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Townsville V8 Supercars: Jamie Whincup doubles up in race three

A different strategy enabled Jamie Whincup to take his second V8 Supercars win of the weekend in the series' longest ever race at Townsville

The Triple Eight driver did not follow the majority of the field into the pits after an early safety car and this meant he had fresher rubber to take the lead from Garth Tander's Holden towards the end of the 250km race.

Jason Bright had to defend heavily from pole from Whincup at the start but he was unable to make a move round the outside stick.

Further back there was contact between Dale Wood and Jack Perkins, which brought the safety car out and meant two-thirds of the field dived in the pits.

Whincup stayed out however, so led from the restart, but there was trouble for Bright as he was given a drive-through penalty for having spinning wheels during his stop that dropped him out of contention.

Once all the stops had been made, Whincup had a five-second deficit to Tander but quickly reeled the race-two winner in. On lap 70 he dived up the inside of Tander at Turn 2, but Tander reclaimed the place at the next corner.

However, further around the lap, Whincup made the decisive move that gave him his first Sunday win of 2014.

Shane van Gisbergen's Tekno Holden was on a charge in the closing stages as he opted for a differing three-stop strategy that gave him good pace at the end.

He passed Nick Percat for fourth and with seven laps to go the Kiwi passed Tander's team-mate James Courtney to take the final podium place.

Points leader Mark Winterbottom again made up for a lowly 12th place grid slot to take sixth in his Ford, but his championship lead had been significantly eaten into.

Craig Lowndes had another miserable race as his Holden's engine started overheating and he lost vast amounts of water.

He continued pitting for water throughout the race to ensure he made it to the finish but the lost points meant he dropped four places over the weekend to sixth in the championship standings.

Pos Driver Car no. Car Time/Gap Laps
1 Jamie Whincup 1 Holden 1h54m24.2583s 88
2 Garth Tander 2 Holden 0.9616s 88
3 Shane van Gisbergen 97 Holden 19.9939s 88
4 James Courtney 22 Holden 20.3357s 88
5 Nick Percat 222 Holden 21.0419s 88
6 Mark Winterbottom 5 Ford 26.9148s 88
7 Chaz Mostert 6 Ford 27.4999s 88
8 Scott Pye 16 Ford 30.6811s 88
9 Scott McLaughlin 33 Volvo 36.7411s 88
10 Will Davison 9 Mercedes 38.4091s 88
11 Michael Caruso 36 Nissan 38.5167s 88
12 David Reynolds 55 Ford 44.9368s 88
13 Tim Slade 47 Holden 50.8930s 88
14 Fabian Coulthard 14 Holden 51.3950s 88
15 Lee Holdsworth 4 Mercedes 51.9984s 88
16 James Moffat 360 Nissan 52.3193s 88
17 Jason Bright 8 Holden 56.1783s 88
18 Rick Kelly 15 Nissan 1m03.4298s 88
19 Todd Kelly 7 Nissan 1 Lap 87
20 David Wall 17 Ford 1 Lap 87
21 Russell Ingall 23 Holden 1 Lap 87
22 Robert Dahlgren 34 Volvo 1 Lap 87
23 Craig Lowndes 888 Holden 8 Laps 80
- Jack Perkins 18 Ford Retirement 0
- Dale Wood 21 Holden Retirement 0

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