2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship

Australian motor racing competition March 2020 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 2007 2011 The 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Cars.Carrera Cup Australia 2008 Sporting and Technical Regulations, Version 1 The championship, which was contested over nine rounds across five different states, began on 21 February 2008 at the Clipsal 500 and finished on 26 October at the Gold Coast Indy 300. It was the sixth and last Australian Carrera Cup Championship until the 2011 season.CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Titles – Australian Titles https://web.archive.org/web/20090503070858/http://www.camsmanual.com.au/ 3 May 2009 Retrieved on 18 September 2010 Craig Baird dominated the series, winning 14 of the series 25 races and the New Zealander driving for Fitzgerald Racing became the first driver to win the series twice, adding to his 2006 championship win. West Australian Dean Fiore was the runner up for Sonic Motor Racing, taking four wins and dominating the Mount Panorama round. Third was David Russell in the Sherrin Motor Sport car. The most dramatic moment of the season was when category managers Sherrin Motor Sport collapsed, leaving the series briefly in limbo. With the assistance of CAMS and Porsche Australia, Glenn Ridge owned company Q Media Events took over the running of the series. Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers have competed in the Championship. TeamNoDriver Fitzgerald Racing 3 New Zealand Craig Baird 4 Australia Andrew MoffatAustralia David Russell 27 Australia Barton Mawer Sonic Motor Racing Services 5 Australia Dean Fiore 6 Australia Bryce Washington 7 Australia Rodney Jane 9 Australia James Moffat Jaimie Vedda Racing 8 Australia Rodney Forbes Juniper Racing 11 Australia Shaun Juniper Hallmarc Racing 12 Australia Marc Cini Supabarn Motorsport 14 Australia James Koundouris 15 Australia Theo Koundouris Twigg Motorsport 18 Australia Max Twigg Sherrin Motor Sport 19 Australia Grant Sherrin 22 Australia David Russell 72 Australia Iain SherrinNew Zealand Daniel Gaunt*Australia Paul Stokell Paul Cruikshank Racing 23 Australia Aaron Caratti Jim Richards Racing 38 Australia David Wall Greg Murphy Racing 47 Australia Sam WalterNew Zealand Darryn HendersonAustralia Christian Jones 51 New Zealand Jono Lester 66 Australia Peter Hill 72 Australia Daniel Pappas Tekno Racing 94 Australia Jonathon Webb* * Guest drivers ineligible for points. Race calendar Round Date Circuit Location Winning driver 1 21–24 February South Australia Adelaide Street Circuithttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?24/02/2008.ADEL Adelaide Parklands Circuit 24/02/2008 2008 Clipsal 500 Adelaide National Software 24 February 2008 24 February 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080322233956/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?24%2F02%2F2008.ADEL 22 March 2008 live Adelaide, South Australia New Zealand Craig Baird 2 13–16 March Victoria Albert Park Street Circuithttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?16/03/2008.APGP Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 16/03/2008 2008 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix National Software 16 March 2008 16 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080322222444/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?16%2F03%2F2008.APGP 22 March 2008 live Melbourne, Victoria New Zealand Craig Baird 3 4–6 April New South Wales Wakefield Parkhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?06/04/2008.WAKE Wakefield Park Raceway 06/04/2008 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series – Round 2 National Software 6 April 2008 16 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080407160828/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?06%2F04%2F2008.WAKE 7 April 2008 live Goulburn, New South Wales Australia Aaron Caratti 4 9–11 May Western Australia Barbagallo Racewayhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?11/05/2008.BARB Barbagallo Raceway Wanneroo 11/05/2008 BigPond 400 – 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Round 4 National Software 11 May 2008 28 April 2008 Perth, Western Australia New Zealand Craig Baird 5 7–9 June Victoria Sandown Racewayhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?09/06/2008.SAN Sandown International Motor Raceway 09/06/2008 Sandown 400 – 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Round 5 National Software 9 June 2008 9 June 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080618181845/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?09%2F06%2F2008.SAN 18 June 2008 live Melbourne, Victoria New Zealand Craig Baird 6 4–6 July Queensland Queensland Racewayhttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?20/07/2008.QRI Queensland Raceway Ipswich 20/07/2008 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Round 7 National Software 20 July 2008 21 July 2008 Ipswich, Queensland New Zealand Craig Baird 7 12–14 September Victoria Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuithttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?14/09/2008.PHIL Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 14/09/2008 L&H 500 – 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series – Round 9 National Software 14 September 2008 29 September 2008 Phillip Island, Victoria New Zealand Craig Baird 8 9–12 October New South Wales Mount Panorama Circuithttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?12/10/2008.MOUN Mount Panorama – Bathurst 12/10/2008 Supercheap Auto 1000 – 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Rd10 National Software 12 October 2008 26 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081015035653/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?12%2F10%2F2008.MOUN 15 October 2008 live Bathurst, New South Wales Australia Dean Fiore 9 23–26 October Queensland Surfers Paradise Street Circuithttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?26/10/2008.GOLD Surfers Paradise Street Circuit 26/10/2008 Nikon Indy 300 – 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series –Rd 11 National Software 26 October 2008 26 October 2008 27 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110227073727/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?26/10/2008.GOLD dead Surfers Paradise, Queensland Australia James Moffat Each of the nine rounds was contested over three races. Points system Championship points were awarded on 60–54–48–42–36–30–27–24–21–18–15–12–9–6–6–3–3–3–3–3 basis to the first twenty finishers in each race with 1 point awarded to each driver finishing in positions from 21st through to last. Results and standings Drivers' championship PosCarrera Cup Final Points, The Annual – Australian Motorsport, Number 4/2008, page 72 Driver ADE ALB WAK BAR SAN QLD PHI BAT SUR Pen. Pts 1 New Zealand Craig Baird 2 1 2 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 13 3 1 1 13 1458 2 Australia Dean Fiore 1 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 13 6 17 Ret 5 2 2 3 8 5 6 1 1 1 11 13 6 1122 3 Australia David Russell 3 2 1 7 3 3 5 8 18 Ret 4 5 2 2 8 4 6 4 Ret 5 6 1 9 5 4 2 2 12 1017 4 Australia James Moffat 6 5 7 Ret Ret 11 18 6 5 Ret 6 2 3 5 3 15 3 3 2 3 3 14 4 3 2 4 4 1 939 5 Australia Bryce Washington 13 6 5 3 4 4 Ret 4 4 4 7 4 Ret 4 4 3 5 5 6 4 4 3 3 2 11 DNS 9 Ret 906 6 Australia Aaron Caratti 4 9 6 1 12 5 3 1 1 1 1 Ret 9 Ret Ret 10 4 11 Ret 2 1 5 6 4 Ret 5 5 2 57 876 7 Australia David Wall 5 4 3 4 19 10 Ret 9 Ret 10 2 8 7 3 2 1 8 7 5 6 7 4 12 8 13 3 3 3 870 8 Australia Rodney Jane 10 8 8 6 5 8 6 14 7 9 Ret Ret 10 6 6 6 9 9 7 9 9 7 7 7 5 12 Ret 7 615 9 Australia Rodney Forbes 9 Ret 9 9 9 12 9 7 8 5 13 7 8 15 Ret 9 7 6 4 7 8 8 5 6 12 Ret 7 5 606 10 Australia Barton Mawer 8 7 12 8 6 7 7 5 6 17 8 3 4 18 Ret 11 20 15 16 10 17 17 8 9 6 7 Ret Ret 510 11 Australia James Koundouris 7 Ret 16 12 14 13 Ret 10 9 7 Ret 10 11 9 10 12 11 12 Ret 11 11 9 10 10 7 DNS 8 8 396 12 New Zealand Jono Lester 11 Ret 15 Ret 11 Ret 13 11 10 6 Ret 6 5 8 5 7 12 10 13 300 13 Australia Theo Koundouris Ret DNS 13 13 13 19 15 13 11 11 10 9 17 10 Ret 14 19 13 10 13 13 12 14 12 8 13 11 10 285 14 Australia Max Twigg Ret 11 10 14 7 9 8 12 14 Ret 9 Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret 13 20 15 17 10 15 11 11 14 8 14 DNS 261 15 Australia Peter Hill 12 10 17 10 8 Ret 11 16 15 15 11 11 12 12 9 16 16 17 12 14 15 13 222 16 Australia Shaun Juniper 14 14 11 17 15 14 10 15 16 14 Ret Ret 15 14 13 18 17 19 14 15 14 11 13 14 9 DNS 12 Ret 186 17 Australia Marc Cini 15 15 14 16 17 17 16 17 17 16 12 Ret 16 13 Ret 19 18 18 11 16 16 16 16 16 10 9 15 11 165 18 Australia Andrew Moffat 17 12 Ret 11 Ret 16 12 18 13 8 Ret 12 14 11 12 13 15 16 Ret 144 19 Australia Paul Stokell 7 7 8 10 8 9 141 20 Australia Grant Sherrin 16 13 18 15 16 15 14 19 Ret 13 14 15 13 16 11 17 14 14 8 126 21 Australia Christian Jones 6 6 4 102 22 Australia Daniel Pappas 10 10 9 57 23 Australia Sam Walter 12 12 10 42 24 Australia Iain Sherrin 18 16 19 Ret 18 18 17 15 14 18 33 25 Australia Darryn Henderson 15 15 Ret 12 Australia Jonathon Webb Ret 10 6 4 New Zealand Daniel Gaunt Ret 12 12 See also Australian Carrera Cup Championship Porsche Supercup Porsche 911 GT3 Porsche 997 References Further reading Double Cup Trouble, The Annual – Australian Motorsport, Number 4/2008, pages 66–73 External links Official Australian Carrera Cup website As captured by web.archive.org on 18 July 2008 2008 Racing Results Archive Category:Australian Carrera Cup Championship seasons Carrera Cup Championship