2008 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series

The Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the inaugural running of the V8 Touring Car National Series, a third-tier series for V8 Supercars. The season began on 17 May 2008 at the Mallala Motor Sport Park and finished on 30 November at Sandown Raceway. The season consisted of four rounds, held across three different states.

The series was won by Chris Smerdon who was the only driver to finish all twelve races, but also won eight races. He finished 130 points ahead of Steve Ingwersen who was the only other driver to attend all four rounds.

Teams and drivers edit

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2008 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series.

Team	No	Driver	Car
Peter McNiven	13	Peter McNiven	Holden Commodore (VT)
Steve Ingwersen Painting	15	Steve Ingwersen	Holden Commodore (VS)
Image Racing	18	Leigh Moran	Ford Falcon (EL)
Image Racing	50	Mark Sheppard	Ford Falcon (AU)
JCV Automotive Katoomba	26	John Vergotis	Ford Falcon (AU)
Challenge Motorsport	39	Chris Smerdon	Ford Falcon (AU)
Warrin Mining	62	Adam Wallis	Holden Commodore (VX)
Power Plus 98	98	Darren Formosa	Holden Commodore (VX)

Race calendar edit

Round	Date	Circuit	Location	Winning driver
1	17–18 May	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	Adam Wallis
2	12–13 July	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	Chris Smerdon
3	9–10 August	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	Chris Smerdon
4	29–30 November	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	Chris Smerdon

Results and standings edit

The season consisted of four rounds held across three different states. Each round consisted of three races.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Fast Lap
Points	50	45	41	38	35	1

Drivers championship edit

Pos	Driver	MAL^[1]			EAS^[2]			PHI^[3]			SAN^[4]			Pts
1	Chris Smerdon	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	1	571
2	Steve Ingwersen	4	4	4	3	3	2	Ret	2	4	4	3	4	441
3	John Vergotis	3	2	3	2	1	Ret				3	2	3	349
4	Adam Wallis	1	1	2							2	Ret	2	240
5	Leigh Moran							5	4	3	Ret	4	5	187
6	Mark Sheppard							3	3	2				127
7	Peter McNiven							4	DNS	1				89
8	Darren Formosa							2	DNS	DNS				45

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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

References edit

^ "Mallala Motorsport Park 18/05/2008 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships - Round 3". National Software. 18 May 2008. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
^ "Eastern Creek International Raceway 13/07/2008 Shannons National Motor Racing Championship - Rnd 5". National Software. 13 July 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
^ "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 10/08/2008 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2008 - Round 6". National Software. 10 August 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
^ "Oran Park - Sydney 18/06/2000 2000 Konica V8 Lites Series - Round 3". National Software. 18 June 2000. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.