Davison wins race two at Winton

Davison jumped into the lead at the start, and didn't look back despite an incident just behind him at the esses at the start, only losing the lead temporarily during the compulsory pitstop phase. In the early laps, he was chased hard by Jamie Whincup and Garth Tander, but after the pitstops he opened up a small gap over them.

However, he still came under pressure in the closing laps after Mark Winterbottom, who started 21st after his flat tyre early in race one, stayed out long befor his pitstop, vaulting him up to second place just a couple of seconds behind Davison, but unable to take the win.

Tander completed the top three after passing Whincup on lap 28 of 40, Whincup having to fend off teammate Craig Lowndes in the closing laps.

After being penalised for contact with Rick Kelly after finishing sixth in race one and being demoted to eighteenth, Lee Holdsworth charged back up the order in race two finishing in seventh place a quarter of a second behind his race one nemesis Rick Kelly.

Jason Bright made a similar charge through the field, moving up from twentiteth to finish eighth, ten seconds clear of James Courtney who just held off Paul Dumbrell to complete the top ten.

The incident at the start of the race at the esses cost several drivers dearly after the two Richards argued over the same piece of track through the esses, ending with Jason spinning in front of most of the field after contact from Steven.

Somehow almost all the field missed the spinning Jason Richards except for Michael Caruso who slammed into the side of him, ending both their races.

As Steven Richards took action to avoid the spinning Jason Richards, he moved over on Russell Ingall, breaking Ingall's steering, while in the mayhem behind, Skaife was hit from behind and slammed hard into the old pitwall on the inside of the exit of the turn.

Steven Richards managed to continue and looked set for a sixth place finish before he was forced to make a lengthy pitstop to replace a damaged rear halfshaft, returning to the track with a repaired car to finish the race nine laps down in last place.

Pos  Driver                Make     Time
 1.  Will Davison          Ford     1:01:51.4044
 2.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford     +     2.1730
 3.  Garth Tander          Holden   +     3.5083
 4.  Jamie Whincup         Ford     +     8.6955
 5.  Craig Lowndes         Ford     +     9.7395
 6.  Rick Kelly            Holden   +    15.0612
 7.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden   +    15.3294
 8.  Jason Bright          Ford     +    17.7356
 9.  James Courtney        Ford     +    27.5470
10.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden   +    28.1219
11.  Steven Johnson        Ford     +    29.7321
12.  Paul Morris           Holden   +    35.5998
13.  Todd Kelly            Holden   +    37.5447
14.  Andrew Jones          Holden   +    42.6173
15.  Shane Price           Holden   +    44.6508
16.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden   +    45.0380
17.  Marcus Marshall       Ford     +    48.4281
18.  Fabian Coulthard      Ford     +    53.5846
19.  Chris Pither          Ford     +  1:05.5548
20.  Michael Patrizi       Ford     +     1 lap
21.  Greg Murphy           Holden   +     1 lap
22.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford     +     1 lap
23.  Cameron McConville    Holden   +     1 lap
24.  Steven Richards       Ford     +     9 laps

Not classified/retirements:

     Driver                Make     Laps
     Mark Skaife           Holden     0
     Jason Richards        Holden     0
     Michael Caruso        Holden     0
     Russell Ingall        Holden     0