Chaz Mostert scored the second win of his V8 Supercars Championship career with a commanding performance in Race 16 at Barbagallo.
On the one-year anniversary of his debut in the championship, Mostert led home Craig Lowndes by two seconds at the end of the 200km contest.
Mark Winterbottom completed the podium ahead of Jamie Whincup, Fabian Coulthard, Jason Bright, David Wall, James Moffat, David Reynolds and Michael Caruso.
Pole-sitter Lowndes led the early stages but dropped track position to Mostert while stuck behind a three-stopping Jason Bright early in the second stint.
Mostert was the first of the leaders to pit at both rounds of stops, ensuring he kept his track position over Lowndes ahead of the final 30 lap stint to the flag.
Winterbottom meanwhile ran second to Lowndes early, but dropped behind Mostert and James Courtney with a long run on his first set of tyres.
Taking Courtney when the Holden Racing Team Commodore fell out of contention with a puncture, Winterbottom closed in on the leaders through the middle phase of the race.
Again running longer on his tyres in the second stint eventually saw Winterbottom rejoin from his final stop 10 seconds behind and effectively out of contention.
The race was the third consecutive 200km V8 Supercars contest to run without a single Safety Car period.
The result sees Winterbottom’s championship lead over Lowndes sit at 101 points heading to Hidden Valley next month.
See below for the full race result for Race 16
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Car |
| 1 | 6 | Chaz Mostert | Ford Pepsi Max Crew | Ford Falcon FG |
| 2 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Red Bull Racing Australia | Holden Commodore VF |
| 3 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Pepsi Max Crew | Ford Falcon FG |
| 4 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Red Bull Racing Australia | Holden Commodore VF |
| 5 | 14 | Fabian Coulthard | Lockwood Racing | Holden Commodore VF |
| 6 | 8 | Jason Bright | Team BOC | Holden Commodore VF |
| 7 | 17 | David Wall | Wilson Security Racing | Ford Falcon FG |
| 8 | 360 | James Moffat | Norton Hornets | Nissan Altima |
| 9 | 55 | David Reynolds | The Bottle-O Racing Team | Ford Falcon FG |
| 10 | 36 | Michael Caruso | Norton Hornets | Nissan Altima |
| 11 | 222 | Nick Percat | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden Commodore VF |
| 12 | 16 | Scott Pye | Wilson Security Racing | Ford Falcon FG |
| 13 | 23 | Russell Ingall | Repair Management Aust Racing | Holden Commodore VF |
| 14 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Nissan Altima |
| 15 | 22 | James Courtney | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VF |
| 16 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Nissan Altima |
| 17 | 33 | Scott McLaughlin | Valvoline Racing GRM | Volvo S60 |
| 18 | 4 | Lee Holdsworth | Erebus Motorsport V8 | Mercedes E63 AMG |
| 19 | 21 | Dale Wood | Team Advam/GB | Holden Commodore VF |
| 20 | 97 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Team Tekno VIP Petfoods | Holden Commodore VF |
| 21 | 34 | Robert Dahlgren | Valvoline Racing GRM | Volvo S60 |
| 22 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VF |
| 23 | 18 | Jack Perkins | Team JELD-WEN | Ford Falcon FG |
| 24 | 9 | Will Davison | Erebus Motorsport V8 | Mercedes E63 AMG |
| 25 | 47 | Tim Slade | Supercheap Auto Racing | Holden Commodore VF |
STANDINGS
| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Mark Winterbottom | 1199 |
| 2 | Craig Lowndes | 1098 |
| 3 | Fabian Coulthard | 1059 |
| 4 | Jamie Whincup | 986 |
| 5 | James Courtney | 928 |
| 6 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 861 |
| 7 | Scott McLaughlin | 840 |
| 8 | Chaz Mostert | 792 |
| 9 | David Reynolds | 757 |
| 10 | Jason Bright | 754 |
| 11 | Lee Holdsworth | 702 |
| 12 | Will Davison | 678 |
| 13 | Michael Caruso | 670 |
| 14 | James Moffat | 638 |
| 15 | Garth Tander | 636 |
| 16 | Tim Slade | 629 |
| 17 | Russell Ingall | 623 |
| 18 | Rick Kelly | 618 |
| 19 | Scott Pye | 595 |
| 20 | David Wall | 530 |
| 21 | Jack Perkins | 509 |
| 22 | Nick Percat | 499 |
| 23 | Dale Wood | 489 |
| 24 | Todd Kelly | 476 |
| 25 | Robert Dahlgren | 311 |
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