Will Davison fends off Craig Lowndes for Phillip Island V8 Supercars race two win

Polesitter Lowndes stalled his Triple Eight Holden at the start and tumbled to ninth, then began a comeback charge that almost took him to victory in the 45-lap race, which saw four safety car interruptions.

Going into the final lap, Lowndes finally had long-time leader Davison (Ford Performance Racing) in sight, but Davison had enough to hand to hold his rival at bay and win by half a second.

A handful of drivers chose to conserve fuel and do the race on one rather than the more popular two pitstops, and best of these was Jason Bright, who held on for third in the Brad Jones Holden.

Bright was passed for second by Lowndes late on, but then had some breathing space as a pack behind battled hard for fourth. Stone Brothers' Shane van Gisbergen won this fight, ahead of erstwhile championship leader Jamie Whincup in the second Triple Eight car, FPR's Mark Winterbottom (who was delayed in the pits) and Tekno driver Jonathon Webb.

Front-row starter David Reynolds was not so rapid in the race and could only finish eighth in his Rod Nash/FPR Ford, followed by van Gisbergen's one-stopping team-mate Lee Holdsworth and Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander.

Results - 45 laps:

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                  Time/Gap
 1.  Will Davison         FPR Ford             1h19m46.1086s
 2.  Craig Lowndes        Triple 8 Holden          + 0.5552s
 3.  Jason Bright         Brad Jones Holden        + 5.2011s
 4.  Shane van Gisbergen  Stone Brothers Ford      + 6.0878s
 5.  Jamie Whincup        Triple 8 Holden          + 6.4213s
 6.  Mark Winterbottom    FPR Ford                 + 6.6887s
 7.  Jonathon Webb        Tekno Holden             + 7.4403s
 8.  David Reynolds       Rod Nash/FPR Ford       + 11.1860s
 9.  Lee Holdsworth       Stone Brothers Ford     + 13.1644s
10.  Garth Tander         HRT Holden              + 13.3078s
11.  Todd Kelly           Kelly Holden            + 16.7776s
12.  Tim Slade            Rosenberg/SBR Ford      + 17.1196s
13.  James Courtney       HRT Holden              + 17.5787s
14.  Greg Murphy          Kelly Holden            + 18.4873s
15.  Russell Ingall       Walkinshaw Holden       + 19.8158s
16.  James Moffat         Dick Johnson Ford       + 26.3905s
17.  Steven Johnson       Dick Johnson Ford       + 26.5117s
18.  Taz Douglas          Dumbrell Holden         + 26.5931s
19.  Dean Fiore           Triple F Ford           + 26.8057s
20.  Michael Caruso       Garry Rogers Holden     + 39.4613s
21.  Steve Owen           Dick Johnson Ford     + 1m35.1688s
22.  Alexandre Premat     Garry Rogers Holden       + 3 laps
23.  Karl Reindler        Kelly Holden              + 3 laps
24.  Fabian Coulthard     Brad Jones Holden         + 3 laps
25.  Michael Patrizi      Tekno Holden              + 4 laps

Retirements:

     David Wall           Britek/BJR Holden          35 laps
     Rick Kelly           Kelly Holden                8 laps
     Tony D'Alberto       D'Alberto Ford              3 laps