Rick Kelly dominates Island race two
Jack Daniel's Racing's Rick Kelly repeated what Steve Owen did in race one, dominating from start to finish in race two of the of the L&H 500 at Phillip Island
In fact, Kelly was even more dominant, opening up a five second gap after five laps, his margin only trimmed due to a late-race safety car period. Craig Lowndes took advantage of this but it was not enough as Kelly pulled away again to take the victory.
James Courtney was third for Jim Beam Racing, with the FPR cars of Steven Richards and Mark Winterbottom close behind, while Will Davison held on to finish sixth having come under heavy pressure in the opening laps from the cars behind him.
Jamie Whincup was the best placed of the cars who took their compulsory pitstop in race two in 14th place, and combined with co-driver Steve Owen's win in race one that secured pole position for tomorrow's 113 lap L&H 500.
Alongside him on the front row will be race two winner Rick Kelly with Owen Kelly, followed by championship leader James Courtney with Warren Luff, with Craig Lowndes/Mark Skaife and Garth Tander/Cameron McConville completing the top five.
Jason Bargwanna's second place in race one netted him ninth on the grid with veteran Glenn Seton, just ahead of Steven Richards and James Moffat despite dramas in qualifying and the race for Moffat.
However, one of the dark horses for the race, Fujitsu Racing's Michael Caruso and Greg Ritter, will have a lot of work ahead of them, a DNF in race one and 22nd in race two forcing them to start from 31st position, last on the grid.
Pos Driver Make Time 1. Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 24m05.1814s 2. Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VE + 1.4779s 3. James Courtney Ford Falcon FG + 3.6463s 4. Steven Richards Ford Falcon FG + 4.1809s 5. Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG + 4.5261s 6. Will Davison Holden Commodore VE + 4.9972s 7. Marcus Marshall Ford Falcon FG + 5.4994s 8. Tim Slade Ford Falcon FG + 6.2749s 9. Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VE + 6.9192s 10. Alex Davison Ford Falcon FG + 9.4316s 11. Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE + 9.5884s 12. Paul Dumbrell Ford Falcon FG + 10.6925s 13. Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VE + 11.1611s 14. Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VE + 11.1695s 15. Jason Bright Holden Commodore VE + 11.4575s 16. Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE + 12.5472s 17. David Wall Holden Commodore VE + 12.8959s 18. Nick Percat Holden Commodore VE + 13.1819s 19. John McIntyre Ford Falcon FG + 13.3256s 20. Michael Patrizi Ford Falcon FG + 13.9341s 21. David Russell Ford Falcon FG + 14.7236s 22. Greg Ritter Holden Commodore VE + 16.1548s 23. Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VE + 16.3233s 24. Damian Assaillit Ford Falcon BF + 16.7830s 25. Dale Wood Holden Commodore VE + 17.6749s 26. Nathan Pretty Holden Commodore VE + 19.9178s 27. Tim Blanchard Holden Commodore VE + 20.9741s 28. Glenn Seton Holden Commodore VE + 21.1794s 29. Shane Price Holden Commodore VE + 25.6964s 30. Tony Ricciardello Holden Commodore VE + 2 laps Not classified/retirements: Driver Make Laps Geoff Emery Holden Commodore VE 13 Sunday's starting order: Pos Drivers Make 1. Steve Owen/Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VE 2. Owen Kelly/Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 3. Warren Luff/James Courtney Ford Falcon FG 4. Mark Skaife/Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VE 5. Cameron McConville/Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 6. John McIntyre/Shane van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG 7. Luke Youlden/Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG 8. Dean Canto/Paul Dumbrell Ford Falcon FG 9. Glenn Seton/Jason Bargwanna Holden Commodore VE 10. James Moffat/Steven Richards Ford Falcon FG 11. David Reynolds/Will Davison Holden Commodore VE 12. Andrew Jones/Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE 13. Marcus Marshall/Steven Johnson Ford Falcon FG 14. Dale Wood/Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 15. Jack Perkins/Tim Slade Ford Falcon FG 16. David Russell/Jonathon Webb Ford Falcon FG 17. David Besnard/Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 18. Michael Patrizi/Dean Fiore Ford Falcon FG 19. David Brabham/Alex Davison Ford Falcon FG 20. Shane Price/Tony D'Alberto Holden Commodore VE 21. Craig Baird/Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VE 22. Tim Blanchard/Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE 23. Ant Pedersen/Damian Assaillit Ford Falcon BF 24. Paul Morris/Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VE 25. Mark Noske/Nathan Pretty Holden Commodore VE 26. Matt Halliday/Jason Bright Holden Commodore VE 27. Marcus Zukanovic/Geoff Emery Holden Commodore VE 28. David Wall/Karl Reindler Holden Commodore VE 29. Nick Percat/Andrew Thompson Holden Commodore VE 30. Taz Douglas/Tony Ricciardello Holden Commodore VE 31. Greg Ritter/Michael Caruso Holden Commodore VE
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