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Austin V8 Supercars: Jamie Whincup back on top in race four

Jamie Whincup responded to his race three defeat by winning the last race of V8 Supercars' inaugural Austin weekend

Race three winner Fabian Coulthard put Whincup under huge pressure in the first half of the race.

But in the closing laps, Whincup was able to pull out a three-second lead, as he clamed his third win of the weekend and extended his points lead still further.

Prior to Austin, Will Davison had been Whincup's closest championship rival.

His title chase received a major blow in Texas though, as he retired after crashing into Scott McLaughlin in a misjudged passing move.

Shane van Gisbergen had a relavtiely quiet run to fourth following a few closer dices early on.

Garth Tander was one of those overtaken by van Gisbergen. He then resisted Craig Lowndes, up from 12th on the grid, and Mark Winterbottom to secure fifth.

Jason Bright, Rick Kelly, Jonathon Webb and James Courtney completed the top 10.

Results - 27 laps:

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                       Time/Gap
 1.  Jamie Whincup        Triple 8 Holden             47m20.7325s
 2.  Fabian Coulthard     Brad Jones Holden             + 2.7661s
 3.  Shane van Gisbergen  Tekno Holden                  + 8.3608s
 4.  Garth Tander         HRT Holden                   + 10.5925s
 5.  Craig Lowndes        Triple 8 Holden              + 11.3843s
 6.  Mark Winterbottom    FPR Ford                     + 12.9528s
 7.  Jason Bright         Brad Jones Holden            + 14.7753s
 8.  Rick Kelly           Nissan                       + 14.9314s
 9.  Jonathon Webb        Tekno Holden                 + 17.3064s
10.  James Courtney       HRT Holden                   + 19.0689s
11.  Alexandre Premat     GRM Holden                   + 20.8848s
12.  David Wall           Britek/BJR Holden            + 21.1509s
13.  David Reynolds       Rod Nash/FPR Ford            + 22.8236s
14.  James Moffat         Nissan                       + 25.6506s
15.  Chaz Mostert         Dick Johnson Ford            + 26.4164s
16.  Scott Pye            Dumbrell Holden              + 28.9670s
17.  Tim Slade            Rosenberg/Erebus Mercedes    + 29.9028s
18.  Dean Fiore           Dumbrell Holden              + 31.9889s
19.  Todd Kelly           Nissan                       + 32.2471s
20.  Lee Holdsworth       Erebus Mercedes              + 33.5394s
21.  Tony D'Alberto       D'Alberto Holden             + 36.3487s
22.  Russell Ingall       Walkinshaw/HRT Holden        + 39.2807s
23.  Tim Blanchard        Dick Johnson Ford            + 45.2964s
24.  Michael Caruso       Nissan                     + 1m04.9939s
25.  Maro Engel           Erebus Mercedes            + 1m15.5277s
26.  Alex Davison         Schwerkolt/FPR Ford        + 1m34.7511s
27.  Scott McLaughlin     GRM Holden                     + 5 laps

Retirements:

     Will Davison         FPR Ford                         3 laps

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