Winterbottom holds on in race two

For the second time in two races, a great start jumped Winterbottom from third to first by turn one. Unlike race one, there were no mistakes, and despite a late safety car for a tyre bundle on the track and a closing Will Davison, he held on to take the victory just ahead of the Holden Racing Team driver.

After running away with race one, a poor start dropped Team Vodafone's Craig Lowndes to third, and despite staying on Davison's tail for most of the race, he was unable to improve his position, falling into the clutches of Steven Johnson in the closing laps who finished in fourth.

Johnson had already come into close contact with the other Team Vodafone car of Jamie Whincup just after the restart, pushing Whincup onto the grass as they exited turn two overlapping, Whincup almost if not grazing the concrete wall.

Whincup lost ground but recovered back to sixth by the finish having started ninth, somehow avoiding spinning or being spun in front of the rest of the field as he returned to the racing surface after the contact from Johnson.

After dramas in race one, both Holden Racing Team's Garth Tander and Super Cheap Auto's Russell Ingall stormed through the field in race two. Tander started 25th and raced up to 13th, while Ingall started two places further back and finished a place ahead in 12th.

Todd Kelly also made a strong recovery after dropping back to 28th on lap one after he was hit from behind and spun by Cameron McConville.

Kelly was up to 20th by the time the safety car came out, and then gained another five places in the three laps after it left the track.

Pos  Driver                Make     Time
 1.  Mark Winterbottom     Ford     31:54.3485
 2.  Will Davison          Holden   +   0.3484
 3.  Craig Lowndes         Ford     +   1.9759
 4.  Steven Johnson        Ford     +   2.8511
 5.  Jason Richards        Holden   +   4.1884
 6.  Jamie Whincup         Ford     +   4.8775
 7.  Shane Van Gisbergen   Ford     +   7.4889
 8.  Paul Dumbrell         Holden   +   9.2320
 9.  Fabian Coulthard      Ford     +  10.9031
10.  Jason Bright          Ford     +  12.4835
11.  Jason Bargwanna       Holden   +  13.5002
12.  Russell Ingall        Holden   +  13.6403
13.  Garth Tander          Holden   +  13.8436
14.  Tony D'Alberto        Holden   +  14.1347
15.  Todd Kelly            Holden   +  14.1952
16.  Alex Davison          Ford     +  14.8412
17.  Rick Kelly            Holden   +  15.0468
18.  Steven Richards       Ford     +  15.5189
19.  Cameron McConville    Holden   +  15.9794
20.  Jack Perkins          Holden   +  17.8862
21.  James Courtney        Ford     +  18.4691
22.  Tim Slade             Holden   +  18.8870
23.  Dean Fiore            Holden   +  22.2342
24.  Dale Wood             Holden   +  23.5706
25.  Michael Caruso        Holden   +  36.5502
26.  Lee Holdsworth        Holden   +   1 lap

Not classified/retirements:

     Driver                Make     Laps
     Marcus Marshall       Ford      13
     Greg Murphy           Holden    13
     David Reynolds        Holden     8
     Michael Patrizi       Ford       7