Hidden Valley V8 Supercars: Jamie Whincup adds second win

Whincup led from pole, and after fending off fast-starting Triple Eight team-mate Lowndes, was never in any danger and sailed to victory by 3.398 seconds over birthday boy Lowndes.

Whincup had ended a barren streak in the first race of the day, after going winless since round five at Symmons Plains in March, where he had also taken a double win.

Fabian Coulthard continued his impressive season so far in the Brad Jones Holden, rounding out the podium - although he looked powerless to match the pace of the Triple Eight pair. Following him was Garth Tander, who moved up from a sixth place starting berth early on.

Championship leader Mark Winterbottom came home sixth behind the Volvo of Scott McLaughlin.

Winterbottom had dropped down the order after some aggressive wheelspin at the start, but fought back in an impressive display to limit the damage done to his points lead.

Shane van Gisbergen struggled to match his pace from the earlier race, in which he pushed Lowndes for second and scored a podium. He could only manage seventh.

Results - 35 laps:

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                  Time/Gap
 1.  Jamie Whincup        Triple Eight Holden    42m26.1100s
 2.  Craig Lowndes        Triple Eight Holden       +3.3980s
 3.  Fabian Coulthard     Brad Jones Holden         +5.8647s
 4.  Garth Tander         HRT Holden               +11.5143s
 5.  Scott McLaughlin     GRM Volvo                +12.9071s
 6.  Mark Winterbottom    FPR Ford                 +13.2593s
 7.  Shane van Gisbergen  Tekno Holden             +13.6915s
 8.  Tim Slade            Rosenberg/HRT Holden     +15.4797s
 9.  David Reynolds       Rod Nash/FPR Ford        +16.4292s
10.  Michael Caruso       Nissan                   +18.4943s
11.  James Courtney       HRT Holden               +20.3551s
12.  Jason Bright         Brad Jones Holden        +23.0618s
13.  Will Davison         Erebus Mercedes          +23.6105s
14.  Chaz Mostert         FPR Ford                 +24.7298s
15.  Scott Pye            Dick Johnson Ford        +25.1103s
16.  David Wall           Dick Johnson Ford        +30.1433s
17.  Dale Wood            Britek/BJR Holden        +32.3863s
18.  Robert Dahlgren      GRM Volvo                +32.7773s
19.  Nick Percat          Walkinshaw/HRT Holden    +35.3481s
20.  Jack Perkins         Schwerkolt/FPR Ford      +43.7753s
21.  Russell Ingall       Dumbrell Holden        +1m03.8822s
22.  Rick Kelly           Nissan                      -1 lap
23.  Todd Kelly           Nissan                      -1 lap

Retirements:

     Lee Holdsworth       Erebus Mercedes             8 laps
     James Moffat         Nissan                      0 laps