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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 Russell Peter Ingall (born 24 February 1964 in London, England) is a former full-time Australian V8 Supercar driver. He won his V8 Supercars title in 2005, and finished second in 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2004. Ingall has also won the Bathurst 100 ...

. Warren Luff was fifth fastest in the second Jim Beam Falcon just ahead of

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in the

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Commodore. Next were

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) and

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Stone Brothers Racing Stone Brothers Racing (SBR) was an Australian motor racing team that competed in the International V8 Supercars Championship between 1998 and 2012. The team was formed in 1998 when Ross and Jim Stone bought Alan Jones (racing driver), Alan J ...

). Other co-drivers in the session were

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( Ford Rising Stars Racing), Luke Youlden (

), Mark Noske (

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), Jack Perkins ( Jack Daniel's Racing),

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driving the

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Falcon instead of for his enduro team

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, Brad Jones (

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) 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.

Support categories

The 2008 City of Ipswich 400 had five support categories.

References

External links

July 2008.QR1 Official timing and results
{{ATCC rounds 2000–2009 City of Ipswich 400