Falken Tasmania Challenge

V8 supercar race
Race_name = Falken Tasmania Challenge
Circuit_link = Symmons Plains Raceway
Circuit_name = Symmons Plains Raceway
Race1_laps = 50
Race1_distance = 120
Race2_laps = 50
Race2_distance = 120
Race3_laps = 50
Race3_distance = 120
Last_race_year = 2006
Last_race_link = 2006 Ferodo Tasmania Challenge
Winning_driver = Garth Tander
Winning_team = Toll HSV Dealer Team
Winning_manuf = Holden

The Falken Tasmania Challenge is a V8 Supercar event held annually at Symmons Plains Raceway in Tasmania, Australia.

The event is staged over a three-day weekend (Friday-Sunday). Practice is held on Friday with a 60-minute qualifying session on Saturday, followed by the first of three 120-kilometre (approx. 75-mile) races. The final two races are held on Sunday. The winner of the event is determined by points accumulated over all three races.

Symmons Plains returned to the V8 Supercar calendar for the 2004 season following a five-year absence, during which the track received a $AU300 million upgrade.

In 2009,the Tasmania challenge will move fom its "traditional" 13th round (second last) spot to the 4th round. Effectively, the event swaps with the Bigpond 400 at Barbagallo Raceway

Previous names

*Symmons Plains (2004)
*Ferodo Triple Challenge (2005)
*Ferodo Tasmania Challenge (2006)

Past winners

* 2007 Jamie Whincup
* 2006 Garth Tander
* 2005 Garth Tander
* 2004 Russell Ingall

External links

* [http://www.v8supercarevents.com.au/tasmania/default.htm Tasmania Challenge website]
* [http://www.v8supercar.com.au/archive/archrnd.asp?ssn=2004&ind=M&eid=167&vid=134 Proof Of when V8 Supercars returned to Tasmania]