Jamie Whincup extends points lead by heading Triple Eight one-two in Townsville
Jamie Whincup extended his championship lead in V8 Supercars by coming through from eighth on the grid to head a Triple Eight Holden one-two in the second Townsville street race
A hard-charging first stint brought Whincup into contention at the front, and he then saved a set of soft tyres for the final part of the race, allowing him to pass Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom for second and then catch and pass his race-leading Triple Eight team-mate Craig Lowndes 18 laps from the end.
Poleman Lowndes had led most of the way up to then, once he had come out on top of an early battle with the faster-starting Winterbottom. They held on to second and third, with Winterbottom just ahead of Alex Davison's Stone Brothers Ford, while the latter's team-mate Shane van Gisbergen beat Garry Rogers Holden driver Lee Holdsworth to fifth.
Race one winner Garth Tander (HRT) was in podium contention until requiring a long pitstop for suspension repairs. Qualifying star David Reynolds tumbled down the order due to pit issues, while clashes between Will Davison and Jason Bright, and James Courtney and Tim Slade took all four out of the top six fight, with Bright and Courtney penalised. Slade made it back up to seventh with a superb late charge on soft tyres.
Results - 72 laps: Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Jamie Whincup Triple 8 Holden 1h32m45.8802s 2. Craig Lowndes Triple 8 Holden + 4.3938s 3. Mark Winterbottom FPR Ford + 11.2406s 4. Alex Davison Stone Brothers Ford + 13.9425s 5. Shane van Gisbergen Stone Brothers Ford + 19.9231s 6. Lee Holdsworth Garry Rogers Holden + 20.4439s 7. Tim Slade Rosenberg/SBR Ford + 27.3169s 8. Fabian Coulthard Walkinshaw Holden + 29.4344s 9. Russell Ingall Paul Morris Holden + 30.1509s 10. Paul Dumbrell Rod Nash/FPR Ford + 32.3014s 11. Jason Bargwanna Brad Jones Holden + 32.7764s 12. Steven Johnson Dick Johnson Ford + 35.6316s 13. Rick Kelly Kelly Holden + 35.6504s 14. Steve Owen Paul Morris Holden + 35.9723s 15. James Moffat Dick Johnson Ford + 36.5500s 16. Michael Caruso Garry Rogers Holden + 42.3529s 17. Todd Kelly Kelly Holden + 43.34100s 18. Will Davison FPR Ford + 44.87400s 19. James Courtney HRT Holden + 48.8695s 20. Greg Murphy Kelly Holden + 52.7639s 21. Warren Luff Dumbrell Holden + 55.5833s 22. Jason Bright Brad Jones Holden + 56.8638s 23. David Reynolds Kelly Holden + 1m09.2312s 24. Karl Reindler Britek/BJR Holden + 4 laps 25. Tony D'Alberto D'Alberto Ford + 5 laps 26. Garth Tander HRT Holden + 10 laps Retirements: Dean Fiore Triple F Ford 39 laps Jonathon Webb Tekno Ford 1 lap
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