Tander completes triple in race 3
Toll HSV Dealer Team's Garth Tander completed a perfect weekend as he made it three wins from three races at the Bigpond 400 at Barbagallo Raceway
Tander took his third win from pole position for the weekend as he led home another Holden 1-2-3. But the order behind him was different in the final race.
Following a mid-race safety car, brought out when James Courtney's miserable weekend ended after a left front failure sent him hard into the wall, Mark Skaife pressured Rick Kelly, taking second place on lap 35 and then closing on Tander.
He quickly closed on Tander but was unable to find a way past. Meanwhile Kelly was struggling with his car, just managing to keep Steven Johnson behind him to the finish.
A few seconds behind Johnson was a group of cars comprising Mark Winterbottom, Will Davison, Todd Kelly, Craig Lowndes and Steven Richards.
Overall, Garth Tander took the round win from teammate Rick Kelly, with Mark Skaife third.
In the championship, reigning champion Rick Kelly now leads with 115 points by thirteen points from teammate and Barbagallo winner Garth Tander, with HRT's Todd Kelly a further seventeen points back.
Todd's teammate Mark Skaife completes the top four, comprised of the four cars that less than two months ago weren't sure if they would race this season after a protracted dispute over team ownership. Steven Johnson is the best-placed Ford, one point behind Skaife.
Pos Driver Car Laps 1. Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 50 2. Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE 50 3. Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 50 4. Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BF 50 5. Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 50 6. Will Davison Ford Falcon BF 50 7. Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 50 8. Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BF 50 9. Steven Richards Ford Falcon BF 50 10. Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BF 50 11. Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VZ 50 12. Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE 50 13. Max Wilson Ford Falcon BF 50 14. John Bowe Ford Falcon BF 50 15. Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE 50 16. Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VZ 50 17. Fabian Coulthard Holden Commodore VZ 50 18. Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BF 50 19. Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE 50 20. Shane Price Holden Commodore VE 50 21. Andrew Jones Ford Falcon BF 50 22. Paul Radisich Ford Falcon BF 50 23. Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BF 50 24. Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 50 25. Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE 50 26. Brad Jones Ford Falcon BF 50 27. Alan Gurr Ford Falcon BF 50 28. Dean Canto Holden Commodore VE 49 DNF James Courtney Ford Falcon BF 28 DNF Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 7
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