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.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 |
Carrera Cup | Craig Baird |
Formula Ford | Nick Percat |
V8 Utes | Jack Elsegood |
Mazda MX-5 Cup | Brendan Whitaker |