehmet Sinani Team Kout 250 International Avoig Honda RS250 72 New South Wales George Koutros Guards Australia 125 Gearbox Centreline Honda RS125 74 New South Wales Alan Dodge R Ping 125 Gearbox Stockman MR2 Honda RS125 78 New South Wales Ron Ping Taplin Racing 125 Gearbox Arrow Rotax Max 82 Australia Graeme Taplin Kitten Car Care Products 250 International Anderson Maverick Yamaha TZ250 88 South Australia Gerrit Ruff Nick Paul 250 International Stockman MR2 Honda RS250 89 South Australia Robert Oakley OakleyVirtual Magazine 250 International Zip Eagle II Rotax 256 94 Victoria Michael Treloar Phoenix Dental Laboratory 250 International Zip Eagle II Yamaha TZ250 96 Western Australia Mark Hanson Lagler Racing 125 Gearbox HyperRacer Rotax Max 98 Australia Patrick Atherton Fuji Xerox 125 Gearbox Cougar Evo-1 Honda RS125 98 Queensland Jason Smith KC Tools 250 International Anderson Maverick Yamaha TZ250 99 South Australia Daniel Rammerman Endless Belt Racing 125 Gearbox Arrow Rotax Max 111 Australia Wayne Horswell Non-gearbox The following drivers competed in the 2008 non-gearbox Australian Superkart Championship. The series consisted of a single round, with four races. TeamClassChassisEngineNoDriver Safe Fire Electrical Rotax Heavy Viper Rotax Max 1 South Australia Ron Goldfinch Jones Kart DevelopmentsViper Superkarts Rotax Light Viper Rotax Max 2 South Australia Shaun Jones 47 South Australia Tim Scarman BF RacingMarron Excavations Rotax Heavy Monaco Rotax Max 3 Victoria Colin McIntyre Rotax Light Arrow 7 Victoria Jason McIntyre Rotax Heavy Monaco 10 Victoria Gerad McLeod 24 Victoria Lee Filliponi Arrow 48 Victoria Matthew Palmer Ian Williams Tuning Rotax Heavy Arrow Rotax Max 9 South Australia Greg Stillwell 14 South Australia Ian Williams Rotax Junior Rotax Junior Max 25 South Australia Rhys Newman 34 South Australia Brandon Stillwell Rotax Heavy Omega Rotax Max 61 South Australia Ryan Felmingham Rotax Light Arrow 71 South Australia Michael Rogers McLaughlin Freight Lines P/L Rotax Heavy Hypermax Phoenix Rotax Max 15 Victoria Chris Jewell Guards Australia Rotax Heavy Arrow Rotax Max 17 New South Wales Alan Dodge TWRRaceline Seating Rotax Heavy Arrow Rotax Max 27 Victoria Rod Clarke Badboy Power Drink Rotax Heavy Hypermax Phoenix Rotax Max 30 Victoria Leigh Cavallin Suburban Accounting Rotax Light Hypermax Phoenix Rotax Max 33 Victoria Kristian Stebbing Azzurro 77 Victoria Brad Stebbing AMG Racing Rotax Junior Arrow Rotax Junior Max 37 South Australia Mitchell Abbott Specialist Doors & Windows Rotax Light Arrow Rotax Max 39 South Australia Shaun Pannowitch Viper 82 South Australia Matthew Pannowitch NEC Automotive Rotax Heavy Allkart Rotax Max 40 Victoria Greg Bass Brendan Luneman Rotax Heavy CRG Rotax Max 41 Victoria Brendan Luneman Impact Flags & Banners Rotax Light Arrow Rotax Max 46 New South Wales Colin Moore Byrnbox Home Theatre PCs Rotax Heavy Monaco Rotax Max 56 Victoria David Byrne Rockett Race Engines Rotax Light Birel Rotax Max 57 Victoria Darren Tyler Racecentre Rotax Junior Arrow Rotax Junior Max 66 Victoria David Webster Rotax Light Rotax Max 80 Victoria Peter Strangis www.kartsportnews.com Rotax Heavy Hypermax Phoenix Rotax Max 75 Victoria Mark Wicks Doug Savage Rotax Light Arrow Rotax Max 78 South Australia Doug Savage Race StickerzToyota Material Handling Rotax Heavy Techno Rotax Max 84 Victoria Scott Appledore Wild Digital Rotax Junior Hypermax Phoenix Rotax Junior Max 87 Australian Capital Territory Sean Whitfield John Bartlett Rotax Heavy Hypermax Phoenix Rotax Max 95 South Australia John Bartlett Results and standings Gearbox race calendar The 2008 Australian Superkart Championship season consisted of two rounds. Four races were held at both race meetings. Rd.Race titleCircuitCity / stateDateWinner 250IntTeamWinner 250NatTeamWinner 125Team NC New South Wales V8 Supercar Supporthttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?07/06/2009.MALL Mallala Motorsport Park 07/06/2009 Shannons National Motor Racing Championships – Round 4 National Software 7 June 2009 7 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090905011030/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?07%2F06%2F2009.MALL 5 September 2009 dead dmy-all Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 7–9 Mar Warren McIlveen Stockman Superkarts Rick Setterfield RMR Superkarts Tony Lappas IGA Superkart Racing 1 New South Wales Eastern Creekhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?13/07/2008.ARDC Eastern Creek International Raceway 13/07/2008 Shannons National Motor Racing Championship - Rnd 5 National Software 13 July 2008 12 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20090307222210/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?13%2F07%2F2008.ARDC 7 March 2009 dead dmy-all Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 12–13 July Darren Hossack Safe Evolutions Martin Latta MJR Bricklaying Brad Stebbing Suburban Accounting 2 South Australia Mallalahttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?02/11/2008.MALL Mallala Motorsport Park 02/11/2008 Shannons National Motor Racing Championship - Rnd 5 National Software 2 November 2008 12 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110227072925/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?02%2F11%2F2008.MALL 27 February 2011 dead dmy-all Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia 1–2 Nov Gary Pegoraro RMR Superkarts Martin Latta MJR Bricklaying Anthony Lappas Romeo's IGA Supermarkets NC - Non-championship point scoring round. Non-gearbox race calendar Rd.Race titleCircuitCity / stateDateWinner LightTeamWinner HeavyTeamWinner JuniorTeam NGB Victoria Phillip Islandhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?10/08/2008.PHIL Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 10/08/2008 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2008 - Round 6 National Software 10 August 2008 12 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20090307222200/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?10%2F08%2F2008.PHIL 7 March 2009 dead dmy-all Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 9–10 Aug Michael Rogers Ian Williams Tuning Mark Wicks kartsportnews.com Sean Whitfield Wild Digital Drivers Championship Points were awarded 20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on the top fifteen race positions in first three races of each round with one point for each other finisher. The fourth race of each round, which is longer than the others (eight laps vs five laps) awarded points for the top twenty race positions at 25-22-20-18-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 with one point for each other finisher. Pos Driver EAS 1 EAS 2 EAS 3 EAS 4 MAL 1 MAL 2 MAL 3 MAL 4 Pts 250 INTERNATIONAL 1 Darren Hossack 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 5th 6th 3rd 137 2 Sam Zavaglia 2nd 2nd 15th 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 134 3 Gary Pegoraro 3rd 10th 4th 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 1st 129 4 Warren McIlveen Ret 7th 1st 4th 1st 3rd 3rd Ret 97 5 Carlo Chermaz 4th 3rd 3rd 13th 8th 7th 13th 7th 85 6 Daniel Ramerman 21st 16th 12th 6th 6th 8th 4th 4th 70 7 Matthew Wall 6th 5th 5th Ret DNS 6th 7th Ret 51 8 Ilya Harpas 11th 14th 14th Ret 5th 4th 26th 5th 49 9 Ralf Rupprecht 7th 11th 5th 6th 40 10 Brett Purdie 19th 19th 21st 9th 9th 14th 8th 17th 39 11 Anton Stevens 8th 4th 8th 11th Ret Ret Ret DNS 39 11 Yiani Harpas Ret 8th 7th 5th Ret 10th DNS DNS 39 13 Kristian Stebbing 9th 13th 10th Ret 10th 13th Ret 8th 38 14 John Roberts 15th 18th 18th 7th 11th Ret DNS 10th 33 15 Jason Maros 14th 17th 11th 10th Ret DNS 11th 11th 33 16 Stephen Castles 7th 6th 6th Ret 29 17 Wayne Sprostan 12th 12th 9th 9th 27 18 Mark Hanson DNS Ret Ret Ret 13th 9th 10th 13th 24 19 Rod Prickett 16th 21st 17th 8th 14th 15th 12th Ret 23 20 Luke May 5th 9th 31st Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 19 21 Michael Treloar 27th 27th 25th 17th 20th 23rd 18th 19th 17 22 Steve Murray 12th 11th 9th Ret 16 23 Gerrit Ruff 18th 20th 19th 12th 12 24 Brock Nicholas 25th 22nd 20th 14th DNS DNS DNS DNS 10 25 John Pellicano 13th 12th 13th Ret 10 26 Jeff Burford 16th Ret 14th 18th 9 27 George Koutros 26th Ret 29th 24th 7 28 Chryss Jamieson 10th Ret Ret DNS 6 29 Todd Johnson 15th 25th 17th Ret 3 30 Greg Bass 17th 31st 16th Ret 3 31 Karl Wilson 20th 15th Ret Ret 2 Robert Oakley Ret DNS DNS DNS Paul Snaith 250 NATIONAL 1 Martin Latta 23rd 24th 23rd 16th 17th 16th 15th 15th 167 2 David Yuill DNS 30th 24th 20th 18th 18th 16th 14th 130 3 Frank Giglio 28th Ret 26th 21st 28th Ret 25th 26th 96 4 Rick Setterfield Ret Ret DNS DNS 25th 17th 22nd 23rd 67 125 GEARBOX 1 Brad Stebbing 22nd 23rd 22nd 18th 21st 20th 23rd 22nd 147 2 Anthony Lappas 24th 25th Ret 15th 19th 19th 19th 16th 144 3 Jarrod Lethborg 29th 26th 30th 23rd 26th 24th 23rd 27th 105 4 John Bakker 31st 29th 32nd 26th 24th 22nd 21st 25th 101 5 Tim Philp Ret 28th 28th 22nd 23rd 27th 27th 24th 94 6 Steve Young 32nd 33rd 33rd 25th 30th 28th 28th 29th 80 7 Jason Smith 30th Ret 27th 19th 27th 26th Ret DNS 69 8 John Pellicano 22nd Ret 20th 20th 54 9 Craig Philp Ret 32nd 34th DNS 29th DNS DNS 28th 40 10 Jeff Reed Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 21st Ret 21st 35 Russell Jamieson Ret Ret DNS DNS Darren Dunn Pos Driver EAS 1 EAS 2 EAS 3 EAS 4 MAL 1 MAL 2 MAL 3 MAL 4 Pts Pos Driver PHI 1 PHI 2 PHI 3 PHI 4 Pts ROTAX MAX LIGHT 1 Michael Rogers 1st 1st 1st 1st 85 2 Tim Scarman 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 73 3 Shaun Jones 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 61 4 Jason McIntyre 3rd 3rd 4th 8th 56 5 Colin Moore 8th 5th 9th 5th 44 6 Kristian Stebbing 5th 10th 5th 10th 44 7 Doug Savage 16th 11th 6th 7th 41 8 Darren Tyler 18th 14th 7th 18th 34 9 Peter Strangis Ret 13th Ret 4th 26 10 Brad Stebbing Ret DNS 8th 6th 23 11 Shaun Pannowicth Ret 30th 31st 31st 21 12 Matthew Pannowitch 11th Ret 25th DNS 15 ROTAX MAX HEAVY 1 Mark Wicks 6th 6th 10th 11th 82 2 Ryan Felmingham 7th 7th 11th 13th 69 3 Brendan Luneman 10th 8th 16th 9th 66 4 Rod Clarke 9th 9th 12th 14th 59 5 Colin McIntyre 17th 12th 21st 12th 45 6 Chris Jewell 26th 18th 18th 19th 35 7 Leigh Cavallin 15th 15th 23rd 30th 30 8 Ron Goldfinch 12th 20th 17th 32nd 30 9 Gerad McLeod 29th 22nd 20th 20th 28 10 Ian Williams 14th 14th 19th Ret 26 11 Alan Dodge 13th 27th 29th 22nd 25 12 Matthew Palmer 25th 21st 26th 24th 23 13 Lee Filliponi 19th 23rd 27th 26th 22 14 Scott Appledore 20th 28th DNS 25th 16 15 Greg Bass 27th 31st 32nd 23rd 15 16 David Byrne 24th 24th Ret 27th 14 17 Greg Stillwell 30th 29th 28th 28th 11 18 John Bartlett 23rd 26th 24th Ret 11 ROTAX MAX JUNIOR 1 Sean Whitfield 28th 16th 13th 15th 80 2 Mitchell Abbott 22nd 17th 14th 16th 73 3 Brandon Stillwell 32nd 25th 22nd 28th 57 4 Rhys Newman 21st Ret 15th 17th 55 5 David Webster 31st 32nd 30th 29th 53 Pos Driver PHI 1 PHI 2 PHI 3 PHI 4 Pts References External links Official championship website CAMS Manual reference to Australian titlesJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Superkart Championship Category:Australian Superkart Championship