Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife have led TeamVodafone to a famous 1-2 finish in the 2010 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000.
Jamie Whincup proved unable to match the speed of Lowndes in the final six lap shootout, but along with Steve Owen, Whincup secured the first team 1-2 finish at Bathurst since 1984, and just the third in the race’s history.
The #888 car and #1 crossed the line in a formation finish.
It was a day for the history books, with the race record of 6h19m set in 1991 being broken – Lowndes crossing the line 6h13m after the race began.
Car #888’s victory ensured the race did not see a first-time winner – with Lowndes and Skaife the only combination in the field to have both won the race before.
Garth Tander and Cameron McConville battled hard to finish third for the Toll Holden Racing Team, benefitting from Will Davison putting the squad’s sister car into the fence at Reid Park on lap 153.
Friday fast-man Jason Bright moved the Trading Post Commodore that he shared with Matt Halliday to fourth in the closing stages.
James Courtney and Warren Luff ended the day as the first Ford home in fifth, providing solid points to Courtney’s championship campaign.
Greg Murphy/Allan Simonsen, Lee Holdsworth/David Besnard, Russell Ingall/Paul Morris, Mark Winterbottom/Luke Youlden and Michael Caruso/Greg Ritter rounded out the top 10.
1 | 888 | C.Lowndes/M.Skaife | Holden Commodore VE | 161 |
2 | 1 | J.Whincup/S.Owen | Holden Commodore VE | 161 |
3 | 2 | G.Tander/C.McConville | Holden Commodore VE | 161 |
4 | 14 | J.Bright/M.Halliday | Holden Commodore VE | 161 |
5 | 18 | J.Courtney/W.Luff | Ford Falcon FG | 161 |
6 | 51 | G.Murphy/A.Simonsen | Holden Commodore VE | 161 |
7 | 33 | L.Holdsworth/D.Besnard | Holden Commodore VE | 161 |
8 | 39 | R.Ingall/P.Morris | Holden Commodore VE | 161 |
9 | 5 | M.Winterbottom/L.Youlden | Ford Falcon FG | 161 |
10 | 34 | M.Caruso/G.Ritter | Holden Commodore VE | 161 |
11 | 6 | S.Richards/J.Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 161 |
12 | 17 | S.Johnson/M.Marshall | Ford Falcon FG | 161 |
13 | 4 | A.Davison/D.Brabham | Ford Falcon FG | 161 |
14 | 55 | P.Dumbrell/D.Canto | Ford Falcon FG | 161 |
15 | 21 | K.Reindler/D.Wall | Holden Commodore VE | 161 |
16 | 15 | R.Kelly/O.Kelly | Holden Commodore VE | 161 |
17 | 30 | M.Noske/N.Pretty | Holden Commodore VE | 161 |
18 | 47 | T.Slade/J.Perkins | Ford Falcon FG | 161 |
19 | 19 | J.Webb/David Russell | Ford Falcon FG | 161 |
20 | 7 | T.Kelly/D.Wood | Holden Commodore VE | 160 |
21 | 9 | S.Van Gisbergen/J.McIntyre | Ford Falcon FG | 158 |
22 | 16 | T.Ricciardello/T.Douglas | Holden Commodore VE | 158 |
23 | 8 | J.Richards/A.Jones | Holden Commodore VE | 157 |
24 | 44 | G.Emery/M.Zukanovic | Holden Commodore VE | 156 |
25 | 10 | A.Thompson/R.Briscoe | Holden Commodore VE | 154 |
26 | 27 | D.Assaillit/A.Pedersen | Ford Falcon BF | 153 |
DNF | 22 | W.Davison/D.Reynolds | Holden Commodore VE | 152 |
DNF | 11 | J.Bargwanna/G.Seton | Holden Commodore VE | 132 |
DNF | 12 | D.Fiore/M.Patrizi | Ford Falcon FG | 56 |
DNF | 3 | T.D’Alberto/S.Price | Holden Commodore VE | 38 |
DNF | 24 | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE | 0 |
SERIES POINTS
1. James Courtney 2323
2. Jamie Whincup 2198
3. Craig Lowndes 2039
4. Mark Winterbottom 2030
5. Garth Tander 1938
6. Shane Van Gisbergen 1773
7. Rick Kelly 1688
8. Lee Holdsworth 1631
9. Michael Caruso 1514
10. Paul Dumbrell 1440
11. Steven Johnson 1412
12. Jason Richards 1391
13. Russell Ingall 1301
14. Jonathon Webb 1270
15. Tim Slade 1244
16. Jason Bright 1114
17. Todd Kelly 1072
18. Steven Richards 1051
19. Will Davison 1023
20. Alex Davison 975
21. Tony D’Alberto 965
22. Greg Murphy 883
23. Jason Bargwanna 815
24. Fabian Coulthard 743
25. Dean Fiore 716
26. Tony Ricciardello 662
27. Karl Reindler 619
28. Mark Skaife 560
29. Daniel Gaunt 539
30. Cameron McConville 519
31. Andrew Thompson 448
32. Luke Youlden 407
33. Warren Luff 376
34. Steve Owen 371
35. Paul Morris 356
36. Owen Kelly 336
37. Dean Canto 309
38. Andrew Jones 293
39. Jack Perkins 293
40. David Russell 274
41. Matthew Halliday 269
42. Greg Ritter 265
43. Marcus Marshall 261
44. James Moffat 251
45. David Besnard 233
46. David Wall 217
47. Allan Simonsen 204
48. Dale Wood 202
49. Mark Noske 182
50. Nathan Pretty 182
51. John McIntyre 175
52. Geoff Emery 142
53. Marcus Zukanovic 142
54. Taz Douglas 140
55. Damian Assaillit 137
56. Ant Pedersen 137
57. David Brabham 132
58. Michael Patrizi 123
59. Tim Blanchard 122
60. Shane Price 116
61. Glenn Seton 113
62. Craig Baird 98
63. David Reynolds 78
64. Ryan Briscoe 60
65. Nick Percat 53