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Symmons Plain V8s: Jamie Whincup doubles up in race two

Jamie Whincup took his second V8 Supercars win of the day for Triple Eight as team-mate Craig Lowndes came from 25th to fifth at Symmons Plains in Tasmania

Whincup - who won in controversial circumstances in the first race after taking out Lowndes - led from start to finish, and a perfect start after the safety car with five laps to go sealed the win.

Winterbottom came as close as two tenths to Whincup in the early running, but the Triple Eight Holden pulled away just after halfway as early stability issues faded for Whincup.

Fabian Coulthard struggled to stay in touch with the leaders, and remained in third for most of the race.

Lowndes - who started at the back of the grid after an illegal piece of tape was found on his car in qualifying - made up 20 places to finish fifth following an epic battle with Volvo Polestar's Scott McLaughlin. The young Kiwi fended off Lowndes as the two were sideways onto the pit straight with a lap to go.

After his podium in the first race, James Courtney struggled for most of race two down in the late teens, but the late safety car proved in his favour, as he improved to 11th.

Results - 42 laps:

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                  Time/Gap
 1.  Jamie Whincup        Triple Eight Holden    42m46.3425s
 2.  Mark Winterbottom    FPR Ford                  +0.4875s
 3.  Fabian Coulthard     Brad Jones Holden         +2.2339s
 4.  Scott McLaughlin     Volvo                     +3.7159s
 5.  Craig Lowndes        Triple Eight Holden       +3.9191s
 6.  Jason Bright         Brad Jones Holden         +4.3879s
 7.  Garth Tander         HRT Holden                +7.1884s
 8.  Scott Pye            Dick Johnson Ford         +7.3896s
 9.  Jack Perkins         Schwerkolt/FPR Ford       +8.1507s
10.  Lee Holdsworth       Erebus Mercedes           +8.3990s
11.  James Courtney       HRT Holden                +8.8234s
12.  Shane van Gisbergen  Tekno Holden              +9.8217s
13.  James Moffat         Nissan                   +10.4712s
14.  Todd Kelly           Nissan                   +10.9139s
15.  Tim Slade            Rosenberg/HRT Holden     +11.3545s
16.  Michael Caruso       Nissan                   +12.1148s
17.  David Reynolds       Rod Nash/FPR Ford        +12.5980s
18.  Robert Dahlgren      Volvo                    +12.7183s
19.  Chaz Mostert         FPR Ford                 +31.8144s
20.  David Wall           Dick Johnson Ford           +1 lap
21.  Russell Ingall       Dumbrell Holden             +1 lap
22.  Dale Wood            Britek/BJR Holden           +1 lap
23.  Will Davison         Erebus Mercedes            +2 laps
24.  Rick Kelly           Nissan                     +2 laps

Retirements:

     Nick Percat          Walkinshaw/HRT Holden       8 laps

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