Winterbottom takes Island race two
Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom led from start to finish to win race two of the L&H 500 at Phillip Island
Winterbottom made the most of his qualifying effort and the team's strategy to pit in race one to take a comfortable win ahead of Fabian Coulthard and secure pole position for tomorrow's race for the FPR duo.
Fujitsu Racing's Jason Bright moved steadily up the order to finish just behind Coulthard, with James Courtney making up for Steven Johnson's disappointment in race one to finish fourth, David Besnard completing the top five in the Garry Rogers Commodore.
Rick Kelly looked well-placed to finish the best of the drivers having to pit in the second race and therefore a good starting position for Sunday, but just as he was getting ready to pit, ballast under the car dragged along the ground, sending up sparks and forcing them to pit for repairs.
Despite finishing three laps down in last place, the Kellys will still start tomorrow's race from sixth position.
The best of those who did pit were Jamie Whincup and Garth Tander in 19th and 20th positions, Whincup moving ahead during the pitstops, these two with their respective co-drivers starting from second and third in the 500.
Pos Driver Make Time
1. Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG 23:56.1139
2. Fabian Coulthard Ford Falcon FG + 1.5651
3. Jason Bright Ford Falcon FG + 1.9891
4. James Courtney Ford Falcon FG + 6.3036
5. David Besnard Holden Commodore VE + 9.5010
6. Jason Bargwanna Holden Commodore VE + 12.8110
7. Andrew Thompson Holden Commodore VE + 13.5018
8. John McIntyre Ford Falcon FG + 15.1074
9. Jonathon Webb Ford Falcon FG + 17.0586
10. Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE + 17.4977
11. Michael Caruso Holden Commodore VE + 20.5022
12. Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE + 23.1694
13. Owen Kelly Holden Commodore VE + 25.1613
14. Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE + 29.6324
15. Damian Assaillit Ford Falcon BF + 35.3830
16. David Sieders Ford Falcon BF + 40.1825
17. Taz Douglas Holden Commodore VE + 45.2248
18. David Wall Ford Falcon BF + 46.0403
19. Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon FG + 48.1979
20. Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE + 48.6628
21. Alex Davison Ford Falcon FG + 51.5864
22. Shane Price Holden Commodore VE +1:06.1330
23. Tim Slade Holden Commodore VE +1:06.7116
24. Craig Baird Holden Commodore VE +1:10.3552
25. Luke Youlden Ford Falcon FG +1:13.0351
26. James Thompson Ford Falcon FG +1:18.6957
27. Brad Jones Holden Commodore VE +1:23.2186
28. Andy Priaulx Holden Commodore VE +1:23.7575
29. Troy Bayliss Holden Commodore VE + 1 lap
30. Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE + 3 laps
Not classified/retirements:
Driver Make Laps
Nathan Pretty Holden Commodore VE 0
Tony Ricciardello Holden Commodore VE 0
Sunday's starting order:
Pos Drivers Make
1. Mark Winterbottom/Steven Richards Ford Falcon FG
2. Craig Lowndes/Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon FG
3. Garth Tander/Will Davison Holden Commodore VE
4. Fabian Coulthard/Michael Patrizi Ford Falcon FG
5. James Courtney/Steven Johnson Ford Falcon FG
6. Rick Kelly/Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE
7. Alex Davison/Shane van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG
8. David Besnard/Greg Ritter Holden Commodore VE
9. Tim Slade/Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VE
10. Jonathon Webb/Warren Luff Ford Falcon FG
11. John McIntyre/Daniel Gaunt Ford Falcon FG
12. Jason Richards/Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE
13. Craig Baird/Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE
14. Jason Bargwanna/Mark Noske Holden Commodore VE
15. Jason Bright/Karl Reindler Ford Falcon FG
16. Andrew Thompson/Tony D'Alberto Holden Commodore VE
17. Michael Caruso/Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE
18. Shane Price/Steve Owen Holden Commodore VE
19. Luke Youlden/Dean Canto Ford Falcon FG
20. Andy Priaulx/David Reynolds Holden Commodore VE
21. Jack Perkins/Dale Wood Holden Commodore VE
22. Greg Murphy/Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE
23. James Thompson/Allan Simonsen Ford Falcon FG
24. Brad Jones/Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VE
25. Owen Kelly/Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE
26. Dean Fiore/Troy Bayliss Holden Commodore VE
27. David Sieders/Andrew Fisher Ford Falcon BF
28. Taz Douglas/Sam Walter Holden Commodore VE
29. David Wall/Leanne Tander Ford Falcon BF
30. Tony Ricciardello/Mark McNally Holden Commodore VE
31. Nathan Pretty/Ben Collins Holden Commodore VE
32. Damian Assaillit/Brad Lowe Ford Falcon BF
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