2008 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship

V8 Supercar race report
Date = 7 - 9 March
Year = 2008
Race_No = 2
Season_No = 14
Location = Sydney, New South Wales
Course_name = Eastern Creek Raceway
Course_km = 3.9
Distance_laps = 93 (31 each race)
Distance_km =
Weather =
Pole_Driver = Garth Tander
Pole_Team = Holden Racing Team
Pole_Time =
First_Race1 = Garth Tander
First_Race1_time =
First_Team_Race1 = Holden Racing Team
Second_Race1 = Will Davison
Second_Race1_time =
Second_Team_Race1 = Jim Beam Racing
Third_Race1 = Jamie Whincup
Third_Race1_time =
Third_Team_Race1 = Team Vodafone
First_Race2 = Will Davison
First_Race2_time =
First_Team_Race2 = Jim Beam Racing
Second_Race2 = Mark Winterbottom
Second_Race2_time =
Second_Team_Race2 = Ford Performance Racing
Third_Race2 = Craig Lowndes
Third_Race2_time =
Third_Team_Race2 = Team Vodafone
First_Race3 = Mark Winterbottom
First_Race3_time =
First_Team_Race3 = Ford Performance Racing
Second_Race3 = Rick Kelly
Second_Race3_time =
Second_Team_Race3 = HSV Dealer Team
Third_Race3 = Garth Tander
Third_Race3_time =
Third_Team_Race3 = Holden Racing Team
First_Driver = Will Davison
First_Team = Jim Beam Racing
Second_Driver = Mark Winterbottom
Second_Team = Ford Performance Racing
Third_Driver = Garth Tander
Third_Team = 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 March 7 to 9 at Eastern Creek Raceway, in the outer suburbs of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday March 8. 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 March 8. 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 March 9. 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 March 9. 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 150kph. 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: [cite web | url=http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?09/03/2008.ECIR | title=Eastern Creek International Raceway 09/03/2008 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 2 | publisher=National Software | date=March 9 2008 | accessdate=2008-03-14]

Qualifying

Race 3 Results

tandings

After round 2 of 14

References

External links

* [http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?09/03/2008.ECIR Official timing and results]

V8 race report
Name_of_race = 2008 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship
Year_of_race = 2008
Previous_race_in_season = 2008 Clipsal 500
Next_race_in_season = 2008 Hamilton 400
Previous_year's_race = 2007 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship
Next_year's_race = 2009 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship