2008 BigPond 400

Qualifying was held on Saturday 10 May. Mark Winterbottom snatched pole position away from Mark Skaife in the final seconds of qualifying, which had to that point looked like an all-Holden Racing Team front row with Garth Tander just behind his teammate. Craig Lowndes qualified fourth for Team Vodafone. James Courtney debuted a new Stone Brothers Racing Falcon in fifth place. Todd Kelly likewise made a stellar debut with a new car, qualifying eighth. Jamie Whincup racing the repaired Craig Lowndes car from the Clipsal 500 was a disappointing 22nd, starting alongside fellow points front runner Lee Holdsworth.

Race 1 was held on Saturday 10 May. Mark Winterbottom took his second race victory of the year, a surprisingly comfortable win ahead of the HRT pair of Mark Skaife and Garth Tander. Tander was pushed hard by Steven Richards and Craig Lowndes. A collision at race start saw Jason Bright touch Greg Murphy who in turn made contact with Michael Caruso, sending Bright and Caruso out of control towards turn 7, where crossing the track Caruso struck Shane van Gisbergen. The incident triggered a safety car. Jamie Whincup and Will Davison charged through to seventh and eight positions from poor qualifying places. James Courtney was fighting amongst that group but fading rear tyres led Courtney to attempt defensive moves that raised the ire of race control, leading to first the bad sportsmanship flag, then a black flag drive through penalty which dropped him down field.

Race 2 was held on Sunday 11 May. Winterbottom backed it up with a second race victory, pushed all the way by Garth Tander. Jason Richards missed the start with engine problems. A slow start from Mark Skaife off the front row saw a collision with Steven Richards at turn 3 of the first lap. Skaife broadsided the wall but Richards attempted to continue with a punctured left rear tyre, limping back to the pits. Russell Ingall result was caused by a drive-through penalty for pit-lane speeding. Lee Holdsworth was pinged for a drive-through for an unsafe pitstop release, emerging onto the track as rain began to fall and made contact with Paul Dumbrell. Cameron McConville slithered into the stopped cars. Ingall, likewise put down-field by his penalty stop damaged his steering in a clash with race leader Jamie Whincup as Ingall was being lapped. Ingall later picked up a $5,000 fine for careless driving.[1] Whincup stayed out during the brief rain squall, and took advantage of being able to pitstop at a better time, jumping back into the field in third place, right in front of teammate Craig Lowndes, the Team Vodafone pair race to the finish together. James Courtney recovered from race 1 dramas to finish seventh while Steven Richards recovered to ninth position falling just short of overtaking Todd Kelly. Shane van Gisbergen's repaired Falcon just made the top ten.

Race 3 was held on Sunday 11 May. An early race clash between Russell Ingall and Jason Richards, saw Richards into the pits with a front left puncture and a flapping door for Ingall. Ingall then subsequently picked up his second pit lane speeding infringement of the weekend.

Results as follows:[2]

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Part 3	Part 2	Part 1
1	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	0:56.4362
2	2	Mark Skaife	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	0:56.4786
3	1	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team	0:56.5891
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Ford BF Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	0:56.7294
5	4	James Courtney	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	0:56.8055
6	6	Steven Richards	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	0:56.8862
7	15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team	0:56.9660
8	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Perkins Engineering	0:56.9664
9	16	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team	0:57.0601
10	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing	0:57.3704
11	3	Jason Richards	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport		0:57.0268
12	34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport		0:57.0338
13	14	Cameron McConville	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing		0:57.0472
14	39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport		0:57.0619
15	25	Jason Bright	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport		0:57.0958
16	51	Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport		0:57.1933
17	18	Will Davison	Ford BF Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing		0:57.2148
18	12	Andrew Jones	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing		0:57.2549
19	50	Andrew Thompson	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Weel Racing		0:57.3061
20	26	Marcus Marshall	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport		0:57.5735
21	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport			0:57.2779
22	88	Jamie Whincup	Ford BF Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering			0:57.2806
23	111	Fabian Coulthard	Ford BF Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing			0:57.2812
24	17	Steven Johnson	Ford BF Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing			0:57.2842
25	67	Paul Morris	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport			0:57.3050
26	11	Shane Price	Holden VE Commodore	Perkins Engineering			0:57.3176
27	777	Michael Patrizi	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Rising Stars Racing			0:57.0958
28	55	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VE Commodore	Rod Nash Racing			0:57.7454
29	021	Kayne Scott	Ford BF Falcon	Team Kiwi Racing			0:59.0170

Race 1 results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	50	53:09.6602	1	100
2	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	50	+2.6s	2	92
3	1	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	50	+5.9s	3	86
4	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	50	+6.2s	6	80
5	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	50	+7.7s	4	74
6	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	50	+14.7s	7	68
7	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	50	+15.8s	22	64
8	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	50	+18.0s	17	60
9	7	Todd Kelly	Perkins Engineering	50	+22.2s	8	56
10	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	50	+24.3s	13	52
11	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	50	+27.6s	14	48
12	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	50	+30.8s	16	46
13	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	50	+30.9s	24	44
14	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	50	+32.0s	18	42
15	16	Paul Dumbrell	HSV Dealer Team	50	+32.8s	9	40
16	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	50	+34.0s	25	38
17	111	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	50	+36.2s	23	36
18	11	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	50	+37.1s	26	34
19	777	Michael Patrizi	Ford Rising Stars Racing	50	+42.0s	27	32
20	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	50	+45.4s	5	30
21	55	Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	50	+45.6s	28	28
22	26	Marcus Marshall	Britek Motorsport	49	+ 1 Lap	20	26
23	021	Kayne Scott	Team Kiwi Racing	49	+ 1 Lap	29	24
24	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	49	+ 1 Lap	21	22
DNF	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	22	Engine	11
DNF	50	Andrew Thompson	Paul Weel Racing	7	Engine	19
DNF	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	0	Collision	10
DNF	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	0	Collision	12
DNF	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	0	Collision	15

Race 2 results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	50	53:34.4946	1	100
2	1	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	50	+1.6s	3	92
3	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	50	+4.0s	7	86
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	50	+5.1s	5	80
5	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	50	+14.3s	6	74
6	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	50	+14.6s	8	68
7	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	50	+22.3s	20	64
8	7	Todd Kelly	Perkins Engineering	50	+25.0s	9	60
9	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	50	+25.1s	4	56
10	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	50	+28.3s	27	52
11	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	50	+32.3s	14	48
12	111	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	50	+32.7s	17	46
13	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	50	+33.7s	13	44
14	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	50	+38.7s	29	42
15	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	50	+39.2s	12	40
16	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	50	+39.7s	28	38
17	26	Marcus Marshall	Britek Motorsport	50	+47.7s	22	36
18	50	Andrew Thompson	Paul Weel Racing	50	+47.9s	26	34
19	11	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	50	+52.5s	18	32
20	55	Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	49	+ 1 Lap	21	30
21	777	Michael Patrizi	Ford Rising Stars Racing	49	+ 1 Lap	19	28
22	16	Paul Dumbrell	HSV Dealer Team	49	+ 1 Lap	15	26
23	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	49	+ 1 Lap	24	24
24	021	Kayne Scott	Team Kiwi Racing	49	+ 1 Lap	23	22
25	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	45	+ 5 Laps	16	20
DNF	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	17	Steering	11
DNF	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	17	Collision	10
DNF	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team	0	Collision	2
DNS	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	0	Engine	25

Race 3 results

Pos	No	Name	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	50	49:06.2004	1	100
2	1	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	50	+4.1s	2	92
3	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	50	+4.8s	3	86
4	888	Craig Lowndes	Triple Eight Race Engineering	50	+17.2s	4	80
5	18	Will Davison	Dick Johnson Racing	50	+19.9s	6	74
6	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	50	+20.9s	5	68
7	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	50	+21.1s	9	64
8	4	James Courtney	Stone Brothers Racing	50	+23.1s	7	60
9	111	Fabian Coulthard	Paul Cruickshank Racing	50	+24.7s	12	56
10	14	Cameron McConville	Brad Jones Racing	50	+26.0s	26	52
11	67	Paul Morris	Paul Morris Motorsport	50	+26.7s	25	48
12	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Stone Brothers Racing	50	+29.5s	10	46
13	25	Jason Bright	Britek Motorsport	50	+33.6s	14	44
14	12	Andrew Jones	Brad Jones Racing	50	+35.5s	11	42
15	17	Steven Johnson	Dick Johnson Racing	50	+42.4s	13	40
16	16	Paul Dumbrell	HSV Dealer Team	50	+42.7s	22	38
17	34	Michael Caruso	Garry Rogers Motorsport	50	+43.2s	16	36
18	50	Andrew Thompson	Paul Weel Racing	50	+43.5s	18	34
19	26	Marcus Marshall	Britek Motorsport	50	+58.0s	17	32
20	777	Michael Patrizi	Ford Rising Stars Racing	49	+ 1 Lap	21	30
21	51	Greg Murphy	Tasman Motorsport	49	+ 1 Lap	15	28
23	55	Tony D'Alberto	Rod Nash Racing	48	+ 2 Laps	20	24
24	39	Russell Ingall	Paul Morris Motorsport	48	+ 2 Laps	27	22
DNF	7	Todd Kelly	Perkins Engineering	38	Electrical	8
DNF	021	Kayne Scott	Team Kiwi Racing	13	Steering	24
DNF	11	Shane Price	Perkins Engineering	9		19
DNF	33	Lee Holdsworth	Garry Rogers Motorsport	7	Steering	23
DNS	3	Jason Richards	Tasman Motorsport	0	Engine	28
DNS	2	Mark Skaife	Holden Racing Team

After round 4 of 14

Pos	No	Name	Team	Points
1	1	Garth Tander	Holden Racing Team	896
2	15	Rick Kelly	HSV Dealer Team	882
3	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford Performance Racing	872
4	88	Jamie Whincup	Triple Eight Race Engineering	776
5	6	Steven Richards	Ford Performance Racing	721

The 2008 BigPond 400 had four support categories.

Category	Round winner
Australian Carrera Cup Championship	Craig Baird (Porsche 997 GT3 Cup)
V8 Utes	Grant Johnson (Holden VE Ute SS)
Mini Challenge Australia	Damien White (Mini Cooper S)
Historic Touring Cars	Paul Stubber (Chevrolet Camaro)

• Official timing and results