2008 Australian Superkart Championship

The 2008 Australian Superkart Championship covers national level Superkart racing in Australia during 2008.

Featured events

Australian Superkart Championship

The 2008 Australian Superkart Championship will be the 20th running of the national championships for Superkarts. It will begin on 13 July 2008 at Eastern Creek Raceway (using what is currently known as the Gardner Grand Prix Circuit)^[1] and end on 2 November at Mallala Motor Sport Park after eight races.

It will be contested for three engine based classes, 250 cc International (twin cylinder engines), 250 cc National (single-cylinder engines) and 125 cc.

Non-Gearbox Superkart Championship

The Australian championship for non-gearbox Superkarts will be held at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit on 10 August and will be consisted of the Rotax Max family of classes; two weight based classes Light and Heavy and Junior Max for competitors under the age of 17.

V8 Supercar

Superkarts will compete as a support category for V8 Supercars for the first time at the series second round, to be held at Eastern Creek on 9 March.

Teams and drivers

Gearbox

The following drivers competed in the 2008 Australian Superkart Championship. The series consisted of two rounds, with four races at each meeting.

Team	Class	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver
RMR Superkarts	250 National	Anderson Maverick	KTM	2	Rick Setterfield
	250 International		FPE/RCS	7	Jason McIntyre Matthew Wall
				10	Gary Pegoraro
				26	Wayne Sprostan Karl Wilson
Buildersmile Construction	250 International	PVP	PVP	3	Carlo Chermaz
Rocket Race Engines	250 International	Anderson Mirage	FPE/RCS	4	Rod Prickett
	250 International	Anderson Mirage	FPE/RCS	57	Darren Tyler
	125 Gearbox	Omega	TM	95	Steve Young
Zip - BDH	250 International	Zip Eagle II	BRC	5	Gerard Siebert
				27	Luke May
				66	Todd Johnson
OnGuard Safety Training	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	6	Bruce Lewis
OnGuard Safety Training	125 Gearbox	Centreline	Honda RS125	67	Craig Heufel
MJR Bricklaying	250 National	Stockman MR2	Yamaha YZ250	6	Martin Latta
Electrosil Art Motorsport Kelgate	250 International	PVP	PVP	8	Anton Stevens
Stockman Superkarts	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	9	Stephen Castles
				17	Gerald Chait
				18	Warren McIlveen
			Yamaha TZ250	19	Sam Zavaglia
			Honda RS250	43	John Roberts
One Zero Racing	250 International	Anderson Mirage	Rotax 256	11 12	Brock Nicholas
BCR	250 International	Anderson		12	Dean Davies
Suburban Accounting	250 International	Anderson Maverick		13	Ralf Rupprecht
	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	33	Kristian Stebbing
	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	77	Brad Stebbing
B Antrobus	125 Gearbox	Gladiator	Yamaha 80	14	Bodine Antrobus
G Milenkovic	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	15	Goran Milenkovic
Safe Evolutions	250 International	Anderson Mirage	SAFE	16 19	Darren Hossack
IGA Supermarkets	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	17 70	Anthony Lappas
Darren Dunn	125 Gearbox	Topkart	Honda RS125	20	Darren Dunn
C Systems Dyno George Floth Engineering	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	22	Craig Philp
C Systems Dyno George Floth Engineering	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	23	Tim Philp
Lombo Racing	250 International	Anderson Maverick	Honda RS250	25	Adrian Lombardo
Lombo Racing	250 International	Centreline	Honda RS250	27	Rami Viitanen
Internode Metaplanners Davtec	250 International	Zip Eagle II	BRC	28	Ilya Harpas
Internode Metaplanners Davtec	250 International	Zip Eagle II	BRC	29	Yiani Harpas
Team CRD	125 Gearbox	Worrall	Honda RS125	30	Clinton Downs
Nick Paul	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	32	Robert Oakley
John Roberts	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	34	John Reed
Coach Design	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2 Laydown	Honda RS125	35	Russell Jamieson
Coach Design	250 International	Anderson Maverick	Honda RS250	86	Chryss Jamieson
	250 International	PVP	Rotax	39	Jason Maros
NEC Automotive	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	40	Greg Bass
Jeff Burford	250 International	Zip Eagle II		41	Jeff Burford
Sodi-Maxjet Racing	125 Gearbox	Sodi	Rotax Max	42	John Hay
Paul Snaith	250 International	Eliminator		44	Paul Snaith
Impact Flags & Banners	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	46	Colin Moore
Squeeler Racing	250 International	Zip		48	Jeffrey Squires
Squeeler Racing	250 International	Stockman MR2		49	Don Wheeler
John Bakker	125 Gearbox	Bakker	Honda RS125	50 51	John Bakker
Martelco Equipment Hire	250 International	Zip Eagle II	Yamaha TZ250	50 52	Brett Purdie
MW Racing	250 International	Anderson		51	Mike Wayne
IDM Racing ANC Health	125 Gearbox	Centreline	Honda RS125	55	Ian Mash
Crispy Racing	250 National	Anderson Mirage		58	David Yuill
GR Industries	250 National	Stockman MR2		60	Frank Giglio
Gas Action Services	250 International	PVP	Honda RS250	61	Steve Murray
Avoig Racing	125 Gearbox	Avoig	Honda RS125	61	Sonny Luca
	125 Gearbox		Honda RS125	62	John Pellicano
	250 International		Honda RS250	62	John Pellicano
	250 International		Honda RS250	81	Luke Brown
Advantage Fastener Specialists	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	65	Terry Lancaster
www.trimfix.com.nz	125 Gearbox	Bakker	Honda RS125	65	Jarrod Lethborg
Kylope Hire Cars	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	69	Mehmet Sinani
Team Kout	250 International	Avoig	Honda RS250	72	George Koutros
Guards Australia	125 Gearbox	Centreline	Honda RS125	74	Alan Dodge
R Ping	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	78	Ron Ping
Taplin Racing	125 Gearbox	Arrow	Rotax Max	82	Graeme Taplin
Kitten Car Care Products	250 International	Anderson Maverick	Yamaha TZ250	88	Gerrit Ruff
Nick Paul	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	89	Robert Oakley
Oakley Virtual Magazine	250 International	Zip Eagle II	Rotax 256	94	Michael Treloar
Phoenix Dental Laboratory	250 International	Zip Eagle II	Yamaha TZ250	96	Mark Hanson
Lagler Racing	125 Gearbox	HyperRacer	Rotax Max	98	Patrick Atherton
Fuji Xerox	125 Gearbox	Cougar Evo-1	Honda RS125	98	Jason Smith
KC Tools	250 International	Anderson Maverick	Yamaha TZ250	99	Daniel Rammerman
Endless Belt Racing	125 Gearbox	Arrow	Rotax Max	111	Wayne Horswell

Non-gearbox

The following drivers competed in the 2008 non-gearbox Australian Superkart Championship. The series consisted of a single round, with four races.

Team	Class	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver
Safe Fire Electrical	Rotax Heavy	Viper	Rotax Max	1	Ron Goldfinch
Jones Kart Developments Viper Superkarts	Rotax Light	Viper	Rotax Max	2	Shaun Jones
Jones Kart Developments Viper Superkarts	Rotax Light	Viper	Rotax Max	47	Tim Scarman
BF Racing Marron Excavations	Rotax Heavy	Monaco	Rotax Max	3	Colin McIntyre
	Rotax Light	Arrow		7	Jason McIntyre
	Rotax Heavy	Monaco		10	Gerad McLeod
		Monaco		24	Lee Filliponi
		Arrow		48	Matthew Palmer
Ian Williams Tuning	Rotax Heavy	Arrow	Rotax Max	9	Greg Stillwell
	Rotax Heavy		Rotax Max	14	Ian Williams
	Rotax Junior		Rotax Junior Max	25	Rhys Newman
	Rotax Junior		Rotax Junior Max	34	Brandon Stillwell
	Rotax Heavy	Omega	Rotax Max	61	Ryan Felmingham
	Rotax Light	Arrow	Rotax Max	71	Michael Rogers
McLaughlin Freight Lines P/L	Rotax Heavy	Hypermax Phoenix	Rotax Max	15	Chris Jewell
Guards Australia	Rotax Heavy	Arrow	Rotax Max	17	Alan Dodge
TWR Raceline Seating	Rotax Heavy	Arrow	Rotax Max	27	Rod Clarke
Badboy Power Drink	Rotax Heavy	Hypermax Phoenix	Rotax Max	30	Leigh Cavallin
Suburban Accounting	Rotax Light	Hypermax Phoenix	Rotax Max	33	Kristian Stebbing
Suburban Accounting	Rotax Light	Azzurro	Rotax Max	77	Brad Stebbing
AMG Racing	Rotax Junior	Arrow	Rotax Junior Max	37	Mitchell Abbott
Specialist Doors & Windows	Rotax Light	Arrow	Rotax Max	39	Shaun Pannowitch
Specialist Doors & Windows	Rotax Light	Viper	Rotax Max	82	Matthew Pannowitch
NEC Automotive	Rotax Heavy	Allkart	Rotax Max	40	Greg Bass
Brendan Luneman	Rotax Heavy	CRG	Rotax Max	41	Brendan Luneman
Impact Flags & Banners	Rotax Light	Arrow	Rotax Max	46	Colin Moore
Byrnbox Home Theatre PCs	Rotax Heavy	Monaco	Rotax Max	56	David Byrne
Rockett Race Engines	Rotax Light	Birel	Rotax Max	57	Darren Tyler
Racecentre	Rotax Junior	Arrow	Rotax Junior Max	66	David Webster
Racecentre	Rotax Light	Arrow	Rotax Max	80	Peter Strangis
www.kartsportnews.com	Rotax Heavy	Hypermax Phoenix	Rotax Max	75	Mark Wicks
Doug Savage	Rotax Light	Arrow	Rotax Max	78	Doug Savage
Race Stickerz Toyota Material Handling	Rotax Heavy	Techno	Rotax Max	84	Scott Appledore
Wild Digital	Rotax Junior	Hypermax Phoenix	Rotax Junior Max	87	Sean Whitfield
John Bartlett	Rotax Heavy	Hypermax Phoenix	Rotax Max	95	John Bartlett

Results and standings

Gearbox race calendar

The 2008 Australian Superkart Championship season consisted of two rounds. Four races were held at both race meetings.

Rd.	Race title	Circuit	City / state	Date	Winner 250Int	Team	Winner 250Nat	Team	Winner 125	Team
NC	V8 Supercar Support^[2]	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	7–9 Mar	Warren McIlveen	Stockman Superkarts	Rick Setterfield	RMR Superkarts	Tony Lappas	IGA Superkart Racing
1	Eastern Creek^[3]	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	12–13 July	Darren Hossack	Safe Evolutions	Martin Latta	MJR Bricklaying	Brad Stebbing	Suburban Accounting
2	Mallala^[4]	Mallala Motor Sport Park	Mallala, South Australia	1–2 Nov	Gary Pegoraro	RMR Superkarts	Martin Latta	MJR Bricklaying	Anthony Lappas	Romeo's IGA Supermarkets

NC - Non-championship point scoring round.

Non-gearbox race calendar

Rd.	Race title	Circuit	City / state	Date	Winner Light	Team	Winner Heavy	Team	Winner Junior	Team
NGB	Phillip Island^[5]	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	9–10 Aug	Michael Rogers	Ian Williams Tuning	Mark Wicks	kartsportnews.com	Sean Whitfield	Wild Digital

Drivers Championship

Points were awarded 20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on the top fifteen race positions in first three races of each round with one point for each other finisher. The fourth race of each round, which is longer than the others (eight laps vs five laps) awarded points for the top twenty race positions at 25-22-20-18-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 with one point for each other finisher.

Pos	Driver	EAS 1	EAS 2	EAS 3	EAS 4	MAL 1	MAL 2	MAL 3	MAL 4	Pts
250 INTERNATIONAL
1	Darren Hossack	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	5th	6th	3rd	137
2	Sam Zavaglia	2nd	2nd	15th	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	134
3	Gary Pegoraro	3rd	10th	4th	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	1st	129
4	Warren McIlveen	Ret	7th	1st	4th	1st	3rd	3rd	Ret	97
5	Carlo Chermaz	4th	3rd	3rd	13th	8th	7th	13th	7th	85
6	Daniel Ramerman	21st	16th	12th	6th	6th	8th	4th	4th	70
7	Matthew Wall	6th	5th	5th	Ret	DNS	6th	7th	Ret	51
8	Ilya Harpas	11th	14th	14th	Ret	5th	4th	26th	5th	49
9	Ralf Rupprecht					7th	11th	5th	6th	40
10	Brett Purdie	19th	19th	21st	9th	9th	14th	8th	17th	39
11	Anton Stevens	8th	4th	8th	11th	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	39
11	Yiani Harpas	Ret	8th	7th	5th	Ret	10th	DNS	DNS	39
13	Kristian Stebbing	9th	13th	10th	Ret	10th	13th	Ret	8th	38
14	John Roberts	15th	18th	18th	7th	11th	Ret	DNS	10th	33
15	Jason Maros	14th	17th	11th	10th	Ret	DNS	11th	11th	33
16	Stephen Castles	7th	6th	6th	Ret					29
17	Wayne Sprostan					12th	12th	9th	9th	27
18	Mark Hanson	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	13th	9th	10th	13th	24
19	Rod Prickett	16th	21st	17th	8th	14th	15th	12th	Ret	23
20	Luke May	5th	9th	31st	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	19
21	Michael Treloar	27th	27th	25th	17th	20th	23rd	18th	19th	17
22	Steve Murray	12th	11th	9th	Ret					16
23	Gerrit Ruff	18th	20th	19th	12th					12
24	Brock Nicholas	25th	22nd	20th	14th	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	10
25	John Pellicano	13th	12th	13th	Ret					10
26	Jeff Burford					16th	Ret	14th	18th	9
27	George Koutros	26th	Ret	29th	24th					7
28	Chryss Jamieson	10th	Ret	Ret	DNS					6
29	Todd Johnson					15th	25th	17th	Ret	3
30	Greg Bass	17th	31st	16th	Ret					3
31	Karl Wilson	20th	15th	Ret	Ret					2
	Robert Oakley	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS
	Paul Snaith
250 NATIONAL
1	Martin Latta	23rd	24th	23rd	16th	17th	16th	15th	15th	167
2	David Yuill	DNS	30th	24th	20th	18th	18th	16th	14th	130
3	Frank Giglio	28th	Ret	26th	21st	28th	Ret	25th	26th	96
4	Rick Setterfield	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	25th	17th	22nd	23rd	67
125 GEARBOX
1	Brad Stebbing	22nd	23rd	22nd	18th	21st	20th	23rd	22nd	147
2	Anthony Lappas	24th	25th	Ret	15th	19th	19th	19th	16th	144
3	Jarrod Lethborg	29th	26th	30th	23rd	26th	24th	23rd	27th	105
4	John Bakker	31st	29th	32nd	26th	24th	22nd	21st	25th	101
5	Tim Philp	Ret	28th	28th	22nd	23rd	27th	27th	24th	94
6	Steve Young	32nd	33rd	33rd	25th	30th	28th	28th	29th	80
7	Jason Smith	30th	Ret	27th	19th	27th	26th	Ret	DNS	69
8	John Pellicano					22nd	Ret	20th	20th	54
9	Craig Philp	Ret	32nd	34th	DNS	29th	DNS	DNS	28th	40
10	Jeff Reed	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	21st	Ret	21st	35
	Russell Jamieson	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS
	Darren Dunn
Pos	Driver	EAS 1	EAS 2	EAS 3	EAS 4	MAL 1	MAL 2	MAL 3	MAL 4	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Pos	Driver	PHI 1	PHI 2	PHI 3	PHI 4	Pts
ROTAX MAX LIGHT
1	Michael Rogers	1st	1st	1st	1st	85
2	Tim Scarman	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	73
3	Shaun Jones	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	61
4	Jason McIntyre	3rd	3rd	4th	8th	56
5	Colin Moore	8th	5th	9th	5th	44
6	Kristian Stebbing	5th	10th	5th	10th	44
7	Doug Savage	16th	11th	6th	7th	41
8	Darren Tyler	18th	14th	7th	18th	34
9	Peter Strangis	Ret	13th	Ret	4th	26
10	Brad Stebbing	Ret	DNS	8th	6th	23
11	Shaun Pannowicth	Ret	30th	31st	31st	21
12	Matthew Pannowitch	11th	Ret	25th	DNS	15
ROTAX MAX HEAVY
1	Mark Wicks	6th	6th	10th	11th	82
2	Ryan Felmingham	7th	7th	11th	13th	69
3	Brendan Luneman	10th	8th	16th	9th	66
4	Rod Clarke	9th	9th	12th	14th	59
5	Colin McIntyre	17th	12th	21st	12th	45
6	Chris Jewell	26th	18th	18th	19th	35
7	Leigh Cavallin	15th	15th	23rd	30th	30
8	Ron Goldfinch	12th	20th	17th	32nd	30
9	Gerad McLeod	29th	22nd	20th	20th	28
10	Ian Williams	14th	14th	19th	Ret	26
11	Alan Dodge	13th	27th	29th	22nd	25
12	Matthew Palmer	25th	21st	26th	24th	23
13	Lee Filliponi	19th	23rd	27th	26th	22
14	Scott Appledore	20th	28th	DNS	25th	16
15	Greg Bass	27th	31st	32nd	23rd	15
16	David Byrne	24th	24th	Ret	27th	14
17	Greg Stillwell	30th	29th	28th	28th	11
18	John Bartlett	23rd	26th	24th	Ret	11
ROTAX MAX JUNIOR
1	Sean Whitfield	28th	16th	13th	15th	80
2	Mitchell Abbott	22nd	17th	14th	16th	73
3	Brandon Stillwell	32nd	25th	22nd	28th	57
4	Rhys Newman	21st	Ret	15th	17th	55
5	David Webster	31st	32nd	30th	29th	53
Pos	Driver	PHI 1	PHI 2	PHI 3	PHI 4	Pts

References

^ "Sydney Motorsport Park". Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ "Mallala Motorsport Park 07/06/2009 Shannons National Motor Racing Championships – Round 4". National Software. 7 June 2009. Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
^ "Eastern Creek International Raceway 13/07/2008 Shannons National Motor Racing Championship - Rnd 5". National Software. 13 July 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
^ "Mallala Motorsport Park 02/11/2008 Shannons National Motor Racing Championship - Rnd 5". National Software. 2 November 2008. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
^ "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 10/08/2008 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2008 - Round 6". National Software. 10 August 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2010.

External links

[1] "Sydney Motorsport Park". Retrieved 31 January 2022.

[2] "Mallala Motorsport Park 07/06/2009 Shannons National Motor Racing Championships – Round 4". National Software. 7 June 2009. Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2009.

[3] "Eastern Creek International Raceway 13/07/2008 Shannons National Motor Racing Championship - Rnd 5". National Software. 13 July 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2010.

[4] "Mallala Motorsport Park 02/11/2008 Shannons National Motor Racing Championship - Rnd 5". National Software. 2 November 2008. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2010.

[5] "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 10/08/2008 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2008 - Round 6". National Software. 10 August 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2010.

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