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2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

The 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercars season 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 after seven rounds.

Race calendar
Teams and drivers
Points system
Driver standings
References

Race calendar

The series consisted of six events in support to the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series and one stand-alone event.^[1]

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

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

Points system

Points are awarded to any driver that completes 75% of race distance and is running on the completion of the final lap. These are the points awarded for each race.

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
Rounds 1, 6 & 7	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
Rounds 2 - 5	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

Driver standings

^[2]

Pos	Driver	Rd 1		Rd 2			Rd 3			Rd 4			Rd 5			Rd 6		Rd 7		Pts
1	Steve Owen	1st	1st	1st	2nd	14th	1st	10th	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	4th	3rd	5th	17th	1762
2	Dean Canto	Ret	10th	2nd	27th	1st	2nd	11th	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	4th	7th	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	1621
3	Jonathon Webb	9th	19th	3rd	5th	7th	6th	3rd	4th	3rd	13th	4th	6th	8th	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	6th	1527
4	David Reynolds	17th	9th	5th	3rd	4th	5th	4th	3rd	4th	6th	6th	5th	3rd	3rd	5th	4th	11th	5th	1494
5	Jack Perkins	2nd	2nd	4th	14th	5th	26th	Ret	11th	6th	Ret	Ret	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	6th	2nd	1st	1399
6	Dale Wood	4th	3rd	Ret	10th	Ret	3rd	5th	19th	5th	8th	3rd	Ret	5th	9th	6th	5th	13th	Ret	1122
7	Tim Slade	3rd	Ret	7th	1st	2nd	11th	20th	14th	24th	24th	20th	7th	6th	6th	27th	Ret	4th	2nd	1061
8	Karl Reindler	8th	7th	8th	20th	11th	4th	7th	5th	19th	7th	9th	9th	5th	9th	28th	12th	9th	Ret	1056
9	Michael Trimble	7th	4th	13th	6th	3rd	7th	2nd	11th	17th	11th	10th	4th	Ret	Ret	8th	9th	Ret	20th	1053
10	Mark McNally	15th	11th	6th	4th	Ret	14th	8th	8th	Ret	16th	16th	13th	14th	8th	11th	22nd	6th	7th	973
11	Marcus Zukanovic	13th	8th	17th	7th	17th	8th	6th	7th	9th	5th	12th	19th	Ret	16th	Ret	14th	24th	4th	946
12	Damian Assaillit	18th	12th	14th	15th	16th	16th	12th	9th	18th	Ret	18th	12th	16th	12th	9th	7th	12th	12th	896
13	Sam Walter	11th	21st	10th	9th	12th	12th	13th	12th	7th	9th	7th	10th	20th	Ret	Ret	DNS	8th	8th	850
14	Jay Verdnik	12th	14th	9th	16th	6th	9th	9th	6th	Ret	12th	28th	11th	12th	14th	10th	8th	838
15	Grant Denyer	5th	5th	Ret	11th	9th	10th	1st	25th	10th	1st	5th	Ret	13th	11th	816
16	Drew Russell	26th	23rd	12th	8th	8th	15th	Ret	17th	15th	Ret	22nd	17th	10th	15th	20th	15th	16th	10th	739
17	Geoff Emery	19th	13th	20th	18th	Ret	19th	17th	18th	11th	14th	13th	8th	7th	20th	15th	Ret	20th	18th	724
18	David Seiders	25th	22nd	18th	13th	10th	25th	19th	20th	13th	15th	17th	14th	Ret	21st	Ret	19th	7th	9th	699
19	Brett Holdsworth	23rd	16th	15th	17th	13th	17th	25th	22nd	20th	23rd	21st	16th	11th	10th	30th	23rd	14th	23rd	665
20	James Bergmuller	24th	18th	23rd	26th	Ret	20th	23rd	23rd	21st	22nd	24th	20th	15th	18th	23rd	20th	18th	16th	573
21	Brett Hobson	10th	6th	11th	Ret	Ret	13th	14th	13th	DNS	18th	10th	Ret	487
22	Tony Bates	24th	23rd	19th	21st	15th	16th	25th	20th	19th	23rd	Ret	22nd	17th	24th	25th	Ret	433
23	Aaron McGill	22nd	24th	26th	25th	Ret	24th	Ret	27th	22nd	Ret	27th	24th	19th	19th	21st	16th	Ret	21st	417
24	Ben Eggleston	DNS	DNS	16th	21st	15th	18th	18th	Ret	Ret	Ret	26th	21st	18th	Ret	18th	Ret	17th	22nd	398
25	Gene Rollinson	14th	Ret	12th	10th	11th	15th	Ret	13th	21st	19th	383
26	Joel Spychala	20th	15th	25th	20th	Ret	23rd	16th	15th	Ret	19th	29th	22nd	21st	Ret	355
27	Matthew White	6th	25th	7th	10th	306
28	Colin Sieders	21st	20th	21st	12th	Ret	22nd	Ret	26th	29th	Ret	Ret	15th	283
29	Luke Youlden	19th	11th	15th	13th	246
30	Shannon O'Brien	14th	21st	15th	18th	22nd	17th	22nd	245
31	Craig Baird	8th	4th	8th	200
32	Taz Douglas	Ret	17th	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	22nd	Ret	Ret	18th	23rd	26th	17th	Ret	192
33	Tony Evangelou	Ret	21st	21st	12th	13th	191
34	Shane Beikoff	22nd	24th	Ret	27th	24th	24th	Ret	26th	22nd	Ret	174
35	Shane Price	19th	11th	120
36	Andy Knight	16th	17th	14th	116
37	Terry Wyhoon	25th	Ret	Ret	26th	17th	101
38	Brad Lowe	23rd	14th	99
39	Clayton Pyne	19th	22nd	18th	92
40	Andrew Fisher	16th	Ret	26th	Ret	84
41	Dean Neville	24th	21st	75
42	Jos Fern ndez	13th	Ret	66
43	Jonathan Beikoff	23rd	25th	25th	64
44	Simon Wills	14th	Ret	63
45	Ryan Brown	25th	25th	60
46	Ashley Cooper	16th	Ret	57
47	Nandi Kiss	27th	Ret	Ret	16

References

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