V8 Supercars

V8 supercar racing is Australia’s domestic championship and is highly popular all around the country. Events are held all over Australia where some race meetings attract over 250,000 spectators, aswell as events in New Zealand and Bahrain.

The 2007 series will be held over 14 race weekends throughout the year and race formats will range from sprint races to endurance type races. The three marquee races on the calendar are the Bathurst 1000, Clipsal 500 and Sandown 500. Events like the Shanghai Round and Bahrain Round are increasingly becoming popular also.

The V8 Supercars involved in the championship are based on either the Ford Falcon or Holden Commodore and have been highly modified to suit the motor sport application. The cars have also been regulated in all aspects of performance in an attempt to ensure all drivers are kept on an even playing field which creates a closer and more exciting type of race. At some events, over 30 cars in a field have been split by a couple of seconds during qualifying.

V8 Supercars 2008 Championship

Round	Date	Event	Location
1	February 21-24	Clipsal 500	Adelaide, SA
2	March 7-9	Eastern Creek	Sydney, NSW
3	April 18-20	Hamilton 400	Hamilton, NZ
4	May 9-11	Bigpond 400	Perth, WA
5	June 7-9	Sandown 400	Melbourne, VIC
6	July 4-6	SKYCITY Triple Crown	Darwin, NT
7	July 18-20	Queensland Raceway	Queensland Raceway, QLD
8	August 1-3	Winton Motor Raceway	Winton, VIC
9	September 12-14	Just Car Insurance 500	Phillip ISland, VIC
10	October 9-12	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Bathurst, NSW
11	October 23-26	V8 Supercar Challenge	Surfers Paradise, QLD
12	November 6-8	Desert 400	Sakhir, Bahrain
13	November 21-23	Falken Tasmania Challenge	Symmons Plains, TAS
14	December 4-7	Oran Park Dunlop Grand Finals	Sydney, NSW

V8 Supercars Racing Teams

	Holden Racing
	1 - Garth Tander (Commodore VE) 2 - Mark Skaife (Commodore VE)
	Tasman Motorsport
	3 - Jason Richards (Commodore VE) 51 - Greg Murphy (Commodore VE)
	Stone Brothers Racing
	4 - James Courtney (Falcon BF) 9 - Shane Van Gisbergen (Falcon BF)
	Ford Performance Racing
	5 - Mark Winterbottom (Falcon BF) 6 - Steven Richards (Falcon BF)
	Jack Daniel's Racing
	7 - Todd Kelly (Commodore VE) 11 - Shane Price (Commodore VE)
	WPS Racing
	TBA TBA
	Team BOC
	12 - Andrew Jones (Commodore VE) 14 - Cameron McConville (Commodore VE)
	HSV Dealer Team
	15 - Rick Kelly (Commodore VE) 16 - Paul Dumbrell (Commodore VE)
	Jim Beam Racing
	17 - Steve Johnson (Falcon BF) 18 - Will Davison (Falcon BF)
	Paul Weel Racing
	50 - Andrew Thompson (Commodore VE) -
	Britek Motorsport
	25 - Jason Bright (Falcon BF) 26 - Marcus Marshall (Falcon BF)
	Garry Rogers Motorsport
	33 - Lee Holdsworth (Commodore VE) 34 - Michael Caruso (Commodore VE)
	Supercheap Auto Racing
	39 - Russell Ingall (Commodore VE) 67 - Paul Morris (Commodore VE)
	TeamVodafone
	88 - Jamie Whincup (Falcon BF) 888 - Craig Lowndes (Falcon BF)