2011 L&H 500
# 2011 L&H 500

The 2011 L&H 500 was the ninth event of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. It was held on the weekend of 16 to 18 September at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria, Australia. This was the eleventh running of the Phillip Island 500, the fourth occasion in which it filled the role of the annual 500 kilometre, two-driver V8 Supercar race, and the 21st ATCC championship race meeting at the circuit. It was also the last 500 kilometre race for V8 Supercars at Phillip Island, as the endurance race returned to Sandown Raceway in 2012, and the Phillip Island event reverted to a sprint race format with two 150 kilometre races.

Unique to the L&H 500, two preliminary 14 lap qualifying 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, in which at least two tyres were changed, was mandated, with the combined results of the two qualifying races determining the grid for the main 500 kilometre race. The 500 kilometre race itself was Race 19 of the championship.

Tony D'Alberto Racing driver Tony D'Alberto was forced to withdraw from the race after contracting chicken pox. He was replaced by Fujitsu Series driver Taz Douglas.

Ford Performance Racing's Will Davison and Luke Youlden came out best of the qualifying format, and secured pole position for the main race, with the 2010 L&H 500 winners Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife lining up sixth.

The TeamVodafone pairing of Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife came through the 500 km race to secure the consecutive victories at the event, followed by Jamie Whincup and Andrew Thompson, with pole-sitters Will Davison and Luke Youlden crossing the line third.

## Results

### L&H 500

Results of the 500 kilometre Race 19 were as follows:

| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Team Competitor | Laps | Time/retired | Grid |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 888 | Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife | Holden VE Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 113 | 3:08:13.2041 | 6 |
| 2 | 88 | Jamie Whincup Andrew Thompson | Holden VE Commodore | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 113 | +6.3s | 4 |
| 3 | 6 | Will Davison Luke Youlden | Ford FG Falcon | Ford Performance Racing | 113 | +9.2s | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | Garth Tander Nick Percat | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 113 | +15.6s | 2 |
| 5 | 9 | Shane van Gisbergen John McIntyre | Ford FG Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing | 113 | +15.6s | 3 |
| 6 | 16 | David Reynolds Tim Blanchard | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing | 113 | +19.5s | 7 |
| 7 | 8 | Jason Bright Andrew Jones | Holden VE Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 113 | +27.4s | 22 |
| 8 | 15 | Rick Kelly Owen Kelly | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing | 113 | +32.4s | 12 |
| 9 | 1 | James Courtney Cameron McConville | Holden VE Commodore | Holden Racing Team | 113 | +34.6s | 10 |
| 10 | 61 | Fabian Coulthard Craig Baird | Holden VE Commodore | Walkinshaw Racing | 113 | +41.0s | 14 |
| 11 | 14 | Jason Bargwanna Shane Price | Holden VE Commodore | Brad Jones Racing | 113 | +49.7s | 27 |
| 12 | 33 | Lee Holdsworth Greg Ritter | Holden VE Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 113 | +52.3s | 16 |
| 13 | 11 | Greg Murphy Allan Simonsen | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing | 113 | +1m 2.6s | 8 |
| 14 | 7 | Todd Kelly David Russell | Holden VE Commodore | Kelly Racing | 113 | +1m 7.4s | 11 |
| 15 | 49 | Steve Owen Paul Morris | Holden VE Commodore | Paul Morris Motorsport | 113 | +1m 7.6s | 15 |
| 16 | 34 | Michael Caruso Marcus Marshall | Holden VE Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport | 113 | +1m 14.2s | 13 |
| 17 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom Steven Richards | Ford FG Falcon | Ford Performance Racing | 113 | +1m 17.7s | 9 |
| 18 | 19 | Jonathon Webb Richard Lyons | Ford FG Falcon | Tekno Autosports | 113 | +1m 19.7s | 24 |
| 19 | 12 | Dean Fiore Michael Patrizi | Ford FG Falcon | Triple F Racing | 113 | +1m 22.1s | 23 |
| 20 | 39 | Russell Ingall Jack Perkins | Holden VE Commodore | Paul Morris Motorsport | 113 | +1m 24.6s | 18 |
| 21 | 3 | Dale Wood Taz Douglas | Ford FG Falcon | Tony D'Alberto Racing | 112 | +1m 24.8s | 19 |
| 22 | 4 | Alex Davison David Brabham | Ford FG Falcon | Stone Brothers Racing | 113 | +1m 27.7s | 28 |
| 23 | 55 | Paul Dumbrell Dean Canto | Ford FG Falcon | Rod Nash Racing | 113 | +1m 30.3s | 5 |
| 24 | 47 | Tim Slade Daniel Gaunt | Ford FG Falcon | James Rosenberg Racing | 113 | +1m 30.5s | 21 |
| 25 | 18 | James Moffat Matt Halliday | Ford FG Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing | 113 | +1m 33.3s | 20 |
| 26 | 17 | Steven Johnson David Besnard | Ford FG Falcon | Dick Johnson Racing | 112 | + 1 lap | 26 |
| 27 | 30 | Warren Luff Nathan Pretty | Holden VE Commodore | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | 111 | + 2 laps | 17 |
| 28 | 21 | Karl Reindler David Wall | Holden VE Commodore | Britek Motorsportg | 100 | + 13 laps | 25 |

## Standings

* Championship standings after 19 of 28 races were as follows.

| Pos | No | Name | Team | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 88 | Jamie Whincup | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 2145 |
| 2 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Triple Eight Race Engineering | 2053 |
| 3 | 9 | Shane van Gisbergen | Stone Brothers Racing | 1716 |
| 4 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Kelly Racing | 1585 |
| 5 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | 1548 |
