Tander wins again in race two
Toll HSV Dealer Team's Garth Tander won race two at Queensland Raceway after again taking the lead from Mark Skaife at the pit stops
Tander started on pole but Skaife led Tander and Jamie Whincup into turn one. In the early laps Skaife came under siege from Tander and Whincup, with some defensive driving preventing Tander from making it past.
But a slow pit stop for Skaife was costly, costing him over ten places. This released Tander, who took the win ahead of the Team Vodafone duo of Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes despite a mid-race safety car period.
James Courtney continued the run of Fords at the front, with Will Davison, Russell Ingall and Mark Winterbottom making it six Fords in the top seven, just ahead of the recovering Mark Skaife.
Having finished in the top four placings in every race before this round, a seventh in race one for Rick Kelly had been his worst result all year.
But a drive-through penalty soon after his pit stop dropped Kelly near the rear of the field, and despite a charge back up the order to 16th place Kelly took no points from the race due to this year's revised points structure.
Pos Driver Car Laps 1. Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 38 2. Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon BF 38 3. Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon BF 38 4. James Courtney Ford Falcon BF 38 5. Will Davison Ford Falcon BF 38 6. Russell Ingall Ford Falcon BF 38 7. Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon BF 38 8. Mark Skaife Holden Commodore VE 38 9. Paul Morris Holden Commodore VE 38 10. Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 38 11. Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 38 12. Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE 38 13. Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE 38 14. Max Wilson Ford Falcon BF 38 15. Dean Canto Holden Commodore VE 38 16. Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 38 17. John Bowe Ford Falcon BF 38 18. Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE 38 19. Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE 38 20. Alan Gurr Ford Falcon BF 38 21. Simon Wills Ford Falcon BF 38 22. Steven Johnson Ford Falcon BF 38 23. Andrew Jones Ford Falcon BF 38 24. Shane Price Holden Commodore VE 38 25. Steve Ellery Holden Commodore VZ 38 DNF Paul Weel Holden Commodore VE 36 DNF Jason Bargwanna Ford Falcon BF 16 DNF Jason Bright Ford Falcon BF 11 DNF Steve Owen Holden Commodore VZ 5 DNF Steven Richards Ford Falcon BF 4
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