2008 City of Ipswich 400

**2008 City of Ipswich 400**
Event Information
Round 7 of 14 in the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series
Date	18–20 July 2008
Location	Ipswich, Queensland
Venue	Queensland Raceway
Weather	Fine
Results
Distance
Race 1
Distance	38 laps
Pole position	James Courtney; Stone Brothers Racing
Winner	James Courtney; Stone Brothers Racing
Distance
Race 2
Distance	38 laps
Winner	Mark Winterbottom; Ford Performance Racing
Distance
Race 3
Distance	38 laps
Winner	Mark Winterbottom; Ford Performance Racing
First
Round Results
First	Mark Winterbottom; Ford Performance Racing;
Second	Russell Ingall; Paul Morris Motorsport;
Third	James Courtney; Stone Brothers Racing;

The 2008 City of Ipswich 400 is the seventh round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of July 18 to 20 at Queensland Raceway in Ipswich, Queensland.

Practice

Practice featured another opportunity for teams to test endurance co-drivers with Steve Owen ending up the fastest of those drivers in the Jim Beam Racing Falcon, second only in the session to Russell Ingall. Warren Luff was fifth fastest in the second Jim Beam Falcon just ahead of Paul Radisich in the HSV Dealer Team Commodore. Next were Craig Baird (Holden Racing Team) and David Besnard (Stone Brothers Racing). Other co-drivers in the session were Dean Canto (Ford Performance Racing), Glenn Seton (Holden Racing Team), Jason Bargwanna (Rod Nash Racing), Grant Denyer (Ford Rising Stars Racing), Luke Youlden (Ford Performance Racing), Mark Noske (Tasman Motorsport), Jack Perkins (Jack Daniel's Racing), Adam Macrow driving the Team Kiwi Racing Falcon instead of for his enduro team Britek Motorsport, Brad Jones (Brad Jones Racing) and David Reynolds (HSV Dealer Team).

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday July 19.

Race 1

Race 1 was held on Saturday July 19.

Race 2

Race 2 was held on Sunday July 20.

Race 3

Race 3 was held on Sunday July 20.

Results

Results as follows:^[1]

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Part 3	Part 2	Part 1
1	4	James Courtney	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	1:10.7351
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:10.7438
3	39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Supercheap Auto Racing	1:10.8066
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Ford BF Falcon	Team Vodafone	1:10.8503
5	2	Mark Skaife	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:10.8887
6	1	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	1:10.9096
7	18	Will Davison	Ford BF Falcon	Jim Beam Racing	1:10.9279
8	3	Jason Richards	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	1:10.9303
9	88	Jamie Whincup	Ford BF Falcon	Team Vodafone	1:11.1371
10	17	Steven Johnson	Ford BF Falcon	Jim Beam Racing	excluded
11	6	Steven Richards	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing		1:11.0890
12	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing		1:11.1075
13	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport		1:11.1366
14	15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team		1:11.1750
15	111	Fabian Coulthard	Ford BF Falcon	Glenfords Racing		1:11.2065
16	12	Andrew Jones	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing		1:11.2072
17	14	Cameron McConville	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing		1:11.2386
18	51	Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport		1:11.2866
19	67	Paul Morris	Holden VE Commodore	Supercheap Auto Racing		1:11.3793
20	16	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team		excluded
21	55	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VE Commodore	Rod Nash Racing			1:11.4508
22	34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport			1:11.4822
23	11	Shane Price	Holden VE Commodore	Jack Daniel's Racing			1:11.5013
24	25	Jason Bright	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport			1:11.5110
25	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Jack Daniel's Racing			1:11.5171
26	50	Andrew Thompson	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Weel Racing			1:11.5366
27	26	Marcus Marshall	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport			1:11.7892
28	777	Michael Patrizi	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Rising Stars Racing			1:11.8390
29	021	Kayne Scott	Ford BF Falcon	Team Kiwi Racing			1:12.8748

Race 1 results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	38	46:30.0751	1	100
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	38	+0.2s	2	92
3	39	Russell Ingall	Supercheap Auto Racing	38	+1.4s	3	86
4	1	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	38	+5.4s	6	80
5	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	38	+6.3s	5	74
6	18	Will Davison	Jim Beam Racing	38	+11.2s	7	68
7	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	38	+11.8s	11	64
8	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	38	+13.2s	14	60
9	88	Jamie Whincup	Team Vodafone	38	+13.8s	9	56
10	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	38	+14.2s	13	52
11	16	Paul Dumbrell	HSV Dealer Team	38	+15.3s	20	48
12	111	Fabian Coulthard	Glenfords Racing	38	+24.9s	15	46
13	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	38	+28.0s	17	44
14	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	38	+30.8s	8	42
15	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	38	+31.4s	22	40
16	17	Steven Johnson	Jim Beam Racing	38	+62.6s	10	38
17	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	38	+32.6s	12	36
18	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	38	+33.1s	24	34
19	7	Todd Kelly	Jack Daniel's Racing	38	+34.0s	25	32
20	55	Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	38	+39.8s	21	30
21	11	Shane Price	Jack Daniel's Racing	38	+46.2s	23	28
22	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	38	+46.5s	16	26
23	50	Andrew Thompson	Paul Weel Racing	38	+48.4s	26	24
24	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	38	+55.7s	18	22
25	777	Michael Patrizi	Ford Rising Stars Racing	38	+1:05.8s	28	20
26	021	Kayne Scott	Team Kiwi Racing	38	+1:11.0s	29	18
27	67	Paul Morris	Supercheap Auto Racing	38	+1:21.6s	19	16
28	888	Craig Lowndes	Team Vodafone	33	+ 5 laps	4	14
DNF	26	Marcus Marshall	Britek Motorsport	27		27

Race 2 results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	38	50:13.9041	2	100
2	39	Russell Ingall	Supercheap Auto Racing	38	+2.2s	3	92
3	88	Jamie Whincup	Team Vodafone	38	+7.9s	9	86
4	1	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	38	+12.4s	4	80
5	18	Will Davison	Jim Beam Racing	38	+14.2s	6	74
6	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	38	+15.3s	1	68
7	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	38	+16.6s	7	64
8	111	Fabian Coulthard	Glenfords Racing	38	+20.5s	12	60
9	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	38	+23.5s	13	56
10	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	38	+28.8s	5	52
11	16	Paul Dumbrell	HSV Dealer Team	38	+29.4s	11	48
12	888	Craig Lowndes	Team Vodafone	38	+34.5s	28	46
13	7	Todd Kelly	Jack Daniel's Racing	38	+35.1s	19	44
14	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	38	+35.4s	14	42
15	67	Paul Morris	Supercheap Auto Racing	38	+36.2s	27	40
16	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	38	+36.6s	15	38
17	17	Steven Johnson	Jim Beam Racing	38	+38.3s	16	36
18	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	38	+38.7s	10	34
19	11	Shane Price	Jack Daniel's Racing	38	+39.9s	21	32
20	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	38	+42.8s	24	30
21	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	38	+47.2s	17	28
22	55	Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	38	+47.6s	20	26
23	50	Andrew Thompson	Paul Weel Racing	38	+1:02.1s	23	24
24	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	34	+ 4 laps	22	22
25	777	Michael Patrizi	Ford Rising Stars Racing	33	+ 5 laps	25	20
DNF	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	9		8
DNF	26	Marcus Marshall	Britek Motorsport	8		29
DNF	021	Kayne Scott	Team Kiwi Racing	7		26
DNF	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	2		18

Race 3 results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	38	46:35.8306	1	100
2	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	38	+5.5s	6	92
3	39	Russell Ingall	Supercheap Auto Racing	38	+9.8s	2	86
4	1	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	38	+12.6s	4	80
5	18	Will Davison	Jim Beam Racing	38	+12.8s	5	74
6	88	Jamie Whincup	Team Vodafone	38	+13.3s	3	68
7	888	Craig Lowndes	Team Vodafone	38	+18.8s	12	64
8	111	Fabian Coulthard	Glenfords Racing	38	+20.1s	8	60
9	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	38	+23.2s	10	56
10	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	38	+23.6s	18	52
11	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	38	+24.1s	7	48
12	7	Todd Kelly	Jack Daniel's Racing	38	+34.9s	13	46
13	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	38	+36.0s	26	44
14	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	38	+36.3s	9	42
15	17	Steven Johnson	Jim Beam Racing	38	+38.7s	17	40
16	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	38	+39.9s	16	38
17	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	38	+43.3s	21	36
18	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	38	+44.0s	24	34
19	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	38	+46.7s	20	32
20	16	Paul Dumbrell	HSV Dealer Team	38	+47.2s	11	30
21	11	Shane Price	Jack Daniel's Racing	38	+47.5s	19	28
22	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	38	+47.7s	14	26
23	777	Michael Patrizi	Ford Rising Stars Racing	38	+59.5	25	24
24	021	Kayne Scott	Team Kiwi Racing	38	+1:09.0s	28	22
25	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	37	+ 1 lap	29	20
26	55	Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	36	+ 2 laps	22	18
DNF	67	Paul Morris	Supercheap Auto Racing	10		15
DNF	26	Marcus Marshall	Britek Motorsport	9		27
DNF	50	Andrew Thompson	Paul Weel Racing	7		23

Standings

After round 7 of 14.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	1694
2	1	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	1572
3	88	Jamie Whincup	Team Vodafone	1486
4	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	1312
5	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	1299

Support categories

The 2008 City of Ipswich 400 had five support categories.

Category	Round winner
Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	Dean Canto (Ford BA Falcon)
Carrera Cup	Craig Baird (Porsche 997 GT3 Cup)
Formula Ford	Nick Percat (Mygale SJ07A Ford)
V8 Utes	Jack Elsegood (Ford BF Falcon)
Mazda MX-5 Cup	Brendan Whitaker (Mazda MX-5 NA Turbo)

References

^ "Queensland Raceway Ipswich 20 July 2008 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 7". National Software. July 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-02.^{[dead link‍]}

External links

July 2008.QR1 Official timing and results^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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[1] "Queensland Raceway Ipswich 20 July 2008 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series - Round 7". National Software. July 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-02.^{[dead link‍]}

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