2008 Darwin Triple Crown

Northern Territory 2008 Skycity Triple Crown
Event Information
Round 6 of 14 in the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date4–6 July 2008
LocationDarwin, Northern Territory, Australia
VenueHidden Valley Raceway
WeatherFine
Results
Race 1
Distance 42 laps 120 km
Pole position Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing		 1:09.9646
Winner Mark Winterbottom
Ford Performance Racing		 51:11.6729
Race 2
Distance 42 laps 120 km
Winner Garth Tander
Holden Racing Team		 52:24.0187
Race 3
Distance 42 laps 120 km
Winner Steven Richards
Ford Performance Racing		 52:15.1404
Round Results
First
284 pts
Second
278 pts
Third
272 pts

The 2008 Skycity Triple Crown was the sixth round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of July 4 to 6 at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Australia.

Qualifying

Qualifying was on Saturday July 5.

Race 1

Race 1 was held on Saturday July 5.

Race 2

Race 2 was held on Sunday July 6.

Race 3

Race 3 was held on Sunday July 6.

Results

Results as follows:[1]

Qualifying

Position Number Name Car Team Part 3 Part 2 Part 1
1 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford BF Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:09.9646
2 6 Steven Richards Ford BF Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:09.9757
3 88 Jamie Whincup Ford BF Falcon Team Vodafone 1:09.9849
4 1 Garth Tander Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:10.0976
5 888 Craig Lowndes Ford BF Falcon Team Vodafone 1:10.1072
6 3 Jason Richards Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 1:10.1596
7 39 Russell Ingall Holden VE Commodore Supercheap Auto Racing 1:10.1671
8 33 Lee Holdsworth Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:10.2598
9 18 Will Davison Ford BF Falcon Jim Beam Racing 1:10.2642
10 2 Mark Skaife Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:10.4850
11 4 James Courtney Ford BF Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:10.1797
12 17 Steven Johnson Ford BF Falcon Jim Beam Racing 1:10.2383
13 15 Rick Kelly Holden VE Commodore HSV Dealer Team 1:10.2960
14 67 Paul Morris Holden VE Commodore Supercheap Auto Racing 1:10.3447
15 111 Fabian Coulthard Ford BF Falcon Glenfords Racing 1:10.3595
16 7 Todd Kelly Holden VE Commodore Jack Daniel's Racing 1:10.4316
17 25 Jason Bright Ford BF Falcon Britek Motorsport 1:10.6487
18 14 Cameron McConville Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:10.6527
19 51 Greg Murphy Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 1:10.6826
20 16 Paul Dumbrell Holden VE Commodore HSV Dealer Team 1:10.7132
21 12 Andrew Jones Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:10.7152
22 9 Shane van Gisbergen Ford BF Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:10.7168
23 26 Marcus Marshall Ford BF Falcon Britek Motorsport 1:10.7407
24 777 Michael Patrizi Ford BF Falcon Ford Rising Stars Racing 1:10.7657
25 11 Shane Price Holden VE Commodore Jack Daniel's Racing 1:10.7658
26 55 Tony D'Alberto Holden VE Commodore Rod Nash Racing 1:10.8161
27 34 Michael Caruso Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:10.9775
28 50 Andrew Thompson Holden VE Commodore Paul Weel Racing 1:11.0670
29 021 Kayne Scott Ford BF Falcon Team Kiwi Racing 1:11.4383


Standings

After round 6 of 14.

Position Number Name Team Points
1 5 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 1402
2 1 Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 1344
3 88 Jamie Whincup Team Vodafone 1276
4 15 Rick Kelly HSV Dealer Team 1208
5 6 Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing 1123

Support categories

The 2008 Skycity Triple Crown had four support categories.

Category Round winner
Formula Ford Nick Percat (Mygale SJ07A Ford)
V8 Utes Layton Crambrook (Ford BF Falcon)
Touring Car Masters John Bowe (Chevrolet Camaro)
Improved Production
Commodore Cup
HQ Holden 		Adam Uebergang (Mazda RX-7)

References

  1. ^ "Hidden Valley Raceway 06/07/2008 2008 Skycity Triple Crown, V8Supercar Championship Series R6". National Software. July 6, 2008. Archived from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
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