2008 L&H 500

File:Tander at L&H 500 2008.jpg

Garth Tander and Mark Skaife won the 2008 L&H 500 driving a Holden VE Commodore

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

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Time
1	6	Template:Flagicon Mark Winterbottom	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:33.4117
2	888	Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes	Ford BF Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:33.7058
3	25	Template:Flagicon Jason Bright	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport	1:33.8180
4	111	Template:Flagicon Fabian Coulthard	Ford BF Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing	1:33.8525
5	17	Template:Flagicon Steve Owen	Ford BF Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:33.9063
6	15	Template:Flagicon Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team	1:33.9633
7	1	Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:34.0875
8	18	Template:Flagicon Steven Johnson	Ford BF Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:34.0999
9	3	Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	1:34.1965
10	33	Template:Flagicon Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:34.2222
11	5	Template:Flagicon Dean Canto	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:34.2761
12	39	Template:Flagicon Paul Morris	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:34.3733
13	34	Template:Flagicon Greg Ritter	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:34.4073
14	14	Template:Flagicon Max Wilson	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:34.4140
15	12	Template:Flagicon Cameron McConville	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:34.4651
16	2	Template:Flagicon Craig Baird	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:34.4780
17	16	Template:Flagicon Paul Dumbrell	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team	1:34.5383
18	4	Template:Flagicon David Besnard	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:34.7104
19	50	Template:Flagicon Andrew Thompson	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Weel Racing	1:34.8484
20	9	Template:Flagicon Jonathon Webb	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:34.9262
21	26	Template:Flagicon Matt Halliday	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport	1:34.9289
22	55	Template:Flagicon Jason Bargwanna	Holden VE Commodore	Rod Nash Racing	1:34.9338
23	777	Template:Flagicon Michael Patrizi	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Rising Stars Racing	1:34.9649
24	11	Template:Flagicon Nathan Pretty	Holden VE Commodore	Perkins Engineering	1:35.0175
25	7	Template:Flagicon Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Perkins Engineering	1:35.0642
26	88	Template:Flagicon Marc Hynes	Ford BF Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:35.3389
27	51	Template:Flagicon Dale Wood	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	1:35.6284
28	67	Template:Flagicon Matt Neal	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:35.6508
DNQ	021	Template:Flagicon Kayne Scott	Ford BF Falcon	Team Kiwi Racing	No time

Driver B Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Time
1	888	Template:Flagicon Jamie Whincup	Ford BF Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:33.3175
2	4	Template:Flagicon James Courtney	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:33.3345
3	1	Template:Flagicon Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:33.3444
4	18	Template:Flagicon Will Davison	Ford BF Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:33.3855
5	39	Template:Flagicon Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:33.7452
6	3	Template:Flagicon Jason Richards	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	1:33.9237
7	6	Template:Flagicon Steven Richards	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:33.9593
8	15	Template:Flagicon Paul Radisich	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team	1:33.9705
9	9	Template:Flagicon Shane van Gisbergen	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:33.9773
10	5	Template:Flagicon Luke Youlden	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:34.0108
11	111	Template:Flagicon John McIntyre	Ford BF Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing	1:34.1632
12	17	Template:Flagicon Warren Luff	Ford BF Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:34.2776
13	33	Template:Flagicon Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:34.3295
14	25	Template:Flagicon Adam Macrow	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport	1:34.3751
15	16	Template:Flagicon David Reynolds	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team	1:34.4218
16	26	Template:Flagicon Marcus Marshall	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport	1:34.4308
17	12	Template:Flagicon Andrew Jones	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:34.4762
18	2	Template:Flagicon Glenn Seton	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:34.5695
19	7	Template:Flagicon Shane Price	Holden VE Commodore	Perkins Engineering	1:34.6744
20	34	Template:Flagicon Steve Ellery	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport	1:34.7141
21	55	Template:Flagicon Tony D'Alberto	Holden VE Commodore	Rod Nash Racing	1:34.8822
22	50	Template:Flagicon Paul Weel	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Weel Racing	1:34.8873
23	88	Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Giovanardi	Ford BF Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:35.0100
24	777	Template:Flagicon Grant Denyer	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Rising Stars Racing	1:35.2565
25	14	Template:Flagicon Brad Jones	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing	1:35.2951
26	51	Template:Flagicon Mark Noske	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	1:35.3129
27	11	Template:Flagicon Jack Perkins	Holden VE Commodore	Perkins Engineering	1:35.3472
28	67	Template:Flagicon Boris Said	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:35.8140
DNQ	021	Template:Flagicon Chris Pither	Ford BF Falcon	Team Kiwi Racing	No time

Driver A Race results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Grid
1	15	Template:Flagicon Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	14	6
2	17	Template:Flagicon Steve Owen	Dick Johnson Racing	14	5
3	25	Template:Flagicon Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	14	3
4	111	Template:Flagicon Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	14	4
5	33	Template:Flagicon Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	14	10
6	12	Template:Flagicon Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	14	15
7	14	Template:Flagicon Max Wilson	Brad Jones Racing	14	14
8	55	Template:Flagicon Jason Bargwanna	Rod Nash Racing	14	22
9	34	Template:Flagicon Greg Ritter	Garry Rogers Motorsport	14	13
10	50	Template:Flagicon Andrew Thompson	Paul Weel Racing	14	19
11	888	Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	14	2
12	6	Template:Flagicon Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	14	1
13	4	Template:Flagicon David Besnard	Stone Brothers Racing	14	18
14	39	Template:Flagicon Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	14	14
15	1	Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	14	7
16	9	Template:Flagicon Jonathon Webb	Stone Brothers Racing	14	20
17	3	Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	14	17
18	18	Template:Flagicon Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	14	8
19	7	Template:Flagicon Todd Kelly	Perkins Engineering	14	25
20	16	Template:Flagicon Paul Dumbrell	HSV Dealer Team	14	17
21	11	Template:Flagicon Nathan Pretty	Perkins Engineering	14	24
22	26	Template:Flagicon Matt Halliday	Britek Motorsport	14	21
23	777	Template:Flagicon Michael Patrizi	Ford Rising Stars Racing	14	23
24	51	Template:Flagicon Dale Wood	Tasman Motorsport	14	27
25	67	Template:Flagicon Matt Neal	Paul Morris Motorsport	14	28
26	88	Template:Flagicon Marc Hynes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	14	26
27	2	Template:Flagicon Craig Baird	Holden Racing Team	14	16
DNF	5	Template:Flagicon Dean Canto	Ford Performance Racing	DNF	11
DNQ	021	Template:Flagicon Kayne Scott	Team Kiwi Racing

Driver B Race results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Grid
1	888	Template:Flagicon Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	14	1
2	18	Template:Flagicon Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	14	4
3	4	Template:Flagicon James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	14	2
4	39	Template:Flagicon Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	14	5
5	9	Template:Flagicon Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	14	9
6	3	Template:Flagicon Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	14	6
7	1	Template:Flagicon Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	14	3
8	26	Template:Flagicon Marcus Marshall	Britek Motorsport	14	16
9	6	Template:Flagicon Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	14	7
10	2	Template:Flagicon Glenn Seton	Holden Racing Team	14	18
11	11	Template:Flagicon Jack Perkins	Perkins Engineering	14	27
12	51	Template:Flagicon Mark Noske	Tasman Motorsport	14	26
13	777	Template:Flagicon Grant Denyer	Ford Rising Stars Racing	14	24
14	88	Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Giovanardi	Triple Eight Race Engineering	14	23
15	67	Template:Flagicon Boris Said	Paul Morris Motorsport	14	28
16	7	Template:Flagicon Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	14	19
17	15	Template:Flagicon Paul Radisich	HSV Dealer Team	14	8
18	17	Template:Flagicon Warren Luff	Dick Johnson Racing	14	12
19	5	Template:Flagicon Luke Youlden	Ford Performance Racing	14	10
20	12	Template:Flagicon Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	14	17
21	33	Template:Flagicon Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	14	13
22	25	Template:Flagicon Adam Macrow	Britek Motorsport	14	14
23	111	Template:Flagicon John McIntyre	Paul Cruickshank Racing	14	11
24	34	Template:Flagicon Steve Ellery	Garry Rogers Motorsport	14	20
25	50	Template:Flagicon Paul Weel	Paul Weel Racing	14	22
26	14	Template:Flagicon Brad Jones	Brad Jones Racing	14	25
27	55	Template:Flagicon Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	13	21
28	16	Template:Flagicon David Reynolds	HSV Dealer Team	13	15
DNQ	021	Template:Flagicon Chris Pither	Team Kiwi Racing

500km race results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Grid
1	1	Template:Flagicon Garth Tander Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	113	10
2	888	Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes Template:Flagicon Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	113	1
3	18	Template:Flagicon Will Davison Template:Flagicon Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	113	4
4	6	Template:Flagicon Mark Winterbottom Template:Flagicon Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	113	12
5	33	Template:Flagicon Lee Holdsworth Template:Flagicon Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	113	13
6	4	Template:Flagicon James Courtney Template:Flagicon David Besnard	Stone Brothers Racing	113	3
7	15	Template:Flagicon Rick Kelly Template:Flagicon Paul Radisich	HSV Dealer Team	113	2
8	11	Template:Flagicon Nathan Pretty Template:Flagicon Jack Perkins	Perkins Engineering	113	18
9	39	Template:Flagicon Russell Ingall Template:Flagicon Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	113	6
10	9	Template:Flagicon Shane van Gisbergen Template:Flagicon Jonathon Webb	Stone Brothers Racing	113	7
11	25	Template:Flagicon Jason Bright Template:Flagicon Adam Macrow	Britek Motorsport	113	8
12	34	Template:Flagicon Greg Ritter Template:Flagicon Steven Ellery	Garry Rogers Motorsport	113	17
13	7	Template:Flagicon Todd Kelly Template:Flagicon Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	112	21
14	2	Template:Flagicon Glenn Seton Template:Flagicon Craig Baird	Holden Racing Team	112	22
15	14	Template:Flagicon Brad Jones Template:Flagicon Max Wilson	Brad Jones Racing	112	16
16	111	Template:Flagicon Fabian Coulthard Template:Flagicon John McIntyre	Paul Cruickshank Racing	112	11
17	88	Template:Flagicon Marc Hynes Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Giovanardi	Triple Eight Race Engineering	112	25
18	777	Template:Flagicon Michael Patrizi Template:Flagicon Grant Denyer	Ford Rising Stars Racing	112	24
19	67	Template:Flagicon Matt Neal Template:Flagicon Boris Said	Paul Morris Motorsport	112	26
20	51	Template:Flagicon Dale Wood Template:Flagicon Mark Noske	Tasman Motorsport	112	23
21	26	Template:Flagicon Marcus Marshall Template:Flagicon Matt Halliday	Britek Motorsport	112	15
22	17	Template:Flagicon Steve Owen Template:Flagicon Warren Luff	Dick Johnson Racing	110	5
23	50	Template:Flagicon Andrew Thompson Template:Flagicon Paul Weel	Paul Weel Racing	110	20
24	5	Template:Flagicon Dean Canto Template:Flagicon Luke Youlden	Ford Performance Racing	109	28
DNF	12	Template:Flagicon Andrew Jones Template:Flagicon Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	80	14
DNF	55	Template:Flagicon Tony D'Alberto Template:Flagicon Jason Bargwanna	Rod Nash Racing	80	19
DNF	16	Template:Flagicon Paul Dumbrell Template:Flagicon David Reynolds	HSV Dealer Team	65	27
DNF	3	Template:Flagicon Jason Richards Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	12	8
DNQ	021	Template:Flagicon Kayne Scott Template:Flagicon Chris Pither	Team Kiwi Racing

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.	Drivers	A Race	B Race	500	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife	20		200	252
	Template:Flagicon Garth Tander		32
2	Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes	24		184	258
	Template:Flagicon Jamie Whincup		50
3	Template:Flagicon Steven Johnson	17		172	235
	Template:Flagicon Will Davison		46
4	Template:Flagicon Mark Winterbottom	23		160	211
	Template:Flagicon Steven Richards		28
5	Template:Flagicon Lee Holdsworth	37		148	199
	Template:Flagicon Michael Caruso		14
6	Template:Flagicon David Besnard	22		136	201
	Template:Flagicon James Courtney		43
7	Template:Flagicon Rick Kelly	50		128	196
	Template:Flagicon Paul Radisich		18
8	Template:Flagicon Nathan Pretty	14		120	158
	Template:Flagicon Jack Perkins		24
9	Template:Flagicon Paul Morris	21		112	173
	Template:Flagicon Russell Ingall		40
10	Template:Flagicon Jonathon Webb	19		104	160
	Template:Flagicon Shane van Gisbergen		37
11	Template:Flagicon Jason Bright	43		96	152
	Template:Flagicon Adam Macrow		13
12	Template:Flagicon Greg Ritter	28		92	131
	Template:Flagicon Steven Ellery		11
13	Template:Flagicon Todd Kelly	16		88	123
	Template:Flagicon Shane Price		19
14	Template:Flagicon Craig Baird	8		84	118
	Template:Flagicon Glenn Seton		26
15	Template:Flagicon Max Wilson	32		80	121
	Template:Flagicon Brad Jones		9
16	Template:Flagicon Fabian Coulthard	40		76	128
	Template:Flagicon John McIntyre		12
17	Template:Flagicon Marc Hynes	9		72	102
	Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Giovanardi		21
18	Template:Flagicon Michael Patrizi	12		68	102
	Template:Flagicon Grant Denyer		22
19	Template:Flagicon Matt Neal	10		64	94
	Template:Flagicon Boris Said		20
20	Template:Flagicon Dale Wood	11		60	94
	Template:Flagicon Mark Noske		23
21	Template:Flagicon Matt Halliday	13		56	99
	Template:Flagicon Marcus Marshall		30
22	Template:Flagicon Steve Owen	46		52	115
	Template:Flagicon Warren Luff		17
23	Template:Flagicon Andrew Thompson	26		48	84
	Template:Flagicon Paul Weel		10
24	Template:Flagicon Dean Canto	Ret		44	60
	Template:Flagicon Luke Youlden		16
DNF	Template:Flagicon Cameron McConville	34		Ret	49
	Template:Flagicon Andrew Jones		15
DNF	Template:Flagicon Jason Bargwanna	30		Ret	38
	Template:Flagicon Tony D'Alberto		8
DNF	Template:Flagicon Paul Dumbrell	15		Ret	22
	Template:Flagicon David Reynolds		7
DNF	Template:Flagicon Greg Murphy	18		Ret	52
	Template:Flagicon Jason Richards		34
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Kayne Scott	DNQ		DNQ
	Template:Flagicon Chris Pither		DNQ

Standings

After round 9 of 14.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	1	Template:Flagicon Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	2096
2	5	Template:Flagicon Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	2043
3	88	Template:Flagicon Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	2016
4	15	Template:Flagicon Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	1702
5	18	Template:Flagicon Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	1661

Support categories

The Phillip Island round of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series had four support categories.

Category	Round winner
Carrera Cup	Craig Baird (Porsche 997 GT3 Cup)
Formula Ford	Paul Laskazeski (Spectrum 011b)
Touring Car Masters	John Bowe (Chevrolet Camaro)
Australian Mini Challenge	Jason Bargwanna (Mini Cooper S)

External links

• Official timing and results
• 2008 L&H 500 images, www.motorsport.com