2008 Skycity Triple Crown
The 2008 Skycity Triple Crown was the sixth round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of July 4 to 6 at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Northern Territory.
| Event Information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 6 of 14 in the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series | ||||||||||||||
_track_map.svg.png) | ||||||||||||||
| Date | 4–6 July 2008 | |||||||||||||
| Location | Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Hidden Valley Raceway | |||||||||||||
| Weather | Fine | |||||||||||||
| Results | ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying was on Saturday July 5.
Race 1
Race 1 was held on Saturday July 5.
Race 2
Race 2 was held on Sunday July 6.
Race 3
Race 3 was held on Sunday July 6.
Results
Results as follows:[1]
Qualifying
| Position | Number | Name | Car | Team | Part 3 | Part 2 | Part 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford BF Falcon | Ford Performance Racing | 1:09.9646 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Steven Richards | Ford BF Falcon | Ford Performance Racing | 1:09.9757 | ||
| 3 | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Ford BF Falcon | Team Vodafone | 1:09.9849 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Garth Tander | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 1:10.0976 | ||
| 5 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Ford BF Falcon | Team Vodafone | 1:10.1072 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Jason Richards | Holden VE Commodore | Tasman Motorsport | 1:10.1596 | ||
| 7 | 39 | Russell Ingall | Holden VE Commodore | Supercheap Auto Racing | 1:10.1671 | ||
| 8 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth | Holden VE Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 1:10.2598 | ||
| 9 | 18 | Will Davison | Ford BF Falcon | Jim Beam Racing | 1:10.2642 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Mark Skaife | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 1:10.4850 | ||
| 11 | 4 | James Courtney | Ford BF Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing | 1:10.1797 | ||
| 12 | 17 | Steven Johnson | Ford BF Falcon | Jim Beam Racing | 1:10.2383 | ||
| 13 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Holden VE Commodore | HSV Dealer Team | 1:10.2960 | ||
| 14 | 67 | Paul Morris | Holden VE Commodore | Supercheap Auto Racing | 1:10.3447 | ||
| 15 | 111 | Fabian Coulthard | Ford BF Falcon | Glenfords Racing | 1:10.3595 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Holden VE Commodore | Jack Daniel's Racing | 1:10.4316 | ||
| 17 | 25 | Jason Bright | Ford BF Falcon | Britek Motorsport | 1:10.6487 | ||
| 18 | 14 | Cameron McConville | Holden VE Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 1:10.6527 | ||
| 19 | 51 | Greg Murphy | Holden VE Commodore | Tasman Motorsport | 1:10.6826 | ||
| 20 | 16 | Paul Dumbrell | Holden VE Commodore | HSV Dealer Team | 1:10.7132 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Andrew Jones | Holden VE Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 1:10.7152 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Shane van Gisbergen | Ford BF Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing | 1:10.7168 | ||
| 23 | 26 | Marcus Marshall | Ford BF Falcon | Britek Motorsport | 1:10.7407 | ||
| 24 | 777 | Michael Patrizi | Ford BF Falcon | Ford Rising Stars Racing | 1:10.7657 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Shane Price | Holden VE Commodore | Jack Daniel's Racing | 1:10.7658 | ||
| 26 | 55 | Tony D'Alberto | Holden VE Commodore | Rod Nash Racing | 1:10.8161 | ||
| 27 | 34 | Michael Caruso | Holden VE Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 1:10.9775 | ||
| 28 | 50 | Andrew Thompson | Holden VE Commodore | Paul Weel Racing | 1:11.0670 | ||
| 29 | 021 | Kayne Scott | Ford BF Falcon | Team Kiwi Racing | 1:11.4383 | ||
Standings
After round 6 of 14.
| Position | Number | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Performance Racing | 1402 |
| 2 | 1 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | 1344 |
| 3 | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Team Vodafone | 1276 |
| 4 | 15 | Rick Kelly | HSV Dealer Team | 1208 |
| 5 | 6 | Steven Richards | Ford Performance Racing | 1123 |
Support categories
The 2008 Skycity Triple Crown had four support categories.
| Category | Round winner |
|---|---|
| Formula Ford | Nick Percat (Mygale SJ07A Ford) |
| V8 Utes | Layton Crambrook (Ford BF Falcon) |
| Touring Car Masters | John Bowe (Chevrolet Camaro) |
| Improved Production Commodore Cup HQ Holden |
Adam Uebergang (Mazda RX-7) |
gollark: I mean, you could probably argue that those had good sides of *some* sort, however small.
gollark: Not *always*.
gollark: "Fortunately", average internet upload speeds here are too slow for lone children to do much.
gollark: Well, multiple devices.
gollark: The "distributed" means that multiple people are doing it, not that multiple people are affected.
References
- "Hidden Valley Raceway 06/07/2008 2008 Skycity Triple Crown, V8Supercar Championship Series R6". National Software. July 6, 2008. Archived from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
External links
| Supercars Championship | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous race: 2008 Midas 400 |
2008 Supercars Championship | Next race: 2008 City of Ipswich 400 |
| Previous year: 2007 Skycity Triple Crown |
Skycity Triple Crown | Next year: 2009 Skycity Triple Crown |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.