2008 Pickup Truck Racing season

2008 Pickup Truck Racing season
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Trucks queue in falling snow to take to the track for the first race of the 2008 season

The 2008 Pickup Truck Racing season was the 12th Pickup Truck Racing season. Gavin Seager took the Rockingham Championship on September 28 and then sealed the overall championship at Pembrey with a double race win, taking his tally for the season to 13 victories with two races remaining. Gavin became the first driver to win the overall championship three times.

Race Calendar

Round	Circuit		Date	Winning Driver
1		Brands Hatch Indy Circuit	March 23	Gavin Seager
2				Gavin Seager
3		Rockingham Motor Speedway	April 20	Gavin Seager
4				Gavin Seager
5		Rockingham Motor Speedway	May 26	Steve Dance
6				Gavin Seager
7		Mondello Park	June 8	Gavin Seager
8				Gavin Seager
9		Rockingham Motor Speedway	July 12/13	Gavin Seager
10				Gavin Seager
11				Gavin Seager
12		Donington Park	July 27	Chris Dawkins
13				Simon Carr
14		Thruxton	August 3	Gavin Seager
15				Gavin Seager
16		Brands Hatch	August 31	Steve Dance
17				Gavin Seager
18		Rockingham Motor Speedway	September 28	Gavin Seager
19				Gavin Seager
20		Pembrey Circuit	October 12	Gavin Seager
21				Gavin Seager
22		Brands Hatch Indy Circuit	November 2	Gavin Seager
23				Gavin Seager

Additional Race

Following the rain-shortened race at Rockingham on 26 May (for which half points were awarded) an additional race was run on 12 July, making a three race weekend

Championship Standings

Pos No. Driver BRA ROC ROC MON ROC DON THR BRA ROC PEM BRA Pts 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 54 Gavin Seager 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4410 2 15 Simon Carr 2 8 5 8 12 4 5 3 7 4 7 4 1 5 6 10 5 2 4 14 6 10 11 3908 3 4 Pete Stevens 10 3 14 9 7 12 10 4 5 5 2 6 5 6 4 4 3 6 7 6 5 16 2 3888 4 16 Steve Dance 3 Ret 6 6 1 15 4 6 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 4 3 2 2 Ret 2 3 3885 5 63 Phil White 9 4 4 5 2 8 7 5 6 Ret 5 5 6 4 7 15 9 9 8 10 3 7 5 3723 6 2 Dave Briggs 11 6 8 3 8 7 9 10 10 12 14 14 8 9 3 6 Ret 10 11 5 4 8 Ret 3360 7 9 Pete Wilkinson 13 2 9 10 10 9 3 Ret Ret 10 Ret 13 2 2 10 2 6 8 5 9 2 9 6 3350 8 93 Michael Smith 5 7 10 12 9 11 14 Ret Ret 9 11 7 Ret 8 8 3 7 4 6 11 9 11 16 3165 9 10 Chris Dawkins 7 11 11 11 6 DNS 13 6 9 1 7 7 9 13 2 Ret DNS 8 13 6 7 2965 10 98 Antony Hawkins 12 13 7 7 11 10 11 Ret 12 13 8 8 Ret 11 13 7 12 4 8 14 4 2913 11 24 Richard Novell 14 16 12 14 14 13 Ret 9 11 11 12 Ret 14 14 14 Ret 16 12 9 13 10 15 13 2780 12 3 Julian Arnold 16 17 15 16 13 17 17 12 15 15 15 15 Ret 13 15 16 14 11 10 DNS 12 17 12 2740 13 22 Nic Grindrod 17 Ret 2 2 3 3 2 8 4 3 4 12 12 5 3 5 Ret 2418 14 26 Paul Saunders 4 9 Ret 2 12 9 11 5 7 8 7 11 4 15 2270 15 37 Neil Tressler 16 17 16 14 14 14 13 11 12 12 13 18 15 14 14 Ret Ret 18 14 2213 16 14 Damien Carr 8 14 16 Ret Ret 16 15 12 8 10 17 16 3 7 3 8 2170 17 8 Andy Pyke 15 10 15 7 9 10 10 11 17 Ret 12 Ret 12 19 1795 18 28 Richard Grindrod 6 5 3 4 3 3 8 8 1345 19 6 Rob Butterfield 17 15 8 Ret 10 10 13 13 Ret 1055 20 7 Tony Mumford Ret 15 DNS DNS 15 16 Ret 11 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 15 13 INJ DNS 968 21 21 Kelly-Jayne Wells 18 Ret 5 6 5 11 723 22 69 Lee Rogers Ret 12 12 Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS 13 10 355 23 5 John Mickel 17 15 Ret 8 6 600 24 74 Paul Poulter 17 5 3 7 Ret 470 25 46 Miguel Gomes 16 15 255 26 18 John Stant 9 Ret Ret 180 Pos No. Driver 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Pts BRA ROC ROC MON ROC DON THR BRA ROC PEM BRA

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished Blue Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)