Queensland V8 Supercars: Rookie Scott McLaughlin takes race two win
Rising V8 Supercars star Scott McLaughlin claimed the third win of his rookie season in race two of the Queensland Raceway weekend
McLaughlin had already taken wins in the non-championship Melbourne Formula 1 support event and the Pukekohe points round.
The Garry Rogers Holden beat polesitting champion Jamie Whincup's Triple 8 Commodore off the line on a slightly damp track.
The circuit very rapidly dried and McLaughlin was able to hold Whincup at arm's length throughout.
He was untroubled by a safety car to retrieve debris from Lee Holdsworth's Mercedes, ultimately winning by 0.6 seconds.
James Courtney celebrated his new Holden Racing Team deal with a podium, as he shadowed the leaders in third.
Fabian Coulthard emerged from a wild early gaggle to take a lonely fourth.
His Brad Jones Holden team-mate Jason Bright grabbed fifth from star rookie Chaz Mostert on the line.
Mostert had qualified a stunning fourth and briefly jumped to second on lap one before being elbowed back.
Ford Performance Racing duo Will Davison and Mark Winterbottom and Whincup's team-mate Craig Lowndes all had underwhelming qualifying sessions and could not recover.
They finished ninth, 10th and 12th, with a similarly disappointed Garth Tander among them in 11th.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Scott McLaughlin GRM Holden 39m34.7532s
2. Jamie Whincup Triple 8 Holden +0.6989s
3. James Courtney HRT Holden +2.4137s
4. Fabian Coulthard Brad Jones Holden +5.9757s
5. Jason Bright Brad Jones Holden +8.6228s
6. Chaz Mostert Dick Johnson Ford +8.6395s
7. Alex Davison Schwerkolt/FPR Ford +14.2398s
8. David Reynolds Rod Nash/FPR Ford +18.6166s
9. Will Davison FPR Ford +18.9585s
10. Mark Winterbottom FPR Ford +19.1623s
11. Garth Tander HRT Holden +20.1390s
12. Craig Lowndes Triple 8 Holden +20.8702s
13. Tim Slade Rosenberg/Erebus Mercedes +21.6127s
14. Alexandre Premat GRM Holden +22.8117s
15. Jonathon Webb Tekno Holden +23.9540s
16. David Wall Britek/BJR Holden +24.0870s
17. Shane van Gisbergen Tekno Holden +25.2683s
18. Tony D'Alberto D'Alberto Holden +26.0855s
19. Tim Blanchard Dick Johnson Ford +26.7501s
20. Russel Ingall Walkinshaw/HRT Holden +26.8486s
21. Rick Kelly Nissan +30.1338s
22. Todd Kelly Nissan +30.4490s
23. James Moffat Nissan +31.9247s
24. Michael Caruso Nissan +32.5983s
25. Scott Pye Dumbrell Holden +34.4602s
26. Dean Fiore Dumbrell Holden +36.8342s
27. Maro Engel Erebus Mercedes +38.7258s
Retirements:
Lee Holdsworth Erebus Mercedes 5 laps
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