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2008 Pickup Truck Racing

Trucks queue in falling snow to take to the track for the first race of the 2008 season

The 2008 Pickup Truck Racing season was the 12th Pickup Truck Racing season. Gavin Seager took the Rockingham Championship on September 28 and then sealed the overall championship at Pembrey with a double race win, taking his tally for the season to 13 victories with two races remaining. Gavin became the first driver to win the overall championship three times.

Race Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	1
[[Image: Brands Hatch Indy 2003.svg	50px]]	Brands Hatch Indy Circuit	March 23	Gavin Seager
Gavin Seager
[[Image:Rockingham Motor Speedway.svg	50px]]	Rockingham Motor Speedway	April 20	Gavin Seager
Gavin Seager
[[Image:Rockingham Motor Speedway.svg	50px]]	Rockingham Motor Speedway	May 26	Steve Dance
Gavin Seager
[[Image:Mondello Park v2.svg	50px]]	Mondello Park	June 8	Gavin Seager
Gavin Seager
[[Image:Rockingham Motor Speedway.svg	50px]]	Rockingham Motor Speedway	July 12/13	Gavin Seager
Gavin Seager
Gavin Seager
[[Image:Donington as of 2006.svg	50px]]	Donington Park	July 27	Chris Dawkins
Simon Carr
[[Image:Thuxton Motor Racing Circuit map.svg	50px]]	Thruxton	August 3	Gavin Seager
Gavin Seager
[[Image: Brands Hatch 2003.svg	50px]]	Brands Hatch	August 31	Steve Dance
Gavin Seager
[[Image:Rockingham Motor Speedway.svg	50px]]	Rockingham Motor Speedway	September 28	Gavin Seager
Gavin Seager
[[Image:Pembrey Circuit track map.svg	50px]]	Pembrey Circuit	October 12	Gavin Seager
Gavin Seager
[[Image: Brands Hatch Indy 2003.svg	50px]]	Brands Hatch Indy Circuit	November 2	Gavin Seager
Gavin Seager

Additional Race

Following the rain-shortened race at Rockingham on 26 May (for which half points were awarded) an additional race was run on 12 July, making a three race weekend

Championship Standings

Pos	No.	Driver	BRA	ROC	ROC	MON	ROC	DON	THR	BRA	ROC	PEM	BRA	Pts	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	3
54	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Gavin Seager	1	1	1	1	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	1	1	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4410
15	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Simon Carr	2	8	5	8	12	4	5	3	7	4	7	4	1	5	6	10	5	2	4	14	6	10	11	3908
4	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Pete Stevens	10	3	14	9	7	12	10	4	5	5	2	6	5	6	4	4	3	6	7	6	5	16	2	3888
16	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Steve Dance	3	Ret	6	6	1	15	4	6	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	1	4	3	2	2	Ret	2	3	3885
63	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Phil White	9	4	4	5	2	8	7	5	6	Ret	5	5	6	4	7	15	9	9	8	10	3	7	5	3723
2	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Dave Briggs	11	6	8	3	8	7	9	10	10	12	14	14	8	9	3	6	Ret	10	11	5	4	8	Ret	3360
9	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Pete Wilkinson	13	2	9	10	10	9	3	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	13	2	2	10	2	6	8	5	9	2	9	6	3350
93	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Michael Smith	5	7	10	12	9	11	14	Ret	Ret	9	11	7	Ret	8	8	3	7	4	6	11	9	11	16	3165
10	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Chris Dawkins	7	11	11	11			6	DNS	13	6	9	1	7	7	9	13	2	Ret	DNS	8	13	6	7	2965
98	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Antony Hawkins	12	13	7	7	11	10	11	Ret	12	13	8	8	Ret			11	13	7	12	4	8	14	4	2913
24	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Richard Novell	14	16	12	14	14	13	Ret	9	11	11	12	Ret	14	14	14	Ret	16	12	9	13	10	15	13	2780
3	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Julian Arnold	16	17	15	16	13	17	17	12	15	15	15	15	Ret	13	15	16	14	11	10	DNS	12	17	12	2740
22	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Nic Grindrod	17	Ret	2	2	3	3	2	8	4	3	4	12	12					5	3			5	Ret	2418
26	[[Image:U+21E7.gif]]Paul Saunders	4	9					Ret	2				12	9	11	5	7	8			7	11	4	15	2270
37	[[Image:U+21E9.gif]]Neil Tressler			16	17	16	14			14	14	13	11	12	12	13	18	15	14	14	Ret	Ret	18	14	2213
14	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Damien Carr	8	14					16	Ret				Ret	16	15	12	8	10	17	16	3	7	3	8	2170
8	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Andy Pyke	15	10					15	7				9	10	10	11	17	Ret			12	Ret	12	19	1795
28	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Richard Grindrod	6	5	3	4	3	3	8	8																1345
6	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Rob Butterfield			17	15					8	Ret	10	10	13					13	Ret					1055
7	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Tony Mumford	Ret	15	DNS	DNS	15	16	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	15	13	INJ	DNS			968
21	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Kelly-Jayne Wells	18	Ret			5	6										5	11							723
69	[[Image:U+21E7.gif]]Lee Rogers	Ret	12					12	Ret				Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret			Ret	DNS	13	10	355
5	[[Image:U+21E9.gif]]John Mickel			17	15					Ret	8	6													600
74	[[Image:U+21E9.gif]]Paul Poulter					17	5			3	7	Ret													470
46	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]Miguel Gomes																		16	15					255
18	[[Image:U+21E8.gif]]John Stant									9	Ret	Ret													180

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