2008 Tasmania Challenge Explained

Flag:	Tasmania
2008 Falken Tasmania Challenge
Round No:	13
Season No:	14
Year:	2008
Series:	V8SC
Track Map:	Symmons Plains Raceway (Australia) track map.svg
Date:	16–18 November
Location:	Launceston, Tasmania
Circuit:	Symmons Plains Raceway
Weather:	Fine
Race1 Laps:	50
Race1 Dist:	120
Pole1:	Garth Tander
Pole1 Team:	Holden Racing Team
Pole1 Time:	51.8338
Winner1:	Todd Kelly
Winner1 Team:	Perkins Engineering
Winner1 Time:	52:25.8991
Race2 Laps:	50
Race2 Dist:	120
Winner2:	Jamie Whincup
Winner2 Team:	Triple Eight Race Engineering
Winner2 Time:	46:05.2365
Race3 Laps:	50
Race3 Dist:	120
Winner3:	Jamie Whincup
Winner3 Team:	Triple Eight Race Engineering
Winner3 Time:	48:22.3812
First Round:	Jamie Whincup
First Round Team:	Triple Eight Race Engineering
First Pts:	292
Second Round:	Todd Kelly
Second Round Team:	Perkins Engineering
Second Pts:	272
Third Round:	Craig Lowndes
Third Round Team:	Triple Eight Race Engineering
Third Pts:	252

The 2008 Falken Tasmania Challenge was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of the 21–23 November at the Symmons Plains Raceway in Tasmania.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday 22 November 2008.

Race 1

Race 1 was held on Saturday 22 November 2008.

Race 2

Race 2 was held on Sunday 23 November 2008.

Race 3

Race 3 was held on Sunday 23 November 2008.

Results

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Part 3	Part 2	Part 1
1	1	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	0:51.8338
2	88	Jamie Whincup	Ford BF Falcon	Team Vodafone	0:52.0438
3	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	0:52.0479
4	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	0:52.0708
5	17	Steven Johnson	Ford BF Falcon	Jim Beam Racing	0:52.0846
6	4	James Courtney	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	0:52.1173
7	15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team	0:52.1180
8	6	Steven Richards	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	0:52.1377
9	888	Craig Lowndes	Ford BF Falcon	Team Vodafone	0:52.1694
10	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Jack Daniel's Racing	0:52.2593
11	16	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team		0:52.3095
12	25	Jason Bright	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport		0:52.4432
13	14	Cameron McConville	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing		0:52.4661
14	39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Supercheap Auto Racing		0:52.4915
15	67	Paul Morris	Holden VE Commodore	Supercheap Auto Racing		0:52.5321
16	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing		0:52.5472
17	3	Jason Richards	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport		0:52.5900
18	18	Will Davison	Ford BF Falcon	Jim Beam Racing		0:52.6107
19	34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport		0:52.6349
20	51	Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport		0:52.6631
21	2	Mark Skaife	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team			0:52.7659
22	55	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VE Commodore	Rod Nash Racing			0:52.8247
23	11	Jack Perkins	Holden VE Commodore	Jack Daniel's Racing			0:52.8301
24	12	Andrew Jones	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing			0:52.8496
25	777	Michael Patrizi	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Rising Stars Racing			0:52.9292
26	111	Fabian Coulthard	Ford BF Falcon	Glenfords Racing			0:53.0140
27	26	Marcus Marshall	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport			0:53.0589
28	50	Andrew Thompson	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Weel Racing			0:53.1012
29	021	Daniel Gaunt	Ford BF Falcon	Team Kiwi Racing			0:53.5765

Standings

After round 13 of 14.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	88	Jamie Whincup	TeamVodafone	3208
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	2975
3	1	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	2788
4	888	Craig Lowndes	TeamVodafone	2619
5	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	2375

Support categories

The 2008 Falken Tasmania Challenge had four support categories.

Category	Round winner
Australian Formula Ford Championship	Nick Percat (Mygale SJ07A Ford)
Aussie Racing Cars	Adam Gowans (Falcon-Yamaha)
Australian Mini Challenge	Paul Stokell (Mini Cooper R56)
Touring Car Masters	Gavin Bullas (Ford Boss Mustang)

External links

• Official timing and results