Tander takes narrow win in race two

Another Jamie Whincup victory appeared to be on the cards in the early laps, but a failure in the driveline while comfortably leading the group of drivers who had pitted meant his race ended early for the first time this year.

With Whincup's demise, Tander took full advantage, having gained a place at the start, taken another place from Courtney as they completed lap one and another from Steven Richards on lap nine.

A bit of confusion between Russell Ingall as he exited his pit and James Courtney as he entered his was just enough to see Ingall resume behind Richards, which proved even more crucial when Tander emerged ahead of both of them.

Richards and Ingall didn't give up, Richards pressuring Tander hard before Tander edged away. But in the closing laps Tander again had a pair of cars right behind him, but he held on while with two laps remaining, Ingall snuck through to take second place.

Rick Kelly, Craig Lowndes and James Courtney were a few seconds further back, Kelly and Lowndes spending most of the race fighting for position, Lowndes getting close to pulling the move off but not succeeding.

A disappointing weekend for Mark Skaife in his final event as a full-time driver continued, contact early in the race forcing him to make an unscheduled pitstop. When he later made his compulsory pitstop, he felt a problem at the rear of the car soon after, suspecting a loose wheel, and pitted a third time.

His pitcrew looked at the right rear but could see no problem, but just a few laps later Skaife retired after the right rear tyre went flat.

Pos  Driver                Make     Time
 1.  Garth Tander          Holden   57:04.0467
 2.  Russell Ingall        Holden   +   0.5200
 3.  Steven Richards       Ford     +   1.1291
 4.  Rick Kelly            Holden   +   4.9651
 5.  Craig Lowndes         Ford     +   6.4214
 6.  James Courtney        Ford     +   7.2087
 7.  Jason Bright          Ford     +  11.2905
 8.  Todd Kelly            Holden   +  20.6991
 9.  Steven Johnson        Ford     +  23.4050
10.  Fabian Coulthard      Ford     +  24.0757
11.  Michael Caruso        Holden   +  24.7511
12.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford     +  25.4358
13.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford     +  27.5886
14.  Paul Morris           Holden   +  28.3800
15.  Will Davison          Ford     +  34.4340
16.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden   +  34.8716
17.  Greg Murphy           Holden   +  38.4978
18.  Jason Richards        Holden   +  38.7715
19.  Cameron McConville    Holden   +  44.9410
20.  Andrew Jones          Holden   +  56.8200
21.  Michael Patrizi       Ford     +   1 lap
22.  Marcus Marshall       Ford     +   1 lap
23.  Andrew Thompson       Holden   +   1 lap
24.  Daniel Gaunt          Ford     +   2 laps
25.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden   +  10 laps

Not classified/retirements:

     Driver                Make     Laps
     Mark Skaife           Holden    38
     Tony D'Alberto        Holden    34
     Jamie Whincup         Ford      11
     Jack Perkins          Holden     1