Will Davison has bounced back from a tough Saturday to take victory in Race 8 of the V8 Supercars Championship at the Trading Post Perth Challenge.
Davison was the only front-runner to start the 50 lap race on the soft tyres, taking the lead from pole-sitter Jamie Whincup on Lap 3.
The Ford driver built a six second lead over his TeamVodafone rival before the pitstops started midrace.
Whincup had the gap down to 1.3s with five laps to go, before Davison pulled away to record a 2.9s victory.
Whincup, Mark Winterbottom, Fabian Coulthard, Lee Holdsworth, Craig Lowndes, Tim Slade, Jason Bright, David Reynolds and Garth Tander rounded out the top 10.
Winterbottom and Holdsworth ran line astern with Whincup for the hard tyre stint, but both fell away in the closing stages as the laps took a toll on their soft tyres. The IRWIN Racing Falcon eventually lost fourth to Coulthard on the penultimate lap.
Coulthard’s Brad Jones Racing team-mate Jason Bright had held down fifth for much of the race before eventually falling to eighth.
Greg Murphy, Russell Ingall and Karl Reindler joined Davison in starting on the soft tyres – finishing 16th, 17th and 23rd respectively.
Alexandre Premat was two laps down in 28th following an early spin and an unscheduled pitsop, while Rick Kelly also endured an off, but recovered to 20th.
Race 9 of the championship is scheduled to kick-off at 1405 local time.
See below for the full Race 8 result
| 1 | Trading Post FPR Ford | Will Davison | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:02.2171 |
| 2 | TeamVodafone | Jamie Whincup | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:05.1374 |
| 3 | Orrcon Steel FPR Ford | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:12.3754 |
| 4 | Lockwood Racing | Fabian Coulthard | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:14.9221 |
| 5 | Irwin Racing | Lee Holdsworth | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:18.2907 |
| 6 | TeamVodafone | Craig Lowndes | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:21.8292 |
| 7 | Lucky 7 Racing | Tim Slade | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:22.4849 |
| 8 | Team BOC | Jason Bright | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:24.1211 |
| 9 | The Bottle-O Racing Team | David Reynolds | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:27.7227 |
| 10 | Holden Racing Team | Garth Tander | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:32.5616 |
| 11 | SP Tools Racing | Shane Van Gisbergen | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:40.7005 |
| 12 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Michael Caruso | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:41.7383 |
| 13 | Holden Racing Team | James Courtney | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:42.4989 |
| 14 | Tekno Autosports | Michael Patrizi | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:47.1744 |
| 15 | Tony D’Alberto Racing | Tony D’Alberto | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:48.0661 |
| 16 | Pepsi Max Crew | Greg Murphy | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:48.4962 |
| 17 | Supercheap Auto Racing | Russell Ingall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:51.1054 |
| 18 | Jim Beam Racing | Dean Fiore | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:53.4428 |
| 19 | Jim Beam Racing | Steven Johnson | Ford Falcon FG | 50 | 49:57.7646 |
| 20 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Rick Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 50 | 49:58.0783 |
| 21 | Tekno Autosports | Jonathon Webb | Holden Commodore VE2 | 49 | 49:03.7883 |
| 22 | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Todd Kelly | Holden Commodore VE2 | 49 | 49:08.8792 |
| 23 | Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing | Karl Reindler | Holden Commodore VE2 | 49 | 49:08.9218 |
| 24 | Team Norton DJR | James Moffat | Ford Falcon FG | 49 | 49:10.5559 |
| 25 | Wilson Security Racing | David Wall | Holden Commodore VE2 | 49 | 49:14.2767 |
| 26 | Team iSelect | Taz Douglas | Holden Commodore VE2 | 49 | 49:18.8173 |
| 27 | VIP Petfoods | Steve Owen | Ford Falcon FG | 48 | 49:28.6544 |
| 28 | Fujitsu Racing GRM | Alexandre Premat | Holden Commodore VE2 | 47 | 49:47.8984 |
See below for the updated championship standings
| 1 | Jamie Whincup | 1009 |
| 2 | Will Davison | 966 |
| 3 | Mark Winterbottom | 843 |
| 4 | Craig Lowndes | 711 |
| 5 | Lee Holdsworth | 709 |
| 6 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 661 |
| 7 | Fabian Coulthard | 630 |
| 8 | Tim Slade | 621 |
| 9 | Garth Tander | 576 |
| 10 | Rick Kelly | 539 |
| 11 | Todd Kelly | 483 |
| 12 | Michael Caruso | 460 |
| 13 | Steven Johnson | 442 |
| 14 | James Courtney | 424 |
| 15 | Russell Ingall | 420 |
| 16 | David Reynolds | 396 |
| 17 | Tony D’Alberto | 384 |
| 18 | Dean Fiore | 381 |
| 19 | Jason Bright | 373 |
| 20 | Steve Owen | 364 |
| 21 | Michael Patrizi | 352 |
| 22 | Alexandre Premat | 308 |
| 23 | Jonathon Webb | 304 |
| 24 | Taz Douglas | 280 |
| 25 | David Wall | 253 |
| 26 | Karl Reindler | 252 |
| 27 | James Moffat | 244 |
| 28 | Greg Murphy | 171 |
