EVENT SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9:
Practice, 10.40am-11.10am
Practice, 11.20am-11.50am
Practice, 1pm-2.25pm

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10:
Practice, 9.20am-9.50am
Practice, 10am-10.30am
Qualifying, 2.05pm-3.15pm

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11:
Practice, 10am-11am
Top 10 Shoot Out, 3.40pm4.25pm

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12:
Warm-up, 7.10am-7.30am
Race start, 10.30am (161 laps)


EVENT TELECAST SCHEDULE (Channel 7, EST)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10: 1pm-4pm
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11:  12noon-5pm
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12:  7am-6pm


CIRCUIT/RACE INFORMATION

CIRCUIT LENGTH:  6.3km
RACE DISTANCE:  1000km (161 laps)
RACE LAP RECORD:  2-min 8.465-secs, Jamie Whincup (Ford) 2007


2007 RESULTS

POLE POSITION:  2-min 7.090-secs, Mark Winterbottom (Ford)

RACE RESULTS (top five):
POS    DRIVERS                CAR                        TIME
1    Craig Lowndes-Jamie Whincup    Vodafone Ford Falcon            6:29.10.198
2    James Courtney-David Besnard    JELD-WEN Ford Falcon            6:29.10.822
3    Will Davison-Steven Johnson        Jim Beam Ford Falcon            6:29:11.014
4    Greg Murphy-Jason Richards        Tasman Motorsport Holden Commodore    6:29.11.369
5    Richard Lyons-Alan Simonsen    Vodafone Ford Falcon            6:29.18.511

JAMES COURTNEY PAST BATHURST RESULTS

2005
CAR/TEAM-MATE:  Holden Racing Team/Jim Richards
QUALIFIED:  9th (Richards, 2-min 20.120-secs)
RACE RESULT:  DNF

2006
CAR/TEAM-MATE:  JELD-WEN Ford Falcon/Glenn Seton
QUALIFIED:  11th (Courtney, 2-min 8.305-secs)
RACE RESULT:  3rd

2007
CAR/TEAM-MATE:  JELD-WEN Ford Falcon/David Besnard
QUALIFIED:  8th (Courtney, 2-min 8.391-secs)
RACE RESULT:  2nd

2008 BATHURST 1000 ENTRY LIST


Car No    DRIVER               DRIVER                CAR
1           Garth Tander        Mark Skaife           Holden Racing Team Commodore
2           Glenn Seton         Craig Baird            Holden Racing Team Commodore
3           Jason Richards      Greg Murphy         Sprint Gas Racing Holden Commodore
4           James Courtney     David Besnard       JELD-WEN Ford Falcon
5           Luke Youlden        Dean Canto          Ford Performance Racing Falcon
6           Steven Richards     Mark Winterbottom    Ford Performance Racing Falcon
7           Todd Kelly            Shane Price           Jack Daniel's Holden Commodore
9           Shane Van Gisbergen    Jonathan Webb    SP Tools Ford Falcon
11         Nathan Pretty        Jack Perkins           Jack Daniel's Holden Commodore
12         Andrew Jones        Cameron McConville    BOC Ford Falcon
14        Max Wilson             Brad Jones            BOC Ford Falcon
15        Rick Kelly               Paul Radisich        HSV Holden Commodore
16        Paul Dumbrell        David Reynolds    Autobarn Holden Commodore
17        Steve Owen        Warren Luff            Jim Beam Ford Falcon
18        Steven Johnson    Will Davison          Jim Beam Ford Falcon
25        Jason Bright        Adam Macrow    Fujitsu Ford Falcon
26        Marcus Marshall    Matt Halliday        Irwin Ford Falcon
33        Lee Holdsworth    Michael Caruso       Valvoline Holden Commodore
34        Greg Ritter          Steven Ellery             Valvoline Holden Commodore
39        Russell Ingall        Paul Morris            Super Cheap Auto Holden Commodore
50        Andrew Thompson    Paul Weel          PWR Holden Commodore
51        Dale Wood            Mark Noske              Sprint Gas Racing Holden Commodore
55        Tony D'Alberto      Jason Bargwanna    Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore
67        Matt Neal              Boris Said             Super Cheap Auto Holden Commodore
88        Fabrizio Giovanardi    Mark Hynes        Vodafone Ford Falcon
021        Kayne Scott           Chris Pither            Team Kiwi Ford Falcon
111        Fabian Coulthard    Alex Davison        Glenfords Ford Falcon
777        Michael Patrizi        Karl Reindler        Ausdrill Ford Falcon
888        Craig Lowndes        Jamie Whincup    Vodafone Ford Falcon