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2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series

Motor racing competition

Jamie Whincup Teams' Champion: Triple Eight Race Engineering Manufacturers' Championship: Ford Fujitsu Series Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Australian V8 Ute Racing Series Touring Car Masters Australian Mini Challenge

The 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series was the tenth V8 Supercar Championship Series and the twelfth series in which V8 Supercars contested the premier Australian touring car title. The championship began on 21 February at the Clipsal 500 on the streets of Adelaide and concluded on 7 December at Oran Park Raceway. It consisted of 14 rounds covering all states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as rounds in New Zealand and Bahrain. [[Image:V8racestart.jpg|thumb|right|Race start at Round 2, Eastern Creek]]

Jamie Whincup secured the Drivers championship with two races in hand with victory in race 1 of the 2008 NRMA Motoring & Services Grand Finale. Whincup was also awarded the 49th Australian Touring Car Championship title by CAMS. Triple Eight Race Engineering won the Teams Championship and Ford was awarded the Manufacturers Championship.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2008 championship.

Manufacturer	Model	Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Falcon BF	Stone Brothers Racing	4	AUS James Courtney	All	AUS David Besnard
9	NZL Shane van Gisbergen	All	AUS Jonathon Webb
Ford Performance Racing	5	AUS Mark Winterbottom	All	AUS Luke Youlden
AUS Dean Canto
6	NZL Steven Richards	All
Dick Johnson Racing	17	AUS Steven Johnson	All	AUS Steve Owen
AUS Warren Luff
18	AUS Will Davison	All
Team Kiwi Racing	021	NZL Kayne Scott	1, 3–7	NZL Kayne Scott
NZL Chris Pither	2, 8–10
AUS Steve Owen	11
BHR Fahad Al Musalam	12
NZL Daniel Gaunt	13–14
Britek Motorsport	25	AUS Jason Bright	All	AUS Adam Macrow
26	AUS Marcus Marshall	All	NZL Matthew Halliday
Triple Eight Race Engineering	88	AUS Jamie Whincup	All	ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi
GBR Marc Hynes
888	AUS Craig Lowndes	All
Paul Cruickshank Racing	111	NZL Fabian Coulthard	All	NZL John McIntyre*
AUS Alex Davison**
Ford Rising Stars Racing	777	AUS Michael Patrizi	3–14	AUS Grant Denyer*
AUS Karl Reindler**
Commodore VE	Holden Racing Team	1	AUS Garth Tander	All	AUS Glenn Seton
NZL Craig Baird
2	AUS Mark Skaife	All
Tasman Motorsport	3	NZL Jason Richards	All	AUS Mark Noske
AUS Dale Wood
51	NZL Greg Murphy	All
Perkins Engineering	7	AUS Todd Kelly	All	AUS Nathan Pretty
AUS Jack Perkins
11	AUS Shane Price	1–10
AUS Jack Perkins	11–14
Brad Jones Racing	12	AUS Andrew Jones	All	AUS Brad Jones
BRA Max Wilson
14	AUS Cameron McConville	All
HSV Dealer Team (HRT)	15	AUS Rick Kelly	All	NZL Paul Radisich
16	AUS Paul Dumbrell	All	AUS David Reynolds
Garry Rogers Motorsport	33	AUS Lee Holdsworth	All	AUS Greg Ritter
AUS Steven Ellery
34	AUS Michael Caruso	All
Paul Morris Motorsport	39	AUS Russell Ingall	All	US Boris Said
GBR Matt Neal
67	AUS Paul Morris	All
Paul Weel Racing	50	AUS Andrew Thompson	All	AUS Paul Weel
Rod Nash Racing
Tony D'Alberto Racing	55	AUS Tony D'Alberto	All	AUS Jason Bargwanna

Phillip Island 500 only

** Bathurst 1000 only

Team and driver changes

WPS Racing announced the closure of their team with the vehicles and equipment sold off to new owners, citing business and health issues affecting team principal Craig Gore.

Two new entities entered the championship in 2008. The first of these was Development Series team Ford Rising Stars Racing, who bought a licence from Paul Weel Racing – Formula 3 Euroseries driver Michael Patrizi was hired to drive, but the team skipped the first round in Adelaide to prepare properly. Walden Motorsport were committed to return to the series with Garth Walden driving, however the team failed to appear at the first two rounds and the franchise was put up for sale.

Reigning series champion Garth Tander transferred from the HSV Dealer Team to the Holden Racing Team, replacing Todd Kelly. Kelly replaced Marcus Marshall at Perkins Engineering, with Marshall moving to Britek Motorsport in place of the outgoing Alan Gurr. Tander was replaced at HSVDT with Paul Dumbrell, who moved from Paul Weel Racing which had intended to cease operations at the conclusion of 2007. This decision was reversed, with Andrew Thompson racing their sole Commodore VE.

Russell Ingall moved to Paul Morris Motorsport, replacing Owen Kelly. Shane van Gisbergen took over Ingall's seat at Stone Brothers Racing following his half-season at Team Kiwi Racing. Team Kiwi cut ties with Stone Brothers and settled on running a Triple Eight-built Falcon independently, signing Development Series veteran Kayne Scott.

Dean Canto's contract with Garry Rogers Motorsport was terminated a year early. He was replaced with 2007 Development Series runner-up Michael Caruso.

Cameron McConville signed with Brad Jones Racing, whom he had previously raced for in Super Touring. The team moved from Ford to Holden and ran with the technical assistance of Walkinshaw Performance, the organisation that runs the Holden Racing Team and HSV Dealer Teams.

Paul Cruickshank Racing signed Fabian Coulthard to replace the retiring John Bowe.

Second tier Fujitsu series champion team Tony D'Alberto Racing moved to the V8 Supercar series, and took over the running of the Rod Nash Racing owned franchise, replacing Independent Racing Cars who previously operated the team. Tony D'Alberto replaced Steve Owen as driver.

Walden Motorsport purchased a Racing Entitlements Contract and was entered in the first round at Adelaide. Having initially entered a Holden Commodore VE but not purchased one, the team attempted to source a Ford Falcon BF but could not do so in time for the event and did not participate, despite Garth Walden himself being in attendance.

Mid-season changes

Due to a date clash with the final round of the New Zealand V8 series, Kayne Scott was not available to compete for Team Kiwi Racing at Eastern Creek and was replaced by Chris Pither. Pither again replaced Scott for the Winton round later in the year. Following a crash at Bathurst that severely dented the teams' financial resources, Steve Owen was drafted in for the Gold Coast round, followed by Bahraini driver Fahad Al Musalam for the Desert 400 and 23-year-old Daniel Gaunt for the final two rounds of the season.

Shane Price was sacked from Perkins Engineering a week after the Bathurst 1000 and replaced with endurance co-driver Jack Perkins.

Race calendar

Rd.	Race title	Circuit	City / state
South Australia Clipsal 500	Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	21–24 February
New South Wales Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	7–9 March
NZL Hamilton 400	Hamilton Street Circuit	Hamilton, New Zealand	18–20 April
Western Australia BigPond 400	Barbagallo Raceway	Wanneroo, Western Australia	9–11 May
Victoria Midas 400	Sandown Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	7–9 June
Northern Territory Skycity Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway	Darwin, Northern Territory	4–6 July
Queensland City of Ipswich 400	Queensland Raceway	Ipswich, Queensland	18–20 July
Victoria Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	1–3 August
Victoria L&H 500	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	12–14 September
New South Wales Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	9–12 October
Queensland The Coffee Club V8 Supercar Challenge	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	23–26 October
Bahrain Gulf Air Desert 400	Bahrain International Circuit	Manama, Bahrain	6–8 November
Tasmania Falken Tasmania Challenge	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	21–23 November
New South Wales NRMA Motoring & Services Grand Finale	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	4–7 December

Rule changes

Technical

An option to use sequential gearboxes in lieu of H-pattern gearboxes was introduced. Initially optional, sequential gearboxes later became mandatory.

Sporting

The points system was changed for 2008. Points were awarded to the top 30 drivers, with 300 points being the most available to a driver in each round.

In Friday practice sessions, drivers who had finished in the top 15 in the 2007 Championship were not permitted to participate for the first 30 minutes.

Results and standings

Season summary

Round	Race	Event	Pole position
Adelaide	AUS Jamie Whincup	AUS Jamie Whincup	AUS Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)	[report](2008-clipsal-500)
	AUS Jamie Whincup
Eastern Creek	AUS Garth Tander	AUS Garth Tander	AUS Will Davison
(Dick Johnson Racing, Ford)	[report](2008-v8-supercars-eastern-creek-round)
	AUS Will Davison
AUS Mark Winterbottom
Hamilton	NZL Steven Richards	AUS Garth Tander	AUS Garth Tander
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)	[report](2008-hamilton-400)
	AUS Garth Tander
AUS Garth Tander
Perth	AUS Mark Winterbottom	AUS Mark Winterbottom	AUS Mark Winterbottom
(Ford Performance Racing, Ford)	[report](2008-perth-400)
	AUS Mark Winterbottom
AUS Mark Winterbottom
Sandown	AUS Jamie Whincup	AUS Jamie Whincup	AUS Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)	[report](2008-sandown-400)
	AUS Craig Lowndes
AUS Jamie Whincup
Darwin	AUS Mark Winterbottom	AUS Mark Winterbottom	NZL Steven Richards
(Ford Performance Racing, Ford)	[report](2008-darwin-triple-crown)
	AUS Garth Tander
NZL Steven Richards
Ipswich	AUS James Courtney	AUS James Courtney	AUS Mark Winterbottom
(Ford Performance Racing, Ford)	[report](2008-city-of-ipswich-400)
	AUS Mark Winterbottom
AUS Mark Winterbottom
Winton	AUS Mark Winterbottom	AUS Jamie Whincup	AUS Garth Tander
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)	[report](2008-v8-supercars-winton-round)
	AUS Will Davison
AUS Garth Tander
Phillip Island	AUS Craig Lowndes
AUS Jamie Whincup	AUS Garth Tander
AUS Mark Skaife
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)	[report](2008-l-h-500)
Bathurst	AUS Garth Tander	AUS Craig Lowndes
AUS Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)	[report](2008-bathurst-1000)
Gold Coast	AUS Jamie Whincup	AUS Jamie Whincup	AUS Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)	[report](2008-v8-supercar-challenge)
	AUS Jamie Whincup
AUS Jamie Whincup
Bahrain	AUS Jamie Whincup	AUS Jamie Whincup	AUS Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)	[report](2008-desert-400)
	AUS Jamie Whincup
AUS Jamie Whincup
Launceston	AUS Garth Tander	AUS Todd Kelly	AUS Jamie Whincup
(Triple Eight Race Engineering, Ford)	[report](2008-tasmania-challenge)
	AUS Jamie Whincup
AUS Jamie Whincup
Oran Park	AUS Garth Tander	AUS Jamie Whincup	AUS Garth Tander
(Holden Racing Team, Holden)	[report](2008-v8-supercars-grand-finale)
	AUS Garth Tander
AUS Rick Kelly

Points system

Points are awarded to any driver that completes 75% of race distance and is running on the completion of the final lap.

Pos	Adelaide	Std	L&H 500 Qual	L&H 500 Feature	Bathurst
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
150	138	129	120	111	102
100	92	86	80	74	68
50	46	43	40	37	34
200	184	172	160	148	136
300	276	258	240	222	204

NOTES:

Adelaide: Clipsal 500.

Std denotes all races except the Clipsal 500, L&H 500, and Bathurst 1000. These three races have unique rules.

L&H 500: Phillip Island races are split into qualifying races and 500 km feature race. The two drivers per team will be grouped into separate qualifying races that will count towards drivers' individual point totals and towards the starting grid for the feature race. The two drivers will then race one car for the 500 km endurance race.

Bathurst: Both drivers will share one car for entire race.

Drivers' Championship

Pos.	Driver	No.	ADE
South Australia	EAS
New South Wales	HAM
NZL	BAR
Western Australia	SAN
Victoria	HID
Northern Territory	QLD
Queensland	WIN
Victoria	PHI
Victoria	BAT
New South Wales	SUR
Queensland	BAH
Bahrain	SYM
Tasmania	ORA
New South Wales	Pen.	Pts.	1	3332	2	3079	3	3048	4	2871	5	2495	6	2446	7	2430	8	2416	9	2236	10	2163	11	2065	12	2053	13	1823	14	1644	15	1614	16	1572	17	1548	18	1439	19	1438	20	1436	21	1398	22	1370	23	1113	24	1071	25	890	26	848	27	843	28	771	29	620	30	459	31	362	32	351	33	343	343	35	338	36	320	37	259	38	252	252	40	245	245	42	226	226	44	225	45	222	222	47	196	48	190	49	156	50	130	51	128	52	118	118	54	112	55	102	56	96	57	94	94	59	84	60	46	61	38	62	22	Pos.	Driver	No.	ADE
South Australia	EAS
New South Wales	HAM
NZL	BAR
Western Australia	SAN
Victoria	HID
Northern Territory	QLD
Queensland	WIN
Victoria	PHI
Victoria	BAT
New South Wales	SUR
Queensland	BAH
Bahrain	SYM
Tasmania	ORA
New South Wales	Pen.	Pts.
AUS Jamie Whincup	88	1	*1*	3	5	4	DNS	DNS	DNS	7	3	3	1	3	1	4	5	8	9	3	6	1	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	*1*	1	*1*	2	1	*1*	1	*Ret*	23	0
AUS Mark Winterbottom	5	2	Ret	10	2	1	10	7	5	1	*1*	1	2	6	2	*1*	*3*	2	2	1	1	21	2	26	4	4	3	3	3	21	4	4	3	4	4	23	12	18	0
AUS Garth Tander	1	23	19	*1*	9	3	1	*1*	*1*	3	2	2	5	9	12	3	1	3	4	4	4	3	3	1	1	12	2	2	2	14	11	23	20	8	5	6	1	2	12
AUS Craig Lowndes	888	3	Ret	7	3	8	19	14	7	5	4	4	3	1	DNS	5	4	Ret	28	12	7	11	5	6	2	1	6	9	9	2	3	3	6	2	2	2	5	3	0
AUS Will Davison	18	7	Ret	2	1	6	9	22	Ret	8	5	6	Ret	11	7	8	10	5	6	5	5	2	1	4	3	6	7	10	10	Ret	10	6	4	5	6	10	15	21	0
AUS James Courtney	4	16	Ret	5	15	Ret	4	3	3	20	8	7	6	4	3	10	23	7	1	6	2	9	9	25	6	3	9	11	Ret	5	7	2	Ret	17	10	5	6	4	0
AUS Rick Kelly	15	8	6	4	6	2	2	6	4	6	6	5	7	12	17	9	9	6	8	Ret	13	10	6	5	7	20	Ret	6	5	9	22	20	19	9	8	9	4	1	0
NZL Steven Richards	6	5	15	27	7	Ret	3	2	2	4	7	9	23	16	9	2	2	1	7	7	11	5	24	Ret	4	4	11	12	8	8	5	9	Ret	Ret	17	4	3	17	12
AUS Russell Ingall	39	14	Ret	11	4	7	Ret	Ret	11	11	24	Ret	4	7	6	7	6	4	3	2	3	7	Ret	7	9	18	5	8	7	4	2	5	13	25	16	3	2	11	0
AUS Steven Johnson	17	6	9	21	19	18	Ret	13	8	13	15	13	13	5	10	15	19	17	16	17	15	17	11	13	3	6	15	5	4	6	8	13	8	6	7	15	9	16	0
AUS Lee Holdsworth	33	4	2	8	8	11	5	4	Ret	24	Ret	23	11	22	8	13	17	16	10	18	10	18	7	3	5	Ret	10	4	17	3	12	8	10	7	9	12	25	6	0
AUS Todd Kelly	7	15	4	13	13	15	8	19	15	9	Ret	8	17	8	5	11	29	11	19	13	12	6	13	11	13	17	4	7	6	20	6	Ret	1	3	3	7	8	Ret	0
NZL Fabian Coulthard	111	11	18	14	17	16	7	8	6	17	9	12	8	14	Ret	14	24	22	12	8	8	19	18	9	16	10	14	Ret	13	Ret	16	7	9	10	Ret	18	10	8	0
AUS Mark Skaife	2	9	17	6	14	5	18	23	12	2	Ret	DNS	10	18	22	25	8	18	5	10	9	12	Ret	DNS	1	12	16	16	14	Ret	17	Ret	25	24	15	Ret	Ret	12	0
NZL Shane van Gisbergen	9	12	5	17	27	17	21	26	10	Ret	12	10	9	2	4	12	15	9	17	21	17	14	22	12	10	Ret	17	13	Ret	7	26	10	5	Ret	EX	Ret	13	5	0
NZL Greg Murphy	51	10	7	9	11	10	23	25	Ret	12	21	15	22	26	11	18	22	10	24	20	19	27	21	21	Ret	2	Ret	14	12	10	19	18	16	12	14	21	17	Ret	0
NZL Jason Richards	3	13	8	12	16	19	20	9	14	Ret	22	Ret	18	20	16	6	7	Ret	14	14	22	4	Ret	DNS	Ret	2	13	17	11	Ret	DNS	DNS	11	18	12	16	18	14	0
AUS Michael Caruso	34	Ret	11	25	26	14	12	18	17	Ret	17	16	20	23	19	16	12	15	15	16	16	8	Ret	20	5	Ret	20	18	19	15	14	17	17	16	18	8	11	10	0
AUS Jason Bright	25	Ret	10	20	22	20	11	12	13	Ret	13	14	Ret	15	14	Ret	18	Ret	18	Ret	25	20	8	10	11	9	24	Ret	Ret	22	13	14	7	11	Ret	13	7	7	0
AUS Paul Morris	67	Ret	16	18	10	Ret	24	17	18	16	11	25	15	21	24	20	26	13	27	15	Ret	13	12	15	9	18	25	19	Ret	11	9	12	23	14	13	14	14	9	0
AUS Paul Dumbrell	16	Ret	Ret	16	12	9	14	11	Ret	15	16	22	12	13	27	19	11	14	11	11	20	15	10	8	Ret	20	8	Ret	16	12	18	11	21	13	20	19	Ret	13	0
AUS Cameron McConville	14	Ret	3	15	18	12	6	5	20	10	10	Ret	14	10	13	Ret	16	12	13	9	14	23	23	19	Ret	Ret	12	22	Ret	13	25	21	14	15	Ret	11	19	22	0
AUS Marcus Marshall	26	19	13	26	Ret	22	16	16	Ret	22	19	17	Ret	24	21	21	21	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	26	17	23	21	14	26	23	20	16	21	15	18	19	23	20	22	24	0
AUS Andrew Jones	12	18	12	22	23	Ret	22	15	9	14	14	11	16	17	15	23	27	21	22	24	18	29	14	16	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	21	Ret	20	16	22	20	21	Ret	20	Ret	0
AUS Tony D'Alberto	55	17	Ret	23	20	Ret	13	10	Ret	21	23	20	25	25	25	19	14	23	20	22	26	24	16	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	24	18	17	24	19	24	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	19	0
AUS Michael Patrizi	777						Ret	21	19	19	20	21	Ret	EX	26	26	20	19	25	25	23	25	20	24	18	19	21	Ret	22	24	23	22	12	21	26	Ret	21	25	0
AUS Shane Price	11	21	Ret	19	21	21	Ret	24	16	18	Ret	19	19	19	18	22	13	Ret	21	19	21	22	15	18	13	17													0
AUS Andrew Thompson	50	20	Ret	24	24	13	15	Ret	DNS	Ret	18	18	24	27	20	24	28	Ret	23	23	Ret	16	DNS	17	23	DNS	22	20	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	22	Ret	23	15	0
AUS Jack Perkins	11																								8	8	18	15	23	19	15	Ret	Ret	22	25	17	Ret	20	0
AUS David Besnard	4																								6	3													0
NZL Kayne Scott	021	22	14				17	20	Ret	23	Ret	24	21	28	23	Ret	25	24	26	Ret	24				DNS	Ret													0
AUS Steve Owen	17/021																								22	11	23	21	15										0
AUS Brad Jones	14																								15	5													0
BRA Max Wilson	14																								15	5													0
AUS Nathan Pretty	11																								8	8													0
AUS Adam Macrow	25																								11	9													0
AUS Warren Luff	17																								22	11													0
AUS Dean Canto	5																								24	7													0
AUS Luke Youlden	5																								24	7													0
AUS Steven Ellery	34																								12	16													0
AUS Greg Ritter	34																								12	16													0
AUS Mark Noske	51																								20	13													0
AUS Dale Wood	51																								20	13													0
NZL Matt Halliday	26																								21	14													0
ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi	88																								17	15													0
GBR Marc Hynes	88																								17	15													0
NZL Paul Radisich	15																								7	DNS													0
AUS Jonathon Webb	9																								10	Ret													0
AUS Alex Davison	111																									10													0
NZL Chris Pither	021			28	25	23																28	19	22	DNS	Ret													0
NZL John McIntyre	111																								16														0
NZL Craig Baird	2																								14	Ret													0
AUS Glenn Seton	2																								14	Ret													0
NZL Daniel Gaunt	021																																26	23	24	22	24	Ret	0
AUS Grant Denyer	777																								18														0
AUS Karl Reindler	777																									19													0
GBR Matt Neal	67																								Ret	Ret													0
USA Boris Said	67																								Ret	Ret													0
AUS Paul Weel	50																								Ret	DNS													0
BHR Fahad Al Musalam	021																													23	Ret	24							0
AUS Jason Bargwanna	55																								Ret	Ret													0
AUS David Reynolds	16																								Ret	DNS													0

Teams Championship

Triple Eight Race Engineering won the Teams Championship.

Pos	Team	ADE
South Australia	EAS
New South Wales	HAM
NZL	BAR
Western Australia	SAN
Victoria	HID
Northern Territory	QLD
Queensland	WIN
Victoria	PHI
Victoria	BAT
New South Wales	SUR
Queensland	BAH
Bahrain	SYM
Tasmania	ORA
New South Wales	Pen.	Pts.	1	5867	2	5308	3	4478	4	4432	5	4060	6	3738	7	3550	8	3491	9	3285	10	3018	11	2735	12	2551	13	1823	14	890	15	848	16	771	17	742	Pos	Team	ADE
South Australia	EAS
New South Wales	HAM
NZL	BAR
Western Australia	SAN
Victoria	HID
Northern Territory	QLD
Queensland	WIN
Victoria	PHI
Victoria	BAT
New South Wales	SUR
Queensland	BAH
Bahrain	SYM
Tasmania	ORA
New South Wales	Pen.	Pts.
Triple Eight Race Engineering	429	450	138	470	472	368	334	462	360	420	480	564	292	124	0
Ford Performance Racing	309	324	460	500	370	562	468	234	271	432	412	378	282	306	0
Dick Johnson Racing	282	354	186	330	282	294	330	400	350	348	352	292	414	254	0
Holden Racing Team	222	426	404	362	288	386	422	318	370	138	402	150	246	306	0
Stone Brothers Racing	237	202	350	252	462	282	360	246	361	258	180	364	162	340	0
HSV Dealer Team	192	380	330	314	252	306	230	346	218	90	246	240	250	350	0
Garry Rogers Motorsport	330	248	270	120	220	242	254	274	330	114	268	310	280	294	0
Paul Morris Motorsport	120	278	140	176	302	304	320	258	267	102	254	396	212	366	0
Perkins Motorsport	222	216	192	182	268	178	210	260	281	288	308	170	318	190	0
Tasman Motorsport	330	272	172	140	194	244	194	152	146	408	212	118	254	178	0
Brad Jones Racing	249	170	294	236	252	152	224	172	170	222	132	160	166	136	0
Britek Motorsport	192	130	214	180	132	120	54	220	251	294	100	218	202	250	0
Paul Cruickshank Racing (s)	123	116	192	138	102	90	166	122	128	156	80	102	156	146	0
Rod Nash Racing (s)	54	54	96	82	60	98	74	102	38	Ret	56	90	54	32	0
Ford Rising Stars Racing (s)			60	90	18	80	64	72	102	96	50	72	92	48	0
Paul Weel Racing (s)	45	88	40	68	68	36	48	74	84	WD	52	34	66	64	0
Team Kiwi Racing (s)	102	58	66	46	66	42	40	72	DNS	Ret	92	46	64	48	0

(s) denotes a single-car team.

Manufacturers Championship

Ford won the Manufacturers Championship having won more rounds than rival Holden.

Notes

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20160123221648/http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/About/AC06-Titles-Australian-2016-1.pdf Australian Titles, 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, as archived at web.archive.org]
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1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
150	138	129	120	111	102
100	92	86	80	74	68
50	46	43	40	37	34
200	184	172	160	148	136
300	276	258	240	222	204

Pos	Adelaide	Std	L&H 500 Qual	L&H 500 Feature	Bathurst
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
150	138	129	120	111	102
100	92	86	80	74	68
50	46	43	40	37	34
200	184	172	160	148	136
300	276	258	240	222	204

Pos	Adelaide	Std	L&H 500 Qual	L&H 500 Feature	Bathurst
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
150	138	129	120	111	102
100	92	86	80	74	68
50	46	43	40	37	34
200	184	172	160	148	136
300	276	258	240	222	204