The 2008 V8 Supercar season was the twelfth season in which

V8 Supercars The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport. Supercars events take place in all Australian ...

contested the premier

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n touring car racing series. It was the 49th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first running of the

Australian Touring Car Championship The Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) is a touring car racing award held in Australia since 1960. The series itself is no longer contested, but the title lives on, with the winner of the Repco Supercars Championship awarded the trophy ...

, known today as the V8 Supercar Championship Series, and of the fore-runner of the present day

Bathurst 1000 The Bathurst 1000 (formally known as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most recen ...

, the Armstrong 500. The season began on 21 February at the

Clipsal 500 The Adelaide 500 (also known as the VALO Adelaide 500 for sponsorship reasons) is an annual motor racing event for Supercars held on the streets of the east end of Adelaide, South Australia between 1999 to 2020 and again from 2022. It is sometim ...

on the streets of

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and finished on 7 December at

Oran Park Raceway Oran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan south west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which was operational from February 1962 until its closure in January 2010. The track was designed and started by George Murray and Jac ...

. 2008 featured the twelfth V8 Supercars Championship Series, consisting of 14 rounds covering all states and the

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of Australia as well as rounds in

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and

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. It also featured a non-championship event supporting the

2008 Australian Grand Prix The 2008 Australian Grand Prix (officially known as the 2008 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 March 2008 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. It was the first race of the 20 ...

. It included the ninth second tier Development Series, this year referred to as the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. All bar one of the seven rounds were held as a support category for the V8 Supercar Championship Series. For the first time a third tier series was run, known as the Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series. Its four rounds were held as part of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships.

Race calendar

* – fastest lap of official pre-season test days *VSC – V8 Supercar Championship Series *FVS – Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series *STCS – Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series *NC – Non-championship event

V8 Supercar Championship Series

Sprint Gas V8 Supercars Manufacturers Challenge

Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series

References

Linked articles contain additional references.

External links

Official V8 Supercar website

2008 Racing Results Archive
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