2008 Australian Sports Sedan Series

The 2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan series[1] 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 series was won by Darren Hossack. The battle between 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 GTV would go down to the final race of the series, 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 winner, Darren Hossack (Audi A4-Chevrolet)

Eligibile automobiles

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The following automobiles were eligible to compete in the series:[1]

  • Sports Sedans complying with CAMS Group 3D regulations[1]
  • Transam Cars complying with ASSC regulations for North American Transam competition[1]
  • TraNZam cars complying with TRG of New Zealand regulations[1]

Teams and drivers

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The following drivers competed in the 2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series.

Team Car No Driver
B&M Ricciardello Alfa Romeo GTV 1 Tony Ricciardello
Audi Spares Audi A4 4 Darren Hossack
Flamecrusher Jaguar XKR 5 Bernie Gillon
Prahrans Fastest Plumber Ford BF Falcon 5 Bob Gill
Barnes High Performance Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 6 Jeff Barnes
Simon Longhurst Racing Mazda RX-7 7 Simon Longhurst
Domain Prestige Homes Holden Calibra 9 Daniel Tamasi
Alvee Products Saab 9-3 Aero 14 Mark Nelson
Alvee Products Saab 9-3 Aero 14 Shane Price
QLD Commercial Constructions Honda Prelude 15 Charlie Senese
Rockley Contracting Opel Calibra 16 Graham Smith
Kings Fibreglass/Harrop Engineering Holden LJ Torana 19 Damian Johnson
Lifetime Financial Ford Mustang 21 Phil Crompton
Menai Blinds/Steves Toy Shop Chevrolet Camaro 26 Scott Butler
Airey Industrial Nissan 300ZX 28 Kerry Baily
NMR Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro 30 Geoff Munday
Sonata Lounge Furniture Ford Mustang 31 Luke Youlden
Bell Real Estate Holden Monaro 32 Michael Robinson
Mt Aqua Spring Water Chevrolet Corvette GTS 38 Des Wall
Harmony Ford AU Falcon 39 Chris Smerdon
RK&T Young Plumbing Mazda RX-7 41 Trent Young
Aston Air Conditioning Ford EB Falcon 43 Shane Bradford
MR Automotive Rover Vitesse 44 Colin Smith
Campbelltown Frames & Trusses Jaguar XKR 45 Daniel Jameson
Coaststeer Auto Services Holden Calibra 46 David McGinniss
Fuel 2 Race/Steves Toy Shop Holden Calibra 50 Chris Jackson
Marinelli's Mechanical & Performance Holden VS Commodore 51 Bob McLoughlin
BJ Banks Electrical Mazda RX-7 56 Bruce Banks
Quality Concreting Mazda RX-7 59 Bobby Irvin
Fivestar Fencing/Darred Panels Chevrolet Corvette GTS 66 Dean Camm
Simons Builders Gypsum Australia Ford Cortina 77 Glen Hastings
Austrack Motorsport Holden VX Commodore 80 Fred Axisa
Esjay Commercial Plastering Holden VS Commodore 88c Ian Rice
Bohler Uddeholm Australia Nissan 300ZX 97 Anthony Macready
Wildridge Fabrications Ford EF Falcon 98 Jeff Brown
Steve Ingwersen Painting Holden VS Commodore 115 Steve Ingwersen
JCV Automotive Katoomba Ford AU Falcon 261 John Vergotis

Race calendar

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The 2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series was contested over five rounds[2] in three different Australian states with each round contested over three races.

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

Points system

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Points were awarded 20–17–15–13–12–11–10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2 based on the top fifteen positions in each race with all other classified finishers awarded 1 point.[1] There were two bonus points allocated for first position in Qualifying[1] at each round.

To be eligible to score points, competitors were required to register with the series manager.[1]

Series standings

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Pos[3] Driver[3] Round 1 – Mal[4] Round 2 – Phi[5] Round 3 – Eas[6] Round 4 – Ora[7] Round 5 – San[8] Pts[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 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 146
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 90
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 Bruce Banks 6th Ret 9th 9th Ret Ret 8th 8th Ret 47
Shane Price 3rd 3rd 2nd 47
15 Ian Rice 4th 7th 7th 33
Bob McLoughlin Ret 8th 8th 9th 11th 8th 33
17 Chris Jackson 6th 8th 6th Ret DNS DNS 31
18 Colin Smith 14th 11th 11th 10th 14th DNS 27
Daniel Jameson Ret DNS Ret 3rd 5th Ret 27
Damian Johnson 9th 9th 9th 27
21 Jeff Barnes DNS 6th 3rd 26
22 Anthony Macready 10th 9th 12th DNS DNS DNS 21
23 Bobby Irvin DNS DNS DNS 5th 9th Ret 20
24 Geoff Munday 8th DNS DNS Ret DNS 8th 19
25 Michael Robinson DNS 16th 10th 8
Jeff Brown 11th 15th DNS 8
27 Bob Gill DNS 17th DNS 1
Bernie Gillon[9] 3rd 3rd 3rd
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 Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Note: First position in Qualifying at each round is shown in bold in the above table.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Sporting Regulations - 2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
  2. ^ "National Australian Sports Sedan Association Events". Kerrick Sports Sedan Series. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  3. ^ a b c Lachlan Mansell, Black Audi defeats Red Alfa – Kerrick Sports Sedan Series, The Annual – Australian Motorsports, Number 3 / 2008, pages 112 to 114 (Non-pointscorers are not listed in the "Final points" table included with this article.)
  4. ^ "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 25 June 2008.
  5. ^ "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 25 June 2008.
  6. ^ "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 13 July 2008.
  7. ^ "Oran Park Raceway – Grand Prix Circuit 31/08/2008 Shannons Nationals". National Software. 31 August 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
  8. ^ "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 30 November 2008.
  9. ^ Bernie Gillon but is not shown in the top five round placings for Eastern Creek or in the full series standings as published in The Annual.
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