- Schedule
- Points system
- Series standings
- References
The 2008 Biante Touring Car Masters was an Australian motor racing series [1] for pre-1974 Touring Cars.[2] It was the second annual Touring Car Masters. Division 1 was won by Gavin Bullas driving a Ford Mustang and Division 2 by Greg East driving a Holden HQ. ScheduleThe series was contested over eight rounds.[1] generated with de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\\hiddentext>>| Round [1] | Circuit [1] [6] | Date [3] | Format [1] | Round winner [1] | Car [3] | | 1 | Adelaide Parklands Circuit | 21-24 February | Four Races | Steve Mason | Chevrolet Camaro | | 2 | Oran Park Raceway | 25-27 April | Three races | Gavin Bullas | Ford Mustang | | 3 | Hidden Valley Raceway | 4-6 July | Three races | John Bowe | Chevrolet Camaro | | 4 | Winton Motor Raceway | 1-3 August | Three races | Gavin Bullas | Ford Mustang | | 5 | Eastern Creek International Raceway | 6-7 September | Three races | Gavin Bullas | Ford Mustang | | 6 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | 12-14 September | Three races | John Bowe | Chevrolet Camaro | | 7 | Symmons Plains International Raceway | 21-23 November | Three races | Gavin Bullas | Ford Mustang | | 8 | Oran Park Raceway | 4-7 December | Three races | John Bowe | Chevrolet Camaro | Points systemCars competed in two classes designated as Division 1 & Division 2.[1] Series points were awarded on the following basis in each Division in each race:[4] generated with de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\\hiddentext>>| Position [4] | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | | Points [4] | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Where four races were run in a round, the points were awarded for Races 2, 3 & 4.[4] Each driver was permitted to count his/her best seven round results.[4] Series standingsgenerated with de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7<\\hiddentext>>| Division 1 | | | | | | | | | | Position [1] | Driver [1] | Car [3] | Points [1] | | 1 | Gavin Bullas | Ford Mustang | 1273 | | 2 | John Bowe | Chevrolet Camaro | 997.5 | | 3 | Steve Mason | Chevrolet Camaro | 997 | | 4 | Brad Tilley | Ford XY Falcon GT | 822 | | 5 | Drew Marget | Ford Mustang | 763 | | 6 | Jim Richards | Ford Mustang & Ford Falcon Sprint | 711 | | 7 | Alastair MacLean | Chevrolet Camaro | 702 | | 8 | Steve Makarios | Ford XY Falcon GTHO | 501 | | 9 | Eddie Abelnica | Ford Boss Mustang | 470 | | 10 | Graham Alexander | Holden HQ | 354 | | 11 | Rod Wilson | Ford XY Falcon GT | 272 | | 12 | John Woodbury | Holden HQ | 248 | | 13 | Tony Hunter | Holden Monaro | 240 | | 14 | Dean Lilliee | Ford XY Falcon GTHO | 152 | | 15 | Brett Youlden | Holden HQ | 140 | | 16 | Jerremy Mantello | Holden HT Monaro | 135 | | 17 | Cameron Tilley | Chrysler Valiant Pacer | 39 | | | | | | | Division 2 | | | | | | | | | | Position [1] | Driver [1] | Car [3] | Points [1] | | 1 | Greg East | Holden HQ | 1049.5 | | 2 | Rory O'Neill | Porsche 911 RS | 976.5 | | 3 | Trevor Talbot | Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 | 966 | | 4 | John Nelson | Porsche 911 RS | 768 | | 5 | Ian McAllister | Ford Mustang | 621.5 | | 6 | Mick Wilson | Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T | 612.5 | | 7 | Garry Treloar | Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T | 506 | | 8 | Richard Fairlam | Holden HQ | 447 | | 9 | Garry Young | Ford Mustang | 445 | | 10 | Steve Makarios | Ford XY Falcon GTHO | 390 ? | | 11 | Cameron Mason | Datsun 510 | 420 | | 12 | Bernie Stack | Porsche 911 RS | 329 | | 13 | Mike Erwin | Ford XY Falcon GT | 306 | | 14 | Nigel Benson | Ford XY Falcon GT & Holden Monaro | 304 | | 15 | Greg Waddington | Holden HQ | 286 | | 16 | Cameron Tilley | Chrysler Valiant Pacer | 237 | | 17 | Stephen Hoinville | Ford Mustang & Ford Escort RS1600 | 228 | | 18 | Phil Brock | Ford XY Falcon GT | 210 | | 19 | Chris Stillwell | Ford Escort RS1600 | 177 | | 20 | Tony Hunter | Holden Monaro | 168 | | 21 | Ray Challis | Ford XY Falcon GT | 129 | | 22 | Steven Richards | Ford Escort RS1600 | 120 | | 23 | Mark Forgie | Porsche 911 RS | 117 | | 24 | Charlie O'Brien | Ford Mustang | 116 | | 25 | Chris Wilson | Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 | 90 | | 26 | Glenn Seton | Ford Escort RS1600 | 90 | | 27 | Michael Acheson | Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T | 57 | | 28 | Elton Treloar | Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T | 45 | | 29 | Tony Edwards | Holden Monaro | 36 | References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Lachlan Mansell, Old, Bold and Gold - Biante Touring Car Masters, The Annual - Australian Motorsport, Number 4 / 2008, pages 90-92
2. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20170216032829/http://www.johnbowe.com.au/jbs-story John Bowe - Australian Motorsport Champion, www.johnbowe.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]
3. ^1 2 3 4 Natsoft Race Results > Circuit Racing > 2008 Retrieved 10 July 2017
4. ^1 2 3 4 [https://web.archive.org/web/20080722015752/http://cams.com.au/bulletins/B08-040%202008%20Touring%20Car%20Masters%20Sporting%20Regulations%20Amendments.pdf 2008 Biante Touring Car Masters - Sporting Regulations - Amendment, cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]
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