Courtney takes maiden win in race 1

In a repeat of qualifying, Courtney edged out Mark Winterbottom for victory, the two drivers spending the race running nose-to-tail, with the final margin less than a quarter of a second.

Just over a second behind the dicing duo was Russell Ingall who continued where he left off in qualifying, with the Holden Racing Team duo of Garth Tander and Mark Skaife completing the top five.

Early in the race the leading pack contained Team Vodafone's Craig Lowndes, who moved into third at the start but fell down the order just before half-distance as engine problems hit him for the second consecutive race while running in the top five, also again failing to score points as a result of the woes.

Will Davison just held off Steven Richards who moved up from his relatively poor qualifying result, with Rick Kelly, Jamie Whincup and Lee Holdsworth completing the top ten finishers.

After moving up a place at the start, Whincup appeared set to gain another place or two after his pit stop but contact as he rejoined the race saw him drop down to ninth, finishing where he started despite the retirement of teammate Lowndes.

After starting nineteenth, Paul Morris made his way steadily up the order to finish the race in twelfth position. However, an incident on lap 33 at the final turn involving Steven Johnson may face further scrutiny after Johnson spun and lost seven places following contact with Morris.

Todd Kelly was on a similar charge after starting from the rear of the grid following a post-qualifying engine change. He was running as high as fourteenth before he slowed in the closing laps, dropping back down to 21st.

Pos  Driver                Make     Time
 1.  James Courtney        Ford     46:30.0751
 2.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford     +   0.2423
 3.  Russell Ingall        Holden   +   1.4076
 4.  Garth Tander          Holden   +   5.4386
 5.  Mark Skaife           Holden   +   6.2830
 6.  Will Davison          Ford     +  11.2241
 7.  Steven Richards       Ford     +  11.8060
 8.  Rick Kelly            Holden   +  13.2043
 9.  Jamie Whincup         Ford     +  13.8119
10.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden   +  14.1971
11.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden   +  15.2524
12.  Paul Morris           Holden   +  24.6321
13.  Fabian Coulthard      Ford     +  24.8860
14.  Cameron McConville    Holden   +  28.0101
15.  Greg Murphy           Holden   +  28.7203
16.  Jason Richards        Holden   +  30.7916
17.  Michael Caruso        Holden   +  31.3879
18.  Steven Johnson        Ford     +  32.5097
19.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford     +  32.5661
20.  Jason Bright          Ford     +  33.0907
21.  Todd Kelly            Holden   +  34.0281
22.  Michael Patrizi       Ford     +  38.7746
23.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden   +  39.7650
24.  Shane Price           Holden   +  46.1875
25.  Andrew Jones          Holden   +  46.5077
26.  Andrew Thompson       Holden   +  48.3753
27.  Kayne Scott           Ford     +1:10.9883
28.  Craig Lowndes         Ford     +   5 laps

Not classified/retirements:

     Driver                Make     Laps
     Marcus Marshall       Ford      27