2008 V8 Supercars Eastern Creek round

**2008 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship**
Event Information
Round 2 of 14 in the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	7–9 March 2008
Location	Eastern Creek, New South Wales
Venue	Eastern Creek Raceway
Weather	Fine
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	31 laps
Pole position	Garth Tander; Holden Racing Team
Winner	Garth Tander; Holden Racing Team
Distance
Race 2
Distance	31 laps
Winner	Will Davison; Dick Johnson Racing
Distance
Race 3
Distance	31 laps
Winner	Mark Winterbottom; Ford Performance Racing
First
Round Results
First	Will Davison; Dick Johnson Racing;
Second	Mark Winterbottom; Ford Performance Racing;
Third	Garth Tander; Holden Racing Team;

The 2008 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship was the second round of the Australian 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of 7 to 9 March at Eastern Creek Raceway, in the outer suburbs of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday 8 March. The Holden Racing Team secured the front row, Garth Tander taking the pole from Mark Skaife. It was Tander first pole position for his new team. Rick Kelly made a 1-2-3 for the extended Walkinshaw Performance operation with series leader Jamie Whincup the leading Ford in fourth place.

Race 1

Race 1 was held on Saturday 8 March. After the race both Paul Dumbrell and Paul Morris were both relegated five finishing positions for driving infringements.

Race 2

Race 2 was held on Sunday 9 March. Will Davison scores his debut V8 Supercar race win, his first win since the British Formula 3 Championship.

Race 3

Race 3 was held on Sunday 9 March. With a sixth-place finish in the third race to back up the second and first from the first two race Will Davison scored his debut round victory, the first for the Jim Beam Racing team since the 2001 Queensland 500. The field was bunched together at the finish after a late race safety car period after a tyre failure caused Steven Richards to crash his Falcon into the barriers at 150 km/h. The car was destroyed and the team had to revert to a spare for the next race, the Grand Prix support event at Albert Park.

Results

Results as follows:^[1]

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Part 3	Part 2	Part 1
1	1	Garth Tander	Holden Commodore (VE)	Holden Racing Team	1:32.1080
2	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Commodore (VE)	Holden Racing Team	1:32.2926
3	15	Rick Kelly	Holden Commodore (VE)	HSV Dealer Team	1:32.4431
4	88	Jamie Whincup	Ford Falcon (BF)	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:32.5097
5	14	Cameron McConville	Holden Commodore (VE)	Brad Jones Racing	1:32.7130
6	18	Will Davison	Ford Falcon (BF)	Dick Johnson Racing	1:32.7527
7	4	James Courtney	Ford Falcon (BF)	Stone Brothers Racing	1:32.7706
8	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden Commodore (VE)	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:32.8409
9	16	Paul Dumbrell	Holden Commodore (VE)	HSV Dealer Team	1:33.4414
10	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford Falcon (BF)	Stone Brothers Racing	1:33.5298
11	888	Craig Lowndes	Ford Falcon (BF)	Triple Eight Race Engineering		1:32.9004
12	3	Jason Richards	Holden Commodore (VE)	Tasman Motorsport		1:32.9008
13	51	Greg Murphy	Holden Commodore (VE)	Tasman Motorsport		1:32.9631
14	111	Fabian Coulthard	Ford Falcon (BF)	Paul Cruickshank Racing		1:33.1648
15	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Falcon (BF)	Ford Performance Racing		1:33.2059
16	17	Steven Johnson	Ford Falcon (BF)	Dick Johnson Racing		1:33.2060
17	25	Jason Bright	Ford Falcon (BF)	Britek Motorsport		1:33.2151
18	7	Todd Kelly	Holden Commodore (VE)	Perkins Engineering		1:33.2217
19	6	Steven Richards	Ford Falcon (BF)	Ford Performance Racing		1:33.2417
20	11	Shane Price	Holden Commodore (VE)	Perkins Engineering		1:33.5257
21	12	Andrew Jones	Holden Commodore (VE)	Brad Jones Racing			1:33.4211
22	39	Russell Ingall	Holden Commodore (VE)	Paul Morris Motorsport			1:33.4562
23	34	Michael Caruso	Holden Commodore (VE)	Garry Rogers Motorsport			1:33.5276
24	55	Tony D'Alberto	Holden Commodore (VE)	Rod Nash Racing			1:33.6992
25	67	Paul Morris	Holden Commodore (VE)	Paul Morris Motorsport			1:33.7036
26	50	Andrew Thompson	Holden Commodore (VE)	Paul Weel Racing			1:34.1044
27	021	Chris Pither	Ford Falcon (BF)	Team Kiwi Racing			1:34.3881
28	26	Marcus Marshall	Ford Falcon (BF)	Britek Motorsport			1:34.7003

Race 1 results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	31	50:19.8503	1	100
2	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	31	+6.4s	6	92
3	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	31	+7.2s	4	86
4	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	31	+9.4s	3	80
5	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	31	+10.9s	7	74
6	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	31	+14.0s	2	68
7	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	31	+14.6s	11	64
8	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	31	+15.8s	8	60
9	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	31	+19.3s	13	56
10	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	31	+19.6s	15	52
11	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	31	+37.3s	22	48
12	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	31	+38.6s	12	46
13	7	Todd Kelly	Perkins Engineering	31	+41.8s	18	44
14	111	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	31	+44.9s	14	42
15	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	31	+47.2s	5	40
16	16	Paul Dumbrell	HSV Dealer Team	31	+36.5s	9	38
17	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	31	+47.5s	10	36
18	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	31	+40.2s	25	34
19	11	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	31	+48.5s	20	32
20	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	31	+50.2s	17	30
21	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	31	+50.3s	16	28
22	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	31	+52.8s	21	26
23	55	Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	31	+53.8s	24	24
24	50	Andrew Thompson	Paul Weel Racing	31	+72.4s	26	22
25	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	31	+88.7s	23	20
26	26	Marcus Marshall	Britek Motorsport	30	+ 1 Lap	28	18
27	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	30	+ 1 Lap	19	16
28	021	Chris Pither	Team Kiwi Racing	30	+ 1 Lap	27	14

Race 2 results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	31	50:13.7164	2	100
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	31	+2.6s	10	92
3	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	31	+7.8s	7	86
4	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	31	+17.3s	11	80
5	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	31	+17.6s	3	74
6	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	31	+22.2s	4	68
7	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	31	+22.9s	27	64
8	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	31	+25.1s	8	60
9	1	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	31	+26.2s	1	56
10	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	31	+42.3196s	18	52
11	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	31	+40.3s	9	48
12	16	Paul Dumbrell	HSV Dealer Team	31	+41.5s	16	46
13	7	Todd Kelly	Perkins Engineering	31	+45.0s	13	44
14	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	31	+46.1s	6	42
15	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	55	+47.9s	5	40
16	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	31	+49.4s	12	38
17	111	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	31	+50.7s	14	36
18	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	31	+51.8s	15	34
19	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	31	+52.0s	21	32
20	55	Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	31	+59.6s	23	30
21	11	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	31	+60.4s	19	28
22	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	31	+63.4s	20	26
23	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	31	+64.3s	22	24
24	50	Andrew Thompson	Paul Weel Racing	31	+66.3s	24	22
25	021	Chris Pither	Team Kiwi Racing	31	+83.7s	28	20
26	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	31	+112.0s	25	18
27	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	26	+ 5 Laps	17	16
DNF	26	Marcus Marshall	Britek Motorsport	29		26

Race 3 results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	31	1:03:42.6526	2	100
2	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	31	+0.8s	6	92
3	1	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	31	+2.2s	9	86
4	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	31	+2.4s	5	80
5	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	31	+2.5s	14	74
6	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	31	+3.6s	1	68
7	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	31	+17.3s	4	64
8	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	31	+4.4s	3	60
9	16	Paul Dumbrell	HSV Dealer Team	31	+4.8s	12	56
10	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	31	+5.2s	11	52
11	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	31	+5.6s	8	48
12	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	31	+6.0s	18	46
13	50	Andrew Thompson	Paul Weel Racing	31	+7.1s	24	44
14	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	31	+7.5s	25	42
15	7	Todd Kelly	Perkins Engineering	31	+7.6s	13	40
16	111	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	31	+8.6s	17	38
17	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	31	+9.1s	27	36
18	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	31	+9.2s	19	34
19	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	31	+9.6s	16	32
20	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	31	+10.1s	22	30
21	11	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	31	+11.1s	21	28
22	26	Marcus Marshall	Britek Motorsport	31	+11.7s	28	26
23	021	Chris Pither	Team Kiwi Racing	31	+18.6s	25	24
DNF	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	23	Accident	7
DNF	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	6		23
DNF	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	1	Accident	10
DNF	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	1	Accident	15
DNF	55	Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	0	Accident	20

Standings

After round 2 of 14

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	540
2	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	432
3	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	426
4	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	382
5	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	356

References

^ "Eastern Creek International Raceway 09/03/2008 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 2". National Software. 9 March 2008. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.

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[1] "Eastern Creek International Raceway 09/03/2008 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 2". National Software. 9 March 2008. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.

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