2008 L&H 500


The 2008 L&H 500 was the ninth round of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of the 12 to 14 September at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria. It was the eighth Phillip Island 500 and the first to be staged since 1977. The L&H 500 saw the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit replace Sandown Raceway as the venue of the annual 500 kilometre two-driver V8 Supercar race. In an innovation for this round, two preliminary 14 lap races were held on Saturday with the two drivers of each car starting one race each. A single pitstop by each car in either race was mandated with the combined results of the two races determining the grid for the main 500 kilometre event.
After a late race error in Sunday's race from Jamie Whincup, Garth Tander swept by to take the win. Co-driver Mark Skaife became the first driver to win the 500 kilometre co-driver endurance race at three different venues, having previously won the 2000 Ozemail Queensland 500 and the Sandown 500 in 1989 and 2003.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday 13 September 2008.

Driver A Race

The first race was held on Saturday 13 September 2008.

Driver B Race

The first race was held on Saturday 13 September 2008.

500km Race

The 500 km race was held on Sunday 14 September 2008.

Results

Driver A Qualifying

Driver B Qualifying

Driver A Race results

Driver B Race results

500km race results

Round points

Each driver of each car was awarded championship points equal to the total points scored by that car over the three races. However, as with the 2008 Clipsal 500, overall round position was determined by position in the final race of the weekend rather than by total points scored in the round.
Pos.DriversA RaceB Race500Total
1 Mark Skaife20200252
1 Garth Tander32200252
2 Craig Lowndes24184258
2 Jamie Whincup50184258
3 Steven Johnson17172235
3 Will Davison46172235
4 Mark Winterbottom23160211
4 Steven Richards28160211
5 Lee Holdsworth37148199
5 Michael Caruso14148199
6 David Besnard22136201
6 James Courtney43136201
7 Rick Kelly50128196
7 Paul Radisich18128196
8 Nathan Pretty14120158
8 Jack Perkins24120158
9 Paul Morris21112173
9 Russell Ingall40112173
10 Jonathon Webb19104160
10 Shane van Gisbergen37104160
11 Jason Bright4396152
11 Adam Macrow1396152
12 Greg Ritter2892131
12 Steven Ellery1192131
13 Todd Kelly1688123
13 Shane Price1988123
14 Craig Baird884118
14 Glenn Seton2684118
15 Max Wilson3280121
15 Brad Jones980121
16 Fabian Coulthard4076128
16 John McIntyre1276128
17 Marc Hynes972102
17 Fabrizio Giovanardi2172102
18 Michael Patrizi1268102
18 Grant Denyer2268102
19 Matt Neal106494
19 Boris Said206494
20 Dale Wood116094
20 Mark Noske236094
21 Matt Halliday135699
21 Marcus Marshall305699
22 Steve Owen4652115
22 Warren Luff1752115
23 Andrew Thompson264884
23 Paul Weel104884
24 Dean CantoRet4460
24 Luke Youlden164460
DNF Cameron McConville34Ret49
DNF Andrew Jones15Ret49
DNF Jason Bargwanna30Ret38
DNF Tony D'Alberto8Ret38
DNF Paul Dumbrell15Ret22
DNF David Reynolds7Ret22
DNF Greg Murphy18Ret52
DNF Jason Richards34Ret52
DNQ Kayne ScottDNQDNQ
DNQ Chris PitherDNQDNQ

Standings

After round 9 of 14.
PosNoNameTeamPoints
11 Garth TanderHolden Racing Team2096
25 Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing2043
388 Jamie WhincupTriple Eight Race Engineering2016
415 Rick KellyHSV Dealer Team1702
518 Will DavisonDick Johnson Racing1661

Support categories

The Phillip Island round of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series had four support categories.
CategoryRound winner
Carrera CupCraig Baird
Formula FordPaul Laskazeski
Touring Car MastersJohn Bowe
Australian Mini ChallengeJason Bargwanna