2008 Points Structure

V8 Supercars Australia will reward more teams and drivers in the 2008 Championship Series with a point-score that extends to 30th position yet retain the important emphasis on passing.

The V8 Supercar Championship Series begins in Adelaide next month with the Series being officially launched in Melbourne on February 6. Two compulsory team test days will be held in Victoria and Queensland on the 12th and 14th of February followed by the Clipsal 500 from February 21-24.

The board of V8 Supercars Australia agreed to return to the extended allocation after 2007 where teams that finished lower than 15th did not receive points for their effort.

“The board felt it was important that teams who made the effort in the lower half of the field should still be rewarded with points that reflect their finishing position,” V8 Supercars Australia Chief Executive Wayne Cattach said.

“We have done this without removing the importance of passing that we hope will result in a finish similar to last year when, after an entire season, one single pass would have changed the Championship in Jamie Whincup’s favour ahead of Garth Tander.

“The formula proved spot on in 2007 and we trust it will be the same in 2008.”

The points system will consist of the winner having a larger points gain against second place then equal graduations between second and sixth, seventh to 11th and 12th through 32nd.

With race weekends one, two or three race formats, the system had to be equal across all so as not to discriminate of the importance of one event against another.

“We think we have improved on last year’s points system by refining the tiers and placing more importance on winning or finishing higher in each graduation,” Mr Cattach said.

“It is always a challenge to find a system that pleases everybody and is relatively simple to explain. We believe that this does both and remains fair to all competitors.”

The 2008 points system in full:

Position
3 races round
2 races round
1 race round

1st
100
150
300

2nd
92
138
276

3rd
86
129
258

4th
80
120
240

5th
74
111
222

6th
68
102
204

7th
64
96
192

8th
60
90
180

9th
56
84
168

10th
52
78
156

11th
48
72
144

12th
46
69
138

13th
44
66
132

14th
42
63
126

15th
40
60
120

16th
38
57
114

17th
36
54
108

18th
34
51
102

19th
32
48
96

20th
30
45
90

21st
28
42
84

22nd
26
39
78

23rd
24
36
72

24th
22
33
66

25th
20
30
60

26th
18
27
54

27th
16
24
48

28th
14
21
42

29th
12
18
36

30th
10
15
30

31st
0
0
0

32nd
0
0
0