Rick Kelly dominates Island race two
Jack Daniel's Racing's Rick Kelly repeated what Steve Owen did in race one, dominating from start to finish in race two of the of the L&H 500 at Phillip Island
In fact, Kelly was even more dominant, opening up a five second gap after five laps, his margin only trimmed due to a late-race safety car period. Craig Lowndes took advantage of this but it was not enough as Kelly pulled away again to take the victory.
James Courtney was third for Jim Beam Racing, with the FPR cars of Steven Richards and Mark Winterbottom close behind, while Will Davison held on to finish sixth having come under heavy pressure in the opening laps from the cars behind him.
Jamie Whincup was the best placed of the cars who took their compulsory pitstop in race two in 14th place, and combined with co-driver Steve Owen's win in race one that secured pole position for tomorrow's 113 lap L&H 500.
Alongside him on the front row will be race two winner Rick Kelly with Owen Kelly, followed by championship leader James Courtney with Warren Luff, with Craig Lowndes/Mark Skaife and Garth Tander/Cameron McConville completing the top five.
Jason Bargwanna's second place in race one netted him ninth on the grid with veteran Glenn Seton, just ahead of Steven Richards and James Moffat despite dramas in qualifying and the race for Moffat.
However, one of the dark horses for the race, Fujitsu Racing's Michael Caruso and Greg Ritter, will have a lot of work ahead of them, a DNF in race one and 22nd in race two forcing them to start from 31st position, last on the grid.
Pos Driver Make Time
1. Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 24m05.1814s
2. Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VE + 1.4779s
3. James Courtney Ford Falcon FG + 3.6463s
4. Steven Richards Ford Falcon FG + 4.1809s
5. Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG + 4.5261s
6. Will Davison Holden Commodore VE + 4.9972s
7. Marcus Marshall Ford Falcon FG + 5.4994s
8. Tim Slade Ford Falcon FG + 6.2749s
9. Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VE + 6.9192s
10. Alex Davison Ford Falcon FG + 9.4316s
11. Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE + 9.5884s
12. Paul Dumbrell Ford Falcon FG + 10.6925s
13. Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VE + 11.1611s
14. Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VE + 11.1695s
15. Jason Bright Holden Commodore VE + 11.4575s
16. Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE + 12.5472s
17. David Wall Holden Commodore VE + 12.8959s
18. Nick Percat Holden Commodore VE + 13.1819s
19. John McIntyre Ford Falcon FG + 13.3256s
20. Michael Patrizi Ford Falcon FG + 13.9341s
21. David Russell Ford Falcon FG + 14.7236s
22. Greg Ritter Holden Commodore VE + 16.1548s
23. Andrew Jones Holden Commodore VE + 16.3233s
24. Damian Assaillit Ford Falcon BF + 16.7830s
25. Dale Wood Holden Commodore VE + 17.6749s
26. Nathan Pretty Holden Commodore VE + 19.9178s
27. Tim Blanchard Holden Commodore VE + 20.9741s
28. Glenn Seton Holden Commodore VE + 21.1794s
29. Shane Price Holden Commodore VE + 25.6964s
30. Tony Ricciardello Holden Commodore VE + 2 laps
Not classified/retirements:
Driver Make Laps
Geoff Emery Holden Commodore VE 13
Sunday's starting order:
Pos Drivers Make
1. Steve Owen/Jamie Whincup Holden Commodore VE
2. Owen Kelly/Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE
3. Warren Luff/James Courtney Ford Falcon FG
4. Mark Skaife/Craig Lowndes Holden Commodore VE
5. Cameron McConville/Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE
6. John McIntyre/Shane van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG
7. Luke Youlden/Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG
8. Dean Canto/Paul Dumbrell Ford Falcon FG
9. Glenn Seton/Jason Bargwanna Holden Commodore VE
10. James Moffat/Steven Richards Ford Falcon FG
11. David Reynolds/Will Davison Holden Commodore VE
12. Andrew Jones/Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE
13. Marcus Marshall/Steven Johnson Ford Falcon FG
14. Dale Wood/Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE
15. Jack Perkins/Tim Slade Ford Falcon FG
16. David Russell/Jonathon Webb Ford Falcon FG
17. David Besnard/Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE
18. Michael Patrizi/Dean Fiore Ford Falcon FG
19. David Brabham/Alex Davison Ford Falcon FG
20. Shane Price/Tony D'Alberto Holden Commodore VE
21. Craig Baird/Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VE
22. Tim Blanchard/Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE
23. Ant Pedersen/Damian Assaillit Ford Falcon BF
24. Paul Morris/Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VE
25. Mark Noske/Nathan Pretty Holden Commodore VE
26. Matt Halliday/Jason Bright Holden Commodore VE
27. Marcus Zukanovic/Geoff Emery Holden Commodore VE
28. David Wall/Karl Reindler Holden Commodore VE
29. Nick Percat/Andrew Thompson Holden Commodore VE
30. Taz Douglas/Tony Ricciardello Holden Commodore VE
31. Greg Ritter/Michael Caruso Holden Commodore VE
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