2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
# 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 in New South Wales after seven rounds.

## Race calendar

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

| 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. This was the last season the Ford AU Falcon was eligible.

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

## 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

| Pos | Driver | Rd 1 | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 2 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 3 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 4 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 5 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | 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 | 9th | 5th | 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 Sieders | 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 | Ret | | | 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 Price | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19th | 11th | 120 |
| 35 | Andy Knight | | | | | | | | | 16th | 17th | 14th | | | | | | | | 116 |
| 36 | Shane Beikoff | | | 22nd | 24th | Ret | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 26th | 22nd | Ret | 114 |
| 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 | José Fernández | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13th | Ret | | | 66 |
| 43 | Jonathan Beikoff | | | | | | 27th | 24th | 24th | 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 |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
