Shane van Gisbergen triumphs in Phillip Island sprint two

Ford driver van Gisbergen benefited from his co-driver John McIntyre having made their car's compulsory pitstop in the first sprint. Under the event format, the driver pairings in each car raced in one qualifying race apiece today, and had to make a compulsory pitstop in one of them.

Van Gisbergen got ahead of polesitter and championship leader Jamie Whincup at the start of the second sprint, and though the Triple Eight Holden driver stayed on van Gisbergen's tail, unlike his rival Whincup still had to make his pitstop.

Once he had done so, van Gisbergen was free to pull away and take victory, comfortably clear of a massive battle for second.

Inevitably the crews who had got their pitstops out of the way in race one rose to the front, with Garry Rogers Holden's Paul Dumbrell holding off Greg Murphy (Kelly Holden), Mark Winterbottom (Ford Performance Racing), James Courtney (Holden Racing Team) and Rick Kelly (Kelly) for second.

Whincup got back up to 12th, but the significant result was Luke Youlden's 15th place. That combined with his FPR co-driver Will Davison's race one win to earn them pole for the 500k race.

HRT's Garth Tander and Nick Percat's second and 14th places gave them the other front row spot, with Whincup and Andrew Thompson set to start fourth, behind van Gisbergen and McIntyre.

Results - 14 laps:

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                   Time/Gap
 1.  Shane van Gisbergen  Stone Brothers Ford     22m34.0272s
 2.  Paul Dumbrell        Rod Nash/FPR Ford         + 9.1748s
 3.  Greg Murphy          Kelly Holden              + 9.4509s
 4.  Mark Winterbottom    FPR Ford                  + 9.7472s
 5.  James Courtney       HRT Holden               + 10.8913s
 6.  Rick Kelly           Kelly Holden             + 12.0070s
 7.  Warren Luff          Lucas Dumbrell Holden    + 19.2735s
 8.  Russell Ingall       Paul Morris Holden       + 22.4581s
 9.  Dale Wood            D'Alberto Ford           + 24.2177s
10.  Matthew Halliday     Dick Johnson Ford        + 28.5322s
11.  David Wall           Britek/BJR Holden        + 38.9072s
12.  Jamie Whincup        Triple 8 Holden          + 42.4875s
13.  Mark Skaife          Triple 8 Holden          + 50.1712s
14.  Nick Percat          HRT Holden               + 52.4192s
15.  Luke Youlden         FPR Ford                 + 56.2777s
16.  Greg Ritter          Garry Rogers Holden    + 1m02.9108s
17.  Craig Baird          Walkinshaw Holden      + 1m04.4449s
18.  Marcus Marshall      Garry Rogers Holden    + 1m06.6828s
19.  Tim Blanchard        Kelly Holden           + 1m07.5137s
20.  David Russell        Kelly Holden           + 1m11.4324s
21.  Daniel Gaunt         Rosenberg/SBR Ford     + 1m15.8808s
22.  Michael Patrizi      Triple F Ford          + 1m17.1434s
23.  Paul Morris          Paul Morris Holden     + 1m19.7650s
24.  David Besnard        Dick Johnson Ford      + 1m21.3174s
25.  Richard Lyons        Tekno Ford             + 1m26.7615s
26.  David Brabham        Stone Brothers Ford    + 1m26.8770s
27.  Shane Price          Brad Jones Holden      + 1m27.1311s
28.  Andrew Jones         Brad Jones Holden      + 1m33.0470s

500k race grid:

Pos  Drivers                            Team/Car
 1   Will Davison/Luke Youlden          FPR Ford
 2.  Garth Tander/Nick Percat           HRT Holden
 3.  Shane van Gisbergen/John McIntyre  Stone Brothers Ford
 4.  Jamie Whincup/Andrew Thompson      Triple 8 Holden
 5.  Paul Dumbrell/Dean Canto           Rod Nash/FPR Ford
 6.  Craig Lowndes/Mark Skaife          Triple 8 Holden
 7.  David Reynolds/Tim Blanchard       Kelly Holden
 8.  Greg Murphy/Allan Simonsen         Kelly Holden
 9.  Mark Winterbottom/Steve Richards   FPR Ford
10.  James Courtney/Cameron McConville  HRT Holden
11.  Todd Kelly/David Russell           Kelly Holden
12.  Rick Kelly/Owen Kelly              Kelly Holden
13.  Michael Caruso/Marcus Marshall     Garry Rogers Holden
14.  Fabian Coulthard/Craig Baird       Walkinshaw Holden
15.  Steve Owen/Paul Morris             Paul Morris Holden
16.  Lee Holdsworth/Greg Ritter         Garry Rogers Holden
17.  Warren Luff/Nathan Pretty          Lucas Dumbrell Holden
18.  Russell Ingall/Jack Perkins        Paul Morris Holden
19.  Dale Wood/Taz Douglas              D'Alberto Ford
20.  James Moffat/Matt Halliday         Dick Johnson Ford
21.  Tim Slade/Daniel Gaunt             Rosenberg/SBR Ford
22.  Jason Bright/Andrew Jones          Brad Jones Holden
23.  Dean Fiore/Michael Patrizi         Triple F Ford
24.  Jonathon Webb/Richard Lyons        Tekno Ford
25.  Karl Reindler/David Wall           Britek/BJR Holden
26.  Steven Johnson/David Besnard       Dick Johnson Ford
27.  Jason Bargwanna/Shane Price        Brad Jones Holden
28.  Alex Davison/David Brabham         Stone Brothers Ford