2008 Australian Sports Sedan Series

The 2008 Kerrick Australian Sports Sedan series was the 18th running of a national series for Sports Sedans in Australia. It began on 17 May 2008 at Mallala Motor Sport Park and ended on 30 November at Sandown Raceway after fifteen races. The battle between Darren Hossack, driving the John Gourlay owned and still under development new Audi A4 and Tony Ricciardello and his family run team with their well sorted and multiple-championship winning Alfa Romeo Alfetta would go down to the final race of the season, with Hossack winning the race and the title. For Hossack it was the rare achievement of winning two Australian motor racing series in the same calendar year having previously won the 2008 Australian Superkart Championship.

Series champion, Darren Hossack (Audi A4-Chevrolet)

Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 2008 Australian Sports Sedan Series. The series will consist of fifteen races, at five race meetings, held in three states.

Team	Car	Engine	No	Driver
B&M Ricciardello	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	1	Tony Ricciardello
Audi Spares	Audi A4	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	4	Darren Hossack
Flamecrusher	Jaguar XKR	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	5	Bernie Gillon
Prahrans Fastest Plumber	Ford BF Falcon		5	Bob Gill
Barnes High Performance	Pontiac Firebird	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	6	Jeff Barnes
Simon Longhurst	Mazda RX-7		7	Simon Longhurst
Domain Prestige Homes	Opel Calibra	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	9	Daniel Tamasi
Alvee Products	Saab 9-3	Chrysler 6.0 V8	14	Mark Nelson Shane Price
Qld. Commercial Constructions	Honda Prelude	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	15	Charlie Senese
Rockley Contracting	Opel Calibra	Ford 2.0 V6 Turbo	16	Graham Smith
Kings Fibreglass Harrop Engine Components	Holden LJ Torana	Holden 3.3 I6	19	Damian Johnson
Lifetime Financial	Ford Mustang	Ford 6.0 V8	21	Phil Crompton
Menai Blinds Steves Toyshop	Chevrolet Camaro	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	26	Scott Butler
Airey Industrial	Nissan 300ZX	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	28	Kerry Baily
NMR Motorsport	Chevrolet Camaro	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	30	Geoff Munday
Sonata Lounge Furniture	Ford Mustang		31	Luke Youlden
Bell Real Estate	Holden Monaro	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	32	Michael Robinson
Mt Aqua Spring Water	Chevrolet Corvette GTS	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	38	Des Wall
RK & T Young Plumbing	Mazda RX-7	Mazda 20B Turbo	41	Trent Young
Aston Air Conditioning	Ford EB Falcon	Ford 6.0 V8	43	Shane Bradford
MR Automotive	Rover Vitesse	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	44	Colin Smith
Cambelltown Frames & Trusses	Jaguar XKR	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	45	Daniel Jameson
Coaststeer Auto Services	Opel Calibra	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	46	Dave McGinniss
Fuel 2 Race Steve's Toy Shop	Opel Calibra	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	50	Chris Jackson
Marinelli's Mechanical & Performance	Holden VS Commodore	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	51	Bob McLoughlin
B J Banks Electrical	Mazda RX-7	Mazda 13B	56	Bruce Banks
Quality Concreting	Mazda RX-7	Nissan 2.0 I4 Turbo	59	Bobby Irvin
Fivestar Fencing Darred Panels	Chevrolet Corvette	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	66	Dean Camm
Simons Builders Gypsum Australia	Ford TC Cortina	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	77	Glen Hastings
Austrack Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	80	Fred Axisa
Esjay Commercial Plastering	Holden VS Commodore	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	88	Ian Rice
Bohler Uddeholm Australia	Nissan 300ZX	Chevrolet 6.0 V8	97	Anthony Macready
Wildridge Fabrications	Ford Falcon		98	Jeff Brown

Results and Standings

Race Calendar

The 2008 Australian Sports Sedan Series consisted of five rounds.^[1]

Rd.	Race Title	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner
1	Mallala	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Adelaide, South Australia	17–18 May	Luke Youlden
2	Phillip Island	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	14 - 15 Jun	Darren Hossack
3	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	12 - 13 Jul	Darren Hossack
4	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	30 - 31 Aug	Tony Ricciardello
5	Sandown	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	29 - 30 Nov	Tony Ricciardello

Drivers Points

Points were awarded 20-17-15-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on the top sixteen race positions in each race. There were two bonus points allocated for pole position. Pole Position is indicated in bold text.^[2]

Pos Driver Round 1 - MAL[3] Round 2 - PHI[4] Round 3 - EAS[5] Round 4 - ORA[6] Round 5 - SAN[7] Pts Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 1 Darren Hossack DNS 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st Ret 2nd 2nd 1st 244 2 Tony Ricciardello DNS Ret 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 4th 237 3 Kerry Baily 2nd 3rd 4th 11th Ret DNS 4th 6th 5th DNS 4th 2nd 4th 4th 3rd 160 4 Trent Young 4th 4th 6th 5th Ret DNS 7th 5th 4th 4th Ret 4th 6th 6th 6th 143 5 Luke Youlden 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 102 6 Dean Camm 6th Ret 9th 11th Ret 8th 7th 13th 9th 7th 7th 7th 87 7 Charlie Senese 5th 7th Ret 10th 5th 5th 13th DNS 13th DNS 12th Ret 68 8 Daniel Tamasi DNS 6th 5th DNS DNS DNS 5th 4th Ret Ret 8th 7th Ret DNS DNS 67 9 Phil Crompton 3rd 5th 7th Ret 3rd 4th Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 65 Scott Butler 8th 7th 10th 6th 3rd 5th 65 11 Mark Nelson 7th 8th 8th Ret 10th 9th 8th 7th Ret 63 12 David McGinniss Ret 6th 6th 9th Ret Ret DNS 10th 6th 48 13 Shane Price 3rd 3rd 2nd 47 14 Bernie Gillon 3rd 3rd 3rd 45 Bruce Banks 6th Ret 9th 9th Ret Ret 8th 8th Ret 45 16 Bob McLoughlin Ret 8th 8th 9th 11th 8th 41 17 Ian Rice 4th 7th 7th 33 18 Chris Jackson 6th 8th 6th Ret DNS DNS 31 19 Daniel Jameson Ret DNS Ret 3rd 5th Ret 27 Colin Smith 14th 11th 11th 10th 14th DNS 27 21 Jeff Barnes DNS 6th 3rd 26 22 Damian Johnson 9th 9th 9th 24 23 Anthony Macready 10th 9th 12th DNS DNS DNS 21 24 Bobby Irvin DNS DNS DNS 5th 9th Ret 20 25 Geoff Munday 8th DNS DNS Ret DNS 8th 18 26 Michael Robinson DNS 16th 10th 8 Jeff Brown 11th 15th DNS 8 Bob Gill DNS 17th DNS Simon Longhurst Ret Ret Ret Fred Axisa DNS Ret Ret Des Wall DNS DNS DNS Shane Bradford DNS DNS DNS Graham Smith DNS DNS DNS Glen Hastings DNS DNS DNS

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

References

1. "National Australian Sports Sedan Association Events". Kerrick Sports Sedan Series. Archived from the original on 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
2. "2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan Progressive Pointscore". Kerrick Sports Sedan Series. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
3. "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 2008-06-25.
4. "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 15/06/2008 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2008 - Round 4". National Software. 15 June 2008. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
5. "Eastern Creek International Raceway 13/07/2008 Shannons National Motor Racing Championship - Rnd 5". National Software. 13 July 2008. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
6. "Oran Park Raceway - Grand Prix Circuit 31/08/2008 Shannons Nationals". National Software. 31 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
7. "Sandown International Motor Raceway 30/11/2008 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2008 - Rd 10". National Software. 30 November 2008. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-30.

External links

• Official series website
• 2008 Racing Results Archive