2008 City of Ipswich 400


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 and David Besnard. Other co-drivers in the session were Dean Canto, Glenn Seton, Jason Bargwanna, Grant Denyer, Luke Youlden, Mark Noske, Jack Perkins, Adam Macrow driving the Team Kiwi Racing Falcon instead of for his enduro team Britek Motorsport, Brad Jones and David Reynolds.

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:

Qualifying

Race 1 Results

Race 2 Results

Race 3 Results

Standings

After round 7 of 14.
PosNoNameTeamPoints
15Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing1694
21Garth TanderHolden Racing Team1572
388Jamie WhincupTeam Vodafone1486
415Rick KellyHSV Dealer Team1312
56Steven RichardsFord Performance Racing1299

Support categories

The 2008 City of Ipswich 400 had five support categories.
CategoryRound winner
Fujitsu V8 Supercar SeriesDean Canto
Carrera CupCraig Baird
Formula FordNick Percat
V8 UtesJack Elsegood
Mazda MX-5 CupBrendan Whitaker