2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series

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.

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.[1] Triple Eight Race Engineering won the Teams Championship and Ford was awarded the Manufacturers Championship.[2]

Race calendar

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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 New Zealand 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 (state) 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 (state) Winton Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria 1–3 August
9 Victoria (state) 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

Teams and drivers

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Mark Winterbottom driving a Ford Falcon BF for Ford Performance Racing
Mark Skaife driving a Holden Commodore VE for the Holden Racing Team

The following teams and drivers contested the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

Manufacturer Car Team No. Drivers Events Endurance Event Drivers
Ford Falcon BF Stone Brothers Racing 4 Australia James Courtney All Australia David Besnard
9 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen All Australia Jonathon Webb
Ford Performance Racing 5 Australia Mark Winterbottom All Australia Luke Youlden
Australia Dean Canto
6 New Zealand Steven Richards All
Dick Johnson Racing 17 Australia Steven Johnson All Australia Steve Owen
Australia Warren Luff
18 Australia Will Davison All
Team Kiwi Racing 021 New Zealand Kayne Scott 1, 3–7 New Zealand Kayne Scott
New Zealand Chris Pither 2, 8–10
Australia Steve Owen 11
Bahrain Fahad Al Musalam 12
New Zealand Daniel Gaunt 13–14
Walden Motorsport 24 Australia Garth Walden 1[a] —
Britek Motorsport 25 Australia Jason Bright All Australia Adam Macrow
26 Australia Marcus Marshall All New Zealand Matthew Halliday
Triple Eight Race Engineering 88 Australia Jamie Whincup All Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi
United Kingdom Marc Hynes
888 Australia Craig Lowndes All
Paul Cruickshank Racing 111 New Zealand Fabian Coulthard All New Zealand John McIntyre*
Australia Alex Davison**
Ford Rising Stars Racing 777 Australia Michael Patrizi 3–14 Australia Grant Denyer*
Australia Karl Reindler**
Holden Commodore VE Holden Racing Team 1 Australia Garth Tander All Australia Glenn Seton
New Zealand Craig Baird
2 Australia Mark Skaife All
Tasman Motorsport 3 New Zealand Jason Richards All Australia Mark Noske
Australia Dale Wood
51 New Zealand Greg Murphy All
Perkins Engineering 7 Australia Todd Kelly All Australia Nathan Pretty
Australia Jack Perkins
11 Australia Shane Price 1–10
Australia Jack Perkins 11–14
Brad Jones Racing 12 Australia Andrew Jones All Australia Brad Jones
Brazil Max Wilson
14 Australia Cameron McConville All
HSV Dealer Team (HRT) 15 Australia Rick Kelly All New Zealand Paul Radisich
16 Australia Paul Dumbrell All Australia David Reynolds
Garry Rogers Motorsport 33 Australia Lee Holdsworth All Australia Greg Ritter
Australia Steven Ellery
34 Australia Michael Caruso All
Paul Morris Motorsport 39 Australia Russell Ingall All United States Boris Said
United Kingdom Matt Neal
67 Australia Paul Morris All
Paul Weel Racing 50 Australia Andrew Thompson All Australia Paul Weel
Rod Nash Racing
Tony D'Alberto Racing 		55 Australia Tony D'Alberto All Australia Jason Bargwanna

* Phillip Island 500 only
** Bathurst 1000 only

Team and driver changes

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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.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7][8][9]

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.[10] 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.[11]

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.[12] Team Kiwi cut ties with Stone Brothers and settled on running a Triple Eight-built Falcon independently, signing Development Series veteran Kayne Scott.[13][7]

Dean Canto's contract with Garry Rogers Motorsport was terminated a year early.[14] He was replaced with 2007 Development Series runner-up Michael Caruso.[15]

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.[16]

Paul Cruickshank Racing signed Fabian Coulthard to replace the retiring John Bowe.[10]

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.[17]

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.[18] 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 the Perkins Engineering a week after the Bathurst 1000 and replaced with endurance co-driver Jack Perkins.[19]

Rule changes

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Technical

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An option to use sequential gearboxes in lieu of H-pattern gearboxes was introduced.[20] Initially optional, sequential gearboxes later became mandatory.

Sporting

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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.[21]

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.[22]

Results and standings

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Season summary

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Round Race Event Pole position Race winners Round winner Report
1 R1 Adelaide Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) 		report
R2 Australia Jamie Whincup
2 R1 Eastern Creek Australia Garth Tander Australia Garth Tander Australia Will Davison
(Dick Johnson Racing, Ford) 		report
R2 Australia Will Davison
R3 Australia Mark Winterbottom
3 R1 Hamilton New Zealand Steven Richards Australia Garth Tander Australia Garth Tander
(Holden Racing Team, Holden) 		report
R2 Australia Garth Tander
R3 Australia Garth Tander
4 R1 Perth Australia Mark Winterbottom Australia Mark Winterbottom Australia Mark Winterbottom
(Ford Performance Racing, Ford) 		report
R2 Australia Mark Winterbottom
R3 Australia Mark Winterbottom
5 R1 Sandown Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) 		report
R2 Australia Craig Lowndes
R3 Australia Jamie Whincup
6 R1 Darwin Australia Mark Winterbottom Australia Mark Winterbottom New Zealand Steven Richards
(Ford Performance Racing, Ford) 		report
R2 Australia Garth Tander
R3 New Zealand Steven Richards
7 R1 Ipswich Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Australia Mark Winterbottom
(Ford Performance Racing, Ford) 		report
R2 Australia Mark Winterbottom
R3 Australia Mark Winterbottom
8 R1 Winton Australia Mark Winterbottom Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Garth Tander
(Holden Racing Team, Holden) 		report
R2 Australia Will Davison
R3 Australia Garth Tander
9 Phillip Island Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Jamie Whincup 		Australia Garth Tander
Australia Mark Skaife
(Holden Racing Team, Holden) 		report
10 Bathurst Australia Garth Tander Australia Craig Lowndes
Australia Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) 		report
11 R1 Gold Coast Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) 		report
R2 Australia Jamie Whincup
R3 Australia Jamie Whincup
12 R1 Bahrain Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) 		report
R2 Australia Jamie Whincup
R3 Australia Jamie Whincup
13 R1 Launceston Australia Garth Tander Australia Todd Kelly Australia Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford) 		report
R2 Australia Jamie Whincup
R3 Australia Jamie Whincup
14 R1 Oran Park Australia Garth Tander Australia Jamie Whincup Australia Garth Tander
(Holden Racing Team, Holden) 		report
R2 Australia Garth Tander
R3 Australia Rick Kelly

Points system

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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

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Pos. Driver No. ADE
South Australia 		EAS
New South Wales 		HAM
New Zealand 		BAR
Western Australia 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		HID
Northern Territory 		QLD
Queensland 		WIN
Victoria (state) 		PHI
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		SUR
Queensland 		BAH
Bahrain 		SYM
Tasmania 		ORA
New South Wales 		Pen. Pts.
1 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Ret 10 Ret 10 6 4 5 6 10 15 21 0 2495
6 Australia 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 Australia 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 New Zealand 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 New Zealand 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 Australia 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia Jack Perkins 11 8 8 18 15 23 19 15 Ret Ret 22 25 17 Ret 20 0 620
30 Australia David Besnard 4 6 3 0 459
31 New Zealand 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 Australia Steve Owen 17/021 22 11 23 21 15 0 351
33 Australia Brad Jones 14 15 5 0 343
Brazil Max Wilson 14 15 5 0 343
35 Australia Nathan Pretty 11 8 8 0 338
36 Australia Adam Macrow 25 11 9 0 320
37 Australia Warren Luff 17 22 11 0 259
38 Australia Dean Canto 5 24 7 0 252
Australia Luke Youlden 5 24 7 0 252
40 Australia Steven Ellery 34 12 16 0 245
Australia Greg Ritter 34 12 16 0 245
42 Australia Mark Noske 51 20 13 0 226
Australia Dale Wood 51 20 13 0 226
44 New Zealand Matt Halliday 26 21 14 0 225
45 Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi 88 17 15 0 222
United Kingdom Marc Hynes 88 17 15 0 222
47 New Zealand Paul Radisich 15 7 DNS 0 196
48 Australia Jonathon Webb 9 10 Ret 0 190
49 Australia Alex Davison 111 10 0 156
50 New Zealand Chris Pither 021 28 25 23 28 19 22 DNS Ret 0 130
51 New Zealand John McIntyre 111 16 0 128
52 New Zealand Craig Baird 2 14 Ret 0 118
Australia Glenn Seton 2 14 Ret 0 118
54 New Zealand Daniel Gaunt 021 26 23 24 22 24 Ret 0 112
55 Australia Grant Denyer 777 18 0 102
56 Australia Karl Reindler 777 19 0 96
57 United Kingdom Matt Neal 67 Ret Ret 0 94
United States Boris Said 67 Ret Ret 0 94
59 Australia Paul Weel 50 Ret DNS 0 84
60 Bahrain Fahad Al Musalam 021 23 Ret 24 0 46
61 Australia Jason Bargwanna 55 Ret Ret 0 38
62 Australia David Reynolds 16 Ret DNS 0 22
Pos. Driver No. ADE
South Australia 		EAS
New South Wales 		HAM
New Zealand 		BAR
Western Australia 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		HID
Northern Territory 		QLD
Queensland 		WIN
Victoria (state) 		PHI
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		SUR
Queensland 		BAH
Bahrain 		SYM
Tasmania 		ORA
New South Wales 		Pen. Pts.

Teams Championship

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Triple Eight Race Engineering won the Teams Championship.[2]

Pos Team ADE
South Australia 		EAS
New South Wales 		HAM
New Zealand 		BAR
Western Australia 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		HID
Northern Territory 		QLD
Queensland 		WIN
Victoria (state) 		PHI
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		SUR
Queensland 		BAH
Bahrain 		SYM
Tasmania 		ORA
New South Wales 		Pen. Pts.
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 Speed FX 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 ADE
South Australia 		EAS
New South Wales 		HAM
New Zealand 		BAR
Western Australia 		SAN
Victoria (state) 		HID
Northern Territory 		QLD
Queensland 		WIN
Victoria (state) 		PHI
Victoria (state) 		BAT
New South Wales 		SUR
Queensland 		BAH
Bahrain 		SYM
Tasmania 		ORA
New South Wales 		Pen. Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • (s) denotes a single-car team.

Manufacturers Championship

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Ford won the Manufacturers Championship having won more rounds than rival Holden.[23]

See also

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2008 V8 Supercar season

Notes

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  1. ^ Walden had purchased a Racing Entitlements Contract and had been entered in the first round. 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 Walden himself being in attendance.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Australian Titles, 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, as archived at web.archive.org
  2. ^ a b TeamVodafone scoops the pool Archived 12 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.v8supercars.com.au on 10 January 2010
  3. ^ "Chequered Flag Chat – Garth Walden". CF Media. 16 June 2020.
  4. ^ "V8 Supercar news". v8supercar.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 February 2008.
  5. ^ 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]
  6. ^ http://enews.mnews.com.au/djvu/Australian%20Motorsport%20News/Motorsport%20News/29-Jan-2008/webimages/page0000005_4.jpg Chance and Challenge]Archived 24 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine motorsport enews retrieved on 30 January 2008
  7. ^ a b V8 Supercar Championship Series gets full 2008 gridArchived 3 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 31 January 2008
  8. ^ Walden Motorsport Forced To Sell Or Lease Licence. Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Norrgard Motorsport Development retrieved on 21 December 2007
  9. ^ Walden licence for sale Archived 11 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 20 March 2008
  10. ^ a b Old faces, new seats motorsport enews retrieved on 18 December 2007
  11. ^ Andrew Thompson signs with PWR Racing [dead link] Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 25 January 2008
  12. ^ Van Gisbergen claims prize SBR drive Stone Brothers Racing website retrieved on 30 January 2008
  13. ^ TKR goes it alone, Scott driving crash.net retrieved on 15 January 2008
  14. ^ Statement regarding Dean Canto and the 2008 series Dean Canto Racing retrieved on 12 January 2008 Archived 16 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Michael Caruso joins Garry Rogers Motorsport Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 14 January 2008
  16. ^ New Cars, New Driver for Team BOC Team BOC website retrieved on 29 January 2008
  17. ^ A full field Archived 24 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine motorsport enews retrieved on 29 January 2008
  18. ^ Pither: Kiwi Sub Archived 21 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine motorsport enews retrieved on 4 March 2008
  19. ^ Price dumped for Perkins Archived 23 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 21 October 2008
  20. ^ V8s get into sequence Motorsport News issue 10 26 June 2007 page 7
  21. ^ V8 Supercars to reward more teams in 2008 points score Official Site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series retrieved on 25 January 2008
  22. ^ Ottley, S. "Champs penalised" Herald Sun 23 January 2008
  23. ^ Ford Wins 2008 Manufacturer's Championship Archived at www.webcitation.org on 10 January 2010
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