2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series

Motor racing competition May 2021 V8 Supercar V8 Supercar Championship Series Drivers' Champion:Jamie WhincupTeams' Champion:Triple Eight Race EngineeringManufacturers' Championship:Ford 2008 Support series:Fujitsu SeriesPorsche Carrera Cup AustraliaAustralian V8 Ute Racing SeriesTouring Car MastersAustralian Mini Challenge The 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series was the tenth V8 Supercar Championship Series and the twelfth series in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car title. The championship began on 21 February at the Clipsal 500 on the streets of Adelaide and concluded on 7 December at Oran Park Raceway. It consisted of 14 rounds covering all states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as rounds in New Zealand and Bahrain. thumb|right|Race start at Round 2, Eastern Creek Jamie Whincup secured the Drivers championship with two races in hand with victory in race 1 of the 2008 NRMA Motoring & Services Grand Finale. Whincup was also awarded the 49th Australian Touring Car Championship title by CAMS.Australian Titles, 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, as archived at web.archive.org Triple Eight Race Engineering won the Teams Championship and Ford was awarded the Manufacturers Championship.TeamVodafone scoops the pool https://web.archive.org/web/20081212104053/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/content/hero_news/december08/teamvodafone_scoops_the_pool_/ 12 December 2008 Retrieved from www.v8supercars.com.au on 10 January 2010 Teams and drivers thumb|Mark Winterbottom driving a Ford Falcon BF for Ford Performance Racing thumb|Mark Skaife driving a Holden Commodore VE for the Holden Racing Team The following teams and drivers competed in the 2008 championship. ManufacturerModelTeamNo. Car numberDriver nameRoundsCo-driver name Ford Falcon BF Stone Brothers Racing 4 AUS James Courtney All AUS David Besnard 9 NZL Shane van Gisbergen All AUS Jonathon Webb Ford Performance Racing 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom All AUS Luke YouldenAUS Dean Canto 6 Ran as #120 at Oran Park NZL Steven Richards All Dick Johnson Racing 17 AUS Steven Johnson All AUS Steve OwenAUS Warren Luff 18 AUS Will Davison All Team Kiwi Racing 021 NZL Kayne Scott 1, 3–7 NZL Kayne Scott NZL Chris Pither 2, 8–10 AUS Steve Owen 11 BHR Fahad Al Musalam 12 NZL Daniel Gaunt 13–14 Britek Motorsport 25 AUS Jason Bright All AUS Adam Macrow 26 AUS Marcus Marshall All NZL Matthew Halliday Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 AUS Jamie Whincup All ITA Fabrizio GiovanardiGBR Marc Hynes 888 AUS Craig Lowndes All Paul Cruickshank Racing 111 NZL Fabian Coulthard All NZL John McIntyre*AUS Alex Davison** Ford Rising Stars Racing 777 AUS Michael Patrizi 3–14 AUS Grant Denyer*AUS Karl Reindler** Holden Commodore VE Holden Racing Team 1 AUS Garth Tander All AUS Glenn SetonNZL Craig Baird 2 AUS Mark Skaife All Tasman Motorsport 3 NZL Jason Richards All AUS Mark NoskeAUS Dale Wood 51 NZL Greg Murphy All Perkins Engineering 7 AUS Todd Kelly All AUS Nathan PrettyAUS Jack Perkins 11 AUS Shane Price 1–10 AUS Jack Perkins 11–14 Brad Jones Racing 12 AUS Andrew Jones All AUS Brad JonesBRA Max Wilson 14 AUS Cameron McConville All HSV Dealer Team (HRT Satellite team of Holden Racing Team) 15 AUS Rick Kelly All NZL Paul Radisich 16 AUS Paul Dumbrell All AUS David Reynolds Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 AUS Lee Holdsworth All AUS Greg RitterAUS Steven Ellery 34 AUS Michael Caruso All Paul Morris Motorsport 39 AUS Russell Ingall All US Boris SaidGBR Matt Neal 67 AUS Paul Morris All Paul Weel Racing 50 AUS Andrew Thompson All AUS Paul Weel Rod Nash RacingTony D'Alberto Racing 55 AUS Tony D'Alberto All AUS Jason Bargwanna * Phillip Island 500 only ** Bathurst 1000 only Team and driver changes WPS Racing announced the closure of their team with the vehicles and equipment sold off to new owners, citing business and health issues affecting team principal Craig Gore.https://web.archive.org/web/20080307183739/http://www.wpsracing.net.au/latest_news.asp WPS/Wow Racing Withdraws From V8 Supercars, 11/02/2008, www.wpsracing.net.au, as archived at web.archive.org] Two new entities entered the championship in 2008. The first of these was Development Series team Ford Rising Stars Racing, who bought a licence from Paul Weel Racing – Formula 3 Euroseries driver Michael Patrizi was hired to drive, but the team skipped the first round in Adelaide to prepare properly.http://enews.mnews.com.au/djvu/Australian%20Motorsport%20News/Motorsport%20News/29-Jan-2008/webimages/page0000005_4.jpg Chance and Challenge]https://web.archive.org/web/20080824073033/http://enews.mnews.com.au/djvu/Australian%20Motorsport%20News/Motorsport%20News/29-Jan-2008/webimages/page0000005_4.jpg 24 August 2008 motorsport enews retrieved on 30 January 2008 Walden Motorsport were committed to return to the series with Garth Walden driving, however the team failed to appear at the first two rounds and the franchise was put up for sale.Walden Motorsport Forced To Sell Or Lease Licence. https://web.archive.org/web/20080723050717/http://www.nmd.com.au/news2/news_detail.cfm?ID=6927 23 July 2008 Norrgard Motorsport Development retrieved on 21 December 2007Walden licence for sale https://web.archive.org/web/20080311012817/http://www.v8supercar.com.au/content/hero_news/march08/walden_licence_for_sale/ 11 March 2008 Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 20 March 2008 Reigning series champion Garth Tander transferred from the HSV Dealer Team to the Holden Racing Team, replacing Todd Kelly. Kelly replaced Marcus Marshall at Perkins Engineering, with Marshall moving to Britek Motorsport in place of the outgoing Alan Gurr. Tander was replaced at HSVDT with Paul Dumbrell, who moved from Paul Weel Racing which had intended to cease operations at the conclusion of 2007. This decision was reversed, with Andrew Thompson racing their sole Commodore VE.Andrew Thompson signs with PWR Racing May 2020 medicmedic Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 25 January 2008 Russell Ingall moved to Paul Morris Motorsport, replacing Owen Kelly. Shane van Gisbergen took over Ingall's seat at Stone Brothers Racing following his half-season at Team Kiwi Racing.Van Gisbergen claims prize SBR drive Stone Brothers Racing website retrieved on 30 January 2008 Team Kiwi cut ties with Stone Brothers and settled on running a Triple Eight-built Falcon independently, signing Development Series veteran Kayne Scott.TKR goes it alone, Scott driving crash.net retrieved on 15 January 2008V8 Supercar Championship Series gets full 2008 gridhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080203194451/http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/latestnews/newsdisplay.asp?Ind=&author=&gid=32677682 3 February 2008 Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 31 January 2008 Dean Canto's contract with Garry Rogers Motorsport was terminated a year early.Statement regarding Dean Canto and the 2008 series Dean Canto Racing retrieved on 12 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080816163202/http://canto.com.au/news/2008Statement.html 16 August 2008 He was replaced with 2007 Development Series runner-up Michael Caruso.Michael Caruso joins Garry Rogers Motorsport Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 14 January 2008 Cameron McConville signed with Brad Jones Racing, whom he had previously raced for in Super Touring. The team moved from Ford to Holden and ran with the technical assistance of Walkinshaw Performance, the organisation that runs the Holden Racing Team and HSV Dealer Teams.New Cars, New Driver for Team BOC Team BOC website retrieved on 29 January 2008 Paul Cruickshank Racing signed Fabian Coulthard to replace the retiring John Bowe.Old faces, new seats motorsport enews retrieved on 18 December 2007 Second tier Fujitsu series champion team Tony D'Alberto Racing moved to the V8 Supercar series, and took over the running of the Rod Nash Racing owned franchise, replacing Independent Racing Cars who previously operated the team. Tony D'Alberto replaced Steve Owen as driver.A full field https://web.archive.org/web/20080824073043/http://enews.mnews.com.au/djvu/Australian%20Motorsport%20News/Motorsport%20News/29-Jan-2008/webimages/page0000004_4.jpg 24 August 2008 motorsport enews retrieved on 29 January 2008 Walden Motorsport purchased a Racing Entitlements Contract and was entered in the first round at Adelaide. Having initially entered a Holden Commodore VE but not purchased one, the team attempted to source a Ford Falcon BF but could not do so in time for the event and did not participate, despite Garth Walden himself being in attendance.https://cfmedia.podbean.com/e/garth-walden/ Chequered Flag Chat – Garth Walden CF Media 16 June 2020http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/latestnews/newsdisplay.asp?Ind=&author=&gid=32677682 V8 Supercar news v8supercar.com.au dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080203194451/http://www.v8supercar.com.au/news/latestnews/newsdisplay.asp?Ind=&author=&gid=32677682 3 February 2008 Mid-season changes Due to a date clash with the final round of the New Zealand V8 series, Kayne Scott was not available to compete for Team Kiwi Racing at Eastern Creek and was replaced by Chris Pither.Pither: Kiwi Sub https://web.archive.org/web/20071221210837/http://enews.mnews.com.au/ 21 December 2007 motorsport enews retrieved on 4 March 2008 Pither again replaced Scott for the Winton round later in the year. Following a crash at Bathurst that severely dented the teams' financial resources, Steve Owen was drafted in for the Gold Coast round, followed by Bahraini driver Fahad Al Musalam for the Desert 400 and 23-year-old Daniel Gaunt for the final two rounds of the season. Shane Price was sacked from Perkins Engineering a week after the Bathurst 1000 and replaced with endurance co-driver Jack Perkins.Price dumped for Perkins https://web.archive.org/web/20081023050023/http://www.v8supercars.com.au/content/hero_news/october_08/price_dumped_for_perkins/ 23 October 2008 Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 21 October 2008 Race calendar Rd. Race title Circuit City / state Date 1 South Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia 21–24 February 2 New South Wales Eastern Creek Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 7–9 March 3 NZL Hamilton 400 Hamilton Street Circuit Hamilton, New Zealand 18–20 April 4 Western Australia BigPond 400 Barbagallo Raceway Wanneroo, Western Australia 9–11 May 5 Victoria Midas 400 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria 7–9 June 6 Northern Territory Skycity Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory 4–6 July 7 Queensland City of Ipswich 400 Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland 18–20 July 8 Victoria Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 1–3 August 9 Victoria L&H 500 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria 12–14 September 10 New South Wales Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales 9–12 October 11 Queensland The Coffee Club V8 Supercar Challenge Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland 23–26 October 12 Bahrain Gulf Air Desert 400 Bahrain International Circuit Manama, Bahrain 6–8 November 13 Tasmania Falken Tasmania Challenge Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania 21–23 November 14 New South Wales NRMA Motoring & Services Grand Finale Oran Park Raceway Sydney, New South Wales 4–7 December Australia 400 left Australian rounds Australia -34.927222 138.617222 Adelaide left Australia -33.804167 150.870556 Eastern Creek top Australia -31.6653 115.7913 Perth right Australia -37.950833 145.167222 Sandown right Australia -12.449167 130.906944 Darwin left Australia -27.690278 152.6525 Ipswich top Australia -36.518333 146.0875 Winton left Australia -38.503056 145.236389 Phillip Island left Australia -33.4475 149.556389 Bathurst left Australia -27.989722 153.427778 Gold Coast bottom Australia -41.659444 147.252778 Launceston bottom Australia -34.006111 150.733889 Oran Park bottom New Zealand 200 left New Zealand rounds New Zealand -37.785556 175.268056 Hamilton left Bahrain 125 left Bahrain rounds Bahrain 26.0325 50.510556 Sakhir bottom Rule changes Technical An option to use sequential gearboxes in lieu of H-pattern gearboxes was introduced.V8s get into sequence Motorsport News issue 10 26 June 2007 page 7 Initially optional, sequential gearboxes later became mandatory. Sporting The points system was changed for 2008. Points were awarded to the top 30 drivers, with 300 points being the most available to a driver in each round.V8 Supercars to reward more teams in 2008 points score Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 25 January 2008 In Friday practice sessions, drivers who had finished in the top 15 in the 2007 Championship were not permitted to participate for the first 30 minutes.Ottley, S. "Champs penalised" Herald Sun 23 January 2008 Results and standings Season summary Round Round number Race Event Pole position Race winners Round winner Report Race Report 1 R1 Adelaide AUS Jamie Whincup AUS Jamie Whincup AUS Jamie Whincup(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) report R2 AUS Jamie Whincup 2 R1 Eastern Creek AUS Garth Tander AUS Garth Tander AUS Will Davison(Dick Johnson Racing, Ford) report R2 AUS Will Davison R3 AUS Mark Winterbottom 3 R1 Hamilton NZL Steven Richards AUS Garth Tander AUS Garth Tander(Holden Racing Team, Holden) report R2 AUS Garth Tander R3 AUS Garth Tander 4 R1 Perth AUS Mark Winterbottom AUS Mark Winterbottom AUS Mark Winterbottom(Ford Performance Racing, Ford) report R2 AUS Mark Winterbottom R3 AUS Mark Winterbottom 5 R1 Sandown AUS Jamie Whincup AUS Jamie Whincup AUS Jamie Whincup(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) report R2 AUS Craig Lowndes R3 AUS Jamie Whincup 6 R1 Darwin AUS Mark Winterbottom AUS Mark Winterbottom NZL Steven Richards(Ford Performance Racing, Ford) report R2 AUS Garth Tander R3 NZL Steven Richards 7 R1 Ipswich AUS James Courtney AUS James Courtney AUS Mark Winterbottom(Ford Performance Racing, Ford) report R2 AUS Mark Winterbottom R3 AUS Mark Winterbottom 8 R1 Winton AUS Mark Winterbottom AUS Jamie Whincup AUS Garth Tander(Holden Racing Team, Holden) report R2 AUS Will Davison R3 AUS Garth Tander 9 Phillip Island AUS Craig LowndesAUS Jamie Whincup AUS Garth TanderAUS Mark Skaife(Holden Racing Team, Holden) report 10 Bathurst AUS Garth Tander AUS Craig LowndesAUS Jamie Whincup(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) report 11 R1 Gold Coast AUS Jamie Whincup AUS Jamie Whincup AUS Jamie Whincup(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) report R2 AUS Jamie Whincup R3 AUS Jamie Whincup 12 R1 Bahrain AUS Jamie Whincup AUS Jamie Whincup AUS Jamie Whincup(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) report R2 AUS Jamie Whincup R3 AUS Jamie Whincup 13 R1 Launceston AUS Garth Tander AUS Todd Kelly AUS Jamie Whincup(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) report R2 AUS Jamie Whincup R3 AUS Jamie Whincup 14 R1 Oran Park AUS Garth Tander AUS Jamie Whincup AUS Garth Tander(Holden Racing Team, Holden) report R2 AUS Garth Tander R3 AUS Rick Kelly Points system Points are awarded to any driver that completes 75% of race distance and is running on the completion of the final lap. Pos 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th Adelaide 150 138 129 120 111 102 96 90 84 78 72 69 66 63 60 57 54 51 48 45 42 39 36 33 30 27 24 21 18 15 Std 100 92 86 80 74 68 64 60 56 52 48 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 L&H 500 Qual 50 46 43 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 L&H 500 Feature 200 184 172 160 148 136 128 120 112 104 96 92 88 84 80 76 72 68 64 60 56 52 48 44 40 36 32 28 24 20 Bathurst 300 276 258 240 222 204 192 180 168 156 144 138 132 126 120 114 108 102 96 90 84 78 72 66 60 54 48 42 36 30 NOTES: Adelaide: Clipsal 500. Std denotes all races except the Clipsal 500, L&H 500, and Bathurst 1000. These three races have unique rules. L&H 500: Phillip Island races are split into qualifying races and 500 km feature race. The two drivers per team will be grouped into separate qualifying races that will count towards drivers' individual point totals and towards the starting grid for the feature race. The two drivers will then race one car for the 500 km endurance race. Bathurst: Both drivers will share one car for entire race. Drivers' Championship Pos. Position Driver No. Car number ADESouth Australia EASNew South Wales HAMNZL BARWestern Australia SANVictoria HIDNorthern Territory QLDQueensland WINVictoria PHIVictoria BATNew South Wales SURQueensland BAHBahrain SYMTasmania ORANew South Wales Pen. Penalties Pts. Championship points 1 AUS Jamie Whincup 88 1 1 3 5 4 DNS DNS DNS 7 3 3 1 3 1 4 5 8 9 3 6 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 Ret 23 0 3332 2 AUS Mark Winterbottom 5 2 Ret 10 2 1 10 7 5 1 1 1 2 6 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 21 2 26 4 4 3 3 3 21 4 4 3 4 4 23 12 18 0 3079 3 AUS Garth Tander 1 23 19 1 9 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 5 9 12 3 1 3 4 4 4 3 3 1 1 12 2 2 2 14 11 23 20 8 5 6 1 2 12 3048 4 AUS Craig Lowndes 888 3 Ret 7 3 8 19 14 7 5 4 4 3 1 DNS 5 4 Ret 28 12 7 11 5 6 2 1 6 9 9 2 3 3 6 2 2 2 5 3 0 2871 5 AUS Will Davison 18 7 Ret 2 1 6 9 22 Ret 8 5 6 Ret 11 7 8 10 5 6 5 5 2 1 4 3 6 7 10 10 Ret 10 6 4 5 6 10 15 21 0 2495 6 AUS James Courtney 4 16 Ret 5 15 Ret 4 3 3 20 8 7 6 4 3 10 23 7 1 6 2 9 9 25 6 3 9 11 Ret 5 7 2 Ret 17 10 5 6 4 0 2446 7 AUS Rick Kelly 15 8 6 4 6 2 2 6 4 6 6 5 7 12 17 9 9 6 8 Ret 13 10 6 5 7 20 Ret 6 5 9 22 20 19 9 8 9 4 1 0 2430 8 NZL Steven Richards 6 5 15 27 7 Ret 3 2 2 4 7 9 23 16 9 2 2 1 7 7 11 5 24 Ret 4 4 11 12 8 8 5 9 Ret Ret 17 4 3 17 12 2416 9 AUS Russell Ingall 39 14 Ret 11 4 7 Ret Ret 11 11 24 Ret 4 7 6 7 6 4 3 2 3 7 Ret 7 9 18 5 8 7 4 2 5 13 25 16 3 2 11 0 2236 10 AUS Steven Johnson 17 6 9 21 19 18 Ret 13 8 13 15 13 13 5 10 15 19 17 16 17 15 17 11 13 3 6 15 5 4 6 8 13 8 6 7 15 9 16 0 2163 11 AUS Lee Holdsworth 33 4 2 8 8 11 5 4 Ret 24 Ret 23 11 22 8 13 17 16 10 18 10 18 7 3 5 Ret 10 4 17 3 12 8 10 7 9 12 25 6 0 2065 12 AUS Todd Kelly 7 15 4 13 13 15 8 19 15 9 Ret 8 17 8 5 11 29 11 19 13 12 6 13 11 13 17 4 7 6 20 6 Ret 1 3 3 7 8 Ret 0 2053 13 NZL Fabian Coulthard 111 11 18 14 17 16 7 8 6 17 9 12 8 14 Ret 14 24 22 12 8 8 19 18 9 16 10 14 Ret 13 Ret 16 7 9 10 Ret 18 10 8 0 1823 14 AUS Mark Skaife 2 9 17 6 14 5 18 23 12 2 Ret DNS 10 18 22 25 8 18 5 10 9 12 Ret DNS 1 12 16 16 14 Ret 17 Ret 25 24 15 Ret Ret 12 0 1644 15 NZL Shane van Gisbergen 9 12 5 17 27 17 21 26 10 Ret 12 10 9 2 4 12 15 9 17 21 17 14 22 12 10 Ret 17 13 Ret 7 26 10 5 Ret EX Ret 13 5 0 1614 16 NZL Greg Murphy 51 10 7 9 11 10 23 25 Ret 12 21 15 22 26 11 18 22 10 24 20 19 27 21 21 Ret 2 Ret 14 12 10 19 18 16 12 14 21 17 Ret 0 1572 17 NZL Jason Richards 3 13 8 12 16 19 20 9 14 Ret 22 Ret 18 20 16 6 7 Ret 14 14 22 4 Ret DNS Ret 2 13 17 11 Ret DNS DNS 11 18 12 16 18 14 0 1548 18 AUS Michael Caruso 34 Ret 11 25 26 14 12 18 17 Ret 17 16 20 23 19 16 12 15 15 16 16 8 Ret 20 5 Ret 20 18 19 15 14 17 17 16 18 8 11 10 0 1439 19 AUS Jason Bright 25 Ret 10 20 22 20 11 12 13 Ret 13 14 Ret 15 14 Ret 18 Ret 18 Ret 25 20 8 10 11 9 24 Ret Ret 22 13 14 7 11 Ret 13 7 7 0 1438 20 AUS Paul Morris 67 Ret 16 18 10 Ret 24 17 18 16 11 25 15 21 24 20 26 13 27 15 Ret 13 12 15 9 18 25 19 Ret 11 9 12 23 14 13 14 14 9 0 1436 21 AUS Paul Dumbrell 16 Ret Ret 16 12 9 14 11 Ret 15 16 22 12 13 27 19 11 14 11 11 20 15 10 8 Ret 20 8 Ret 16 12 18 11 21 13 20 19 Ret 13 0 1398 22 AUS Cameron McConville 14 Ret 3 15 18 12 6 5 20 10 10 Ret 14 10 13 Ret 16 12 13 9 14 23 23 19 Ret Ret 12 22 Ret 13 25 21 14 15 Ret 11 19 22 0 1370 23 AUS Marcus Marshall 26 19 13 26 Ret 22 16 16 Ret 22 19 17 Ret 24 21 21 21 20 Ret Ret Ret 26 17 23 21 14 26 23 20 16 21 15 18 19 23 20 22 24 0 1113 24 AUS Andrew Jones 12 18 12 22 23 Ret 22 15 9 14 14 11 16 17 15 23 27 21 22 24 18 29 14 16 Ret Ret 19 Ret 21 Ret 20 16 22 20 21 Ret 20 Ret 0 1071 25 AUS Tony D'Alberto 55 17 Ret 23 20 Ret 13 10 Ret 21 23 20 25 25 25 19 14 23 20 22 26 24 16 14 Ret Ret Ret 24 18 17 24 19 24 Ret 19 Ret Ret 19 0 890 26 AUS Michael Patrizi 777 Ret 21 19 19 20 21 Ret EX 26 26 20 19 25 25 23 25 20 24 18 19 21 Ret 22 24 23 22 12 21 26 Ret 21 25 0 848 27 AUS Shane Price 11 21 Ret 19 21 21 Ret 24 16 18 Ret 19 19 19 18 22 13 Ret 21 19 21 22 15 18 13 17 0 843 28 AUS Andrew Thompson 50 20 Ret 24 24 13 15 Ret DNS Ret 18 18 24 27 20 24 28 Ret 23 23 Ret 16 DNS 17 23 DNS 22 20 Ret 18 Ret Ret 15 Ret 22 Ret 23 15 0 771 29 AUS Jack Perkins 11 8 8 18 15 23 19 15 Ret Ret 22 25 17 Ret 20 0 620 30 AUS David Besnard 4 6 3 0 459 31 NZL Kayne Scott 021 22 14 17 20 Ret 23 Ret 24 21 28 23 Ret 25 24 26 Ret 24 DNS Ret 0 362 32 AUS Steve Owen 17/021 22 11 23 21 15 0 351 33 AUS Brad Jones 14 15 5 0 343 BRA Max Wilson 14 15 5 0 343 35 AUS Nathan Pretty 11 8 8 0 338 36 AUS Adam Macrow 25 11 9 0 320 37 AUS Warren Luff 17 22 11 0 259 38 AUS Dean Canto 5 24 7 0 252 AUS Luke Youlden 5 24 7 0 252 40 AUS Steven Ellery 34 12 16 0 245 AUS Greg Ritter 34 12 16 0 245 42 AUS Mark Noske 51 20 13 0 226 AUS Dale Wood 51 20 13 0 226 44 NZL Matt Halliday 26 21 14 0 225 45 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi 88 17 15 0 222 GBR Marc Hynes 88 17 15 0 222 47 NZL Paul Radisich 15 7 DNS 0 196 48 AUS Jonathon Webb 9 10 Ret 0 190 49 AUS Alex Davison 111 10 0 156 50 NZL Chris Pither 021 28 25 23 28 19 22 DNS Ret 0 130 51 NZL John McIntyre 111 16 0 128 52 NZL Craig Baird 2 14 Ret 0 118 AUS Glenn Seton 2 14 Ret 0 118 54 NZL Daniel Gaunt 021 26 23 24 22 24 Ret 0 112 55 AUS Grant Denyer 777 18 0 102 56 AUS Karl Reindler 777 19 0 96 57 GBR Matt Neal 67 Ret Ret 0 94 USA Boris Said 67 Ret Ret 0 94 59 AUS Paul Weel 50 Ret DNS 0 84 60 BHR Fahad Al Musalam 021 23 Ret 24 0 46 61 AUS Jason Bargwanna 55 Ret Ret 0 38 62 AUS David Reynolds 16 Ret DNS 0 22 Pos. Position Driver No. Car number ADESouth Australia EASNew South Wales HAMNZL BARWestern Australia SANVictoria HIDNorthern Territory QLDQueensland WINVictoria PHIVictoria BATNew South Wales SURQueensland BAHBahrain SYMTasmania ORANew South Wales Pen. Penalties Pts. Championship points Teams Championship Triple Eight Race Engineering won the Teams Championship. Pos Team ADESouth Australia EASNew South Wales HAMNZL BARWestern Australia SANVictoria HIDNorthern Territory QLDQueensland WINVictoria PHIVictoria BATNew South Wales SURQueensland BAHBahrain SYMTasmania ORANew South Wales Pen. Penalties Pts. Championship points 1 Triple Eight Race Engineering 429 450 138 470 472 368 334 462 360 420 480 564 292 124 0 5867 2 Ford Performance Racing 309 324 460 500 370 562 468 234 271 432 412 378 282 306 0 5308 3 Dick Johnson Racing 282 354 186 330 282 294 330 400 350 348 352 292 414 254 0 4478 4 Holden Racing Team 222 426 404 362 288 386 422 318 370 138 402 150 246 306 0 4432 5 Stone Brothers Racing 237 202 350 252 462 282 360 246 361 258 180 364 162 340 0 4060 6 HSV Dealer Team 192 380 330 314 252 306 230 346 218 90 246 240 250 350 0 3738 7 Garry Rogers Motorsport 330 248 270 120 220 242 254 274 330 114 268 310 280 294 0 3550 8 Paul Morris Motorsport 120 278 140 176 302 304 320 258 267 102 254 396 212 366 0 3491 9 Perkins Motorsport 222 216 192 182 268 178 210 260 281 288 308 170 318 190 0 3285 10 Tasman Motorsport 330 272 172 140 194 244 194 152 146 408 212 118 254 178 0 3018 11 Brad Jones Racing 249 170 294 236 252 152 224 172 170 222 132 160 166 136 0 2735 12 Britek Motorsport 192 130 214 180 132 120 54 220 251 294 100 218 202 250 0 2551 13 Paul Cruickshank Racing (s) 123 116 192 138 102 90 166 122 128 156 80 102 156 146 0 1823 14 Rod Nash Racing (s) 54 54 96 82 60 98 74 102 38 Ret 56 90 54 32 0 890 15 Ford Rising Stars Racing (s) 60 90 18 80 64 72 102 96 50 72 92 48 0 848 16 Paul Weel Racing (s) 45 88 40 68 68 36 48 74 84 WD 52 34 66 64 0 771 17 Team Kiwi Racing (s) 102 58 66 46 66 42 40 72 DNS Ret 92 46 64 48 0 742 Pos Team ADESouth Australia EASNew South Wales HAMNZL BARWestern Australia SANVictoria HIDNorthern Territory QLDQueensland WINVictoria PHIVictoria BATNew South Wales SURQueensland BAHBahrain SYMTasmania ORANew South Wales Pen. Penalties Pts. Championship points (s) denotes a single-car team. Manufacturers Championship Ford won the Manufacturers Championship having won more rounds than rival Holden.Ford Wins 2008 Manufacturer's Championship Archived at www.webcitation.org on 10 January 2010 See also 2008 V8 Supercar season Notes References 30em External links Official V8 Supercar website 2008 Racing Results Archive 2008 V8 Supercar images Retrieved from www.motorsport.com on 20 May 2009 Category:Supercars Championship seasons V8 Supercar Championship Series