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Tander races to V8 Championship lead Great lines, good speed and consistent podium finishes at Winton Raceway last weekend propelled Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander into top position in the V8 Supercars Championship. Click for more info...

Winterbottom names biggest V8 Championship rivals Ford Performance Racing will be hoping to continue its strong form when drivers Mark Winterbottom and Steve Richards take to the race track in round eight of the V8 Supercars Championship this weekend. Click for more info...

Changes afoot for 2009 V8 Supercars Championship Next year's V8 Supercars Championship will be shortened by a month but the same number of rounds will be retained, V8 Supercars chairman Tony Cochrane announced last weekend. Click for more info...

Winterbottom maintains winning ways Mark Winterbottom dominated proceedings on the final day of the City of Ipswich 400 at Queensland Raceway, winning both races, taking the overall honours and consolidating his championship lead. Click for more info...

JC wins maiden Supercar race James Courtney staved off a strong challenge from Mark Winterbottom to break through for his first V8 Supercar race victory at the City of Ipswich 400. Click for more info...

Courtney claims pole in Queensland James Courtney grabbed pole position by the barest of margins in today’s qualifying session, edging out Mark Winterbottom by less than a hundredth of a second. Click for more info...

Courtney tops Ford-dominated session James Courtney posted the fastest time in opening practice for the City of Ipswich 400 at Queensland Raceway, leading a strong Ford contingent to the top of the charts. Click for more info...

Tander prepares to defend title on resurfaced QR Holden Racing Team driver Garth Tander will have to be at his best if he hopes to defend his title at Queensland Raceway’s City of Ipswich 400 this weekend. Click for more info...

Ford Peformance Racing unbeatable at Hidden Valley Consistent podium finishes by Ford Performance Racing drivers Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Raceway over the weekend have helped the team into a dominant position as the 2008 Championship’s halfway point approaches. Click for more info...

Frosty warms up at Hidden Valley Mark Winterbottom yesterday posted the quickest time in practice for the SkyCity Triple Crown, nudging Mark Skaife from the top of the time sheets. Click for more info...

Winterbottom in the points at Darwin ? V8 Supercar racing roars to life in Darwin this afternoon as teams and drivers vie for championship points in race one of the Hidden Valley Raceway leg. Click for more info...

Whincup wins Sandown opener Jamie Whincup took full advantage of his second pole position this season, cruising to a “straightforward” victory in the first race of the Midas 400 at Sandown. Click for more info...

Whincup sizzles in Sandown qualifying Jamie Whincup completed a blistering lap this morning to qualify on pole for the Midas 400 at Sandown. Click for more info...

Tander tops practice after tangle Garth Tander recovered from an incident with Michael Patrizi in an earlier session to post the fastest time in practice for the Midas 400 at Sandown Raceway. Click for more info...

Winterbottom clean-sweeps Barbagallo Ford’s Mark Winterbottom has repeated his scintillating Saturday form to win the final two races at the Bigpond 400 in Perth. Click for more info...

Winterbottom wins opening race Mark Winterbottom made the most of the pole position he scored earlier today, leading from start to finish in the first of three races at Barbagallo. Click for more info...

Frosty claims Perth pole Mark Winterbottom has snatched pole position in the dying moments of qualifying at Barbagallo Raceway, edging out Holden’s Mark Skaife by a mere four hundredths of a second. Click for more info...

HRT quickest in Barbagallo practice The Toll Holden Racing Team has set the early pace in practice for the Bigpond 400 at Perth’s Barbagallo Raceway, topping both of the unrestricted sessions as less than a second separated nearly the entire field. Click for more info...

Tander’s trans-Tasman triple treat Holden’s Garth Tander has avoided all the on-track drama to complete a dominant performance in the inaugural Hamilton 400, winning all three heats and moving up to second place in the championship. Click for more info...

GT goes back-to-back Garth Tander has picked up from where he left off yesterday, beating Steven Richards by under a second to make it two wins from as many starts in Hamilton. Click for more info...

2008 V8SuperCar Series

1 .	Garth Tander	1844
2 .	Mark Winterbottom	1832
3 .	Jamie Whincup	1758
4 .	Rick Kelly	1506
5 .	Will Davison	1426
6 .	Steven Richards	1383
7 .	Craig Lowndes	1365
8 .	James Courtney	1343
9 .	Lee Holdsworth	1200
10 .	Russell Ingall	1189
11 .	Todd Kelly	1116
12 .	Fabian Coulthard	1049
13 .	Shane Van Gisbergen	1048
14 .	Steven Johnson	1032
15 .	Mark Skaife	972
16 .	Cameron McConville	969
17 .	Jason Richards	850
18 .	Greg Murphy	848
19 .	Paul Dumbrell	844
20 .	Andrew Jones	780
21 .	Michael Caruso	758
22 .	Paul Morris	709
23 .	Jason Bright	700
24 .	Tony D'Alberto	620
25 .	Shane Price	612

2008 V8Supercar Calendar

1.	Clipsal 500, SA	21-24 Feb
2.	Eastern Creek, NSW	7-9 Mar
NC	Aus. GP, Vic	13-16 Mar
3.	Hamilton, NZ	18-20 Apr
4.	Barbagallo, WA	9-11 May
5.	Sandown, Vic	7-9 Jun
6.	Hidden Valley, NT	4-6 Jul
7.	Ipswich, Qld	18-20 Jul
8.	Winton, Vic	1-3 Aug
9.	Phillip Island, Vic	12-14 Sept
10.	Bathurst, NSW	9-12 Oct
11.	Gold Coast, Qld	23-26 Oct
12.	Bahrain	6-8 Nov
13.	Symmons Plains, Tas	21-23 Nov
14.	Oran Park, NSW	4-7 Dec

2008 Fujitsu Series

1.	Steve Owen	1348
2.	David Reynolds	1080
3.	Dean Canto	1054
4.	Jonathon Webb	1008
5.	Karl Reindler	882
6.	Jack Perkins	880
7.	Dale Wood	843
8.	Michael Trimble	834
9.	Grant Denyer	816
10.	Tim Slade	779
11.	Marcus Zukanovic	730
12.	Sam Walter	670
13.	Jay Verdnik	670
14.	Mark McNally	664
15.	Damian Assaillit	578
16.	Geoff Emery	568
17.	Brett Holdsworth	515
18.	Drew Russell	499
19.	David Sieders	471
20.	James Bergmuller	384

2008 Fujitsu Calendar