Whincup wins race two at the Island
Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup took victory in race two of the L&H 500 at Phillip Island, securing pole position for himself and teammate Craig Lowndes in tomorrow's 500 km race
Whincup led from start-to-finish despite a vigorous battle at the start of lap one, which saw Whincup, James Courtney and Will Davison running side-by-side into turn one, Davison and Whincup continuing side-by-side before Whincup took the lead at Honda hairpin.
Whincup went on to take comfortable win, easing up near the end, crossing the line just ahead of Davison who was over ten seconds ahead of his nearest rival.
That was James Courtney, who spent the second-half of the race fending off and defending against Russell Ingall, Ingall just not quite able to make a successful move on Courtney, despite a couple of side-by-side runs through the kink into Honda hairpin.
Their tussle allowed Courtney's teammate Shane van Gisbergen to close right on to Ingall's tail on the final lap, but he also was unable to make a move.
It looked like Steven Richards would have filled that place (or possible even higher), but contact between him and Jason Richards on lap 12 leading to Steven spinning dropped him down the order to ninth.
He wasn't the only frontrunner to have a worse finish than expected. With the team getting the compulsory pitstop out the way in race one, Garth Tander was set to fight for a place on the podium. But he ran off the track at Honda hairpin on lap one, ending his podium hopes, recovering to finish seventh.
Pos Driver Make Time 1. Jamie Whincup Ford 22:22.8263 2. Will Davison Ford + 0.2103 3. James Courtney Ford + 11.3566 4. Russell Ingall Holden + 11.5020 5. Shane Van Gisbergen Ford + 11.8178 6. Jason Richards Holden + 12.9959 7. Garth Tander Holden + 13.5484 8. Marcus Marshall Ford + 18.1300 9. Steven Richards Ford + 18.9136 10. Glenn Seton Holden + 29.6413 11. Jack Perkins Holden + 30.5158 12. Mark Noske Holden + 33.3490 13. Grant Denyer Ford + 36.0990 14. Fabrizio Giovanardi Ford + 44.6923 15. Boris Said Holden + 45.4306 16. Shane Price Holden + 54.7587 17. Paul Radisich Holden + 55.1862 18. Warren Luff Ford +1:02.7717 19. Luke Youlden Ford +1:05.7853 20. Andrew Jones Holden +1:10.5563 21. Michael Caruso Holden +1:13.4702 22. Adam Macrow Ford +1:13.9711 23. John McIntyre Ford +1:14.3609 24. Steve Ellery Holden +1:15.6148 25. Paul Weel Holden +1:21.1774 26. Brad Jones Holden +1:26.9538 27. Tony D'Alberto Holden + 1 lap 28. David Reynolds Holden + 1 lap Race three starting order: Pos Drivers Make 1. Craig Lowndes/Jamie Whincup Ford 2. Rick Kelly/Paul Radisich Holden 3. David Besnard/James Courtney Ford 4. Steven Johnson/Will Davison Ford 5. Steve Owen/Warren Luff Ford 6. Paul Morris/Russell Ingall Holden 7. Johnathon Webb/Shane Van Gisbergen Ford 8. Jason Bright/Adam Macrow Ford 9. Greg Murphy/Jason Richards Holden 10. Mark Skaife/Garth Tander Holden 11. Fabian Coulthard/John McIntyre Ford 12. Mark Winterbottom/Steven Richards Ford 13. Lee Holdsworth/Michael Caruso Holden 14. Cameron McConville/Andrew Jones Holden 15. Matthew Halliday/Marcus Marshall Ford 16. Max Wilson/Brad Jones Holden 17. Greg Ritter/Steve Ellery Holden 18. Nathan Pretty/Jack Perkins Holden 19. Jason Bargwanna/Tony D'Alberto Holden 20. Andrew Thompson/Paul Weel Holden 21. Todd Kelly/Shane Price Holden 22. Craig Baird/Glenn Seton Holden 23. Dale Wood/Mark Noske Holden 24. Michael Patrizi/Grant Denyer Ford 25. Marc Hynes/Fabrizio Giovanardi Ford 26. Matt Neal/Boris Said Holden 27. Dean Canto/Luke Youlden Ford 28. Paul Dumbrell/David Reynolds Holden
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