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2008 V8 Supercars Eastern Creek round

Field	Value
flag	New South Wales
title	2008 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship
round_no	2
season_no	14
year	2008
series	V8SC
track_map	Eastern Creek Circuit.svg
date	7–9 March
location	Eastern Creek, New South Wales
circuit	Eastern Creek Raceway
weather	Fine
race1_laps	31
race1_dist	120
pole1	Garth Tander
pole1_team	Holden Racing Team
pole1_time	1:32.1080
winner1	Garth Tander
winner1_team	Holden Racing Team
winner1_time	50:19.8503
race2_laps	31
race2_dist	120
winner2	Will Davison
winner2_team	Dick Johnson Racing
winner2_time	50:13.7164
race3_laps	31
race3_dist	120
winner3	Mark Winterbottom
winner3_team	Ford Performance Racing
winner3_time	1:03:42.6526
first_round	Will Davison
first_round_team	Dick Johnson Racing
first_pts	260
second_round	Mark Winterbottom
second_round_team	Ford Performance Racing
second_pts	244
third_round	Garth Tander
third_round_team	Holden Racing Team
third_pts	242

The 2008 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship was the second round of the Australian 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of 7 to 9 March at Eastern Creek Raceway, in the outer suburbs of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday 8 March. The Holden Racing Team secured the front row, Garth Tander taking the pole from Mark Skaife. It was Tander first pole position for his new team. Rick Kelly made a 1-2-3 for the extended Walkinshaw Performance operation with series leader Jamie Whincup the leading Ford in fourth place.

Race 1

Race 1 was held on Saturday 8 March. After the race both Paul Dumbrell and Paul Morris were both relegated five finishing positions for driving infringements.

Race 2

Race 2 was held on Sunday 9 March. Will Davison scores his debut V8 Supercar race win, his first win since the British Formula 3 Championship.

Race 3

Race 3 was held on Sunday 9 March. With a sixth-place finish in the third race to back up the second and first from the first two race Will Davison scored his debut round victory, the first for the Jim Beam Racing team since the 2001 Queensland 500. The field was bunched together at the finish after a late race safety car period after a tyre failure caused Steven Richards to crash his Falcon into the barriers at 150 km/h. The car was destroyed and the team had to revert to a spare for the next race, the Grand Prix support event at Albert Park.

Results

Results as follows:

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Part 3	Part 2
1	AUS Garth Tander	Holden Commodore (VE)	Holden Racing Team	1:32.1080
2	AUS Mark Skaife	Holden Commodore (VE)	Holden Racing Team	1:32.2926
15	AUS Rick Kelly	Holden Commodore (VE)	HSV Dealer Team	1:32.4431
88	AUS Jamie Whincup	Ford Falcon (BF)	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:32.5097
14	AUS Cameron McConville	Holden Commodore (VE)	Brad Jones Racing	1:32.7130
18	AUS Will Davison	Ford Falcon (BF)	Dick Johnson Racing	1:32.7527
4	AUS James Courtney	Ford Falcon (BF)	Stone Brothers Racing	1:32.7706
33	AUS Lee Holdsworth	Holden Commodore (VE)	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:32.8409
16	AUS Paul Dumbrell	Holden Commodore (VE)	HSV Dealer Team	1:33.4414
9	NZL Shane van Gisbergen	Ford Falcon (BF)	Stone Brothers Racing	1:33.5298
888	AUS Craig Lowndes	Ford Falcon (BF)	Triple Eight Race Engineering		1:32.9004
3	NZL Jason Richards	Holden Commodore (VE)	Tasman Motorsport		1:32.9008
51	NZL Greg Murphy	Holden Commodore (VE)	Tasman Motorsport		1:32.9631
111	NZL Fabian Coulthard	Ford Falcon (BF)	Paul Cruickshank Racing		1:33.1648
5	AUS Mark Winterbottom	Ford Falcon (BF)	Ford Performance Racing		1:33.2059
17	AUS Steven Johnson	Ford Falcon (BF)	Dick Johnson Racing		1:33.2060
25	AUS Jason Bright	Ford Falcon (BF)	Britek Motorsport		1:33.2151
7	AUS Todd Kelly	Holden Commodore (VE)	Perkins Engineering		1:33.2217
6	NZL Steven Richards	Ford Falcon (BF)	Ford Performance Racing		1:33.2417
11	AUS Shane Price	Holden Commodore (VE)	Perkins Engineering		1:33.5257
12	AUS Andrew Jones	Holden Commodore (VE)	Brad Jones Racing			1:33.4211
39	AUS Russell Ingall	Holden Commodore (VE)	Paul Morris Motorsport			1:33.4562
34	AUS Michael Caruso	Holden Commodore (VE)	Garry Rogers Motorsport			1:33.5276
55	AUS Tony D'Alberto	Holden Commodore (VE)	Rod Nash Racing			1:33.6992
67	AUS Paul Morris	Holden Commodore (VE)	Paul Morris Motorsport			1:33.7036
50	AUS Andrew Thompson	Holden Commodore (VE)	Paul Weel Racing			1:34.1044
021	NZL Chris Pither	Ford Falcon (BF)	Team Kiwi Racing			1:34.3881
26	AUS Marcus Marshall	Ford Falcon (BF)	Britek Motorsport			1:34.7003

Race 1 results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	AUS Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	31	50:19.8503	1	100
18	AUS Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	31	+6.4s	6	92
88	AUS Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	31	+7.2s	4	86
15	AUS Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	31	+9.4s	3	80
4	AUS James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	31	+10.9s	7	74
2	AUS Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	31	+14.0s	2	68
888	AUS Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	31	+14.6s	11	64
33	AUS Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	31	+15.8s	8	60
51	NZL Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	31	+19.3s	13	56
5	AUS Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	31	+19.6s	15	52
39	AUS Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	31	+37.3s	22	48
3	NZL Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	31	+38.6s	12	46
7	AUS Todd Kelly	Perkins Engineering	31	+41.8s	18	44
111	NZL Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	31	+44.9s	14	42
14	AUS Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	31	+47.2s	5	40
16	AUS Paul Dumbrell	HSV Dealer Team	31	+36.5s	9	38
9	NZL Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	31	+47.5s	10	36
67	AUS Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	31	+40.2s	25	34
11	AUS Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	31	+48.5s	20	32
25	AUS Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	31	+50.2s	17	30
17	AUS Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	31	+50.3s	16	28
12	AUS Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	31	+52.8s	21	26
55	AUS Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	31	+53.8s	24	24
50	AUS Andrew Thompson	Paul Weel Racing	31	+72.4s	26	22
34	AUS Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	31	+88.7s	23	20
26	AUS Marcus Marshall	Britek Motorsport	30	+ 1 Lap	28	18
6	NZL Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	30	+ 1 Lap	19	16
021	NZL Chris Pither	Team Kiwi Racing	30	+ 1 Lap	27	14

Race 2 results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
18	AUS Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	31	50:13.7164	2	100
5	AUS Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	31	+2.6s	10	92
888	AUS Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	31	+7.8s	7	86
39	AUS Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	31	+17.3s	11	80
88	AUS Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	31	+17.6s	3	74
15	AUS Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	31	+22.2s	4	68
6	NZL Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	31	+22.9s	27	64
33	AUS Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	31	+25.1s	8	60
1	AUS Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	31	+26.2s	1	56
67	AUS Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	31	+42.3196s	18	52
51	NZL Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	31	+40.3s	9	48
16	AUS Paul Dumbrell	HSV Dealer Team	31	+41.5s	16	46
7	AUS Todd Kelly	Perkins Engineering	31	+45.0s	13	44
2	AUS Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	31	+46.1s	6	42
4	AUS James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	55	+47.9s	5	40
3	NZL Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	31	+49.4s	12	38
111	NZL Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	31	+50.7s	14	36
14	AUS Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	31	+51.8s	15	34
17	AUS Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	31	+52.0s	21	32
55	AUS Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	31	+59.6s	23	30
11	AUS Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	31	+60.4s	19	28
25	AUS Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	31	+63.4s	20	26
12	AUS Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	31	+64.3s	22	24
50	AUS Andrew Thompson	Paul Weel Racing	31	+66.3s	24	22
021	NZL Chris Pither	Team Kiwi Racing	31	+83.7s	28	20
34	AUS Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	31	+112.0s	25	18
9	NZL Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	26	+ 5 Laps	17	16
26	AUS Marcus Marshall	Britek Motorsport	29		26

Race 3 results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
5	AUS Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	31	1:03:42.6526	2	100
15	AUS Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	31	+0.8s	6	92
1	AUS Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	31	+2.2s	9	86
88	AUS Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	31	+2.4s	5	80
2	AUS Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	31	+2.5s	14	74
18	AUS Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	31	+3.6s	1	68
39	AUS Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	31	+17.3s	4	64
888	AUS Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	31	+4.4s	3	60
16	AUS Paul Dumbrell	HSV Dealer Team	31	+4.8s	12	56
51	NZL Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	31	+5.2s	11	52
33	AUS Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	31	+5.6s	8	48
14	AUS Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	31	+6.0s	18	46
50	AUS Andrew Thompson	Paul Weel Racing	31	+7.1s	24	44
34	AUS Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	31	+7.5s	25	42
7	AUS Todd Kelly	Perkins Engineering	31	+7.6s	13	40
111	NZL Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	31	+8.6s	17	38
9	NZL Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	31	+9.1s	27	36
17	AUS Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	31	+9.2s	19	34
3	NZL Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	31	+9.6s	16	32
25	AUS Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	31	+10.1s	22	30
11	AUS Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	31	+11.1s	21	28
26	AUS Marcus Marshall	Britek Motorsport	31	+11.7s	28	26
021	NZL Chris Pither	Team Kiwi Racing	31	+18.6s	25	24
6	NZL Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	23	Accident	7
12	AUS Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	6		23
67	AUS Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	1	Accident	10
4	AUS James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	1	Accident	15
55	AUS Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	0	Accident	20

Standings

After round 2 of 14

Pos	No	Name	Team
88	AUS Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	540
15	AUS Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	432
33	AUS Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	426
5	AUS Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	382
18	AUS Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	356

References

(9 March 2008). "Eastern Creek International Raceway 09/03/2008 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 2". National Software.

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