The Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series was an Australian touring car series held for V8 Supercars. It was the inaugural running of the V8 Touring Car National Series, a third-tier series for V8 Supercars. The season began on 17 May 2008 at the Mallala Motor Sport Park and finished on 30 November at Sandown Raceway. The season consisted of four rounds, held across three different states.

The series was won by Chris Smerdon who was the only driver to finish all twelve races, but also won eight races. He finished 130 points ahead of Steve Ingwersen who was the only other driver to attend all four rounds.

Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2008 Shannons V8 Touring Car National Series. Manufacturer Car Team No Driver Rounds Ford Falcon (EL) Image Racing 18 Leigh Moran 3–4 Falcon (AU) 50 Mark Sheppard 3 JCV Automotive Katoomba 26 John Vergotis 1–2, 4 Challenge Motorsport 39 Chris Smerdon All Holden Commodore (VT) Peter McNiven 13 Peter McNiven 3 Commodore (VS) Steve Ingwersen Painting 15 Steve Ingwersen All Commodore (VX) Warrin Mining 62 Adam Wallis 1, 4 Power Plus 98 98 Darren Formosa 3

Race calendar

Round Date Circuit Location Winning driver 1 17–18 May Mallala Motor Sport Park Mallala, South Australia Adam Wallis 2 12–13 July Eastern Creek Raceway Sydney, New South Wales Chris Smerdon 3 9–10 August Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Chris Smerdon 4 29–30 November Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Chris Smerdon

Results and standings The season consisted of four rounds held across three different states. Each round consisted of three races. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Fast Lap Points 50 45 41 38 35 1

Drivers championship

Pos Driver MAL EAS PHI SAN Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Chris Smerdon 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 571 2 Steve Ingwersen 4 4 4 3 3 2 Ret 2 4 4 3 4 441 3 John Vergotis 3 2 3 2 1 Ret 3 2 3 349 4 Adam Wallis 1 1 2 2 Ret 2 240 5 Leigh Moran 5 4 3 Ret 4 5 187 6 Mark Sheppard 3 3 2 127 7 Peter McNiven 4 DNS 1 89 8 Darren Formosa 2 DNS DNS 45 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts MAL EAS PHI SAN

References

See also 2008 V8 Supercar season