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2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

V8 Supercars The 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series was the ninth running of the Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series, the second-tier V8 Supercar series. It began on 21 February at the Clipsal 500 and ended on 7 December at Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales after seven rounds.

Race calendar

The series comprised six rounds in support of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series and one stand-alone round.

Rd.	Event	Circuit	Location	Date
Australia Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	21-24 Feb	Steve Owen
Australia Wakefield Park	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	4-6 Apr	Tim Slade
Australia Midas 400	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	7-9 Jun	Steve Owen
Australia City of Ipswich 300	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	18-20 Jul	Dean Canto
Australia Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	1-3 Aug	Steve Owen
Australia Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	9-12 Oct	Dean Canto
Australia Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	4-7 Dec	Jack Perkins

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. This was the last season the Ford AU Falcon was eligible.

Team	Vehicle	No	Driver	Rounds
Sieders Racing Team	Ford AU Falcon	13	Australia Colin Sieders	1-2
Ford BA Falcon	3, 6-7
19	Australia David Sieders	All
Slade Speed	Holden VZ Commodore	23	Australia Tim Slade	All
Howard Racing	Ford BA Falcon	27	Australia Karl Reindler	All
37	Australia Dean Canto	All
MW Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	28	Australia Matthew White	1, 6
New Zealand Andy Knight	4
Australia Brad Lowe	7
29	Australia Grant Denyer	1-5
Australia Damian Assaillit	6-7
Jay Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	28	Australia Nandi Kiss	5
42	Australia Jay Verdnik	1-6
Australia Shane Price	7
Racer Industries	Ford BA Falcon	30	New Zealand Craig Baird	4
A.N.T. Racing	Ford BA Falcon	30	Australia Tony Evangelou	3, 6
Peters Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	32	Australia Luke Youlden	6-7
96	Australia Joel Spychala	1-5
TAG Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	35	Australia Tony Bates	2-7
36	Australia Geoff Emery	All
Eggleston Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	38	Australia Ben Eggleston	All
54	Australia Taz Douglas	4-5
New Zealand Simon Wills	6
Greg Murphy Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	44	Australia James Bergmuller	All
46	Australia Dale Wood	All
47	Australia Sam Walter	All
O’Brien Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	45	Australia Shannon O'Brien	4-6
Image Racing	Ford BA Falcon	48	Australia Dean Neville	6
Ford AU Falcon	49	Australia Taz Douglas	1-3
Ford BA Falcon	Australia Terry Wyhoon	5-6
Loadsman Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore	54	Australia Steve Owen	2
62	1, 3-7
Novocastrian Motorsport	Holden VZ Commodore	58	Australia Drew Russell	All
Race Image Motorsports	Ford BA Falcon	60	Australia Damian Assaillit	1-5
Australia Jose Fernandez	6
New Zealand Gene Rollinson	7
61	New Zealand Gene Rollinson	1, 4-5
Australia Clayton Pyne	2
Australia Ryan Brown	6
Independent Race Cars Australia	Holden VZ Commodore	64	Australia Michael Trimble	All
500	Australia Jack Perkins	All
Shane Beikoff Racing	Ford AU Falcon	68	Australia Shane Beikoff	2, 6-7
Australia Jonathan Beikoff	3-4
Capital Finance	Holden VZ Commodore	70	Australia Ashley Cooper	1
Action Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	73	Australia Marcus Zukanovic	All
West Coast Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	74	Australia Mark McNally	All
McGill Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	75	Australia Aaron McGill	1-2
Holden VY Commodore	3-5
Ford BA Falcon	6-7
Wollongong Performance Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	85	Australia Andrew Fisher	6-7
Stone Brothers Racing	Ford BA Falcon	94	Australia Jonathon Webb	All
Sydney Star Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	95	Australia Brett Holdsworth	All
98	Australia Brett Hobson	1–3, 6–7
Tony D'Alberto Racing	Holden VZ Commodore	99	Australia David Reynolds	All

Points system

Points were awarded for each race to any driver that had completed 75% of race distance and was running on the completion of the final lap.

Pos	Rounds 1, 6 & 7	Rounds 2 - 5
1st	2nd	3rd
150	138	129
100	92	86

Driver standings

Pos	Driver	ADE	WAK	SAN	QLD	WIN	BAT	ORA	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Steve Owen	1	1	1	2	14	1	10	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	4	3	5	17	1762
Dean Canto	Ret	10	2	27	1	2	11	2	1	2	1	1	4	7	2	1	1	3	1621
Jonathon Webb	9	19	3	5	7	6	3	4	3	13	4	6	8	4	1	2	3	6	1527
David Reynolds	17	9	5	3	4	5	4	3	4	6	6	5	3	3	5	4	11	5	1494
Jack Perkins	2	2	4	14	5	26	Ret	11	6	Ret	Ret	3	2	2	3	6	2	1	1399
Dale Wood	4	3	Ret	10	Ret	3	5	19	5	8	3	Ret	9	5	6	5	13	Ret	1122
Tim Slade	3	Ret	7	1	2	11	20	14	24	24	20	7	6	6	27	Ret	4	2	1061
Karl Reindler	8	7	8	20	11	4	7	5	19	7	9	9	5	9	28	12	9	Ret	1056
Michael Trimble	7	4	13	6	3	7	2	11	17	11	10	4	Ret	Ret	8	9	Ret	20	1053
Mark McNally	15	11	6	4	Ret	14	8	8	Ret	16	16	13	14	8	11	22	6	7	973
Marcus Zukanovic	13	8	17	7	17	8	6	7	9	5	12	19	Ret	16	Ret	14	24	4	946
Damian Assaillit	18	12	14	15	16	16	12	9	18	Ret	18	12	16	12	9	7	12	12	896
Sam Walter	11	21	10	9	12	12	13	12	7	9	7	10	20	Ret	Ret	DNS	8	8	850
Jay Verdnik	12	14	9	16	6	9	9	6	Ret	12	28	11	12	14	10	8			838
Grant Denyer	5	5	Ret	11	9	10	1	25	10	1	5	Ret	13	11					816
Drew Russell	26	23	12	8	8	15	Ret	17	15	Ret	22	17	10	15	20	15	16	10	739
Geoff Emery	19	13	20	18	Ret	19	17	18	11	14	13	8	7	20	15	Ret	20	18	724
David Sieders	25	22	18	13	10	25	19	20	13	15	17	14	Ret	21	Ret	19	7	9	699
Brett Holdsworth	23	16	15	17	13	17	25	22	20	23	21	16	11	10	30	23	14	23	665
James Bergmuller	24	18	23	26	Ret	20	23	23	21	22	24	20	15	18	23	20	18	16	573
Brett Hobson	10	6	11	Ret	Ret	13	14	13							DNS	18	10	Ret	487
Tony Bates			24	23	19	21	15	16	25	20	19	23	Ret	22	17	24	25	Ret	433
Aaron McGill	22	24	26	25	Ret	24	Ret	27	22	Ret	27	24	19	19	21	16	Ret	21	417
Ben Eggleston	DNS	DNS	16	21	15	18	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	26	21	18	Ret	18	Ret	17	22nd	398
Gene Rollinson	14	Ret							12	10	11	15	Ret	13			21	19	383
Joel Spychala	20	15	25	20	Ret	23	16	15	Ret	19	29	22	21	Ret					355
Matthew White	6	25													7	10			306
Colin Sieders	21	20	21	12	Ret	22	Ret	26							29	Ret	Ret	15	283
Luke Youlden															19	11	15	13	246
Shannon O'Brien									14	21	15	18	22	17	22	Ret			245
Craig Baird									8	4	8								200
Taz Douglas	Ret	17	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	22	Ret	Ret	18	23	26	17	Ret					192
Tony Evangelou						Ret	21	21							12	13			191
Shane Price																	19	11	120
Andy Knight									16	17	14								116
Shane Beikoff			22	24	Ret										Ret	26	22	Ret	114
Terry Wyhoon												25	Ret	Ret	26	17			101
Brad Lowe																	23	14	99
Clayton Pyne			19	22	18														92
Andrew Fisher															16	Ret	26	Ret	84
Dean Neville															24	21			75
José Fernández															13	Ret			66
Jonathan Beikoff						27	24	24	23	25	25								64
Simon Wills															14	Ret			63
Ryan Brown															25	25			60
Ashley Cooper	16	Ret																	57
Nandi Kiss												27	Ret	Ret					16

References

"2008 V8 Supercars calendar". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.
(August 2019). "2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series points". Official website of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.

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