2008 Darwin Triple Crown

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.

2008 Skycity Triple Crown

Event Information
Round 6 of 14 in the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	4–6 July 2008
Location	Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Venue	Hidden Valley Raceway
Weather	Fine
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 Steven Richards Ford Performance Racing 284 pts Second Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 278 pts Third Garth Tander Holden Racing Team 272 pts

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:

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)

External links

• Official timing and results