The 2008 L&H 500 was the ninth round of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series. It was held on the weekend of the 12 to 14 September at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria. It was the eighth Phillip Island 500 and the first to be staged since 1977. The L&H 500 saw the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit replace Sandown Raceway as the venue of the annual 500 kilometre two-driver V8 Supercar race. In an innovation for this round, two preliminary 14 lap races were held on Saturday with the two drivers of each car starting one race each. A single pitstop by each car in either race was mandated with the combined results of the two races determining the grid for the main 500 kilometre event.
Garth Tander and Mark Skaife won the 2008 L&H 500 driving a Holden VE Commodore
Jamie David Whincup is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Supercars Championship. He currently is team principal for Triple Eight Race Engineering. He has driven the No. 88 Holden ZB Commodore, won a record seven Supercars championship titles, four Bathurst 1000 victories, and a Bathurst 12 Hour victory. Whincup is the all-time record holder in the Supercars Championship for race wins, at 125 career wins. He is also the first driver to win the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy twice at Pukekohe Park Raceway in Auckland, New Zealand.
The Ford Falcon BA with which Whincup and Craig Lowndes won the 2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. The car is pictured in 2018.
The Holden VE Commodore of Whincup at the 2012 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell celebrate at the 2012 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Whincup during testing in 2013 at the Sydney Motorsport Park