2008 Sandown 400

2008 Supercar Championship event January 2020 June 2011 Victoria 2008 Midas 400 5 14 2008 V8SC Sandown (Australia) track map.svg 7–9 June Melbourne, Victoria Sandown International Raceway Fine 39 120 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:09.6987 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 47:18.7876 39 120 Craig Lowndes Triple Eight Race Engineering 56:19.9593 39 120 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 47:20.7150 Jamie Whincup Triple Eight Race Engineering 286 Mark Winterbottom Ford Performance Racing 252 James Courtney Stone Brothers Racing 234 The 2008 Midas 400 was the fifth round of the 2008 V8 Supercar season. It was held on the weekend of 7 to 9 June Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria. With most states of Australia celebrating a public holiday on the Monday celebrating the Queen's birthday, the meeting took the unusual format of Saturday-Monday instead of Friday-Sunday. Practice Qualifying was held on Saturday 7 June. Following on from the Eastern Creek round of the series, a 'rookie' practice session was held, allowing younger and newer drivers to gain additional testing laps. Teams were also allowed to use the session to test their co-drivers who will step into the teams for the Phillip Island 500 and Bathurst 1000 races later in the season which require two drivers per car. Of the enduro co-drivers, Steve Owen was fastesthttp://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?09/06/2008.SAN.P6 Sandown International Motor Raceway 09/06/2008 Sandown 400 – 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Round 5 V8 Supercars – Practice 1 National Software 7 June 2008 8 June 2008 driving for Jim Beam Racing. Paul Radisich (HSV Dealer Team) was second fastest ahead of Jason Bargwanna (Rod Nash Racing). Other co-drivers to take part, in order were John McIntyre (Glenfords Racing), Warren Luff (Jim Beam Racing), Dean Canto (Ford Performance Racing), Craig Baird and Glenn Seton (both Holden Racing Team), David Besnard (Stone Brothers Racing), Greg Ritter (Garry Rogers Motorsport), Dale Wood (Tasman Motorsport), Paul Weel (Paul Weel Racing), Nathan Pretty (Jack Daniel's Racing), Brad Jones (Brad Jones Racing), Jack Perkins (Jack Daniel's Racing), Luke Youlden (Ford Performance Racing) and Grant Denyer (Ford Rising Stars Racing). Fastest driver of the day was Garth Tander, the only driver to lap faster than Owen. James Courtney, Mark Winterbottom and Jamie Whincup were the only drivers within a tenth of Owen's best lap. Qualifying Qualifying was held on Sunday 8 June. Jamie Whincup slammed home pole position in the final moments of qualifying, some four-tenths clear of the field. Mark Winterbottom was second fastest, leading Will Davison and leading Holden, Rick Kelly by only a few hundredths of a second. Fabian Coulthard had a best ever qualifying result to be fifth fastest with Russell Ingall also well up in sixth, 19 grid spots ahead of his teammate. Handling issues slowed the Holden Racing Team, both Garth Tander and Mark Skaife missing the cut for the top ten. Race 1 Race 1 was held on Sunday 8 June. Steven Richards and Todd Kelly tangled on the opening lap, Greg Murphy spun on the second lap, all three dropping to the tail of the field. Andrew Thompson spun Marcus Marshall around at the top of the straight. Will Davison retired from the race in the early running with an engine problem, spoiling the good work from qualifying. Craig Lowndes damaged his car trying to get past Davison. Rick Kelly had lurid 160 km/h spin in the Esses without hitting the walls or the cars in close company, only losing three spots. As the race settled Whincup pulled further and further away, only Winterbottom was able to hang on to finish second. Craig Lowndes fought his way into third position. Russell Ingall took his best finish of the season to finish top Holden in fourth ahead of Garth Tander, recovering from a poor grid position. Coulthard finished eighth, capitalising on his qualifying performance. Shane van Gisbergen finished an excellent ninth. Race 2 Race 2 was held on Monday 9 June. Race 3 Race 3 was held on Monday 9 June. Results Results as follows:http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?09/06/2008.SAN Sandown International Motor Raceway 09/06/2008 Sandown 400 – 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Round 5 National Software 9 June 2008 9 June 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080618181845/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?09%2F06%2F2008.SAN 18 June 2008 live Qualifying Pos No Name Car Team Part 3 Part 2 Part 1 1 88 AUS Jamie Whincup Ford BF Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:09.6987 2 5 AUS Mark Winterbottom Ford BF Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:10.0184 3 18 AUS Will Davison Ford BF Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 1:10.0328 4 15 AUS Rick Kelly Holden VE Commodore HSV Dealer Team 1:10.0588 5 111 NZL Fabian Coulthard Ford BF Falcon Paul Cruickshank Racing 1:10.0800 6 39 AUS Russell Ingall Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 1:10.1399 7 6 NZL Steven Richards Ford BF Falcon Ford Performance Racing 1:10.1750 8 7 AUS Todd Kelly Holden VE Commodore Perkins Engineering 1:10.1754 9 888 AUS Craig Lowndes Ford BF Falcon Triple Eight Race Engineering 1:10.2646 10 3 NZL Jason Richards Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 1:10.5183 11 4 AUS James Courtney Ford BF Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:10.3794 12 1 AUS Garth Tander Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:10.4050 13 2 AUS Mark Skaife Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 1:10.4187 14 33 AUS Lee Holdsworth Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:10.4387 15 16 AUS Paul Dumbrell Holden VE Commodore HSV Dealer Team 1:10.4769 16 17 AUS Steven Johnson Ford BF Falcon Dick Johnson Racing 1:10.6166 17 9 NZL Shane van Gisbergen Ford BF Falcon Stone Brothers Racing 1:10.6738 18 50 AUS Andrew Thompson Holden VE Commodore Paul Weel Racing 1:10.7576 19 51 NZL Greg Murphy Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 1:10.8247 20 55 AUS Tony D'Alberto Holden VE Commodore Rod Nash Racing 1:10.9508 21 12 AUS Andrew Jones Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:10.9803 22 11 AUS Shane Price Holden VE Commodore Perkins Engineering 1:11.0068 23 34 AUS Michael Caruso Holden VE Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1:11.0287 24 14 AUS Cameron McConville Holden VE Commodore Brad Jones Racing 1:11.0451 25 67 AUS Paul Morris Holden VE Commodore Paul Morris Motorsport 1:11.0718 26 26 AUS Marcus Marshall Ford BF Falcon Britek Motorsport 1:11.4351 27 021 NZL Kayne Scott Ford BF Falcon Team Kiwi Racing 1:11.6500 28 25 AUS Jason Bright Ford BF Falcon Britek Motorsport 1:11.6990 29 777 AUS Michael Patrizi Ford BF Falcon Ford Rising Stars Racing 1:12.2580 Race 1 results Pos No Name Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points188Jamie WhincupTeam Vodafone3947:18.7876110025Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing39+3.2s2923888Craig LowndesTeam Vodafone39+11.6s986439Russell IngallSupercheap Auto Racing39+15.7s68051Garth TanderHolden Racing Team39+17.8s127464James CourtneyStone Brothers Racing39+18.2s1168715Rick KellyHSV Dealer Team39+24.1s4648111Fabian CoulthardGlenfords Racing39+24.5s56099Shane van GisbergenStone Brothers Racing39+30.0s1756102Mark SkaifeHolden Racing Team39+31.0s13521133Lee HoldsworthGarry Rogers Motorsport39+31.4s14481216Paul DumbrellHSV Dealer Team39+31.9s15461317Steven JohnsonJim Beam Racing39+32.2s16441414Cameron McConvilleBrad Jones Racing39+32.8s24421567Paul MorrisTeam Sirromet Wines39+38.2s25401612Andrew JonesBrad Jones Racing39+43.9s1838177Todd KellyJack Daniel's Racing39+44.2s836183Jason RichardsTasman Motorsport39+45.1s10341911Shane PriceJack Daniel's Racing39+48.8s22322034Michael CarusoGarry Rogers Motorsport39+52.8s233021021Kayne ScottTeam Kiwi Racing39+63.8s27282251Greg MurphyTasman Motorsport39+64.7s1926236Steven RichardsFord Performance Racing39+64.7s7242450Andrew ThompsonPaul Weel Racing39+96.9s18222555Tony D'AlbertoRod Nash Racing30+ 9 laps2020DNF25Jason BrightBritek Motorsport1128DNF777Michael PatriziFord Rising Stars Racing929DNF18Will DavisonJim Beam Racing7Engine3DNF26Marcus MarshallBritek Motorsport626 Race 2 results Pos No Name Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points1888Craig LowndesTeam Vodafone3956:19.9593310029Shane van GisbergenStone Brothers Racing39+2.4s992388Jamie WhincupTeam Vodafone39+2.9s18644James CourtneyStone Brothers Racing39+4.7s680517Steven JohnsonJim Beam Racing39+4.8s137465Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing39+6.1s268739Russell IngallSupercheap Auto Racing39+8.5s46487Todd KellyJack Daniel's Racing39+9.3s176091Garth TanderHolden Racing Team39+10.0s5561014Cameron McConvilleBrad Jones Racing39+13.6s14521118Will DavisonJim Beam Racing39+14.6s28481215Rick KellyHSV Dealer Team39+16.0s7461316Paul DumbrellHSV Dealer Team39+19.8s124414111Fabian CoulthardGlenfords Racing39+21.1s8421525Jason BrightBritek Motorsport39+22.0s2640166Steven RichardsFord Performance Racing39+23.1s23381712Andrew JonesBrad Jones Racing39+23.9s1636182Mark SkaifeHolden Racing Team39+28.6s10341911Shane PriceJack Daniel's Racing39+29.0s1932203Jason RichardsTasman Motorsport39+59.3s18302167Paul MorrisTeam Sirromet Wines39+79.7s16282233Lee HoldsworthGarry Rogers Motorsport38+ 1 lap11262334Michael CarusoGarry Rogers Motorsport38+ 1 lap20242426Marcus MarshallBritek Motorsport38+ 1 lap29222555Tony D'AlbertoRod Nash Racing38+ 1 lap25202651Greg MurphyTasman Motorsport38+ 1 lap22182750Andrew ThompsonPaul Weel Racing38+ 1 lap241628021Kayne ScottTeam Kiwi Racing37+ 2 laps2114DSQ777Michael PatriziFord Rising Stars Racing27 Race 3 results Pos No Name Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points188Jamie WhincupTeam Vodafone3947:20.7150310025Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing39+2.1s69234James CourtneyStone Brothers Racing39+6.8s48649Shane van GisbergenStone Brothers Racing39+18.0s28057Todd KellyJack Daniel's Racing39+18.4s874639Russell IngallSupercheap Auto Racing39+18.9s768718Will DavisonJim Beam Racing39+19.2s1164833Lee HoldsworthGarry Rogers Motorsport39+20.5s226096Steven RichardsFord Performance Racing39+20.9s16561017Steven JohnsonJim Beam Racing39+31.9s5521151Greg MurphyTasman Motorsport39+32.2s2648121Garth TanderHolden Racing Team39+32.7s9461314Cameron McConvilleBrad Jones Racing39+41.1s10441425Jason BrightBritek Motorsport39+53.8s15421512Andrew JonesBrad Jones Racing39+54.9s1740163Jason RichardsTasman Motorsport39+55.5s20381715Rick KellyHSV Dealer Team39+55.7s12361811Shane PriceJack Daniel's Racing39+56.3s19341934Michael CarusoGarry Rogers Motorsport39+56.8s23322050Andrew ThompsonPaul Weel Racing39+67.5s27302126Marcus MarshallBritek Motorsport39+73.0s2428222Mark SkaifeHolden Racing Team39+73.4s182623021Kayne ScottTeam Kiwi Racing39+73.4s28242467Paul MorrisTeam Sirromet Wines38+ 1 lap21222555Tony D'AlbertoRod Nash Racing38+ 1 lap252026777Michael PatriziFord Rising Stars Racing38+ 1 lap29182716Paul DumbrellHSV Dealer Team36+ 3 laps1316DNF111Fabian CoulthardGlenfords Racing2114DNS888Craig LowndesTeam Vodafone0Rear Axle1 Standings After round 5 of 14. Pos No Name Team Points15Mark WinterbottomFord Performance Racing112421Garth TanderHolden Racing Team1072388Jamie WhincupTeam Vodafone1062415Rick KellyHSV Dealer Team10285888Craig LowndesTeam Vodafone897 Support categories The 2008 Midas 400 had four support categories. Category Round winner Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Steve Owen (Holden VZ Commodore) Carrera Cup Craig Baird (Porsche 997 GT3 Cup) Formula Ford Paul Laskazeski (Spectrum 011b Ford) Mini Challenge Australia Jason Bargwanna (Mini Cooper S) References External links Official timing and results Sandown Challenge 2008 2008 BigPond 400 2008 Skycity Triple Crown 2007 Sandown 500 2009 Norton 360 Sandown Challenge Midas 400 Category:Motorsport at Sandown