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Hidden Valley V8 Supercars: Jamie Whincup ends barren run

Jamie Whincup ended a 12-race barren period by winning the V8 Supercars opener at Hidden Valley

Reigning champion Whincup had not won a race since round five at Symmons Plains in late March, but claimed a double pole in Saturday morning's qualifying session.

That was the launchpad for a dominant first race, and he pulled clear of the field while front row partner Scott McLaughlin's Volvo was bundled down to fourth by Whincup's Triple Eight team-mate Craig Lowndes and Tekno driver Shane van Gisbergen.

Whincup never came under threat and took victory by 4.3 seconds.

Van Gisbergen put plenty of pressure on Lowndes, but could not prevent yet another Triple Eight Holden one-two.

McLaughlin gradually lost touch with the podium fight in fourth.

Lowndes made some inroads into Mark Winterbottom's championship lead as the Ford Performance Racing driver was stuck back in sixth place, unable to overtake Garth Tander despite repeated efforts.

Results - 35 laps:

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                  Time/Gap
 1.  Jamie Whincup        Triple Eight Holden    42m27.6268s
 2.  Craig Lowndes        Triple Eight Holden       +4.3544s
 3.  Shane van Gisbergen  Tekno Holden              +4.7986s
 4.  Scott McLaughlin     GRM Volvo                +13.0258s
 5.  Garth Tander         HRT Holden               +16.0673s
 6.  Mark Winterbottom    FPR Ford                 +16.2773s
 7.  Jason Bright         Brad Jones Holden        +19.6040s
 8.  James Courtney       HRT Holden               +20.6288s
 9.  Fabian Coulthard     Brad Jones Holden        +21.0822s
10.  Lee Holdsworth       Erebus Mercedes          +22.0906s
11.  James Moffat         Nissan                   +25.6611s
12.  Michael Caruso       Nissan                   +26.5110s
13.  David Reynolds       Rod Nash/FPR Ford        +27.1623s
14.  Chaz Mostert         FPR Ford                 +29.9752s
15.  Scott Pye            Dick Johnson Ford        +31.0248s
16.  Tim Slade            Rosenberg/HRT Holden     +31.4550s
17.  Rick Kelly           Nissan                   +32.9218s
18.  David Wall           Dick Johnson Ford        +35.9648s
19.  Russell Ingall       Dumbrell Holden          +37.4667s
20.  Todd Kelly           Nissan                   +38.8646s
21.  Dale Wood            Britek/BJR Holden        +45.6192s
22.  Robert Dahlgren      GRM Volvo                +48.5802s
23.  Nick Percat          Walkinshaw/HRT Holden    +52.0143s
24.  Jack Perkins         Schwerkolt/FPR Ford      +54.6939s

Retirements:

     Will Davison         Erebus Mercedes            12 laps

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