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Round 7 of 14 in the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series | ||||||||||||||
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Date | 18–20 July 2008 | |||||||||||||
Location | Ipswich, Queensland | |||||||||||||
Venue | Queensland Raceway | |||||||||||||
Weather | Fine | |||||||||||||
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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.
The 2008 V8 Supercar season is the twelfth series in which V8Supercars contested the senior Australian touring car series. It is the 49th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship, known today as the V8 Supercar Championship Series, and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.
Queensland Raceway nicknamed "the paperclip" is a motor racing circuit located at Willowbank in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. The circuit plays host to V8 Supercars, the Australian Superbike Championship, drifting as well as club level racing and ride days.
Ipswich is an urban region in south-east Queensland, Australia, which is located in the south-west of the Brisbane metropolitan area. Situated on the Bremer River, it is approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the Brisbane CBD. A local government area, the City of Ipswich has a population of 200,000. The city is renowned for its architectural, natural and cultural heritage. Ipswich preserves and operates from many of its historical buildings, with more than 6000 heritage-listed sites and over 500 parks. Ipswich began in 1827 as a mining settlement.
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).
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Qualifying was held on Saturday July 19.
Race 1 was held on Saturday July 19.
Race 2 was held on Sunday July 20.
Race 3 was held on Sunday July 20.
Results as follows: [1]
After round 7 of 14.
Pos | No | Name | Team | Points |
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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 |
The 2008 City of Ipswich 400 had five support categories.
Category | Round winner |
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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) |
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