Scott McLaughlin has taken out the 2012 Dunlop Series title in the final race of the season at Sydney Olympic Park.
Starting from pole following his Race 1 win yesterday, McLaughlin led the opening corners of the race before letting first Scott Pye and then Chaz Mostert through.
Pye went on to win the race, securing second in the series by withstanding heavy race-long pressure from the Ford Performance Racing Falcon.
Just 0.5s separated the two leaders at race end, while McLaughlin cruised to the line a full 12s further adrift.
Dale Wood took fourth ahead of a charging Nick Percat, with the Coates Hire Commodore having started from the rear of the field after crashing out of Saturday’s encounter.
Luke Youlden ran fifth for much of the race but eventually drifted back to eighth after heavy contact with the Turn 5 exit wall.
Andrew Jones and Ash Walsh filled sixth and seventh respectively having slipped by Youlden, while Geoff Emery and Rodney Jane rounded out the top 10.
Jane’s Sonic Motor Racing Services team-mate George Miedecke failed to finish after contact with the Turn 1 barrier while running inside the top 10 in the early laps.
Result: Dunlop Series Race 2, Sydney Olympic Park
| 1 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Scott Pye | Holden Commodore VE | 17 | 25:31.0737 |
| 2 | Ford Performance Racing | Chaz Mostert | Ford Falcon FG | 17 | 25:31.5603 |
| 3 | Fujitsu Racing | Scott McLaughlin | Ford Falcon FG | 17 | 25:43.4487 |
| 4 | GB Galvanizing/Wilson Tech | Dale Wood | Holden Commodore VE | 17 | 25:45.7937 |
| 5 | Coates Hire Racing | Nick Percat | Holden Commodore VE2 | 17 | 25:47.6330 |
| 6 | Kitten Racing | Andrew Jones | Holden Commodore VE | 17 | 25:52.7980 |
| 7 | Simpro Racing | Ashley Walsh | Ford Falcon BF | 17 | 25:53.0826 |
| 8 | MW Motorsport | Luke Youlden | Ford Falcon BF | 17 | 25:59.2445 |
| 9 | R&J Batteries/Wurth | Geoff Emery | Holden Commodore VE | 17 | 26:04.8081 |
| 10 | Bob Jane T-Marts | Rodney Jane | Ford Falcon FG | 17 | 26:19.4126 |
| 11 | GSS Mining Rentals | Marcus Zukanovic | Holden Commodore VE | 17 | 26:27.2324 |
| 12 | Earth Ex/Tricor | Jim Pollicina | Holden Commodore VE | 17 | 26:46.5380 |
| 13 | MW Motorsport | Morgan Haber | Ford Falcon FG | 17 | 27:00.6977 |
| 14 | Carrington Equipment Group | Michael Hector | Ford Falcon BF | 16 | 26:16.1472 |
| 15 | Pacific Hoists | Nandi Kiss | Holden Commodore VE | 16 | 26:45.9568 |
| DNF | GoKartsGo/Carrington Equipment | Drew Russell | Ford Falcon BF | 5 | 8:21.2626 |
| DNF | Go Karts Go/CEG Rentals | Aaren Russell | Ford Falcon BF | 5 | 16:10.3690 |
| DNF | Bob Jane T-Marts/Sitech/Sonic | George Miedecke | Ford Falcon BF | 3 | 4:41.5241 |
| DNF | Formula Tech/Interquip Racing | Brett Stewart | Holden Commodore VE | 1 | 1:52.1201 |
Dunlop Series points standings after Round 7 of 7
| 1 | Scott McLaughlin | 1761 |
| 2 | Scott Pye | 1688 |
| 3 | Chaz Mostert | 1665 |
| 4 | Nick Percat | 1561 |
| 5 | Luke Youlden | 1415 |
| 6 | Dale Wood | 1245 |
| 7 | Ashley Walsh | 1204 |
| 8 | Geoff Emery | 1046 |
| 9 | George Miedecke | 985 |
| 10 | Andrew Jones | 983 |
| 11 | Drew Russell | 971 |
| 12 | Rodney Jane | 927 |
| 13 | Marcus Zukanovic | 863 |
| 14 | Tim Blanchard | 808 |
| 15 | Aaren Russell | 723 |
| 16 | Elliot Barbour | 714 |
| 17 | Brett Stewart | 687 |
| 18 | David Russell | 656 |
| 19 | Michael Hector | 569 |
| 20 | Adam Wallis | 507 |
| 21 | Daniel Jilesen | 484 |
| 22 | Nandi Kiss | 410 |
| 23 | Cameron Waters | 384 |
| 24 | Paul Morris | 196 |
| 25 | Aaron McGill | 189 |
| 26 | Morgan Haber | 141 |
| 27 | Jim Pollicina | 132 |
| 28 | Ben Eggleston | 117 |
| 29 | Glen Wood | 72 |
| 30 | Kristian Lindbom | 53 |
| 31 | Matt Hansen | 51 |
