2008 Australian GT Championship

The 2008 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing competition for closed, production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GT cars. It was the 12th Australian GT Championship to be awarded by CAMS. The Australian GT Sportscar Group Pty Ltd was recognised by CAMS as the Category Manager and Administrator for the 2008 championship.
The championship was won by Mark Eddy driving a Lamborghini Gallardo.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 2008 Australian GT Championship.

Team

Manufacturer

Car model

Driver

Maranello Motorsport

Ferrari

F430 GT3

Race calendar

The championship was contested over a six-round series.

Rd.	Name	Circuit	Location / state	Date	Winner	Car
Rd 1		Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	1–3 February	Allan Simonsen	Ferrari F430 GT3
Rd 2		Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide, South Australia	21–24 February	Allan Simonsen	Ferrari F430 GT3
Rd 3		Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne, Victoria	13–16 March	Mark Eddy	Lamborghini Gallardo
Rd 4		Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	12–13 July	John Kaias	Aston Martin DBRS9
Rd 5		Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	9–10 August	John Bowe	Lamborghini Gallardo
Rd 6	Sandown GT Classic	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	28–30 November	Allan Simonsen Nick O'Halloran	Ferrari F430 GT3

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 38-32-28-25-23-21-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 to the first 25 finishers in each race. Each driver's worst round point score had to be dropped from his/her overall point score.
Drivers competing with a foreign licence and a Foreign Participation Visa under FIA ISC Regulation 18 Para 5 were not allowed to score championship points.

Championship results

GT Challenge

The GT Challenge class was won by Richard Kimber driving a Porsche 996 GT3 Clubsport.

GT Production

The GT Production class was won by Tim Poulton driving a Lotus Exige S.

Australian Tourist Trophy

The Confederation of Australian Motorsport awarded the 2008 Australian Tourist Trophy to the winners of the 2008 Sandown GT Classic, which was the sixth and final round of the 2008 Australian GT Championship. The title, which was the nineteenth Australian Tourist Trophy, was won by Allan Simonsen and Nick O'Halloren, driving a Ferrari F430 GT3.