| Venue | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit |
| Race Format | |
| Race 1 | |
| - Laps | 14 |
| - Distance | 62 km |
| Race 2 | |
| - Laps | 14 |
| - Distance | 62 km |
| Race 3 | |
| - Laps | 113 |
| - Distance | 503 km |
| Last Race (2011) | |
| Winning Driver | Craig Lowndes / Mark Skaife |
| Winning Team | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| Winning Manufacturer | Holden |
The Phillip Island 500K is an endurance motor race held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria, Australia. It has been contested each year from 1971 to 1977 and from 2008 to date.
The first two races were open to Group E Series Production Touring Cars. With the demise of the Group E category at the end of 1972 the event switched to Group C Touring Car regulations. The 500K was a round of the Australian Manufacturers' Championship from 1971 to 1975 and counted towards both the Australian Championship of Makes and the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1976 and 1977. The event name changed throughout this period according to the sponsorship (or lack of sponsorship) applying each year.
The race was revived in 2008 as two driver endurance event for V8 Supercars, replacing the Sandown 500 as the lead-in event to the annual Bathurst 1000 race.[1][2] It has remained part of the V8 Supercar Championship Series since that time.
| Year | Event | Driver(s) | Car |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Phillip Island 500K | Colin Bond [3] | Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 |
| 1972 | Phillip Island 500K | Allan Moffat [4] | Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase III |
| 1973 | Phillip Island 500K | Peter Brock [5] | Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 |
| 1974 | Repo 500K | Colin Bond [6] | Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 |
| 1975 | Phillip Island 500K | Peter Brock [7] | Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 |
| 1976 | Rover 500K | Colin Bond [8] | Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 |
| 1977 | Ready Plan Insurance 500K | Allan Grice [9] | Holden LX Torana SS A9X |
| 2008 | L&H 500 | Garth Tander Mark Skaife |
Holden VE Commodore |
| 2009 | L&H 500 | Garth Tander Will Davison |
Holden VE Commodore |
| 2010 | L&H 500 | Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife |
Holden VE Commodore |
| 2011 | L&H 500 | Craig Lowndes Mark Skaife |
Holden VE Commodore |