The 2008 Australian Carrera Cup Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Cars.Carrera Cup Australia 2008 Sporting and Technical Regulations, Version 1 The championship, which was contested over nine rounds across five different states, began on 21 February 2008 at the Clipsal 500 and finished on 26 October at the Gold Coast Indy 300. It was the sixth and last Australian Carrera Cup Championship until the 2011 season.CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Titles – Australian Titles Retrieved on 18 September 2010

Craig Baird dominated the series, winning 14 of the series 25 races and the New Zealander driving for Fitzgerald Racing became the first driver to win the series twice, adding to his 2006 championship win. West Australian Dean Fiore was the runner up for Sonic Motor Racing, taking four wins and dominating the Mount Panorama round. Third was David Russell in the Sherrin Motor Sport car.

The most dramatic moment of the season was when category managers Sherrin Motor Sport collapsed, leaving the series briefly in limbo. With the assistance of CAMS and Porsche Australia, Glenn Ridge owned company Q Media Events took over the running of the series.

Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers have competed in the Championship. TeamNoDriver Fitzgerald Racing 3 Craig Baird 4 Andrew Moffat David Russell 27 Barton Mawer Sonic Motor Racing Services 5 Dean Fiore 6 Bryce Washington 7 Rodney Jane 9 James Moffat Jaimie Vedda Racing 8 Rodney Forbes Juniper Racing 11 Shaun Juniper Hallmarc Racing 12 Marc Cini Supabarn Motorsport 14 James Koundouris 15 Theo Koundouris Twigg Motorsport 18 Max Twigg Sherrin Motor Sport 19 Grant Sherrin 22 David Russell 72 Iain Sherrin Daniel Gaunt* Paul Stokell Paul Cruikshank Racing 23 Aaron Caratti Jim Richards Racing 38 David Wall Greg Murphy Racing 47 Sam Walter Darryn Henderson Christian Jones 51 Jono Lester 66 Peter Hill 72 Daniel Pappas Tekno Racing 94 Jonathon Webb*

Guest drivers ineligible for points.

Race calendar Round Date Circuit Location Winning driver 1 21–24 February Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia Craig Baird 2 13–16 March Albert Park Street Circuit Melbourne, Victoria Craig Baird 3 4–6 April Wakefield Park Goulburn, New South Wales Aaron Caratti 4 9–11 May Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia Craig Baird 5 7–9 June Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria Craig Baird 6 4–6 July Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland Craig Baird 7 12–14 September Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria Craig Baird 8 9–12 October Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales Dean Fiore 9 23–26 October Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland James Moffat

Each of the nine rounds was contested over three races.

Points system Championship points were awarded on 60–54–48–42–36–30–27–24–21–18–15–12–9–6–6–3–3–3–3–3 basis to the first twenty finishers in each race with 1 point awarded to each driver finishing in positions from 21st through to last.

Results and standings

Drivers' championship PosCarrera Cup Final Points, The Annual – Australian Motorsport, Number 4/2008, page 72 Driver ADE ALB WAK BAR SAN QLD PHI BAT SUR Pen. Pts 1 Craig Baird 2 1 2 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 13 3 1 1 13 1458 2 Dean Fiore 1 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 13 6 17 Ret 5 2 2 3 8 5 6 1 1 1 11 13 6 1122 3 David Russell 3 2 1 7 3 3 5 8 18 Ret 4 5 2 2 8 4 6 4 Ret 5 6 1 9 5 4 2 2 12 1017 4 James Moffat 6 5 7 Ret Ret 11 18 6 5 Ret 6 2 3 5 3 15 3 3 2 3 3 14 4 3 2 4 4 1 939 5 Bryce Washington 13 6 5 3 4 4 Ret 4 4 4 7 4 Ret 4 4 3 5 5 6 4 4 3 3 2 11 DNS 9 Ret 906 6 Aaron Caratti 4 9 6 1 12 5 3 1 1 1 1 Ret 9 Ret Ret 10 4 11 Ret 2 1 5 6 4 Ret 5 5 2 57 876 7 David Wall 5 4 3 4 19 10 Ret 9 Ret 10 2 8 7 3 2 1 8 7 5 6 7 4 12 8 13 3 3 3 870 8 Rodney Jane 10 8 8 6 5 8 6 14 7 9 Ret Ret 10 6 6 6 9 9 7 9 9 7 7 7 5 12 Ret 7 615 9 Rodney Forbes 9 Ret 9 9 9 12 9 7 8 5 13 7 8 15 Ret 9 7 6 4 7 8 8 5 6 12 Ret 7 5 606 10 Barton Mawer 8 7 12 8 6 7 7 5 6 17 8 3 4 18 Ret 11 20 15 16 10 17 17 8 9 6 7 Ret Ret 510 11 James Koundouris 7 Ret 16 12 14 13 Ret 10 9 7 Ret 10 11 9 10 12 11 12 Ret 11 11 9 10 10 7 DNS 8 8 396 12 Jono Lester 11 Ret 15 Ret 11 Ret 13 11 10 6 Ret 6 5 8 5 7 12 10 13 300 13 Theo Koundouris Ret DNS 13 13 13 19 15 13 11 11 10 9 17 10 Ret 14 19 13 10 13 13 12 14 12 8 13 11 10 285 14 Max Twigg Ret 11 10 14 7 9 8 12 14 Ret 9 Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret 13 20 15 17 10 15 11 11 14 8 14 DNS 261 15 Peter Hill 12 10 17 10 8 Ret 11 16 15 15 11 11 12 12 9 16 16 17 12 14 15 13 222 16 Shaun Juniper 14 14 11 17 15 14 10 15 16 14 Ret Ret 15 14 13 18 17 19 14 15 14 11 13 14 9 DNS 12 Ret 186 17 Marc Cini 15 15 14 16 17 17 16 17 17 16 12 Ret 16 13 Ret 19 18 18 11 16 16 16 16 16 10 9 15 11 165 18 Andrew Moffat 17 12 Ret 11 Ret 16 12 18 13 8 Ret 12 14 11 12 13 15 16 Ret 144 19 Paul Stokell 7 7 8 10 8 9 141 20 Grant Sherrin 16 13 18 15 16 15 14 19 Ret 13 14 15 13 16 11 17 14 14 8 126 21 Christian Jones 6 6 4 102 22 Daniel Pappas 10 10 9 57 23 Sam Walter 12 12 10 42 24 Iain Sherrin 18 16 19 Ret 18 18 17 15 14 18 33 25 Darryn Henderson 15 15 Ret 12 Jonathon Webb Ret 10 6 4 Daniel Gaunt Ret 12 12

See also Australian Carrera Cup Championship Porsche Supercup Porsche 911 GT3 Porsche 997

References

Further reading Double Cup Trouble, The Annual – Australian Motorsport, Number 4/2008, pages 66–73

External links Official Australian Carrera Cup website As captured by web.archive.org on 18 July 2008 2008 Racing Results Archive