2008 Sandown 400

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 fastest[1] 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 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 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 was held on Monday 9 June.

Race 3 was held on Monday 9 June.

Results as follows:[2]

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Car	Team	Part 3	Part 2	Part 1
1	88	Jamie Whincup	Ford BF Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:09.6987
2	5	Mark Winterbottom	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:10.0184
3	18	Will Davison	Ford BF Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing	1:10.0328
4	15	Rick Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team	1:10.0588
5	111	Fabian Coulthard	Ford BF Falcon	Paul Cruickshank Racing	1:10.0800
6	39	Russell Ingall	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport	1:10.1399
7	6	Steven Richards	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Performance Racing	1:10.1750
8	7	Todd Kelly	Holden VE Commodore	Perkins Engineering	1:10.1754
9	888	Craig Lowndes	Ford BF Falcon	Triple Eight Race Engineering	1:10.2646
10	3	Jason Richards	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport	1:10.5183
11	4	James Courtney	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing		1:10.3794
12	1	Garth Tander	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team		1:10.4050
13	2	Mark Skaife	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team		1:10.4187
14	33	Lee Holdsworth	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport		1:10.4387
15	16	Paul Dumbrell	Holden VE Commodore	HSV Dealer Team		1:10.4769
16	17	Steven Johnson	Ford BF Falcon	Dick Johnson Racing		1:10.6166
17	9	Shane van Gisbergen	Ford BF Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing		1:10.6738
18	50	Andrew Thompson	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Weel Racing		1:10.7576
19	51	Greg Murphy	Holden VE Commodore	Tasman Motorsport		1:10.8247
20	55	Tony D'Alberto	Holden VE Commodore	Rod Nash Racing		1:10.9508
21	12	Andrew Jones	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing			1:10.9803
22	11	Shane Price	Holden VE Commodore	Perkins Engineering			1:11.0068
23	34	Michael Caruso	Holden VE Commodore	Garry Rogers Motorsport			1:11.0287
24	14	Cameron McConville	Holden VE Commodore	Brad Jones Racing			1:11.0451
25	67	Paul Morris	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Morris Motorsport			1:11.0718
26	26	Marcus Marshall	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport			1:11.4351
27	021	Kayne Scott	Ford BF Falcon	Team Kiwi Racing			1:11.6500
28	25	Jason Bright	Ford BF Falcon	Britek Motorsport			1:11.6990
29	777	Michael Patrizi	Ford BF Falcon	Ford Rising Stars Racing			1:12.2580

After round 5 of 14.

The 2008 Midas 400 had four support categories.

• Official timing and results