Tander holds on to win first race

Tander led at the start and apart from a brief period after his pitstop led the whole way, holding off a late challenge from Russell Ingall as both drivers made their way through lapped traffic late in the race.

Steven Johnson finished the best-placed Ford in third position, while Tander's team-mate Will Davison's decision to pit at the end of lap one paid off, finishing fourth after starting 14th.

Jim Beam Racing's Todd Kelly finished fifth despite a bumping incident with James Courtney early in the race, which saw Kelly's car bump Courtney's car several times, almost putting Courtney off the road as he did so.

Courtney was forced to pit soon after with the right rear tyre having come off the wheel, almost certainly as a result of Kelly's contact, the Jim Beam driver eventually finishing last two laps down.

The two Team Vodafone cars used different strategies but neither worked that well, Craig Lowndes moving up from ninth to seventh, while Jamie Whincup finished where he started in eighth but only after a few late passes.

As impressive as Davison's climb from 14th to fourth was, Cameron McConville's climb from last to 14th was probably even better.

What looked like a good result for Steven Richards turned sour in the closing laps, as it was discovered he had not quite put the mandatory 50 litres of fuel in at his pitstop.

Running fourth at the time, he dropped down the order to 15th at the end, still one place ahead of team-mate Mark Winterbottom who had pit dramas of his own with a front-left wheelnut that didn't want to go on.

Pos  Driver                Make                  Laps
 1.  Garth Tander          Holden Commodore VE    42
 2.  Russell Ingall        Holden Commodore VE    42
 3.  Steven Johnson        Ford Falcon FG         42
 4.  Will Davison          Holden Commodore VE    42
 5.  Todd Kelly            Holden Commodore VE    42
 6.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford Falcon FG         42
 7.  Craig Lowndes         Ford Falcon FG         42
 8.  Jamie Whincup         Ford Falcon FG         42
 9.  Greg Murphy           Holden Commodore VE    42
10.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden Commodore VE    42
11.  Rick Kelly            Holden Commodore VE    42
12.  Michael Caruso        Holden Commodore VE    42
13.  Cameron McConville    Holden Commodore VE    42
14.  Fabian Coulthard      Ford Falcon FG         42
15.  Steven Richards       Ford Falcon FG         42
16.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford Falcon FG         42
17.  Alex Davison          Ford Falcon FG         42
18.  Jason Richards        Holden Commodore VE    41
19.  Jason Bargwanna       Holden Commodore VE    41
20.  David Reynolds        Holden Commodore VE    41
21.  Jack Perkins          Holden Commodore VE    41
22.  Marcus Marshall       Ford Falcon BF         41
23.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden Commodore VE    41
24.  Tim Slade             Holden Commodore VE    41
25.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden Commodore VE    41
26.  Jason Bright          Ford Falcon BF         41
27.  Michael Patrizi       Ford Falcon BF         40
28.  Dale Wood             Holden Commodore VE    40
29.  Dean Fiore            Holden Commodore VE    40
30.  James Courtney        Ford Falcon FG         40