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 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, 250 cc National 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.
TeamClassChassisEngineNoDriver
RMR Superkarts250 NationalAnderson MaverickKTM2

Non-gearbox

The following drivers competed in the 2008 non-gearbox Australian Superkart Championship. The series consisted of a single round, with four races.
TeamClassChassisEngineNoDriver
Safe Fire ElectricalRotax HeavyViperRotax Max1

Results and standings

Gearbox race calendar

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