Rick Kelly takes Adelaide race 2

The duo ran 1-2 for almost the entire race, Todd leading the first six laps before brother Rick made an easy pass at the hairpin on lap seven.

Todd moved back ahead during the fuel stops, although Rick remained close behind, with a flying James Courtney a few seconds further back, having recovered from another poor start which left him tenth after lap one. A late safety car period set up a 12 lap shootout to the finish.

With 11 laps remaining, the rear of Todd's car twitched into turn seven, which was enough for Rick to sneak through and take the win. Meanwhile Courtney's charge faded, just holding off teammate Russell Ingall to the flag, with Jamie Whincup and Steven Johnson close behind.

After a struggle in race one, Mark Skaife had a better race two, steadily making his way up the order to finish seventh. Meanwhile, Craig Lowndes had another struggle, not helped when he went down the escape road on lap 20 and dropped to 23rd, eventually recovering to 11th by the end of the race.

One place ahead of Lowndes was Garth Tander, who was running third and looked set for a top three finish until he made slight contact with Todd Kelly in pit lane, the ensuing drive-through penalty dropping him to eleventh, only moving one place further up the order by the chequered flag.

With one round completed, Todd Kelly leads the championship on 66 points, 10 ahead of brother Rick, with James Courtney three points further back. Last year's championship runner-up Craig Lowndes sits in 13th place on 15 points.

Pos  Driver                Car                   Laps
 1.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE    78
 2.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE    78
 3.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon BF         78
 4.  Russell Ingall        Ford Falcon BF         78
 5.  Jamie Whincup         Ford Falcon BF         78
 6.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon BF         78
 7.  Mark Skaife           Holden Commodore VE    78
 8.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon BF         78
 9.  Will Davison          Ford Falcon BF         78
10.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE    78
11.  Craig Lowndes         Ford Falcon BF         78
12.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VZ    78
13.  Jason Richards        Holden Commodore VE    78
14.  Jason Bright          Ford Falcon BF         78
15.  Cameron McConville    Holden Commodore VZ    78
16.  Adam Macrow           Ford Falcon BF         78
17.  Paul Morris           Holden Commodore VE    78
18.  Dean Canto            Holden Commodore VE    78
19.  Fabian Coulthard      Holden Commodore VZ    77
20.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden Commodore VE    77
21.  Brad Jones            Ford Falcon BF         76
22.  Shane Price           Holden Commodore VE    75
DNF  Max Wilson            Ford Falcon BF         67
DNF  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE    59
DNF  Andrew Jones          Ford Falcon BF         57
DNF  John Bowe             Ford Falcon BF         44
DNF  Jason Bargwanna       Ford Falcon BF         44
DNF  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon BF         42
DNF  Jack Perkins          Holden Commodore VZ     8
DNF  Alan Gurr             Ford Falcon BF          0
DNF  Steve Owen            Holden Commodore VZ     0