The 2008 calendar features an earlier start than usual with a significant break in the middle largely due to Seven's broadcast of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The Clipsal 500 in Adelaide begins the year as usual from February 21 to 24 followed by Eastern Creek in Sydney. One week after Eastern Creek is the non-Championship Australian Grand Prix.

The 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series will mirror the Championship Series with the exception of the stand-alone race at Wakefield Park from April 4-6.



The 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series calendar:

February 21-24: Clipsal 500, Adelaide

March 7-9: Eastern Creek Raceway, Sydney

March 13-16: Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne (non-Championship)

April 18-20: Hamilton, New Zealand

May 9-11: Perth, WA

June 7-9: Sandown Raceway, Melbourne

July 4-6: Hidden Valley Raceway, Darwin

July 18-20: Queensland Raceway, Ipswich

August 1-3: Winton Raceway, Victoria

September 12-14: Phillip Island, Victoria

October 9-12: Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Mt Panorama

October 23-26: V8 Supercar Challenge, Gold Coast

November: 6-8: Desert 400, Bahrain

November 21-23: Tasmania Challenge, Launceston

December 4-7: Oran Park Raceway, Sydney

22 sleeps to go

2 Sleeps ..



Adelaide Clipsal 500 21st feb - 23rd Feb 2008

Whincup in to the wall during qualifying.. thats race one out for him


yeah thanks Todd

Points as at 3.23 (aest) 19th april 2008


Pos Driver Name Penalty Rd1 Rd2 Total

1 Jamie Whincup 0 300 240 540
2 Rick Kelly 0 192 240 432
3 Lee Holdsworth 0 258 168 426
4 Mark Winterbottom 0 138 244 382
5 Will Davison 0 96 260 356
6 Craig Lowndes 0 129 210 339
7 Greg Murphy 0 174 156 330
8 Garth Tander 0 84 242 326
9 Mark Skaife 0 138 184 322
10 Todd Kelly 0 180 128 308

11 Steven Johnson 0 186 94 280
12 Jason Richards 0 156 116 272
13 Shane Van Gisbergen 0 180 88 268
14 Russell Ingall 0 63 192 255
15 Steven Richards 0 171 80 251
16 Cameron McConville 0 129 120 249
17 Fabian Coulthard 0 123 116 239
18 James Courtney 0 57 114 171
19 Andrew Jones 0 120 50 170
20 Jason Bright 0 78 86 164
21 Marcus Marshall 0 114 44 158
22 Michael Caruso 0 72 80 152
23 Paul Morris 0 57 86 143
24 Paul Dumbrell 0 0 140 140
25 Andrew Thompson 0 45 88 133
26 Shane Price 0 42 88 130
27 Tony D'Alberto 0 54 54 108
28 Kayne Scott 0 102 - 102
29 Chris Pither 0 - 58 58

I guess we won't discuss the debauchery of race one @ hamilton today

r u enjoyin this thread??

i think its PC's "special place"

does any body care

I'm sure there is!

I'm just not one of them.. Frankly the V8 supercars can get..

Todd Kelly can go chew a d*ck!
"I had to Steer away from the wall!"... WTF? The wall was miles away. It was just a deliberate attempt to put him out of race 1

this road course in NZ is CRAP

Supposed to be a 36 lap race and they spent the first 11 laps behind a safety car
I cant say the scenery around the track looks that great either, like an old abandoned industrial estate, certainly nothing like Surfers Paradise.

I bet Todd and Rick go out and celebrate tonight, after he helped his little brother get the lead in the championship, its not how you win with those two. Whincup was on a flying lap, and Todd knew he was there, I think Jamie should have made him a visit with a 14lb sledge hammer.

HOLDEN DRIVERS: Once a cheat.....always a cheat!



I feel better now, thanks!

i only watched a few laps and as you said the backdrop is just industrial looking crap
and the track is to skinny and the lay out looks crap

at least the adelaid track is a good layout and also pulls a crowd

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Can't really add anything else. It's all crap

well that was 3 hours I will never get back


I don't like street tracks at the best of times but that was just a shemozzle from start to finish

at least Courtney did well

One of the worst races I've had the displeasure of watching ever.

WTF was with the ring in the middle of the straight.....

they are new zealanders after all

what about the chicane.. lucky if a rider on a bmx could do that without going over the handle bars


I reckon track designers should have to pay 20% of the cost of damage to these cars, bet the tracks wouldn't be so ridiculous then ..

ahhh, "chicane" PC - ever heard of spell-check???

That really was crap racing. What a piss poor excuse for a track.

If the officials were serious, Todd Kelly should have been excluded for putting Wincup out.

At least Morris got penalised for his blatant corner cut in the last race, but I thought it was rediculous how McConville was penalised, when it was clearly Dunbrell that hit him. Crap track, crap racing, crap officials.

Also, not enough was said about Lownds' brilliant recovery.

Credit where credit is due though, the top three did a great job all weekend.

Indeed, but I think it was probably more luck than skill that they got through unscathed. It seems Courtney has settled down a bit which is a good sign.

Two sharp turns right off the start that can only realistically handle one car width is bullshit. Be interesting to see what percentage of racing was done under safety car....seemed like a hell of a lot. And then the safety car peels off, get to the first corner and it's all happening again!

Yep

Hmm, sounds like i did myself a favour by not watching this round huh.

Put me to sleep after 5 laps...boring as batshit

mmmm was a good race... todays should be better lol..

does anyone else get a random urge to do burnouts and donuts after watching v8s?

Looks like Townsville is all GO for the V8's also!

Im not overly happy though.....
http://www.skyscraperlife.com/regional-que...e-approved.html

They already have a drag strip, now there getting a permanent circut which will host the V8's....

Yet in Cairns we got a dirt speedway track n thats about it.... Yipdy do.

I guess they gotta find a reason to get tourists there

Can't wait till the Darwin round, I hope my media pass gets approved, mmmmmmmmmmmm all access.

Its on!!! Round 9

I & H 500, Phillip Island, 12-14 September

now for something different!
Tell us who you think will be 1,2,3 ???


my edumucated guess is
1. Winterbottom
2. Whincup
3. Courtney


2008 V8 SUPERCAR CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES POINTS

Pos Driver Name Total

1 Garth Tander 1,844
2 Mark Winterbottom 1,832
3 Jamie Whincup 1,758
4 Rick Kelly 1,506
5 Will Davison 1,426
6 Steven Richards 1,383
7 Craig Lowndes 1,365
8 James Courtney 1,343
9 Lee Holdsworth 1,200
10 Russell Ingall 1,189



11 Todd Kelly 1,116
12 Fabian Coulthard 1,049
13 Shane Van Gisbergen 1,048
14 Steven Johnson 1,032
15 Mark Skaife 972
16 Cameron McConville 969
17 Jason Richards 850
18 Greg Murphy 848
19 Paul Dumbrell 844
20 Andrew Jones 780
21 Michael Caruso 758
22 Paul Morris 709
23 Jason Bright 700
24 Tony D'Alberto 620
25 Shane Price 612
26 Marcus Marshall 542
27 Andrew Thompson 467
28 Michael Patrizi 384
29 Kayne Scott 362
30 Chris Pither 130

and the fun begins



qualifying drivers A


Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap
1 6 Ford Performance Racing Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 10 9 1:33.4117
2 888 Team Vodafone Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BF 8 3 1:33.7058 0:00.2941
3 25 Fujitsu Racing Jason Bright Ford Falcon BF 10 9 1:33.8180 0:00.4063
4 111 Glenfords Racing Fabian Coulthard Ford Falcon BF 9 8 1:33.8525 0:00.4408
5 17 Jim Beam Racing Steve Owen Ford Falcon BF 9 8 1:33.9063 0:00.4946




Pos Car Entrant Driver Vehicle Laps Fastest Lap Fastest Lap Time Gap
1 888 Team Vodafone Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BF 6 6 1:33.3175
2 4 Jeld-Wen Motorsport James Courtney Ford Falcon BF 11 8 1:33.3345 0:00.0170
3 1 Toll Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 7 2 1:33.3444 0:00.0269
4 18 Jim Beam Racing Will Davison Ford Falcon BF 8 7 1:33.3855 0:00.0680
5 39 Supercheap Auto Racing Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VE 10 10 1:33.7452 0:00.4277

Good work

No point watching the second qualifying session on TV now is there

your welcome


want me to post up the results to race one ??

How is the racing going in Tasmania??

1st race: Todd Kelly won, Whincup second and Winterbottom third. Tander back in 20th I think it was.

Whincup has got to be happy after winning the round......
But I don't think he'll be happy about letting the car get away from him on the parade lap and making a goose of himself after being gee'd up by Matty White.....
Somehow, I can't imagine Roland Dane seeing the funny side of it either.......oops.

lol that was kinda funny "you got something special for us jamie?"

Whincup is more than 300 points ahead of Tander which means a Ford has to win.

oh dear .. How upsetting



Tander cops a 10sec penalty for jumping the start

Frosty just copped two

A big there.



Quite devo about the news that Morris is retiring

Congratulations to Wincup and 888 Racing for the 2008 championship win, now two more races just too rub it in

FORD WINS!!!


FORD RULES!!!


ONYA WHINCUP!!!

10 wins out of the last 11 races or something they were saying...that's pretty farkin impressive.

Onya Jamie

If Jamie wins one of todays races and the first round next year, he gets the record for most consecutive round wins. Richo currently holds the record at 7 i believe

Well done Wincup and 888. Driver's, manufacturer's, team's and Bathurst champions for 2008, not to mention the most round and race wins by far.

NOW FORD, GET OUT THERE AND TELL SOMEONE!

SO FAR YOU'VE DONE SEWWT FA!

To cap it all off Skaife and now Morris retired.

This has to be one of the best years for V8 Supercars in a long time

Oh yeah, and did Paul Morris get a mention? No, he didn't, because he was a dick, even in his last round he managed to take out the series Champion - what a dick...

Oh, and great job by Ford on announcing the Championship win - the Papers in sydney were covered in Skaifes retirement and Vodafone put a 1/3 page ad in the Telegraph...

Did that obese c*ckmuncher get penalised for that? My tellie almost ended up through that farkin wall when I saw it.

Ofcourse not, he drives a holden...

lol

And all the farkin Skaife crap

80% of the telecast was dedicated to him, the final race finishes and we have to endure another farking interview....meanwhile you can here Whincup going nuts in the background doing his victory lap and we get to see 4 seconds of it. Pathetic.