# 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

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

### Driver B Qualifying

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

### Driver A Race results

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

### Driver B Race results

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

### 500km race results

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Grid |
| 1 | 1 | Garth Tander Mark Skaife | Holden Racing Team | 113 | 10 |
| 2 | 888 | Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 113 | 1 |
| 3 | 18 | Will Davison Steven Johnson | Dick Johnson Racing | 113 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards | Ford Performance Racing | 113 | 12 |
| 5 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth Michael Caruso | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 113 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | James Courtney David Besnard | Stone Brothers Racing | 113 | 3 |
| 7 | 15 | Rick Kelly Paul Radisich | HSV Dealer Team | 113 | 2 |
| 8 | 11 | Nathan Pretty Jack Perkins | Perkins Engineering | 113 | 18 |
| 9 | 39 | Russell Ingall Paul Morris | Paul Morris Motorsport | 113 | 6 |
| 10 | 9 | Shane van Gisbergen Jonathon Webb | Stone Brothers Racing | 113 | 7 |
| 11 | 25 | Jason Bright Adam Macrow | Britek Motorsport | 113 | 8 |
| 12 | 34 | Greg Ritter Steven Ellery | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 113 | 17 |
| 13 | 7 | Todd Kelly Shane Price | Perkins Engineering | 112 | 21 |
| 14 | 2 | Glenn Seton Craig Baird | Holden Racing Team | 112 | 22 |
| 15 | 14 | Brad Jones Max Wilson | Brad Jones Racing | 112 | 16 |
| 16 | 111 | Fabian Coulthard John McIntyre | Paul Cruickshank Racing | 112 | 11 |
| 17 | 88 | Marc Hynes Fabrizio Giovanardi | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 112 | 25 |
| 18 | 777 | Michael Patrizi Grant Denyer | Ford Rising Stars Racing | 112 | 24 |
| 19 | 67 | Matt Neal Boris Said | Paul Morris Motorsport | 112 | 26 |
| 20 | 51 | Dale Wood Mark Noske | Tasman Motorsport | 112 | 23 |
| 21 | 26 | Marcus Marshall Matt Halliday | Britek Motorsport | 112 | 15 |
| 22 | 17 | Steve Owen Warren Luff | Dick Johnson Racing | 110 | 5 |
| 23 | 50 | Andrew Thompson Paul Weel | Paul Weel Racing | 110 | 20 |
| 24 | 5 | Dean Canto Luke Youlden | Ford Performance Racing | 109 | 28 |
| DNF | 12 | Andrew Jones Cameron McConville | Brad Jones Racing | 80 | 14 |
| DNF | 55 | Tony D'Alberto Jason Bargwanna | Rod Nash Racing | 80 | 19 |
| DNF | 16 | Paul Dumbrell David Reynolds | HSV Dealer Team | 65 | 27 |
| DNF | 3 | Jason Richards Greg Murphy | Tasman Motorsport | 12 | 8 |
| DNQ | 021 | Kayne Scott 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 | Mark Skaife | 20 | | 200 | 252 |
| 1 | Garth Tander | | 32 | 200 | 252 |
| 2 | Craig Lowndes | 24 | | 184 | 258 |
| 2 | Jamie Whincup | | 50 | 184 | 258 |
| 3 | Steven Johnson | 17 | | 172 | 235 |
| 3 | Will Davison | | 46 | 172 | 235 |
| 4 | Mark Winterbottom | 23 | | 160 | 211 |
| 4 | Steven Richards | | 28 | 160 | 211 |
| 5 | Lee Holdsworth | 37 | | 148 | 199 |
| 5 | Michael Caruso | | 14 | 148 | 199 |
| 6 | David Besnard | 22 | | 136 | 201 |
| 6 | James Courtney | | 43 | 136 | 201 |
| 7 | Rick Kelly | 50 | | 128 | 196 |
| 7 | Paul Radisich | | 18 | 128 | 196 |
| 8 | Nathan Pretty | 14 | | 120 | 158 |
| 8 | Jack Perkins | | 24 | 120 | 158 |
| 9 | Paul Morris | 21 | | 112 | 173 |
| 9 | Russell Ingall | | 40 | 112 | 173 |
| 10 | Jonathon Webb | 19 | | 104 | 160 |
| 10 | Shane van Gisbergen | | 37 | 104 | 160 |
| 11 | Jason Bright | 43 | | 96 | 152 |
| 11 | Adam Macrow | | 13 | 96 | 152 |
| 12 | Greg Ritter | 28 | | 92 | 131 |
| 12 | Steven Ellery | | 11 | 92 | 131 |
| 13 | Todd Kelly | 16 | | 88 | 123 |
| 13 | Shane Price | | 19 | 88 | 123 |
| 14 | Craig Baird | 8 | | 84 | 118 |
| 14 | Glenn Seton | | 26 | 84 | 118 |
| 15 | Max Wilson | 32 | | 80 | 121 |
| 15 | Brad Jones | | 9 | 80 | 121 |
| 16 | Fabian Coulthard | 40 | | 76 | 128 |
| 16 | John McIntyre | | 12 | 76 | 128 |
| 17 | Marc Hynes | 9 | | 72 | 102 |
| 17 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | | 21 | 72 | 102 |
| 18 | Michael Patrizi | 12 | | 68 | 102 |
| 18 | Grant Denyer | | 22 | 68 | 102 |
| 19 | Matt Neal | 10 | | 64 | 94 |
| 19 | Boris Said | | 20 | 64 | 94 |
| 20 | Dale Wood | 11 | | 60 | 94 |
| 20 | Mark Noske | | 23 | 60 | 94 |
| 21 | Matt Halliday | 13 | | 56 | 99 |
| 21 | Marcus Marshall | | 30 | 56 | 99 |
| 22 | Steve Owen | 46 | | 52 | 115 |
| 22 | Warren Luff | | 17 | 52 | 115 |
| 23 | Andrew Thompson | 26 | | 48 | 84 |
| 23 | Paul Weel | | 10 | 48 | 84 |
| 24 | Dean Canto | Ret | | 44 | 60 |
| 24 | Luke Youlden | | 16 | 44 | 60 |
| DNF | Cameron McConville | 34 | | Ret | 49 |
| DNF | Andrew Jones | | 15 | Ret | 49 |
| DNF | Jason Bargwanna | 30 | | Ret | 38 |
| DNF | Tony D'Alberto | | 8 | Ret | 38 |
| DNF | Paul Dumbrell | 15 | | Ret | 22 |
| DNF | David Reynolds | | 7 | Ret | 22 |
| DNF | Greg Murphy | 18 | | Ret | 52 |
| DNF | Jason Richards | | 34 | Ret | 52 |
| DNQ | Kayne Scott | DNQ | | DNQ | |
| DNQ | Chris Pither | | DNQ | DNQ | |

## Standings

After round 9 of 14.
| Pos | No | Name | Team | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | 2096 |
| 2 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Performance Racing | 2043 |
| 3 | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 2016 |
| 4 | 15 | Rick Kelly | HSV Dealer Team | 1702 |
| 5 | 18 | 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) |