2008 TM Master Cup season

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2008 TM Master Cup season
TM Master Cup Series Logo.png
# of Rounds 19
Ovals 13
Road Courses 6
Driver's Champion USA.png Alexis Rainsford
Owner's Champion USA.png JC Racing
Season Opener Round of Daytona
Season Finale Round of Decatur
Championship Overview

The 2008 TM Master Cup Series season championship was won by Alexis Rainsford driving a Calton-Morel for JC Racing, becoming the first woman to win it.

Notes[edit | edit source]

The schedule expanded from 14 to 19 rounds, and would include a European tour, a trend that has continued to this day.

This season featured a promotion and relegation system between the lower-performing drivers in the Master Cup Series, and the top finishers in the TM Junior Series. After the Round of Chicago, the top 48 cars in the points were guaranteed to attempt to qualify for the remainder of the season. The remaining drivers were relegated to the Junior Series, with a Junior Series race being held every weekend for the remainder of the season. New teams would also be initially assigned to the Junior Series upon approval.

The winner of the Junior Series race would be promoted back to the Master Cup Series and advance to the qualifying race for that race weekend. For the Karjala Grand Prix, three promotions were granted; two for the first and second place finishers, and a third for either the polesitter; or, if the polesitter finished in the top two, the third place finisher was promoted.

This is the last season of Master Cup racing to date with full-course cautions at road courses.

Michelin replaced Goodyear as official tire supplier for the series, an arrangement that would last for only this season before teams would be given multiple suppliers to select from in 2009.

Promotional Video[edit | edit source]

Schedule[edit | edit source]

Round Race Title Circuit TM Junior Winner TM Junior Team (Car) Winner Team (Car)
1 Round of Daytona USA.png Daytona International Speedway N/A N/A USA.png Johnnie Ada Team EFR (Lenard)
2 Round of Carbondale USA.png Carbondale Raceway N/A N/A USA.png Palmer Stiles FLASH Racing (Inglesby)
3 Round of Chicago USA.png Chicagoland Speedway N/A N/A USA.png Tony Durbin National Racing (Saar)
4 Round of Great Britain GBR.png Brands Hatch USA.png Chris Allen Altamont Autosport (Lenard) USA.png Mike Whitmore Hodges-Walter Racing (Calton-Morel)
5 Round of New York USA.png New York Autoring USA.png Jared Pierce Team JROD (Saar) USA.png James West McDermott Motorsports (Inglesby)
6 Round of Texas USA.png Texas Motor Speedway USA.png Kurt Plissken Power Steering, Inc. (Inglesby) USA.png Louis Kingston Kingston Enterprises (Saar)
7 2008 Karjala Grand Prix FIN.png Karjala Raceway USA.png Dillon Mosco Double M Motorsports (Saar) USA.png Lorne Roth Ocean International (Saar)
8 Round of Salem USA.png Salem Speedway USA.png Craig Cross ADA Racing (Inglesby) USA.png Tyrone Stanley Gazelle Motorsports (Inglesby)
9 Round of Seattle USA.png Seattle Motor Speedway CND.png Austin Magnussen BlackDiamond Racing (Inglesby) USA.png Damien Snyder National Racing (Saar)
10 Round of Indianapolis USA.png Indianapolis Motor Speedway USA.png Chad Ridgeland GNR Motorsports (Saar) USA.png Paul Lyons National Racing (Saar)
11 Round of Quincy USA.png Grand Detour of Southern Illinois USA.png Leon Keniston Watts Motorsports (Inglesby) USA.png Ryan Nawrocki National Racing (Saar)
12 Round of Alabama USA.png Talladega Superspeedway USA.png Matt Smith MDS Motorsports (Saar) USA.png Leonid Roderick FLASH Racing (Inglesby)
13 Round of Portugal POR.png Estoril Circuit USA.png Bruno Battaglia Team JROD (Saar) JPN.png Zelda Ashby Kingston Enterprises (Saar)
14 Round of Italy ITA.png The Karting Facility USA.png Craig Jonser Craig Jonser Inc. (Lenard) USA.png Palmer Stiles FLASH Racing (Inglesby)
15 Round of Belgium BEL.png Spa-Francorchamps USA.png Paul Johnson Pop's Racing (Inglesby) USA.png Alexis Rainsford JC Racing (Calton-Morel)
16 Round of Russia RUS.png Volgoring Circuit USA.png Tom Wetmore Rapidtec Racing (Calton-Morel) USA.png Alexis Rainsford JC Racing (Calton-Morel)
17 Round of Japan JPN.png Twin Ring Motegi CND.png Zach Duff Shade Tree Racing (Lenard) USA.png Tony Durbin National Racing (Saar)
18 Round of Canada CND.png Alberta Superspeedway ZAM.png Mumba Kumangu International Motor Sport (Saar) USA.png Scott Bates Team EFR (Lenard)
19 Round of Decatur USA.png Decatur Raceway USA.png Derek Jones Wild Flame Racing (Lenard) USA.png Alexis Rainsford JC Racing (Calton-Morel)
  • The blue boxes represent a road/street course race.

Team Chart[edit | edit source]

Listings for races entered do not include cars that raced in the Junior Series on a given weekend, unless they transferred into the Master Cup race.

Team Chassis Model No. Driver Primary Sponsor Races
Finntech Saar Tyrant 0 FIN.png Esko Koskela Finnair 1
3 FIN.png Edvin Lisko Finnair 2
5 FIN.png Arto Kekkonen Finnair 1
FIN.png Esko Koskela 1
Alex Harrison Racing Lenard Q9 0 ENG.png Julian Alexander 1
JC Racing Calton-Morel Nova 1 RUS.png Julia Nosova Clutch
Clutch/RPGRevolution.com
International Women's Day/Clutch
All
7 CHC.png Ian Cooper Astra 1
27 USA.png Alexis Rainsford Canon
International Women's Day/Canon
All
90 FRA.png Esmee Rousseau Clutch/L'Oreal 5
RUS.png Pyotr Konoroz 1
98 USA.png Jeff Cesnik Clutch/Eleventh Hour 3
RUS.png Alecksey Stoyanovich ??? 1
Ocean Motorsports Saar Tyrant 2 USA.png Brian Sendack Red Bull All
37 USA.png Todd Wodarczyk Miller Lite All
39 USA.png Lorne Roth Hewlett-Packard All
FLASH Racing Inglesby Flashback 4 USA.png Leonid Roderick Lance Snacks/Mozilla Firefox All
14 ENG.png Lance Andrews Vodafone 1
FIN.png Arto Kekkonen 6
34 USA.png Palmer Stiles Kodak All
44 USA.png Matt Taylor Advance Auto Parts 17
CND.png Scott Hamilton 1
JPN.png Shinji Tanaka 1
Team Rainbow Power Calton-Morel Nova 6 IRE.png Stephanie McGlynn Butch Light
International Women's Day/Butch Light
All
Ian Cooper Racing Calton-Morel Nova 7 CHC.png Ian Cooper Astra 3
USA.png Sylvester Salvatore 9
RUS.png Vladimir Simonov 2
USA.png Justin Brooks 1
Flare Motorsports Lenard Q9 9 USA.png Curtis Darcy (fired after Indy) Lenard Motor Co. 10
USA.png David Krikorian 9
99 USA.png Rachel Rainsford Tylenol All
James Dalton Racing Saar Tyrant 00 USA.png James Dalton Western Digital 18
USA.png Kevin Colley 1
Rally Team JP Lenard Q9 01 POL.png Janusz Pisarczyk 1
Fluffy Penguin Onionburger Inglesby Flashback 02 CND.png Marcos Leonard LAZER All
CeeJay Racing Saar Tyrant 03 USA.png Ricky Navarro Home Run Inn 1
USA.png Leslie Riggs GoDaddy.com/b 3
USA.png Allie Riggs GoDaddy.com 3
Team EFR Calton-Morel Nova 04 USA.png Johnnie Ada Mechanix Wear
Pennzoil
All
88 USA.png Scott Bates ernhrtfanracing.com
Budweiser
All
Watts Motorsports Inglesby Flashback 06 USA.png Woody Watts Sony/Comcast 3
60 USA.png Leon Keniston (R) Olhausen Billiards 8
USA.png Woody Watts 1
Team Thunder Saar Tyrant 07 USA.png Dalton Johnson (R) Xbox 360
None
3
RNC Racing Saar Tyrant 08 USA.png Kelly Dawson (R) Your Name Here 3
Evans Motorsports Lenard Q9 10 USA.png Anthony Evans Mont Blac All
30 USA.png Colin Evans (R) Under Armour 18
National Racing Saar Tyrant 11 USA.png Damien Snyder Wal-Mart/Coca-Cola All
21 USA.png Paul Lyons McDonald's All
31 USA.png Justin Brooks (fired after Quincy) Mobil 1 11
USA.png George Dennis 2
USA.png Drew Eisenman 4
USA.png Collin Reed 2
32 USA.png Ryan Nawrocki Budweiser/FOX News All
33 USA.png Tony Durbin FOX News/Wal-Mart All
McCallister Motorsports Saar Tyrant 12 USA.png Chris Johaanes (R) Pepsi 17
USA.png Garth McCallister, Jr. 2
17 USA.png Joseph Howard Caterpillar/Mountain Dew All
22 USA.png Manny Brown (Fired after Canada) Waste Management 18
USA.png Chris Johaanes (R) Pepsi 1
Hodges-Walter Racing Calton-Morel Nova 13 WAL.png Alan Hodges Netflix All
26 USA.png Scott Steudler Haas Manufacturing All
73 USA.png Mike Whitmore (R) Name 73 All
Justin Brooks Racing Saar Tyrant 15 USA.png Wesley Ellis (R) Old Spice 3
Power Steering Incorporated Inglesby Flashback 16 USA.png Kurt Plissken The Outlaw
Spark Boy
Jack Link's
17
57 USA.png Doug Baker Grippo's
Yellow Jacket
3
Andrew Craig Racing Lenard Q9 19 USA.png Dale Roswell IBEW All
20 USA.png Kevin Colley (Left after Chicago) Blockbuster/Menards 3
RSA.png Stan Rosenstreter (R) (Fired after Russia) 10
USA.png Todd Stanton 3
35 USA.png Eric Jackson Monster Energy All
Gazelle Motorsports Inglesby Flashback 23 USA.png Tyrone Stanley The Shafer Group All
24 USA.png Kurt Walker (R) Kleffer Media All
75 USA.png Jon Broughton Yamaha All
GNR Motorsports Saar Tyrant 25 USA.png Brandon Brooks (R) John Deere/Gears of War 3
USA.png Chad Ridgeland (R) AT&T 2
USA.png Chris Branham (R) Jim Beam 1
Alienware Racing Inglesby Flasback 28 USA.png Rodney Frye-Carter (R) Alienware 3
??? 29 SWE.png Mathias Taube 1
Double M Motorsports Saar Tyrant 36 USA.png Conor Maloney (R) PlayNTrade 3
41 USA.png Dillon Mosco (R) Dallas Cowboys/PlayNTrade 16
MDS Motorsports Saar Tyrant 42 USA.png Matt Smith (License revoked after Belgium) Mello Yello 7
USA.png Jeb Klinger 4
ADA Racing Inglesby Flashback 43 USA.png Craig Cross Qualcomm 14
??? Calton-Morel Nova 45 SWE.png Harald Angstrom IKEA 1
Chapman Motorsports Saar Tyrant 47 USA.png Ross Peterson O'Kelvin Antifreeze All
77 USA.png Stuart Sandoval Harley-Davidson/Black Cat 17
JPN.png Aimi Kuroki 2
Serjikal Strike Racing Saar Tyrant 48 USA.png Todd Bell Phossil 3
Bradley Racing 2
Rapidtec Racing Calton-Morel Nova 50 USA.png Tom Wetmore 6
Infiniti Motorsports Saar Tyrant 51 USA.png Kyle Bohling (R) Alpinestars 3
Star Motorsports Lenard Q9 53 USA.png John Parker, Jr. 3
ENG.png Kirk Sigurd 1
Kingston Enterprises Saar Tyrant 55 JPN.png Zelda Ashby (R) Nintendo All
84 USA.png Louis Kingston Chicago Cubs/Friendly Napalm All
85 IRE.png Tom Levin Sein Finn All
EisenTech Racing Inglesby
Saar
Flashback
Tyrant
56 ITA.png Enzo Medina (R) Crown Royal
None
KTM
All
65 GER.png Franz Redlich (R) Orange All
Red Rock Racing Calton-Morel Nova 61 USA.png Gary Edwards (R) Hard Rock Cafe
Cabo Wabo
All
Merit Racing Lenard Q9 62 USA.png Daniel Leckliter (R) Sunoco All
Wild Flame Racing Lenard Q9 63 USA.png Derek Jones (R) Gatorade 1
International Motor Sport Saar Tyrant 64 ZAM.png Mumba Kumangu (R) Sinopec/Aeroflot 2
Sam Morel Racing Calton-Morel Nova 66 USA.png Sam Morel Tempest Automation All
67 USA.png Tom Delgado Capital One 9
AUS.png Adam Purcell 1
96 FRA.png Adrien Devereux Calton-Morel 1
MRD Motorsports Lenard Q9 67 USA.png Tom Delgado Capital One 8
Ian Masterson Racing Calton-Morel Nova 68 USA.png Tom Gaster 1
FRA.png Adrien Devereux 1
RUS.png Ilya Dananov 1
USA.png Justin Brooks 1
McDermott Motorsports Inglesby Flashback 69 USA.png James West (R) Indy Can Crusher 7
Team JROD Saar Tyrant 70 USA.png Jared Pierce (R) 9
USA.png Bruno Battaglia (R) Leaf 2007 Rookies & Stars 6
USA.png Jessica Dalton 2
Altamont Autosport Lenard Q9 71 USA.png Chris Allen (R) 7up All
Mitchell & Sons Racing Inglesby Flashback 74 USA.png Cyrus LaTerza M&Ms All
D-Squared Motorsports Inglesby Flashback 76 USA.png Dan Deffler (R) WyoTech/Panasonic 3
??? Lenard Q9 78 FIN.png Keijo Mikkola 1
Craig Jonser Inc. Lenard Q9 81 USA.png Craig Jonser (R) GameStop/Game Informer 9
Pop's Racing Inglesby Flashback 82 USA.png Paul Johnson (R) Fujifilm 8
JINX Racing Saar Tyrant 86 PRC.png Joel Rodriguez Heineken/Hot Topic
Motorola
All
Flournoy Motorsports Calton-Morel Nova 87 USA.png Jonathan Flournoy (R) Channellock 3
Jack Cronin Racing Saar Tyrant 89 USA.png Jack Cronin All
Blitzkrieg Racing Inglesby Flashback 91 USA.png Danny Savin Quaker State 18
AUS.png Thomas Duke 1
??? Saar Tyrant 92 JPN.png Aimi Kuroki Sailor Moon/Anime World 1
Inglesby Flashback 93 JPN.png Shinji Tanaka Anime World 1
??? Inglesby Flashback 94 RSA.png Stan Rosenstreter (R) 1
BlackDiamond Racing Inglesby Flashback 94 CND.png Austin Magnussen (R) Shell 12
??? Lenard Q9 95 NOR.png Markus Teravainen 1
MAC Racing Calton-Morel Nova 95 USA.png Jason Jensen (R) Dr. Pepper 3
Shade Tree Racing Lenard Q9 97 CND.png Zach Duff (R) SoBe No Fear 6

Points System[edit | edit source]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Points 89 85 83 81 80 76 75 74 73 72 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 55
22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd
54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32
  • 1 point goes to the race's polesitter.
  • 1 point goes to the driver(s) who lead a lap during the race.
  • 3 points goes to the driver who leads the most laps in the race.